In highschool I wanted a les paul but couldn’t afford it, so I ended up spending every penny I saved on a custom Carvin CS6 instead. Single best purchase I ever made. With all the options I got (flamed Koa top, gold hardware, abalone inlays, etc) a custom les Paul with similar specs would have cost $5k easily. Carvin/kiesel built me my dream guitar for about $2200. When it comes to custom shop guitars, no one has better bang-for-your-buck than kiesel
Take some DI’s and really do a deep dive with an EQ on which one sounds better on the di. Keep the one that sounds best, even if its a little bit. Or keep the one that you can play better on, the fret size might make me keep the red girl. But thats me 🤙
I have Carvin (Keisel) DC 600 that I bought from their "guitars in stock". I call it my Strat Paul. Mahogany body, maple neck, ebony fingerboard with ss frets, and a Wilkinson tremolo. It's neck through. Plays incredible and built to perfection. I dropped some Dunable P90 humbuckers into it as it never really grabbed me with its tone. After the pickup change, it became a different guitar. It really brightened up and sounds much more airy now. It's my 3rd guitar behind a Tele and a Les Paul, but it's a great guitar and I wouldn't part with it now.
I would keep the red one. I prefer the color scheme and I might be the only one who prefer non-rosted maple board ;) But that blue top is insane ! Also, like you said, it as jumbo fret which is a big plus ! Go with the one that feel better .
I bought a Kiesel Vader 7 on Reverb. It was exactly what I wanted... just by chance. The other guy had it custom built and by the time he got it, he had something else already and just flipped it to try and get most of his money back. I got a smoking deal and didn't have to wait for it to be built.
I bought a used Kiesel Osiris Fretless five string bass off of Reverb. Bought a used Carvin LB75 with LB90 electronic layout off of Reverb a few months prior. For the Osiris bass, it's my first bolt on in over thirty years. And my first Kiesel. Fretless basses get my attention rather easy. Put the order in after negotiation of the price. I got a great deal. Three piece maple neck with a walnut stripe. Standard alder body. Hard as nails fingerboard. (No lines or dots) Split pickup in front, single coil soapbar in the rear. Active-passive electronics (volume-pan-bass-mid-mid sweep-treble). Full 18 volt power package. Operates in passive electronic mode in case of battery failure (it sounds cool in the passive mode as well). Lightweight, very balanced. Tunes very easy. And it plays great! A lot of growl, but keeps its own personality. Played great right out of the box. May upgrade the electronics to EMGs. I like those in my fretless basses. Other than that, no complaints. Just have to get used to the string changes. Not that I do them everyday, but the time will come.
I just found this video by searching for Kiesel guitars, as one does. I just ordered a Zeus that looks nearly identical to the red one. Trans crimson red, one piece swamp ash body, five piece maple and walnut laminated neck. I did get a gloss finish instead of raw tone, and also Beryllium pickups instead of the Lithiums because I haven't heard them in person and I think the Berylliums will be the safer (but maybe more boring?) choice. Really looking forward to October now! Or November. Whatever. Cheers!
well.. thats just because of those jumbo frets i think... also there is more playing on the red in this video... i was on a time crunch hahah new baby ya know?? lol
@@jimmyfranklin I gotta disagree. You sound great on both but I much preferred the blue one despite the fact that they sounded similar. Both great though, I do enjoy Kiesel’s lithium set
Hey man, It will be nice to see a comparison between these Kiesels vs the Strandbergs. I was very tempted to buy a Kiesel before buying my Strandberg. See who the real winner is from a working-class musician's perspective once and for all. Cheers,
So this is a very hard question... a question that is going to be best answered... in another video... but i will tell you for being a modern guitar, its a little old-school compared to something like strandberg... and i think thats really cool and it has a completely different character...
I'd keep them both and sell something else. I just got my first Kiesel on Saturday. I got a Vader 6 Trem in red. Bought it in a shop used, so no spec sheet. I've contacted Kiesel with the serial to find out what year it is, pickups, woods.. This guitar is killer, and I personally think it's miles better than any Strandberg (I've owned and sold 4 of them). Mainly because I like the heftier weight and straight frets. Already looking at getting another one, but this time it'll be custom ordered direct.
Dude. I gotta say. I made the mistake of selling the blue one and I totally regret it. But I love the red still. My next one should be custom ordered but I don’t k ow if I want to wait that long lol!! I was thinking about selling a Strandberg for it funny enough!
