NGD: So this fell into my lap this weekend! Charvel content

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I had one of the OG San Dimas pointies back in the day, but it had been run through the ringer, rode hard and put away wet. I bought it in pieces but pretty much everything was there (original San Dimas neck plate, Floyd, etc.), the body had been stripped to bare wood and someone had ripped the frets out of the neck taking big chunks of the fretboard with it and the tip of the headstock had been knocked off and someone had sanded it over into a kind of rounded point. Looked weird.. LOL I had the neck refretted and the chips repaired, slapped it all back together and even in it's sad state it was one of "those" guitars that you remember. That was back in the day when you could call Charvel, and the nice lady in the office would fax you the build sheet if you gave them the serial number. The one I had was a dual hum, factory Floyd in candy apple red. Think Jack Butler's guitar in Crossroads, but mine had a rosewood neck instead of maple. Ended up selling it on eventually.

So, I was perusing the local FB Marketplace and found this USA Charvel San Dimas Reissue. Picked it up yesterday from the original owner. Still has the Charvel Owners Manual and Warranty Card with it. I didn't notice it when I picked it up, but I think the bass side Floyd Fose post may be leaning forward a bit but not a huge deal. I need to take the Floyd off and really check it. If it is, I could fix it here.. but I'm thinking maybe a trip to see Lee at GMW is in order to fix that post lean and maybe some kind of graphic while it's there. This guitar is SaWEEET!

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Fiesta Red said:
That poor headstock. Looks like it has Peyronie's disease
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I hear they have meds for that now.. :ROFLMAO:

I'm going over the guitar now, giving it a good cleaning, polishing the frets, etc.. The good news is that the Floyd post is straight. I think it may have kind of looked a little off because the posts were sitting kinda tall out of the body (the action is kinda high for my liking). I'll get it all set up again, and recheck it but I think it's all gonna be good.
 
War_in_D said:
I hear they have meds for that now.. :ROFLMAO:

I'm going over the guitar now, giving it a good cleaning, polishing the frets, etc.. The good news is that the Floyd post is straight. I think it may have kind of looked a little off because the posts were sitting kinda tall out of the body (the action is kinda high for my liking). I'll get it all set up again, and recheck it but I think it's all gonna be good.
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Your new one has an ebony board, I believe. I have the two humbucker model like yours and the board is ebony too
 
That’s a beauty! I regret having my limited gear funds in those days tied up in other stuff. It would’ve been great to have got one of those, or even some of those Music Zoo runs from 15-ish years ago
 
Congrats!

I’ve had 2 from that 05/06 run; one was magical and the other kinda stiff playing. But they were made in the custom shop I believe, and sounded killer.
Still have an 86 Jackson; factory Floyd/maple board. Killer.
 
Nice --I've been kind of looking for one of those with the ebony fretboard . Actually-- I would prefer something in 24 fret
 
Love old Charvel pointys, need to check out a re-issue, had a dusky rose coloured model 3 until recently....pickups were shagged and the neck needed alot of work
 
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