Charvel SoCal Customized & Done

[LLL]

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:



After:



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

 

[LLL]

Anybody has any questions about modding theirs (highly recommended as a guitar with "good bones" for modding) lemme know.

 

[GuitarStv]

Cut the damned string ends off!

 

[devastone]

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!

 

[Bogner]

Nice man! Glad you dig it.

 

[ErikH]

"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.

 

[beaubrummels]

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.

 

[jeremy]

looks great! the before is ok, but bland. the after pops!

 

[Clint 55]

I'm a fan. Looks and sounds great.

 

[Bogner]

Where did you get the pick guard?

 

[LLL]

Cut the damned string ends off!

No way man - I get extra toanz with that string strategery.

 

[LLL]

"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.

 

[LLL]

Where did you get the pick guard?

WD Pickguards (since the 70's).

 

[Bogner]

WD Pickguards (since the 70's).

Cool, I will check them out.