Awesome video but just one thing to think about. The intro music is hyper loud compared to the rest of the audio. I watched this video through my car speakers and the intro music scared the hell out of me haha!
I'm in the window for my 8 string Zeus I ordered back in April. I went with an ash body, and a nightburst quilted maple top. The neck is a 5 piece walnut with purple heart stripes, and a roasted maple fingerboard, as well as fishman fluence pickups. Super stoked.
Back when KIESEL was still called CARVIN, I ordered direct a DC-127 (or was it DC-130?) H.S.S. KOA NECK-THRU + BODY, translucent blue with gold hardware/trem. for $1100!!! But the blue came out as GREEN and unfortunately I returned it! $200 shipping both ways in 1992. I'm still kicking myself!
Get the red one. You're playing definitely sounds better on the red one. But of course by the time that I am posting this remark you've already probably made your decision. I hope it was the red one. The blue one definitely looks better but I've never chosen a guitar based on looks. Playability first, and then tone. You can always change pickups to change the sound but great playability is a tough nut to crack.
I like the red one - I really dig it's classic, understated looks...but it's bristling with awesome! >evidenced in 1) birdseye board 2) that really tasteful satin ash body 3) 3 piece neck.. ..But then I heard the other one. Dude, the aqua one sounds way better! They both sound good, but the aqua one sounds special. Really...it makes a no contest..🤨 It's aqua for the win....and I love the red one. Everything about it is what I would choose....but the aqua ones got the tones, so....you gotta give it to the tone - that should be number priority. Anyway...it's a win-win. Lucky you!
Well, if it were eye candy you were looking for, the aqua burst is the way to go, I also thought the aqua ones pickups sounded better. The red one, although awesome in its own right, it is a bit bland for what you said you were looking for.
I have a NAM8 on the way from the Neck Thru run, super stoked for that, and an LMX7 that will have a purple flame maple top with grabber blue burst edges. Sadly i sold my first kiesel, but theyre amazing and really affordable for customs!
How is the tuning stability compared to a Floyd? Cuz I'm getting kinda sick of dealing with Floyd...changing strings, tuning, etc. I love the look and sound of those guitars, but wondering about fixed bridge vs trem. I have a Charvel and a LP-type and I prefer the feel and tone of the LP with the fixed bridge and tailpiece. I like using a trem now and then, but the tradeoff in tuning stability and just being a pain to deal with just aren't worth it. So if I end up going with a Kiesel...I need to figure that out. Which Kiesel is most like a PRS Custom 22 or 24?
The tuning stability is amazing compared to a Floyd. Floyd’s are great but can also be inconvenient to lock and unlock. This never has to be locked and unlocked with the headless guitars. ALSO major element of tuning stability with headless guitars is that there are less points of friction. No tuning pegs, string trees, or break angle to deal with over the nut. So that’s a major factor in how well headless guitars IN GENERAL stay in tune. The kiesel options MOST LIKE a PRS are the C6 and CT6. Neither of those come in a headless option however. So I can’t comment on their tuning stability. But they do use a hipshot trem and Hipshot makes wonderful stuff.
I purchased my 1st Carvin/Keisel Ct-6 back in 2004...still plays as well as the day i got it! Got another in 2018 with jumbo stainless steel frets and an INSANE top! Top quality 🤘🤘
Hey Jimmy, I was wondering how comfortable is the zeus body? And how comfortable is the forearm contour? I love the look of the zeus and I want a custom zeus as my next guitar.
Honestly, for me it is insanely comfortable. But that’s just my opinion. Sittings it hooks my leg perfectly and standing fits my body so well. The arm contour is wonderful one of my most comfortable guitars.
@@jimmyfranklin Cause I love the single cut look, and they offer it in 24.75 scale length and the acoustic saddles. Thank you so much, I've just wondered how comfortable it was. Love the channel and content, keep on keepin on🤟
Yes! i totally could... one of the things about kiesels though is that they all have a specific spec sheet of how they were ordered... so if you were to run the serial number, it would come back as different specs and im worried about that devaluing them!
@@jimmyfranklin true. But I feel like if you were to disclose the swap and the new specs it might fall into the hands of the right musician. Someone may prefer those options. 🤷🏻
Its a standard Coil Split kind of idea. I dont know the exact pick up config off the top of my head but the inbetween setting split the humbuckers. nothing too fancy
Huh. Where's the logo? What's also interesting is that a single knob model costs extra and makes the guitar non-returnable, so it's quite a commitment. And hey, you could just swap the necks. Oh and you just had a baby and can still spend $4000 on guitars on a whim?
