Kiesel Vader: Purple Quilt Burst Vs. California Purple Burst

[narad]

I would just treat them as "best case" scenarios. If you take a photo in dim light with a high shutter speed you can probably get close to the photo I posted without any editing. Maybe the contrast or saturation's been a bit tweaked? I would hope no airbrushing and I would be reluctant to believe they have the time for that.

It's perhaps just a bit disingenuous to use the absolute best image of these on their web site as advertisement, but hey, none of Misha's guitars look as nice as his photos so it's not like heavy postprocessing is anything new to this site. I wouldn't get worked up about it -- they can still wind up looking nice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pbmelht5yE

 

[gujukal]

Second one, doubt it look that nice in person though

 

[Esp Griffyn]

Remember that in Kiesel's official photos they massively boost the colour saturation of the images.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAAAAA3Cg/NHBFBUbQZUI/s800-Ic42/IMG_2375.JPG
cali burst usually looks pretty good.

 

[DarkCide]

Notice the California burst I posted has a deeper burst than standard. Which means Kiesel cannot offer the 10 day return.

You guys know who owns these guitars?

I'd like to reach out to them.

 

[Wolfhorsky]

Purple burst is really dark and it needs lots of light to pop. But it is classier imho. Like a dark purple velvet. Cali burst one looks more like a toy to me.

 

[Señor Voorhees]

As far as I can tell I've never seen an official Kiesel photo (like the OP's and the one I posted) for a gloss trans finish that ever looked that close to a guy's NGD pictures. Since we're comparing two Kiesels I guess it cancels out.

The cali burst is inherently more bright though, so the colors naturally pop more. The purple-black bursts are always super dark so it's harder to make them stand out in photos. The photo in OP is a little closer to how they look irl, but eh one you posted almost looks like it was done entirely in photoshop. Like one of those "guitar builder" things people like to play with.

Honestly, I like them dark though so the standard burst is definitely appealing to me. Perhaps I just own too many color-to-black bursts over quilt for me to be as amused by it as I am the cali burst, which just looks unique. I also like the larger wavy quilt in the cali burst more than the really tight thing waves in the standard burst.

Both would look way more "3D" in person I'd be willing to bet though.

 

[narad]

Eh, I've never seen any purple burst Carvin/Kiesels in person, and very few in person in general, but some photos from around the net from owners...

They don't seem too off base to me.

 

[HighGain510]

I've owned two of the original purple finishes from Carvin way back in the day, and they are WAY dark in person, FWIW. Most of those pics posted have a good deal of light hitting them, but in person they won't appear anywhere near that bright.

 

[feraledge]

Notice the California burst I posted has a deeper burst than standard. Which means Kiesel cannot offer the 10 day return.

You guys know who owns these guitars?

I'd like to reach out to them.

If your choice is a standard option or a opt50 option with Kiesel, I would always advise standard option.

 

[mike1033]

Purple for sure.

 

[The 1]

I prefer the purple burst personally. Though in the op, i think the cali burst photo looks better, but I do like the purpleburst singlecuts posted above.

 

[dhgrind]

Do an inverse cali burst

 

[Shask]

Personally, I like the purple better. I like darker guitars that dont stand out. That Cali Burst is too loud and blingy.

 

[Señor Voorhees]

Eh, I've never seen any purple burst Carvin/Kiesels in person, and very few in person in general, but some photos from around the net from owners...

They don't seem too off base to me.

Yeah, all of those look more akin to the ones in the OP, which was more or less my point. The ones that they upload to their "guitar gallery" are always heavily modified to bring out the colors.

Having said that, all the guitars you posted are gorgeous. That first single cut is giving me some major gas for a purple burst CS carved top. Perhaps next tax season.

 

[tedtan]

Go for whichever you prefer - I don't have any input here.

I would like to point out, however, that the purple burst guitar has one too many strings (8) and the Cali burst has one too few strings (6).

 

[hodorcore]

i'd go with the purple burst

 

[spudmunkey]

Make sure it's known how thick you want the burst. You may or may not have noticed that their bursts are thinner the past month or so. They've changed their standard burst to be quite thin. (not my thing, but I will say that some folks complained about their heavy-handed bursts previously). Just ask the salesperson and have example photos ready to help explain what you are desiring.

 

[DarkCide]

Thanks for the ideas.

I went ahead with the deep purple quilt.

 

[DarkCide]

I chose the standard black back of neck gloss.

Considering switching to satin back of neck.

Suggestions?