3rd batch Charvels in the Flesh! Pics

[Digital Jams]

Curt is da man for sure, better to do business with a player / formite than some smuck on the web you dont know

Well when he bags on Vai he is a smuck though

I only bag on Vai when mentoneman has got my back and Pat's descriptions are so funny I get carried away. I don't "get" Vai. His playing doesn't connect with me. I would be a schmuck if I didn't admit that Vai has got absolutely sick technique. Plus no one else has ever made clavicle piercings look so cool.

I cant remember where I read it but he goes through the story about getting those piercings done, he was smashed regardless

God forbid the day Pat's job takes him to CT, after some fine black angus strips and good Vermont micro brews I will get a pic of him playing my RG550x in road flare red through my Vai rack

 

[D-Rock]

I saw a few of these at a store the other day. They looked great, but the necks felt so rough and unfinished. Bad fret dressing too. This was the same for all of them. I was very dissapointed.

The necks feek KILLER on these Charvels. They are oil finished so if you are used to some satin or gloss finish on your guitars like the guitars listed in your sig have..... well they might not feel right to you. To a long time Charvel San Dimas freak like myself they feel like home. I have had no issues with the fret dressing on my two or any of the ones that came into my store so far..... about 30 so far.

I could very well be that I am simply not used to the finish on the Charvel necks. The shape was fine, and not all the frets were dressed bad. I just pictured these axes as having smooth, butter like necks. They seemed rough and chalky to me (?)

 

[thiswaythatway]

The one i had the neck felt good, as did psycodave's. And the frets all felt good, but they did stick out a little on the bottom of the fretboard, i do hate that. I just feel that these guitars need a pickup swap so consider that extra money you need to spend. Even with a 500k volume pot the JB sounds dull and the 59 has very little output. It almost sounds like a single coil IMHO.

Dave's guitar sounded decent with the Aldrich pickups, the bridge Aldrich sounded aggressive but the neck tones still didn't do it for me.

Not to be just a blind Charvel huckster here, but the JB is Seymour Duncans #1 selling pickup and has been for more than 10 years. Their #2 pickup has been the '59. Charvel is loading this guitar with Seymour Duncan's best-selling pickups. I can't find any fault with that. But in agreement with danyeo here, I prefer swapping out the bridge pickup too but that's because I don't like Duncan JB's....... in ANYTHING!

I had more of an issue with the 59. Me and Dave measured the output and it was extremely low. I'm not sure if they all sounded like the one i had or not, if they do, then Charvel should use their ears and put something else in them since these guitars are geared towards hard rock and metal. I just think it's wierd to have this type of guitar with really mild tones coming out of it. All just my opinion.