Logo is on the body. They do have a lot of models that are not returnable which is scary. Part of why I didn’t commit to an order. I didn’t want to swap the necks out of fear of ruining resale value for me or the next person. I definitely didn’t spend $4000 dollars on these. And one was being sold so I spent less than that and got over half of it back. Gotta be smart with these things. #workingclassmusician.
@@jimmyfranklin "Logo is on the body." 01:05 yeah, not seeing it. I find it hard to believe the blue one was under $2000, and sure _maybe_ the red was around $1500. Good point about resale value, since each is apparently documented. I wasn't aware they provided a certificate that matched up with the serial number, so I guess that's good to keep in mind. 👍
Love your vids bro! Got a question about the blue kiesel. The finish you said "aqua burst" looks way too blue on the website when im building one and I want one just like yours. Does the serial number tell you the specs? I would love to know the specs on that one, I pretty much want the exact same thing but with jumbos.
I did have the spec sheet and it said aqua cali burst. That may be the difference. Try choosing aqua then adding a California burst in the more options. If it’s not looking right call them!
You know….it never hurts to keep both 🤷♂️ Did you ever make a decision? On another note I own 2 kiesels one was a build I put in and the other was a reverb buy. The reverb buy was nearly 1k off its build price and only thing I would of done differently would of been different inlays than it has and would of gone with the “RNC” option (I think) which keeps the back of the body in a natural clear coat. Other than that the guitar is everything I would of picked in a build and I got it dirt cheap compared to having it built.
I own a Kiesel Osiris and just picked up a Standberg yesterday and now I'm wondering if I really like my Kiesel as much as I thought I did. Aa far as your dilemma, the deep red one is the keeper IMO. I'm not a huge fan of the glossy translucent blue burst.
My only main concern with that was that the spec sheet of these custom builds are usually used to authenticate aspects of the build and I didn’t want to decrease the value of both guitars.
You sound great! Dude they are both nasty but you should sell them both and spec out your own now that you know you like them. Their new builder is addicting.
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Where are my Kiesel fans at?!? Let me know your Kiesel stories below!!
My story is short. I called and found out it was really, really expensive to get what I wanted :( so, I still don't have one lol
Been wanting a Kiesel since I saw Carvinv220t advertised in guitar rags when I was 15. ..
In highschool I wanted a les paul but couldn’t afford it, so I ended up spending every penny I saved on a custom Carvin CS6 instead. Single best purchase I ever made. With all the options I got (flamed Koa top, gold hardware, abalone inlays, etc) a custom les Paul with similar specs would have cost $5k easily. Carvin/kiesel built me my dream guitar for about $2200. When it comes to custom shop guitars, no one has better bang-for-your-buck than kiesel
Take some DI’s and really do a deep dive with an EQ on which one sounds better on the di. Keep the one that sounds best, even if its a little bit. Or keep the one that you can play better on, the fret size might make me keep the red girl. But thats me 🤙
I have Carvin (Keisel) DC 600 that I bought from their "guitars in stock". I call it my Strat Paul. Mahogany body, maple neck, ebony fingerboard with ss frets, and a Wilkinson tremolo. It's neck through. Plays incredible and built to perfection.
I dropped some Dunable P90 humbuckers into it as it never really grabbed me with its tone. After the pickup change, it became a different guitar. It really brightened up and sounds much more airy now. It's my 3rd guitar behind a Tele and a Les Paul, but it's a great guitar and I wouldn't part with it now.
Keep them both... Sell a couple other guitars that are easier to replace down the road. Kiesels come around less often.
i will tell you... this has crossed my mind..
That aqua burst is gorgeous. One of my favorite parts is that flamey neck 🔥🔥🔥
Congrats on the baby boy🍾🎉🎊🎈!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
If you sell the aqua you will be telling your grandkids of your regret for letting it go.
DUDE!! I KNOW. right??? Its so pretty you can almost taste it..
Swap the necks and keep the blue one
DUDE!!! i thought this too... i was worried though about selling it with the serial number not matching the specs... may lose significant value!
