NGD - All Original Charvel Pre-Pro HRF Explorer Strat Head!

[Anonymous]

awesome bro!

Thanks man! Lucky to get this one...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Steve you have such an amazing collection...

Yeah, I'm very lucky to own some really killer guitars...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Holy crap Steve!~ Awesome. And Al.... some early Charvel's had 1-5/8" nut widths, my personal favorite.

Thanks man! I've been on a tear lately for sure. This one is definitely the coolest find...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Wow! Nice addition to the collection.

There are some YouTube vids of a Viva live show from '83 but this guitar does not make an appearance. There is a black and yellow striped Charvel in it possibly the one from the same sales order.

https://youtu.be/s25yYsv-fo4

How wierd is it that Michael Schenker's sister was the in that band?

Yes, that black and yellow Chevron striped Charvel he is playing in the videos is the one in that work order. It is early serialized and I know the guy who owns it. Would be cool to have that one as well!

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

What a score! God, I love guitars like that. So jealous.

I just got lucky man. Someone posted a picture of it on another forum and said it was for sale. I posted that I loved it and a couple of months later the owner contacted me at my amp company info email address and offered it to me. We worked out a deal and now it's mine!

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

A well documented pre-pro with a cool history, what a score. Congratz!

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Thats amazing dude. congrats

I wonder what happened to the rest of the guitars on that order sheet. You should try and track those down too. That would be so sweet to have the full collection haha

Dunno what happened to the other two, but as I said above, I know who owns the black/yellow Chevron striped Star...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

WOW!
CONGRATS!!!

Steve

 

[cecilbag]

Such an amazing guitar. Congrats on getting the ones you really wanted Steve.

 

[gibson5413]

How awesome Steve! Looks great. You have fine guitar collection that's for sure!

 

[cardinal]

That must be one of my favorite looking guitars ever. Congrats!

 

[thenine]

wow, holy crap!

 

[mctallica1]

Damn Steve.....that is a pretty amazing find!

Very cool sir!
T

 

[gibson5413]

Love the neck!

 

[rupe]

Thats amazing dude. congrats

I wonder what happened to the rest of the guitars on that order sheet. You should try and track those down too. That would be so sweet to have the full collection haha

Dunno what happened to the other two, but as I said above, I know who owns the black/yellow Chevron striped Star...

Steve

I have a vague recollection of seeing a pic of this and one of the other ones together...IIRC Chuck (Bloodsplatter) posted it years ago.
Great score, congrats!!! Who had this one? (feel free to PM if you prefer)

 

[paulyc]

Wow! Nice addition to the collection.

There are some YouTube vids of a Viva live show from '83 but this guitar does not make an appearance. There is a black and yellow striped Charvel in it possibly the one from the same sales order.

https://youtu.be/s25yYsv-fo4

How wierd is it that Michael Schenker's sister was the in that band?

Couple things about this video...boy is it bad, Schenker looks like a late 80s rapper, and those Charvels both sport Rockinger tremolos on them in this video. The burst one looks to have a Bill Lawrence pick up too. Amazing how the video editors NEVER catch the guitar player that is actually soloing while he's soloing. Terrible production too...

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the comments guys!

Steve

 

[Joe-TX]

Wow! Nice addition to the collection.

There are some YouTube vids of a Viva live show from '83 but this guitar does not make an appearance. There is a black and yellow striped Charvel in it possibly the one from the same sales order.

https://youtu.be/s25yYsv-fo4

How wierd is it that Michael Schenker's sister was the in that band?

Couple things about this video...boy is it bad, Schenker looks like a late 80s rapper, and those Charvels both sport Rockinger tremolos on them in this video. The burst one looks to have a Bill Lawrence pick up too. Amazing how the video editors NEVER catch the guitar player that is actually soloing while he's soloing. Terrible production too...

Yeah, couldn't agree with you more. I watched as much as I could stand hoping to catch a glimpse of Steve's new guitar. It's a surprisingly bad production even by 1983 standards.

 

[charvelstrat81]

AWESOME score steve! I used to own a 82 "shazam" star strathead that i loved!
had a incredible neck!
Those prices back then were average but these days seem like a steal!
I would venture to guess that $450 explorer now cost's $2000 or more

 

[Anonymous]

AWESOME score steve! I used to own a 82 "shazam" star strathead that i loved!
had a incredible neck!
Those prices back then were average but these days seem like a steal!
I would venture to guess that $450 explorer now cost's $2000 or more

WAY more than $2K actually, more than double that... Fully documented pre-serialized guitars are incredibly rare. Only 750 ever made and most gone...

Steve