And now my grandson Zak is working part time. The coolest thing for me is to see how passionate my son Jeff is about designing and building guitars. If my Dad was still with us he would be proud to see his original KIESEL logo in use again. It s been a fun process to grow our guitar sales from miniscule to what they are today.
CARVIN GUITARS VANQUISH V49K FULL
Later in 1970 after working full time as a design draftsman for a large aero-space company, I was asked by my brother, Carson to quit my job and work full time at Carvin to run the guitar department. Mark Kiesel, President says: I have loved this business from the time I started working part time for my dad in the 60 s. Kiesel Guitars is retaining the current staff and Production will continue at current location. The Carvin brand name for instruments is exclusively owned by Kiesel Guitars and will continue to be made along side Kiesel branded instruments. His innovative and exciting new instrument designs, new features, and options as well as streamlined manufacturing processes have reinvigorated the Custom Shop, and created excitement among the Custom Shop s countless players and fans.
Mark s son, Jeff Kiesel, has been with the company for over 20 years, and under Mark s tutelage, has acquired a wealth of knowledge in the design and construction of stringed instruments. Throughout the 70s and 80s, Mark personally designed and built every instrument that passed through the Custom Shop, and as the popularity of the brand exploded in the 1980s, a whole team of talented luthiers, painters, engineers, technicians and other staff joined the company. Kiesel Company, and was renamed Carvin in 1949 when the company launched its innovative direct-sales business model, so returning to the Kiesel name is an homage to the company founder, who passed away in Mark Kiesel, son of Lowell, has been in charge of guitar production since 1970, and pioneered countless innovations in the stringed instrument industry over the years. The original Kiesel brand name was launched in 1946 by family patriarch Lowell Kiesel as the L.C. This will allow the Custom Shop s talented designers, builders and other staff to focus exclusively on creating the world-class instruments the company is known for. 2ģ After almost 70 years designing and manufacturing high quality, made instruments, Carvin Corporation s guitar and bass Custom Shop division is being separated into its own company, to be known as Kiesel Custom Guitars. this revolutionary idea became the foundation of a business that would last generations. Kiesel knew he could do a better job by eliminating the middleman and selling directly to the customer. Kiesel pickups were originally offered through a distributor, however Mr. There are still examples of these early Kiesel badged steel guitars and amplifiers in existence today, underscoring the quality and durability of Mr. Kiesel Company in 1946 specializing in winding guitar pickups on an old sewing machine, and by 1949 he had added amplifiers and steel guitars to his lineup of gear. While playing on local radio shows he found that he had an equal passion for building instruments and equipment as he did playing them, and that passion would become his life s work. Kiesel was born on a farm in Nebraska on February 22, 1915, and as a young man in Kansas he developed an interest in musical instruments specifically, Hawaiian steel guitars, resonators, and the newly-emerging electronic aspects of these instruments.
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