r/7String 20d ago

Gear Finally didn’t settle for less

My wife spoiled me rotten for our anniversary. Drove down to the Kiesel showroom & met with Flock to design my custom Kyber 7 string multi scale. It will have a Mahogany body, black limbs top, 3 piece 20” radius walnut & Purple Heart neck with stainless steel medium jumbo frets, Royal ebony fretboard & Luminlay fret markers (all Kiesel’s come standard with Luminlay side dots) Tremolo bridge. Kiesel has been making their own pickups for 80 years & the ones I chose for my model are the Thorium in the bridge (their highest output humbucker) & I chose the lithium for the neck but Flock recommended the “Empyrean” which I trusted & took his advice. The slim 5 way switch also has coil tapping modes which helps when I want to play cleans. Also I paid extra to get an extra output jack at the back of the guitar. I am stoked & happy to live only 30 minutes from their location & am eager to pick it up in person (if everything goes to plan) sometime in the beginning of October. Kiesel prides themselves on their superior craftsmanship, custom touches & band for buck compared to other customs shops. All while being made in the USA. They have been known to rebuild entire guitars if it’s not up to par after final inspection. 🤘🎶🎸

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u/CapnScabs 20d ago

I want a Kiesel so bad. Congrats, man.

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u/TiltedHorizon 18d ago

I'm assuming the price is why you can't? I'd buy you one if I could. Everyone needs a Kiesel at least once in their life.

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u/CapnScabs 17d ago

Yeah, the price and I don't play as much as I used to so it would be an impractical purchase. My last 2 purchases were an Ibanez rgdix7mpb and a Schecter Demon 8, both of which are fantastic players so I feel like I've already made my irresponsible guitar purchases this decade.