I would keep the red one. I prefer the color scheme and I might be the only one who prefer non-rosted maple board ;) But that blue top is insane ! Also, like you said, it as jumbo fret which is a big plus ! Go with the one that feel better .
A baby-boy! Congrats!
I bought a Kiesel Vader 7 on Reverb. It was exactly what I wanted... just by chance. The other guy had it custom built and by the time he got it, he had something else already and just flipped it to try and get most of his money back. I got a smoking deal and didn't have to wait for it to be built.
Its so great when that happens right?!? what color/finish?? what are some of the major specs??
@@jimmyfranklin reverb.com/item/32760437-kiesel-vader-7-2020-raw-tone-jet-black
I bought a used Kiesel Osiris Fretless five string bass off of Reverb.
Bought a used Carvin LB75 with LB90 electronic layout off of Reverb a few months prior.
For the Osiris bass, it's my first bolt on in over thirty years. And my first Kiesel.
Fretless basses get my attention rather easy.
Put the order in after negotiation of the price.
I got a great deal.
Three piece maple neck with a walnut stripe.
Standard alder body.
Hard as nails fingerboard. (No lines or dots)
Split pickup in front, single coil soapbar in the rear.
Active-passive electronics (volume-pan-bass-mid-mid sweep-treble).
Full 18 volt power package.
Operates in passive electronic mode in case of battery failure (it sounds cool in the passive mode as well).
Lightweight, very balanced. Tunes very easy.
And it plays great!
A lot of growl, but keeps its own personality.
Played great right out of the box.
May upgrade the electronics to EMGs. I like those in my fretless basses.
Other than that, no complaints.
Just have to get used to the string changes. Not that I do them everyday, but the time will come.
Man I love them both... I love that flat red but that blue is my favorite color too. I'd take either and be so happy lol.
I just found this video by searching for Kiesel guitars, as one does. I just ordered a Zeus that looks nearly identical to the red one. Trans crimson red, one piece swamp ash body, five piece maple and walnut laminated neck. I did get a gloss finish instead of raw tone, and also Beryllium pickups instead of the Lithiums because I haven't heard them in person and I think the Berylliums will be the safer (but maybe more boring?) choice. Really looking forward to October now! Or November. Whatever. Cheers!
Sell both of them and spec out your own! Then you'll get the best of both worlds with your own added touch!
I think you sound better on the red one.
well.. thats just because of those jumbo frets i think... also there is more playing on the red in this video... i was on a time crunch hahah new baby ya know?? lol
@@jimmyfranklin I gotta disagree. You sound great on both but I much preferred the blue one despite the fact that they sounded similar. Both great though, I do enjoy Kiesel’s lithium set
Oh, I love that guitar, nice swamp ash one piece body with the blood red natural finish.
Hey man,
It will be nice to see a comparison between these Kiesels vs the Strandbergs. I was very tempted to buy a Kiesel before buying my Strandberg. See who the real winner is from a working-class musician's perspective once and for all.
Cheers,
How does it feel compared to your Strandberg?
So this is a very hard question... a question that is going to be best answered... in another video... but i will tell you for being a modern guitar, its a little old-school compared to something like strandberg... and i think thats really cool and it has a completely different character...
That blue Zeus is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dude i know!!! I sold the blue one too 😭 i never should have but i felt more of a connection with the red one!
@@jimmyfranklin I love my kiesels, great guitars
I own four Kiesels, so the thought of selling one is like, NANI?! To me. I absolutely love them. I say keep them both bro.
If it was me, I would sell them both and order my own Kissel custom build balls out! Great vid.
thanks man! i love playing this guitar so much and i want to do this but not having a kiesel for a while scares me HAHA!
I'd keep them both and sell something else. I just got my first Kiesel on Saturday. I got a Vader 6 Trem in red. Bought it in a shop used, so no spec sheet. I've contacted Kiesel with the serial to find out what year it is, pickups, woods.. This guitar is killer, and I personally think it's miles better than any Strandberg (I've owned and sold 4 of them). Mainly because I like the heftier weight and straight frets. Already looking at getting another one, but this time it'll be custom ordered direct.
Dude. I gotta say. I made the mistake of selling the blue one and I totally regret it. But I love the red still. My next one should be custom ordered but I don’t k ow if I want to wait that long lol!! I was thinking about selling a Strandberg for it funny enough!
Awesome video but just one thing to think about. The intro music is hyper loud compared to the rest of the audio. I watched this video through my car speakers and the intro music scared the hell out of me haha!
