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mecca777

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NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« on: December 03, 2012, 01:09:55 PM »
Look what the UPS man brought me this morning!



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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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2012, 01:11:42 PM »
Ooooh! That is nice!  :D
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2012, 01:16:14 PM »
Nice????


Not just nice, fantastic!! Big congrats. Great with a superstrat with p90s, that's unique
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2012, 01:18:27 PM »
well, thats pretty unique! love the top.
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2012, 01:33:41 PM »
That's a stunning beauty. Love the top and overall organic look. And yeah: p90's.
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2012, 06:02:06 PM »
That does look a bit of a stunner :D
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2012, 06:35:28 PM »
Very nice, congrats!
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2012, 07:19:08 PM »
That does look rather good- I look forward to seeing more pictures.
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2012, 09:04:24 PM »
Congrats, probably the nicest San Dimas i've seen.
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2012, 09:12:52 PM »
Very unique guitar  :D Congrats on the NGD!
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2012, 10:48:21 PM »
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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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2012, 07:50:52 AM »
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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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2012, 12:09:36 PM »
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. ;)

Quote from: Andrew W on December 04, 2012, 07:50:52 AM
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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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2012, 12:43:15 PM »
that's awesome :D
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Re: NGD - Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2012, 01:28:16 PM »
Wow, I didn't see that it had a rosewood neck. That just upped it considerably.


Enjoy it!
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