ครั้งหนึ่งเมื่อนานมาแล้ว
ผมเคยอยากได้กีตาร์ทรงนึงซึ่งเป็นรูปร่างเล็กกระทัดรัด น้ำหนักเบา
เหมาะเป็นหน่วยเคลื่อนที่เร็ว แต่ด้วยราคาที่แพงมากๆ
และข้อจำกัดเรื่องสายต้องใช้สายกีตาร์เฉพาะ รวมถึงอะไหล่ที่หายากเลยพับโครงการไป
แต่...เมื่อปีที่แล้ว 2558 ทาง Pedalparks และ Lavish
Guitar ได้ร่วมมือกันเพื่อนำสินค้าดีๆมาให้เราได้เล่นกันในราคาที่เหมาะสม
สั่งสเปคเองได้ และที่สำคัญคือ Customshop Made in USA
ด้วยเหตุนี้ผมจึงไม่พลาดที่จะสั่งตัวนี้ไปกับเค้าด้วยครับ
มาดูประวัติของ MR.Keisel ก่อนครับ
(ขออภัยที่เป็นภาษาอังกฤษนะครับ)
Mr. Kiesel was born on a farm in Eustis, Nebraska
on February 22, 1915. As a young man, he spent time in Wichita, Kansas, where
he developed an interest in musical instruments; specifically, Hawaiian steel
guitars, resonators and the newly-emerging electronic aspects of these
instruments. During his time in Kansas in the 1930s, he performed live on local
radio stations with his Hawaiian steel guitar. However, like other innovators
in the burgeoning industry of that era, 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.
Following his time in the midwest, Mr. Kiesel
relocated to Los Angeles, where he took a job with North American Aviation. It
was World War II, and Mr. Kiesel was one of many men building aircraft for the
war effort; notably, the legendary P-51 Mustang, which is often credited as
turning the tide of the war for the Allies. Near the end of the war, in 1944,
he married Agnes Dorothea Jorgenson, who would be with him until her passing in
2007.
He founded the L. C. Kiesel Company in 1946, and
began winding guitar pickups on an old sewing machine. The company was
initially located in Los Angeles, briefly relocated back to Mr. Kiesel's home
state of Nebraska, and then moved back to southern California in 1949, by which
time he had added amplifiers and steel guitars to his lineup of gear. There are
still examples of these early Kiesel-badged steel guitars and amplifiers in
existence today, underscoring the quality and durability of Mr. Kiesel's early
designs. Originally, Kiesel pickups were sold through a distributor, but Mr.
Kiesel felt he could do a better job by eliminating the middleman and selling
his pickups directly to the customer, so an idea that would last until this day
was born. He changed the name of the company to Carvin, after his two eldest
sons, Carson and Gavin. In the earliest years of the company, he advertised in
such magazines as Popular Mechanics, and began producing his own mail order
catalog in the early 1950s. In the years that followed, the company expanded
from pickups to guitars and basses, amplifiers, pro audio equipment and other
musical accessories. Early Carvin steel guitars, amplifiers and electronics
were made by Mr. Kiesel himself, and later by a few employees of the small
company. In addition to his pickups, which were notably used by Semie Moseley
in early Mosrite guitars, Mr. Kiesel designed and built many unique
instruments, including an electric upright bass and an electric violin, which
Agnes enjoyed playing.
As the decades passed, Carvin blossomed into a
world-class manufacturer of musical instruments, amplification and pro audio
gear. The company relocated several times, from Baldwin Park outside of Los
Angeles, to Covina, California, to Escondido, California, and finally to its
present location in San Diego. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mr. Kiesel's
sons joined the family business, bringing their own engineering and technical
skills to the company, and today, the 3rd and 4th generation of Kiesels are also
part of the company. 1970 was when our President, Mark Kiesel, was brought on
to take full control over the Guitar Division. Lowell Kiesel's leadership,
technical expertise and innovative engineering and marketing concepts led the
company for decades, and even after handing the reins of the company over to
his sons, he maintained an office in Carvin's San Diego headquarters. The
innovative "factory-direct" sales approach adopted by Mr. Kiesel in
the 1940s continues to this day, and is one of the primary reasons for the
company's success.
Mr. Kiesel was preceded in death by son Gavin in
1989 and wife of 63 years, Agnes, in 2007. Son Mark Kiesel is President of the
newly formed Kiesel Guitars, which became an independent company in 2015,
focusing exclusively on guitar and bass design and production. Lowell's
grandson Jeff Kiesel is vice-president of Kiesel Guitars. Both of Jeff's
children, Zak and Kaila, are also learning the family business. Zak works in
instrument construction and sales and Kaila works in the pickup winding and
assembly department. Mark, Jeff, Zak and Kaila Kiesel will continue to carry on
the quality and traditions established by the family patriarch for many years
to come, ensuring that the Kiesel name and Lowell Kiesel's legacy will live on.
Lowell Kiesel will be greatly missed and fondly
remembered by the Kiesel family and the entire staff of Kiesel Guitars.
สรุปว่ายี่ห้อนี้เริ่มทำสินค้าจำหน่ายตั้งแต่ปี 1915 คือ 101 ปีมาแล้วครับ
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แรกๆยังคิดอยู่ว่าใช่ตัวของเราหรือเปล่าหว่า???
มาที่ตรงส่วนหัวครับ เป็นแบบ Headless ใช้นัทของ Hipshot
ครับ
Inlay ผมเลือก Option
เสริมคือ Mother Of Pearl Block Inlays สวยงามฮะ
มาที่บอดี้เต็มตัวบ้างครับ สเปคตามนี้เลยครับ
Alder body and maple neck, neck-through
Bookmatched 4A Quilted Maple Top
Ebony Fingerboard Black (No Streaking)
Kiesel body logo
Hipshot™ bridge
24 medium-jumbo frets
Stainless Jumbo Frets .055" H .110" W
Direct-mount K12B bridge humbucker, K12N neck
humbucker
Master volume and tone, 5-way lever-style pickup
selector
Elixir Light Gauge .010 - .046 (Standard)
Dunlop Straplocks
ตอนสั่งไปไม่คิดเหมือนกันครับว่า ลายไม้เค้าจะอลังการงานสร้างขนาดนี้
จนของมานี่ต้องยอมเลยว่างานสีและคุณภาพเนี๊ยบมากๆ
สี Midnight Blueburst ครับ
มาที่ด้านหลังครับ
เดิมทีทางพี่เก่งในฐานะผู้ดูแลแบรนด์ Keisel
คนนึง เชียร์ให้ผมจัดบอดี้เป็น Black Limba เนื่องจากจัดเป็นไม้หายากครับ
(EXOTIC) แต่....กีตาร์ที่บ้านที่มีสองตัวผมเป็นมะฮอกกานีซึ่งก็สายพันธุ์เดียวกันนั่นล่ะ
เลยอยากหาอะไรที่แตกต่างบ้าง
คอก็เลยมาเป็น Maple ครับ