I'm in the window for my 8 string Zeus I ordered back in April. I went with an ash body, and a nightburst quilted maple top. The neck is a 5 piece walnut with purple heart stripes, and a roasted maple fingerboard, as well as fishman fluence pickups. Super stoked.
Back when KIESEL was still called CARVIN, I ordered direct a DC-127 (or was it DC-130?) H.S.S. KOA NECK-THRU + BODY, translucent blue with gold hardware/trem. for $1100!!! But the blue came out as GREEN and unfortunately I returned it! $200 shipping both ways in 1992. I'm still kicking myself!
Swap the necks? Best of both worlds
Get the red one. You're playing definitely sounds better on the red one. But of course by the time that I am posting this remark you've already probably made your decision. I hope it was the red one. The blue one definitely looks better but I've never chosen a guitar based on looks. Playability first, and then tone. You can always change pickups to change the sound but great playability is a tough nut to crack.
Funny enough… I went with the red! Haha
I was just in love with it and couldn’t explain why. It has been one of my workhorses ever since
Keep the red one!
I like the red one - I really dig it's classic, understated looks...but it's bristling with awesome! >evidenced in 1) birdseye board 2) that really tasteful satin ash body 3) 3 piece neck..
..But then I heard the other one. Dude, the aqua one sounds way better! They both sound good, but the aqua one sounds special. Really...it makes a no contest..🤨
It's aqua for the win....and I love the red one. Everything about it is what I would choose....but the aqua ones got the tones, so....you gotta give it to the tone - that should be number priority.
Anyway...it's a win-win. Lucky you!
I'd keep the red. But, for flashiness on stage and on TH-cam, you should keep the blue.
You could always swap the necks 🤷♂️ then the blue one would have the jumbo frets
Definitely keep the Blue Aqua! I think the red one is fugly. 😂
Well, if it were eye candy you were looking for, the aqua burst is the way to go, I also thought the aqua ones pickups sounded better. The red one, although awesome in its own right, it is a bit bland for what you said you were looking for.
I have a NAM8 on the way from the Neck Thru run, super stoked for that, and an LMX7 that will have a purple flame maple top with grabber blue burst edges. Sadly i sold my first kiesel, but theyre amazing and really affordable for customs!
How is the tuning stability compared to a Floyd? Cuz I'm getting kinda sick of dealing with Floyd...changing strings, tuning, etc. I love the look and sound of those guitars, but wondering about fixed bridge vs trem. I have a Charvel and a LP-type and I prefer the feel and tone of the LP with the fixed bridge and tailpiece. I like using a trem now and then, but the tradeoff in tuning stability and just being a pain to deal with just aren't worth it. So if I end up going with a Kiesel...I need to figure that out. Which Kiesel is most like a PRS Custom 22 or 24?
The tuning stability is amazing compared to a Floyd. Floyd’s are great but can also be inconvenient to lock and unlock. This never has to be locked and unlocked with the headless guitars. ALSO major element of tuning stability with headless guitars is that there are less points of friction. No tuning pegs, string trees, or break angle to deal with over the nut. So that’s a major factor in how well headless guitars IN GENERAL stay in tune. The kiesel options MOST LIKE a PRS are the C6 and CT6. Neither of those come in a headless option however. So I can’t comment on their tuning stability. But they do use a hipshot trem and Hipshot makes wonderful stuff.
I purchased my 1st Carvin/Keisel Ct-6 back in 2004...still plays as well as the day i got it! Got another in 2018 with jumbo stainless steel frets and an INSANE top! Top quality 🤘🤘
Id keep the blue zeus, roasted maple feels amazing and it overall looks sexier. Refrets are always a thing
So swap the necks ....?
That flame on that neck though!!!
There’s always a valid reason to buy a new guitar 😊
HAHAHA! Especially a Kiesel!
Hey Jimmy, I was wondering how comfortable is the zeus body? And how comfortable is the forearm contour? I love the look of the zeus and I want a custom zeus as my next guitar.
Honestly, for me it is insanely comfortable. But that’s just my opinion. Sittings it hooks my leg perfectly and standing fits my body so well. The arm contour is wonderful one of my most comfortable guitars.
@@jimmyfranklin Cause I love the single cut look, and they offer it in 24.75 scale length and the acoustic saddles. Thank you so much, I've just wondered how comfortable it was. Love the channel and content, keep on keepin on🤟
Just switch the necks!
