Stef Carpenter's Dope Guitar
The Dope
Guitar
A Mastergrade Buckeye Burl Vader infused with real nugs, holographic metal flake, and an app-controlled RGB LED system. Limited edition Stef Carpenter signature build.
The Dope Guitar
RGB Void Colors
Featured Specs
- Top Wood
- Mastergrade Buckeye Burl
- Body
- Roasted Swamp Ash
- Metal Flake Infusion
- Purple With Real Nugs & Leaves
- Lighting
- App-Controlled RGB LED System
- Neck
- 7-Piece Maple / Walnut / Mahogany
- Fingerboard
- Royal Ebony
- Inlays
- Reverse Offset Dots
- Bridge Pickup
- Stef Carpenter Sig. Fishman Fluence
- Pickup Cover
- Royal Ebony
- Rear Cavity Cover
- Royal Ebony
Watch the Build
The Story
Stef Carpenter's new Vader takes dope to a whole new level. Putting genuine, freshly cut buds and leaves on full display, the "Dope" guitar joins the likes of the Sushi guitar as a resin-filled, themed instrument. Further outfitted with LEDs — a first for Kiesel Guitars — and top-tier woods, Carpenter's Vader stands out among the other Custom Shop creations.
The Mastergrade Buckeye top is "reverse" bookmatched to optimize the center cavity. The Roasted Swamp Ash body features a custom center route with a purple/holographic metal flake base and is lined with an app-controlled LED system. An accompanying knob — a nug suspended in resin above the purple/holographic metal flake — brings the artistry above the surface.
Expanding beyond the middle cavity, the engraved Kiesel logo matches the desired center color. Powering both the active pickup and LED system are rechargeable batteries in a standard and a specialized Fishman battery pack, respectively.
Elevating the aesthetics further: a 7-Piece Maple/Walnut/Mahogany neck, Royal Ebony Pickup Bobbin, electronics cover, Fingerboard, and Tung-Oiled Bevel, Back, and Side. Without the dozens of hours put in by Kiesel Guitars' president, "Dope" wouldn't have seen the light of the stage.
