Charvel will release their custom select USA models soon.

[BigBellyRocker]

The person that is responsible for approving this line of Charvel should be fire. What's so weird about this run are all the features that made Charvel so desirable are not there. the bullet truss rod at the headstock is just weird. They have to use a carve Floyd Rose locking nut to be able to get the truss rod through. This look like a fucking robot sticking out of the headstock. Why don't they just keep the wheel truss rod at the end of the neck?

 

[BigBellyRocker]

I was disappointed because traditional Charvel guitar owners hates HSS configuration.

That's actually only true for a small number of very vocal collectors who seem to set the tone for what their "followers" believe is absolute truth. The HSS setup is preferred by many Charvel players (not collectors) that I'm aware of, and I'm sure many more beyond that. Function tops form for serious players.
Beyond that, the "traditional Charvel guitar owners" aren't the target market for these...those guys stick primarily to vintage and Custom Shop offerings.

Nobody is using that middle pickup. They usually get push all the way down so it doesn't get in the way of the guitar pick.

 

[rupe]

I was disappointed because traditional Charvel guitar owners hates HSS configuration.

That's actually only true for a small number of very vocal collectors who seem to set the tone for what their "followers" believe is absolute truth. The HSS setup is preferred by many Charvel players (not collectors) that I'm aware of, and I'm sure many more beyond that. Function tops form for serious players.
Beyond that, the "traditional Charvel guitar owners" aren't the target market for these...those guys stick primarily to vintage and Custom Shop offerings.

Nobody is using that middle pickup. They usually get push all the way down so it doesn't get in the way of the guitar pick.

Maybe in your circles...not in mine.

 

[BigBellyRocker]

Only thing in charvel i would be interested in is a PRE PRO remake
vintage trem,etc
something like this,

Agreed. Here is my pre-pro spec with nitro paint.

This is what Charvel is all about. If they add in the wheel truss rod and carbon fiber reinforcement for the neck then it will become the perfect weapon.

 

[Viper]

Yah, I'd rather have H/S option in San Dimas as well.

But not for $1900

 

[BigBellyRocker]

I was disappointed because traditional Charvel guitar owners hates HSS configuration.

That's actually only true for a small number of very vocal collectors who seem to set the tone for what their "followers" believe is absolute truth. The HSS setup is preferred by many Charvel players (not collectors) that I'm aware of, and I'm sure many more beyond that. Function tops form for serious players.
Beyond that, the "traditional Charvel guitar owners" aren't the target market for these...those guys stick primarily to vintage and Custom Shop offerings.

Nobody is using that middle pickup. They usually get push all the way down so it doesn't get in the way of the guitar pick.

Maybe in your circles...not in mine.

Which Hair Metal guitarists uses the middle pickup?

 

[rupe]

I was disappointed because traditional Charvel guitar owners hates HSS configuration.

That's actually only true for a small number of very vocal collectors who seem to set the tone for what their "followers" believe is absolute truth. The HSS setup is preferred by many Charvel players (not collectors) that I'm aware of, and I'm sure many more beyond that. Function tops form for serious players.
Beyond that, the "traditional Charvel guitar owners" aren't the target market for these...those guys stick primarily to vintage and Custom Shop offerings.

Nobody is using that middle pickup. They usually get push all the way down so it doesn't get in the way of the guitar pick.

Maybe in your circles...not in mine.

Which Hair Metal guitarists uses the middle pickup?

Jake

 

[gtrwun]

These guitars are going in the wrong direction IMO. Too much black hardware. Where the brass? Where is the crème? Where are the colors? Robin egg blue/surf green?

 

[laneychris]

No fuggin lefty either!!

 

[mooncobra]

Only thing in charvel i would be interested in is a PRE PRO remake
vintage trem,etc
something like this,

Agreed. Here is my pre-pro spec with nitro paint.

now that is bitchin!

 

[sytharnia1560]

Jake

I built a guitar with the angled pick ups like jake does and man the middle one sounds GREAT when angled like that .... I have never been able to get along with the mid one until angling, now they all sound great (have now done 3 guitars with it). I think the angle just balances the tone perfectly

 

[nigelpkay]

Yeah these don't make any sense to me, HSS was such a compromise back in the day with the vol/tone pot mismatch between singles and humbuckers. I have a 1986 Fender Contemporary HSS strat that has been by #1 forever, but I got so tired of the configuration that I put 500k pots in and dremeled out the pickguard recently to convert it to HSH so I can use a humbucker in the neck. (luckily it was routed HHH underneath).

 

[cardinal]

It depends on what you want to do with it. If I'm playing with a lot of gain, I tend to use the bridge pickup for everything. For clean or mild overdrive, the neck and middle single coils are great and you can balance with the bridge output well enough.

