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Carvin Corporation is an American guitar, bass guitar, and audio equipment manufacturer in San Diego, California. It is one of only a few remaining family-owned companies in the industry. ==History== Lowell Kiesel founded Carvin in San Diego, California in 1946 as the ''L. C. Kiesel Company'' to manufacture guitar pickups. By 1947, the company manufactured steel guitars in Gothenburg, Nebraska. Around 1948, it returned to Southern California—and, in 1949, moved to Baldwin Park, California, where the company name changed to ''Carvin'', after Kiesel's two eldest sons, Carson and Gavin. The company's current production facility occupies 82,000 square feet.〔 Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, Carvin manufactured guitars and bass guitars, largely from bodies and necks made by Höfner. During this period, they also manufactured amplifiers and steel guitars, and were authorized resellers of other gear, including Fender and Martin guitars, DeArmond pickups, and Sonola accordions. In the late 1970s, Carvin began to produce all their own instrument components, and expanded their product lines to include professional audio gear, recording equipment, lighting, and other stage and studio equipment. Later, Carvin switched to manufacturing through-neck guitars, attracting metal players such as Jason Becker. Starting in the 1970s, Carvin developed a niche in the musical instrument world by only selling directly to the public via mail order, In the 1980s they began to offer guitars and basses built to a customer's specifications, based on available body shapes, woods, colors, electronics, and other features. In 2015, Carvin Corporation split into two distinct companies: Kiesel Guitars, which continues to build electric and acoustic guitars, MIDI synth guitars, bass guitars and other instruments under the Carvin Guitars name as well as new, Kiesel-badged instruments; and Carvin Amplifiers/Carvin Audio, which will continue to manufacture guitar and bass amplifiers and pro audio gear. Kiesel Guitars opened up sales globally following the split, which Carvin Amplifiers/Carvin Audio continue to use a dealer network for overseas sales. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carvin Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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