Carvin Corporation
| Private | |
| Industry | Amplifiers |
| Genre | Music company |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | Lowell Kiesel |
| Headquarters |
San Diego, California |
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Area served
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Global |
| Products | Amplifiers, Audio equipment |
| Website | www |
San Diego, California
United States of America
Carvin Corporation is an American guitar amplifier and audio equipment manufacturer in San Diego, California. It is one of only a few remaining family-owned companies in the industry.
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.
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