New Charvels... $1299 Jake?

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I like the layout of the Henrik (HS pickup config) and the hardtail bridge on the Jake.

I had a candy orange Charvel with hardtail and HS setup with an ebony board for a while. It was just OK. Wanted to love it but I could never get it to feel right.
 
Sean Long - While She Sleeps tone is intense. I bet that sucker rips.
 
I think the Jake is cool, but what is it really? Just the two backward slanted singles in pickguard for the most part. Should have been short scale, and if they really wanted to go "Jake" on it.. had the two different fret wire sizes on the neck. They are saving money on the bridge, and could have put that money back in and made it more like the original. JMHO. Maybe that wouldn't appeal to the masses though, and they gotta sell guitars so...
 
ewill52 said:
love the Henrik but the relicing is overdone, wish it was more subtle.
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Yeah...the first editions as well. I thought their was tooooooo much paint taken on the relic myself. If it was half of what they do it'd be awesome.
 
panhead said:
Not made in the US obviously
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Custom shop.

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crwnedblasphemy said:
Yeah...the first editions as well. I thought their was tooooooo much paint taken on the relic myself. If it was half of what they do it'd be awesome.
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If you look at several, you'll notice they're identically done, which is pretty lame. It's not like each one is unique from one another. Horribly overdone, IMO.
 
I really like the black & white tiger stripe Satchel guitar. Reminds me of the Suhr modern run from a few years ago. I owned a yellow/black satchel model for a bit, but didn’t care so much for the highlighter yellow type finish. But the black/white seems cool.
 
I love the Jake E Lee; awesome to see one that isn't crazy expensive.

The H/S Rhoads looks pretty dope too

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War_in_D said:
I think the Jake is cool, but what is it really? Just the two backward slanted singles in pickguard for the most part. Should have been short scale, and if they really wanted to go "Jake" on it.. had the two different fret wire sizes on the neck. They are saving money on the bridge, and could have put that money back in and made it more like the original. JMHO. Maybe that wouldn't appeal to the masses though, and they gotta sell guitars so...
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Jake's Charvel also has a 22 fret ebony fingerboard and a heavier bridge.
 
Love the layout of the Henrik: Could select ‘better’ pickups; Could move the volume control up without being in the way; Could use a legit Floyd Original; Could do without the affectatious relic’ing.

Wait … Could build a Henrik to my own specs with Warmoth / Musikraft parts for at or under a grand!!!
 
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