

Heces same of the stories I've read here so you can form your own opinionĪnd there are literally hundreds of posts like these, just google "kiesel bad" or "keisel nightmare" and you'll see all the shitty experiences people have had with them. Also they seem to have a really hard time matching colours and often youll end up getting a much different colour than you requested but for keisel it's still good enough to not qualify for a refund. Even just super simple little things the like side dots no the fretboard not being lined up properly and not being straight, which is absolutely ridiculous as even sub 100$ cheap clone guitars from China can get this right.

Often ranging from really subpar work/ just shitty mistakes that on any other guitar wouldn't pass quality control but kiesel still sends to the customer and makes refunds/returns a pain in the ass. I personally have no experience but I have read a lot of horror stories online about them. Be prepared for cheaper "hardware" (tuners and bridge) compared to Fender or Gibson. Unfortunately, the screws to mount the Carvin bridge wouldn't "match up" with a new Hipshot bridge. I would have appreciated the option to ship with a Hipshot bridge. They also don't have "standard" screw slots. The tuners on both those guitars also feel "cheap". It was not too difficult to swap it out for a more expensive (Fender) tremolo that feels way "better". My Tremolo Carvin strat shipped with a pretty cheap feeling tremolo unit. My biggest complaint with these instruments is the "hardware". A little fine steel wool cleared that out. The only "flaw" was that one Bolt seemed to have a small spec of glue that was built up on the fretboard in one place. I have two custom Carvin Bolts ("Strats") and a custom Carvin Bass ("Precision Bass").
