OH YEAH!!!!!!! Charvel Pro mod info!
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JOLLY
Super Simonologist
Re: OH YEAH!!!!!!! Charvel Pro mod info!
Exactly!! I own 4 Charvels from the past 7-8 years or so. I have a 2008 Style 2 2H that I bought new for $700. My other 3 are ones are from the past couple of years. I paid $600 new for each of them. I think that is the perfect price point for those guitars. Don't get me wrong, they are not cheap pieces of crap, but there is no way in hell that I would ever pay more than $700 for one of those guitars. To me that is where they should be priced. If they were they would sell more.
GuitarStv
Sock Market Trader
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I kinda agree. My Charvel is an awesome guitar that I love, and after putting a 5-way switch into it it's incredibly versatile. It has been my number one for years now . . . That said, I'd have a heck of a time bringing myself to pay a grand for one. It's a well made tool, not a collector's item piece of crafted beauty like a PRS or a Gibbie.
I kinda agree. My Charvel is an awesome guitar that I love, and after putting a 5-way switch into it it's incredibly versatile. It has been my number one for years now . . . That said, I'd have a heck of a time bringing myself to pay a grand for one. It's a well made tool, not a collector's item piece of crafted beauty like a PRS or a Gibbie.
KeeperOS
Active member
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To be fair, I would be willing to pay that amount of money for top-of-the-line hardware (that means true OFR or Gotoh, not Special or even the 1000) and electronics and while I don't particularly care about country of origin, I would expect MiA-level workmanship, fit and finish (what it was SUPPOSED to be, not what it currently is) and that would still be for a trans finished true figured top (i.e. not plain top + figured veneer), not the opaque finishes which should be at 150-250 USD less.
To be fair, I would be willing to pay that amount of money for top-of-the-line hardware (that means true OFR or Gotoh, not Special or even the 1000) and electronics and while I don't particularly care about country of origin, I would expect MiA-level workmanship, fit and finish (what it was SUPPOSED to be, not what it currently is) and that would still be for a trans finished true figured top (i.e. not plain top + figured veneer), not the opaque finishes which should be at 150-250 USD less.
IMENATOR
Well-known member
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Finally H-H hard tail with coil split and no-load tone pot. Personally, I would have loved the HS to be transformed into HSS with and a 5 way switch while keeping the hardtail, am still waiting. And there is absolutely no reason to be more expensive.
Finally H-H hard tail with coil split and no-load tone pot. Personally, I would have loved the HS to be transformed into HSS with and a 5 way switch while keeping the hardtail, am still waiting. And there is absolutely no reason to be more expensive.
IMENATOR
Well-known member
Re: OH YEAH!!!!!!! Charvel Pro mod info!
For the SoCal with a pickguard that I have, it has the route for the middle single coil and for sure you can put a single coil in the neck, however if you put the strat pickguard on top you will see the tip of the slanted single coil will overlap with a bit of wood. This is the same story every time with any Strat fitted with a FR. Fortunately you should be able to solve this by either getting a custom made pickguard to properly position the bridge pickup OR you can always put a humbucker that splits very well (Screamin Demon? PRail?, StagMag?).
For the SoCal with a pickguard that I have, it has the route for the middle single coil and for sure you can put a single coil in the neck, however if you put the strat pickguard on top you will see the tip of the slanted single coil will overlap with a bit of wood. This is the same story every time with any Strat fitted with a FR. Fortunately you should be able to solve this by either getting a custom made pickguard to properly position the bridge pickup OR you can always put a humbucker that splits very well (Screamin Demon? PRail?, StagMag?).
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I do also hate the new pricing.. esp with the lower grade hardware. would still be too much with an OFR and name keys. Someone (I think Jolly) mentioned the dislike for chrome hardware and zebs. I agree. at least on the trans black one (that I really do like ) the trem is more of that smoke color or whatever they call it. Its soo close to what Ive wanted for years.. and what I want would be at least a grand more...
I do also hate the new pricing.. esp with the lower grade hardware. would still be too much with an OFR and name keys. Someone (I think Jolly) mentioned the dislike for chrome hardware and zebs. I agree. at least on the trans black one (that I really do like ) the trem is more of that smoke color or whatever they call it. Its soo close to what Ive wanted for years.. and what I want would be at least a grand more...
Kamanda~SD
New member
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I think the new features are cool, and some of those colours are super rad... but the new price is not.
Still holding out for an MIJ pro Mod neck and getting a custom slime green body with one slanted humbucker...
I think the new features are cool, and some of those colours are super rad... but the new price is not.
Still holding out for an MIJ pro Mod neck and getting a custom slime green body with one slanted humbucker...
Re: OH YEAH!!!!!!! Charvel Pro mod info!
Thanks for the input. Do you know if the original Fender Strat pickguard lines up with everything (pickup holes, screw holes, etc) except the bridge position? I thought I read somewhere that the three controls (vol, tone) won't fit in the Charvel cavity but I could have imagined that due to late, LATE zombie-like nights scouring of the Internet for information. If this is the case then maybe a custom pickguard maker can create a "Fender Strat" pickguard with a 1/4" offset for that pickup only or even make it slightly less slanted. What are your thoughts?
Thanks for the input. Do you know if the original Fender Strat pickguard lines up with everything (pickup holes, screw holes, etc) except the bridge position? I thought I read somewhere that the three controls (vol, tone) won't fit in the Charvel cavity but I could have imagined that due to late, LATE zombie-like nights scouring of the Internet for information. If this is the case then maybe a custom pickguard maker can create a "Fender Strat" pickguard with a 1/4" offset for that pickup only or even make it slightly less slanted. What are your thoughts?
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Hi, When you tried the S/S/S pickguard, was it an actual "Fender" pickguard?
Hi, When you tried the S/S/S pickguard, was it an actual "Fender" pickguard?
DrNewcenstein
He Did the Monster Mash
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None were Fender-branded, if that's what you mean. They were all Warmoth. If you mean Fender-spec, they all were, because Warmoth cling religiously to Leo Fender's designs regarding neck heel/pocket dimensions and bridge single location.
None were Fender-branded, if that's what you mean. They were all Warmoth. If you mean Fender-spec, they all were, because Warmoth cling religiously to Leo Fender's designs regarding neck heel/pocket dimensions and bridge single location.
