NGD, Blue Charvel , Creme pickups

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Hello everybody! I'm new on the forum. I love charvels, I always wished to have one, but never had the money. I saw the Demartini customs in the sam ash in nyc. Those were the first I put my hands on a few years ago. I already knew charvels from seeing them being played by the rockstars, but I was so amazed at seeing them for real.
Then, the pro mods came to shops in my town, and I tried some, but wasn't too impressed by the finishes available and the super white aspect of the necks contrasting with the black hardware. They were close, but no cigar.

Then I stumbled across this one at a shop, like two years later, and It was love at first sight. This finish is the first one that looked super old school to me, and the best looking charvel I've seen in person . There was another one at the shop, a red socal, that had a great neck, but I figured that it was just the set up that was better. And the blue one souded the best.

The frets were more bevelled on the edges too on the socal, mine is less, but the fretwork is very good. It has a neck that is very welcoming. The more you play it, the less you can stop, its addictive, its wide and the rounded kind of thin.

I modded mine a bit, by putting a 36th paf and a super 3 from dimarzio. both creme, with creme rings. Its soooo beautiful, I can't believe it's mine. If I would order a custom one, it would be just like this one, but maybe with a matching headstock :thumbsup:
 

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Welcome to the board! That thing is gorgeous man!
 
Thanks, I just recieved the super 3 pickup this morning (damn guitar center backorders), before, there was no bridge pickup, just a hole with nothing. I sold the original JB and 59 when I got the guitar. I was so fed up of having just a neck pick up to play with! especialy in a charvel :lol: :LOL:
 
Really looks great, is that one of the Japanese Pro Mod series? The neck looks whiter than most of those I've seen, most are very yellow. Id that blue the same in person as the pics? I've seen photos of these and that blue color is all over the place. If your pic is pretty accurate thats a great vibrant color blue.
 
Thank you man! Yes its the japanese pro mod in candy blue. I think my crappy cellphone camera must be a little more blue than reality. The blue color is a bit more pale, and the neck is indeed more yellow in reality but not much, you can see, even the cream pickups look a bit more white in the pic. I actually really prefer the neck tint on these than the US production, which were too white for my taste.
I think it will look really cool when the fretboard becomes all dirty from playing, like a real old school one :rock:
 
welcome aboard!

thats a killer looking axe...im looking for a green one m'self! jealous of that color though!
 
Looks cool. That's how they should have rolled off the assembly line in my opinion.
 
Thanks guys! yeti, a green one would be killer!! It would fit great with that blue one I got :)
And Chubtone, Yes!! I totally agree with you, but maybe they wanted to look more modern with those black pickups?? When I told the salesman at the store I was going to drill holes and put pickup rings he looked at me like I was crazy :lol: :LOL: I have seen your "retro mods" by the way, they look insane!!! I especialy love the red one

And to install those pickups, I didn't know dimarzios were taller, I had to make space under the legs of the pickups (took 10 minutes), the hardest was to put the rings straight. But man, it would have been way easier if it came like that, but I guess it makes mine more original :thumbsup:

Before it was like that: (seems like the blue changes in every picture I take, its difficult to capture)
 

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Bad ass color... pickups would look bad ass with chrome covers like les paul PUP's !
 
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the hardest was to put the rings straight. But man, it would have been way easier if it came like that, but I guess it makes mine more original :thumbsup:
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Exactly. Installing the pickup rings was the worst part of doing those retro mods. :doh:
 
awesome! welcome to the BEST guitar forum on the net! there are some characters on here but all the flaming BS you see on HC and other pages of the like, don't exist here... well.. for the most part! haha
 
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