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NBD (FINALLY!!!!) - Kiesel Vanquish Multi-Scale 5-string "The Bumblebee"

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  1. Apr 22, 2017 #1
    TheOxRocks

    TheOxRocks

    Apr 23, 2013
    Delray Beach, FL
    WELL worth the wait. Perfect setup and almost in tune right out of the box. Very little learning curve for the fanned-fret board. VERY articulate, especially in the lowest notes. A VERY different, darker sound with the swamp ash body. Going to like this, I can tell.

    Okay, enough of my yammering - time for bass porn:

    Oh, no... it's a bleeding box:
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    Soft - and that's an interesting word, this thing is built like a tank - bass case:
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    Bass in case:
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    On the couch:
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    Seated:
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    Carvin/Kiesel bass family 2017:
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  5. Apr 22, 2017 #2
    el_Bajo_Verde

    el_Bajo_Verde

    May 18, 2016
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Great! The first one I've seen! I imagine the wait must have been agonizing
     
  9. Apr 22, 2017 #3
    TheOxRocks

    TheOxRocks

    Apr 23, 2013
    Delray Beach, FL
    Considering all the problems they had - string ferrules, bridges, strings themselves - I believe mine might be the first off the production line, outside of the prototype.
     
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  13. Apr 22, 2017 #4
    wvbass

    wvbass Supporting Member

    Mar 1, 2004
    West Virginia
    I like Carvin. I like multiscale. I like that what passes for "binding" is a layer of wood and is inset from the edge. I like the color, wood and finish selection you went with. I like the fact that you still use a phone book.

    I'm not overly crazy about the fact that I am supposed to call Carvin "Kiesel" now.
     
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  18. Apr 22, 2017 #5
    Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures Supporting Member

    Jan 26, 2002
    Canada
    Very cool! Congratulations on the new bass. I like that colour combo and I definitely like fanned frets. I hope you will post a more in-depth review after you have lived with it a while.
     
  22. Apr 22, 2017 #6
    Rib 13

    Rib 13

    Jun 20, 2006
    Home
    Congrats! Beautiful....How long was the wait?

    btw, Im also a Mets fan: Im still bummed how Syndegaard got pasted the other night
     
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  26. Apr 22, 2017 #7
    JRA

    JRA my words = opinion Supporting Member

    Oct 28, 2013
    Indianapolis and Cincinnati
    aha! very nice! congratulations on your new instrument! :thumbsup:
     
  30. Apr 22, 2017 #8
    southgabass

    southgabass

    Oct 22, 2008
    South GA, Valdosta (2b exact)
    Nice!!! The only issue I have is all the Mets gear laying around LOL
     
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  34. Apr 22, 2017 #9
    TheOxRocks

    TheOxRocks

    Apr 23, 2013
    Delray Beach, FL
    Almost exactly four months.

     
  38. Apr 22, 2017 #10
    HubbardsFate

    HubbardsFate

    Oct 18, 2006
    If a Dingwall and a Warwick had a baby...:roflmao:

    Seriously, happy NBD! :hyper::thumbsup::bassist:
     
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  42. Apr 22, 2017 #11
    TheOxRocks

    TheOxRocks

    Apr 23, 2013
    Delray Beach, FL
    It isn't a phone book, actually. It's "Windows 10 For Dummies" - a book I have, fortunately, yet to open in the year-plus that I've owned it.
     
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  47. Apr 22, 2017 #12
    Low8

    Low8 Supporting Member

    Mar 30, 2014
    +1 on that!
     
  51. Apr 22, 2017 #13
    stephen3547

    stephen3547 Supporting Member

    Apr 20, 2013
    Nice! I think I have that same finish on my Kiesel Vanquish fretless my kiesel bass.jpg
     
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  55. Apr 22, 2017 #14
    Spent

    Spent

    May 15, 2011
    Upstate NY
    Very nice! I was so tempted, but I want a six string; I already have two 5 strings. I emailed and asked if a six would be coming out, but was told no. So I ended up getting a great deal on an LB76W, my first Carvin. They make some nice basses (but you already knew that). Good luck, enjoy it!
     
  59. Apr 22, 2017 #15
    Hand slap

    Hand slap

    Feb 14, 2016
    I have my first Keisel guitar due to be in this week, looks like you have other Keisel/Carvins, how do YOU rate their basses, on quality, playability & tone?
     
  63. Apr 22, 2017 #16
    Hand slap

    Hand slap

    Feb 14, 2016
     
  67. Apr 22, 2017 #17
    SirMjac28

    SirMjac28 Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion

    Aug 25, 2010
    The Great Midwest
    Beautiful bass congrats.
     
  71. Apr 22, 2017 #18
    littlebooner

    littlebooner

    Jan 27, 2012
    West Kelowna, BC
    Congrats! Multiscale's are a lot of fun to play!
     
  76. Apr 22, 2017 #19
    Fender_Bender

    Fender_Bender

    Mar 12, 2017
    Hamilton, Ontario
    Just be glad you got him in trade for a mediocre knuckleballer.
     
  80. Apr 22, 2017 #20
    Klaxxi

    Klaxxi

    Mar 6, 2017
    Beaumont, TX
    Well, to be fair he was a Cy Young winning knuckleballer at the time.
     
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