The custom shop offers your choice of various woods and finishes, so you can really have direct control over your tonal output. The Keisel company history is interesting, if you care to chack it out.Īnd to dig more into their history - specifically the Carvin brand, there's the Carvin Museum here. It's still a family company to this day, and Keisel continues to manufacture guitars and basses. In 2015, Carvin changed the company name to Keisel Guitars, which is the family name of the founder, Lowell Keisel. Sure, you can buy something from the stock, but sometimes that just ain't good enough, right? You can get into a custom Carvin for the same amount of money you'd pay for a lower end Gibson. Since the late '70's, you've had the option of choosing the hardware and other options to customize your guitar. It also helped that they offered something many other manufacturers didn't have - more affordable custom guitar building. They've even included 7-string guitars in their product offering. This really helped the company grow and improve the product lines. I just figure that's something better left to professionals, at least for me.Īs the '80's rolled on, Carvin guitars became more and more prevalent, mainly because you started seeing artists on MTV playing Carvin instruments. I don't mind modding (modifying) a guitar with new hardware, electronics or pickups, but I've never been real interested in building my own axe. I remember looking through the Carvin catalog and seeing necks and bodies, hardware and pickups so you could build your own guitar. Of course, maybe that was because I had my focus on BC Riches and Gibsons. At the time, I was thinking about PA sound gear for gigging - I already had a guitar and was a broke high-schooler!Ĭarvin guitars didn't seem to be a main offering at that time (early '80's). I thought their pricing for sound boards and equalizers was real good, and they had a reputation for quality. From what I remember, I saw Carvin as more an audio equipment direct seller. When I first became aware of Carvin as a company, I never really paid much attention to the guitars they offered. Heck, even Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, and Jason Becker played Carvin instruments. I mean BIG names, like the Eagles, Jefferson Starship, Missing Persons and The Bangles. It wasn't long until you saw major artists playing Carvin guitars. Of course, this appealed to professionals as well. You were able to choose different option for your guitar.
Initially, they simply rebranded guitars made by other companies, but by the late '70's, they really felt the need to create their own line of guitars and basses.Īt the beginning of the Carvin guitars brand, they offered custom built axes. he was a bit higher up, and he said the same thing I had posted earlier, minimum of 25.Carvin guitars have been manufacturing their own guitars and basses since the late 1970's and selling guitars since the 1950's. I don't remember who he was talking to( I'll get his name later because I know some wise *** will ask!) and he wasn't customer service.
Well now, I was talking to my dealer,were he in turn called Gibson head office. But also, try revisiting your dealer and asking again. It may be that the dealer simply was mistaken, or perhaps had old information? Two suggestions, if you'd like to again verify, call Gibson Customer Service. Yep, the reply above (from a Gibson Customer Service Employee) certainly trumps what your local dealer told you.
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