DCM8 is an eight-stringed giant, with compound scale, passive electronics and 24 fanned frets. It also rocks combined Hipshot (bridge) and Kiesel (tuners) hardware, as well as neck-through-body construction. This DC series` metal monster starts at $1,449.00. The most basic of all available DCM8 specs lists includes alder body wings, five-piece maple neck running through the middle and a 24-fret ebony fingerboard on top of the neck. Chrome-plated hardware, slanted Lithium pickups and offset dot inlays are also there. In addition to the basic specs list, Kiesel offers a huge range of customization options. These include, but are not limited to alternative tonewoods and tonewood combinations (wings, neck, fingerboard), hardware finishes (black, gold), inlay designs, finish options, binding options, fretwire dimensions, etc.

DCM8 Full Specs

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Body Shape Soloist
Body Type Solid Body
Body Construction Double cutaway
Body Construction Neck-thru
Carved Top Yes
Body Wood Swamp Ash
Body Wood Alder
Body Top Wood Maple (Burl)
Neck Wood Maple
Neck Shape C-shaped neck
Neck Joint Neck-through
Neck Construction 5-piece neck
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Number of Frets 24
Fret Size Jumbo
Fret Size Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays Side dot
Nut Width 2.148"
Number of Pickups 2
Bridge Pickup Type Humbucker
Neck Pickup Type Humbucker
Controls Volume
Controls Tone
Controls Push-pull
Coil Splitting Yes
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Bridge Hipshot
Bridge Hardtail
Hardware Chrome
Number of Strings 8
Tuners Kiesel
Scale Length Compound 26"-27-1/2"
Finish Satin
Custom Features: Pickups: Kiesel Lithium pickups (passive, humbucking). Controls: volume, tone w/push-pull (coil-splitting), 3-way pickup selector. Starting Price: $1,449. Misc: non-standard options featured on the photo include swamp ash body (alder is standard), burl maple top (no top is standard), EVO jumbo frets (medium frets are standard), cream pickups (black covers are standard), no inlays (dot inlays are standard), chambered body construction (completely solid construction is standard).

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Body Shape
Soloist
Soloist
Body Type
Solid Body
Solid Body
Body Construction
Double cutaway/Neck-thru
Neck-thru
Carved Top
Yes
No
Body Wood
Alder/Swamp Ash
Mahogany
Body Top Wood
Maple (Burl)
Maple (Flame)
Neck Wood
Maple
Mahogany
Neck Shape
C-shaped neck
C-shaped neck
Neck Joint
Neck-through
Neck-through
Neck Construction
5-piece neck
5-piece neck
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Maple (Birdseye)
Number of Frets
24
24
Fret Size
Jumbo/Medium Jumbo
Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Side dot
Abalone Blocks
Nut Width
2.148"
1.69''
Number of Pickups
2
2
Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Controls
Push-pull/Tone/Volume
Mini Switch
Coil Splitting
Yes
No
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Bridge
Hardtail/Hipshot
String Through
Hardware
Chrome
Chrome
Number of Strings
8
12
Tuners
Kiesel
Kiesel
Scale Length
Compound 26"-27-1/2"
25"
Finish
Satin
Satin
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