But if you want a neck pickup for high gain solos to balance with a high gain rhythm from the bridge pickup, a neck single coil will be tough to balance.

 

[gtrwun]

It depends on what you want to do with it. If I'm playing with a lot of gain, I tend to use the bridge pickup for everything. For clean or mild overdrive, the neck and middle single coils are great and you can balance with the bridge output well enough.

But if you want a neck pickup for high gain solos to balance with a high gain rhythm from the bridge pickup, a neck single coil will be tough to balance.

I think the pickup config is fine for a lot of people, but the look is just off to me. As someone stated earlier, these are starting to just look like Jacksons. The colors and the hardware just get stale. Maybe its just me, but i'm tired of everything being black. Black tuners, black pickups, black pickup rings, black Floyd, black pickup selector, black strap buttons! Charvels to me should have brass or chrome hardware and creme or zebra pickups with creme pickup rings. Thats the tradition look and thats what most guys want when they are looking at one of these guitars. Maybe im wrong, but I know thats what I want. The different pickup configurations are cool to me. Just get the hardware and the color choices worked out.

 

[BigBellyRocker]

It depends on what you want to do with it. If I'm playing with a lot of gain, I tend to use the bridge pickup for everything. For clean or mild overdrive, the neck and middle single coils are great and you can balance with the bridge output well enough.

But if you want a neck pickup for high gain solos to balance with a high gain rhythm from the bridge pickup, a neck single coil will be tough to balance.

I think the pickup config is fine for a lot of people, but the look is just off to me. As someone stated earlier, these are starting to just look like Jacksons. The colors and the hardware just get stale. Maybe its just me, but i'm tired of everything being black. Black tuners, black pickups, black pickup rings, black Floyd, black pickup selector, black strap buttons! Charvels to me should have brass or chrome hardware and creme or zebra pickups with creme pickup rings. Thats the tradition look and thats what most guys want when they are looking at one of these guitars. Maybe im wrong, but I know thats what I want. The different pickup configurations are cool to me. Just get the hardware and the color choices worked out.

I don't know if anyone has noticed this but I feel that the black Floyd Rose alter the tone of the guitar a little bit. I think that the black paint on the Floyd Rose dampen the tone of the strings. I don't know if this is true but one of the luthier that worked on a lot of my guitars said that Gary Moore used to removed the black paint on the Floyd Rose saddles for the first few strings to give it more of a punch or brighten it up.

 

[BigBellyRocker]

The street price that I mentioned earlier was incorrect. I'm now hearing that it will cost around $1,999. I think I'll pass at this price. I rather throw in a few more hundred dollars to order a custom shop to my specifications.

 

[psychodave]

The street price that I mentioned earlier was incorrect. I'm now hearing that it will cost around $1,999. I think I'll pass at this price. I rather throw in a few more hundred dollars to order a custom shop to my specifications.

lol. No thanks...

 

[cardinal]

It depends on what you want to do with it. If I'm playing with a lot of gain, I tend to use the bridge pickup for everything. For clean or mild overdrive, the neck and middle single coils are great and you can balance with the bridge output well enough.

But if you want a neck pickup for high gain solos to balance with a high gain rhythm from the bridge pickup, a neck single coil will be tough to balance.

I think the pickup config is fine for a lot of people, but the look is just off to me. As someone stated earlier, these are starting to just look like Jacksons. The colors and the hardware just get stale. Maybe its just me, but i'm tired of everything being black. Black tuners, black pickups, black pickup rings, black Floyd, black pickup selector, black strap buttons! Charvels to me should have brass or chrome hardware and creme or zebra pickups with creme pickup rings. Thats the tradition look and thats what most guys want when they are looking at one of these guitars. Maybe im wrong, but I know thats what I want. The different pickup configurations are cool to me. Just get the hardware and the color choices worked out.

I don't know if anyone has noticed this but I feel that the black Floyd Rose alter the tone of the guitar a little bit. I think that the black paint on the Floyd Rose dampen the tone of the strings. I don't know if this is true but one of the luthier that worked on a lot of my guitars said that Gary Moore used to removed the black paint on the Floyd Rose saddles for the first few strings to give it more of a punch or brighten it up.

You know, my Charvel came with a black Floyd that had the misfortune of being too close when I had a Dremel in my hand. I used a wire brush to remove all the black coating from the entire bridge (then applied a penetrating oil to prevent rust). The guitar became much brighter and snappier. I thought it was kinda wierd but maybe I'm imagining things. Interesting to hear that maybe it's a real thing.

 

[charvelstrat81]

Agreed. Here is my pre-pro spec with nitro paint.

Dave sent you a PM

 

[thiswaythatway]

So it's been a bit more than year since this thread, has anyone played one of these? I know the initial price point was too high but I imagine a used one would come in around $900 by now, worth that price? I think the HSS model with the pickguard is non recessed.