Funny I just had a daughter and bought an acoustic
I love the blue one. If you prefer the other neck options couldn’t you do a neck swap? I feel like it would be acceptable.
Yes! i totally could... one of the things about kiesels though is that they all have a specific spec sheet of how they were ordered... so if you were to run the serial number, it would come back as different specs and im worried about that devaluing them!
Not just for me, but for someone who buys them from me in the future
@@jimmyfranklin true. But I feel like if you were to disclose the swap and the new specs it might fall into the hands of the right musician. Someone may prefer those options. 🤷🏻
I'm about to order one, how this 5 way switch works? there isn't any info either on website and forum
Its a standard Coil Split kind of idea. I dont know the exact pick up config off the top of my head but the inbetween setting split the humbuckers. nothing too fancy
Which pickups do you prefer?? Lithium or Berillyum?
Lithium all day! Berillyums have nothing for me
Since they are bolt-on necks, why not just swap the necks?
Do they both have 20in radius fretboards?
Yes!
Sell both get a custom exactly how you like it. Try to flip them for profit if possible.
Huh. Where's the logo?
What's also interesting is that a single knob model costs extra and makes the guitar non-returnable, so it's quite a commitment.
And hey, you could just swap the necks.
Oh and you just had a baby and can still spend $4000 on guitars on a whim?
Logo is on the body. They do have a lot of models that are not returnable which is scary. Part of why I didn’t commit to an order. I didn’t want to swap the necks out of fear of ruining resale value for me or the next person. I definitely didn’t spend $4000 dollars on these. And one was being sold so I spent less than that and got over half of it back. Gotta be smart with these things. #workingclassmusician.
@@jimmyfranklin "Logo is on the body." 01:05 yeah, not seeing it.
I find it hard to believe the blue one was under $2000, and sure _maybe_ the red was around $1500.
Good point about resale value, since each is apparently documented. I wasn't aware they provided a certificate that matched up with the serial number, so I guess that's good to keep in mind. 👍
Love your vids bro! Got a question about the blue kiesel. The finish you said "aqua burst" looks way too blue on the website when im building one and I want one just like yours. Does the serial number tell you the specs? I would love to know the specs on that one, I pretty much want the exact same thing but with jumbos.
I did have the spec sheet and it said aqua cali burst. That may be the difference. Try choosing aqua then adding a California burst in the more options. If it’s not looking right call them!
how would I build a finish like that red one in their builder? the generated picture really doesn't do the open pore justice.
It’s swamp ash and raw tone finish!
Swamp ash has the big grain that looks so good
@@jimmyfranklin it does! beauty red on that one. clean looking with the maple neck
You know….it never hurts to keep both 🤷♂️
Did you ever make a decision?
On another note I own 2 kiesels one was a build I put in and the other was a reverb buy. The reverb buy was nearly 1k off its build price and only thing I would of done differently would of been different inlays than it has and would of gone with the “RNC” option (I think) which keeps the back of the body in a natural clear coat. Other than that the guitar is everything I would of picked in a build and I got it dirt cheap compared to having it built.
Aqua blue looks awesome thought the other 1 sounded better
I literally think the exact opposite! I think the red one looks better, but the blue one sounds fantastic - i.e. better.
@@lueysixty-six7300 keep both if possible love the Zeus model - Lol bro
One Kiesel is never enough! 🤣😂🤣
Easy, just swap out the necks and you're done.
I own a Kiesel Osiris and just picked up a Standberg yesterday and now I'm wondering if I really like my Kiesel as much as I thought I did. Aa far as your dilemma, the deep red one is the keeper IMO. I'm not a huge fan of the glossy translucent blue burst.
I agree
why not just switch the necks and keep the blue?
My only main concern with that was that the spec sheet of these custom builds are usually used to authenticate aspects of the build and I didn’t want to decrease the value of both guitars.
Swap the necks, keep the aqua burst
@ Jimmy did you ever sale one?
Which one did you end up keeping?
I want the blue one
I would keep the aqua burst .👌
the second guitar sounded uuhuge and tasty
swap the necks?
I don't want to devalue both guitars...
Wait... is that a Nocturnal Rites tattoo on your finger????
swap the necks
You sound great! Dude they are both nasty but you should sell them both and spec out your own now that you know you like them. Their new builder is addicting.
Guitars no longer play clean.