Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: mecca777 on December 03, 2012, 01:09:55 PM
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Look what the UPS man brought me this morning!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/mecca777/charvel02.jpg)
Excuse the shoddy phone pic; I'll be trying again with my brother's decent camera later tonight. It's a 2009 Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas. Flamed ash top on mahogany, rosewood neck with birdseye maple fretboard, P90s with 3-way toggle and master volume.
The build quality is impeccable, the sounds are exactly what I've always wanted from a P90 guitar and the neck feels like, well, a thick chunk of raw rosewood with a maple board and massive frets. Which is handy, because I love maple fretboards and massive frets. It turns out that a twin soapbar Charvel Strathead is exactly what I always wanted out of life. I'm in love. In fact I'm neglecting my love by sitting here, so I'm going to go and give it some more attention. :)
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Ooooh! That is nice! :D
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Nice????
Not just nice, fantastic!! Big congrats. Great with a superstrat with p90s, that's unique
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well, thats pretty unique! love the top.
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That's a stunning beauty. Love the top and overall organic look. And yeah: p90's.
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That does look a bit of a stunner :D
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Very nice, congrats!
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That does look rather good- I look forward to seeing more pictures.
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Congrats, probably the nicest San Dimas i've seen.
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Very unique guitar :D Congrats on the NGD!
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I like it! A rosewood neck with a maple board sounds like a weird idea but.... interesting! :D
And you can't go wrong with P-90s. :)
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I love that. I didn't know Charvel strayed so far from the "regular" Superstrat design. I used to own one of the original US built EVH guitars and it was beautifully put together. If your one is built like that then you've really bagged a beauty. Fantastic.
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Thanks everyone for the kind words. It really is a stunner, and I couldn't be happier. The sound is somewhere between a fat Fender tone and an SG, which isn't a big shock given the specs. I managed to get a few slightly better shots of the body and neck today, for my fellow wood deviants. ;)
I love that. I didn't know Charvel strayed so far from the "regular" Superstrat design. I used to own one of the original US built EVH guitars and it was beautifully put together. If your one is built like that then you've really bagged a beauty. Fantastic.
I found a webpage that keeps track of Charvel custom shop serial numbers. It looks like they built a couple of other P90-loaded San Dimas customs at around the same time. Perhaps it was just the whim of one of the builders, or maybe they were for a show display. Whatever the reason, I'm glad they did; I have indeed bagged a beauty!
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that's awesome :D
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Wow, I didn't see that it had a rosewood neck. That just upped it considerably.
Enjoy it!
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I love the grain patterns in the top!
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I love the grain patterns in the top!
It kind of looks like a Zakk Wylde paint job.. perfect for the 80s look
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That's real classy chunk a wood, congratz!
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Great looking guitar- congrats.