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    Charvel SoCal Customized & Done

    Picked up a Charvel SoCal in Snow White here (needed a permanent home for my 80's JBJ):

    https://forum.seymourduncan.com/foru...fr#post6164190

    Finished with the customizing & wiring of all new pickguard ass'y.

    - swapped 99.5% of the black hardware for chrome (have to swap straplocks yet, and jack plate)
    - Original Floyd Rose with Fat Brass Block & Pop-In arm, springs, brass fine tuners, stainless steel who-ze-whatsits everywhere
    - My old 80s JBJ in bridge
    - SH-10n in neck
    - series/parallel with Bourns push pull 500K
    - Bourns 500K no-load tone pot
    - 3 way switch
    - Orange sparkle pickguard from WD
    - Hipshot locking tuners with pearl buttons

    Does it kick ass? Yes, it definitely kicks ass.

    A quick, rough clip:

    Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee (Nuno solo)


    Pics (including "righty" versions for you freaks out there):

    Before:

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    After:

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    Various other pics including my old JBJ which probably has over a 1,000 hours on it:

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    Click image for larger version Name: SD JBJ 2.jpg Views: 2 Size: 79.4 KB ID: 6165360

    Click image for larger version Name: SD JBJ 1.jpg Views: 2 Size: 57.0 KB ID: 6165361

    Click image for larger version Name: CSC Custom Pearl Tuners.jpg Views: 2 Size: 37.0 KB ID: 6165362

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    Last edited by LLL; 04-11-2022, 08:26 PM.
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    Anybody has any questions about modding theirs (highly recommended as a guitar with "good bones" for modding) lemme know.

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    • #3
      Cut the damned string ends off!
      Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!

      Originally posted by Douglas Adams
      This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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      • #4
        I just put the ball ends through the tuners on Floyded guitars, much cleaner, and the colored ends on D'Addarios are kinda cool.

        I have to say, I'm more of a fan of the black pickguard, but if we all liked the same thing life would be boring. I do agree with the MIM Charvels being great foundations!
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        • #5
          Nice man! Glad you dig it.
          The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
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          • #6
            "No women allowed!" <guitar intro to he-man woman hater>

            That was sweet. Sounds great. The pickguard is a little loud but so what. It's different.
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            • #7
              Sounds great. Nice playing, LLL. You should be in a band.

              I honestly like the all-black of stock Charvels myself, but I can see how the gold sparkle would work with your green sparkle custom SG.
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              • #8
                looks great! the before is ok, but bland. the after pops!
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                • #9
                  I'm a fan. Looks and sounds great.
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                  • #10
                    Where did you get the pick guard?
                    The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
                      Cut the damned string ends off!
                      No way man - I get extra toanz with that string strategery.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by ErikH View Post
                        "No women allowed!" <guitar intro to he-man woman hater>

                        That was sweet. Sounds great. The pickguard is a little loud but so what. It's different.
                        Well I'm kinda loud. Not as loud as Mr. Tufnel, however.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Bogner View Post
                          Where did you get the pick guard?
                          WD Pickguards (since the 70's).
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by LLL View Post

                            WD Pickguards (since the 70's).
                            Cool, I will check them out.
                            The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
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