Brooks Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 The Kiesel has landed! Kiesel HH2 w/ maple neck & semi-hollow alder body, quilted maple top, 20" radius ebony fretboard w/ jumbo stainless steel frets, Holdsworth humbuckers w/ coil tap (will prolly swap the pups at some point). 5 lbs!! Plays AMAZING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I recall that Holdsworth had a special string spacing that he liked. Do you notice that much on this new guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 There's a couple of things going on; super flat 20" radius (my Ibby Prestige RGA121 is 17", and my hollow Ibby is 14", Fenders are typically ~7 to ~9" IIRC); a wider upper fretboard yet the nut width is normal 1 & 11/16"; stainless steel jumbos that come to more of a point than the jumbos on my RGA. Not sure what exactly, maybe the combo of all these things, but it's effortless and addicting to play. The weight drove this purchase, as my back problems have been getting worse (I sold my Gibson Midtown because it was giving me pain on long gigs). 1st I got the hollow Ibby AG75 (super cheap and light, and has the lowest action of all my guitars), that was light enough and sounded pretty good (after I put an alnico GFS humbucker in the neck), but had bad upper fret access. My RGA is pretty light for a solid body, my rawk gigs are ~1 to 1.5 hours, but it is too stratty for the jazz gigs. Then I came into a little money and started looking for a guitar that could do it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincsman Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Nice Guitar buddy enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jettster Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Congrats!!! Sure is a stunner, hopefully you have better luck with yours than I did with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 On 6/18/2018 at 7:38 PM, jettster said: Congrats!!! Sure is a stunner, hopefully you have better luck with yours than I did with mine. do tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 20 minutes ago, Brooks said: do tell. A.K.A. DMK, LI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jettster Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Long story short, it was a beautiful guitar specked out just the way I wanted it but there were issues with the neck that could not be resolved even after sending back to the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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