New American made Charvels

[Gainfreak]

That's because you are the type of person who thinks ahead. Most people don't realize how important the gig bag material is.

Rumor has it that it will be foreskin.

This is true. It will be travel size when in a resting state and fully gigable when you rub it the right way.

 

[Gainfreak]

That's because you are the type of person who thinks ahead. Most people don't realize how important the gig bag material is.

Rumor has it that it will be foreskin.

Maybe it will have a rollback lid on it..

Only the european version will have the rollback lid

 

[Gainfreak]

Only the european version will have the rollback lid

with a different scent every three months.

 

[MrDan666]

Only the european version will have the rollback lid

with a different scent every three months.

Who ordered the smoked bockwurst?!

 

[* velcro-fly *]

Only the european version will have the rollback lid

with a different scent every three months.

That's just because they don't shower

 

[ttosh]

My mind is made up, killing that order.

No OFR = not Charvel and I agree with Chubtone that Fender is killing the name.

Scott,
I never said that Fender was killing the Charvel name. Honestly, Grover Jackson seriously damaged the name 22 years ago when he sold the name to Akai or whoever it was and production went to Japan. Fender has actually brought back the Charvel name and has made it stand for great quality, USA custom shop guitars again. Things have been a little goofy here and there IMO with Charvel not being able to use the strat headstock on every guitar without "licensing" it from Fender. Heck, Fender has been the best thing that could have happened to Charvel because no one else on the planet would have been able to build that guitar and put that headstock on it.

What I said is that I hope this production line guitar is worthy of the name, Charvel. Potentially it will be and I am leaning toward believing it more and more each day. One of my former employees works in the Jackson Custom Shop now. He owns an original San Dimas Charvel that he got from another of my employees. While he worked for me he played several of my old Charvels and my other employees Charvels. He knows San Dimas Charvels and today he told Jay (the guy who works for me) that the production Charvels are very, very nice. He has held them, played them, looked them over.

San Dimas Jacksons a lot of times had those licensed Floyds made by Schaller. For a time they even had that horrible Jackson trem on them. A real Floyd was a retrofit that took about 30 seconds. I owned plenty of San Dimas Jacksons with those bridges on them that would have been worthy of being called Charvels. They were even better with a nice old Floyd on them.

I'm just saying, wait until you check out the bridges before deciding against the guitars. I have heard countless complaints about the quality of the German made Floyd Roses for years now. Schaller is having tons of problems with production in Germany due to the green party being all over them for their plating processes and other environmental concerns. Over the last few years there have been times when it was impossible to get a Floyd or even Schaller Strap Locks for almost 6 months at a time. I don't think Schaller is going to be able to overcome this and will probably move all production to a country that doesn't watch this so closely.

I will probably be buying my first brand new Charvel since 1984 and do you guys think one of these production line Charvels will be too much "silver spoon in the mouth" treatment as a first guitar for my 8 yr old son?

That would be a super dad thing to do!!

 

[Digital Jams]

My mind is made up, killing that order.

No OFR = not Charvel and I agree with Chubtone that Fender is killing the name.

Scott,
I never said that Fender was killing the Charvel name. Honestly, Grover Jackson seriously damaged the name 22 years ago when he sold the name to Akai or whoever it was and production went to Japan. Fender has actually brought back the Charvel name and has made it stand for great quality, USA custom shop guitars again. Things have been a little goofy here and there IMO with Charvel not being able to use the strat headstock on every guitar without "licensing" it from Fender. Heck, Fender has been the best thing that could have happened to Charvel because no one else on the planet would have been able to build that guitar and put that headstock on it.

What I said is that I hope this production line guitar is worthy of the name, Charvel. Potentially it will be and I am leaning toward believing it more and more each day. One of my former employees works in the Jackson Custom Shop now. He owns an original San Dimas Charvel that he got from another of my employees. While he worked for me he played several of my old Charvels and my other employees Charvels. He knows San Dimas Charvels and today he told Jay (the guy who works for me) that the production Charvels are very, very nice. He has held them, played them, looked them over.

San Dimas Jacksons a lot of times had those licensed Floyds made by Schaller. For a time they even had that horrible Jackson trem on them. A real Floyd was a retrofit that took about 30 seconds. I owned plenty of San Dimas Jacksons with those bridges on them that would have been worthy of being called Charvels. They were even better with a nice old Floyd on them.

I'm just saying, wait until you check out the bridges before deciding against the guitars. I have heard countless complaints about the quality of the German made Floyd Roses for years now. Schaller is having tons of problems with production in Germany due to the green party being all over them for their plating processes and other environmental concerns. Over the last few years there have been times when it was impossible to get a Floyd or even Schaller Strap Locks for almost 6 months at a time. I don't think Schaller is going to be able to overcome this and will probably move all production to a country that doesn't watch this so closely.

I will probably be buying my first brand new Charvel since 1984 and do you guys think one of these production line Charvels will be too much "silver spoon in the mouth" treatment as a first guitar for my 8 yr old son?

Sorry for mis-quoting you man, I did read your statement incorrectly. I still have not made the offical call to kill my order yet but in the end I probably will and look around for a 2-3 year old charvel as that is what I am looking for.

Then again I could get the guitar and make the money back by Ebaying the gigbag

 

[Telephant]

I think some of you guys should be more concerned about the wood being used for the bodies then the floyd. Rumor has it that these bodies are being constructed out of multiple pieces of wood like the old Kramers were and if that is the case, Im not so sure how good these guitars will sound. Now keep in mind this is strictly a rumor but if it is true and they do cheese out I wouldn't give you a dollar for any of those guitars.

I'm more curious about the gig bag material.

Damn this line had me LOLin' hard. Fuckin' A you're a funny bastard.

BTW, believe it or not I think these Charvel's look really cool. Im not a floyd guy though. I really like the bridge on my Vigier. You can get on that thing and it holds tune pretty damn well IMO. Crazy looking design too.

 

[Chubtone]

BTW, believe it or not I think these Charvel's look really cool. Im not a floyd guy though. I really like the bridge on my Vigier. You can get on that thing and it holds tune pretty damn well IMO. Crazy looking design too.

You may be the only person in Texas who owns a French product. You better cover that up or the lynch mob may be coming.

 

[mrp5150]

Have pics of the gig bag been released yet?

 

[Gainfreak]

Have pics of the gig bag been released yet?

 

[thiswaythatway]

 

[Digital Jams]

Oh my fucking eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ke2]

Korean FR copy =

Dig the looks though.

I see OFR

Just going by what I read on the Jackson / Charvel forum, could be wrong... Though the spec sheet for the guitars doesn't say "Original Floyd Rose" just says Floyd Rose.

Yea, you`d think they would write "Double locking tremolo" then, or Licenced by or sumthin.. "Floyd Rose" is OFR in my head.

It`s like Yngwie throws in "J", "Yngwie J. Malmsteen", so you don`t confuse him with all the other Yngwie Malmsteens out there

(quote Derek St Hubbins, Spinal Tap)