Charvel thread

[ToneZone100]

I can't find any threads on here for the good ol' Charvel so post em up boys and girls. These are my babies.

The white one is a late 80's model 2 to which I have added a black pick guard, an original mid 80's Floyd and a Dimarzio Tonezone pup.

The blue one is again late 80's and a Model 3. It originally had HSS but I routed out the neck for HSH. It currently has a Dimarzio Fred in the bridge and a PAF Pro at the neck with the stock Jackson single coil. This one has a late 80's Floyd Rose II trem.

I bought the Model 2 new in 1987 (I think) and traded the Model 3 with a friend in 1989 for a Charvel dinky bodied model 3a with a humbucker and slanted single coil. Both guitars are awesome and sound great thru the DSL. I'm considering putting the Tonezone in the 3 and getting an SD JB trembucker for the 2.

 

[mike mike]

i'll take the white one. beautiful

 

[tonefreak]

this thread is BAD for my gas.



man i love charvels.

 

[chuckharmonjr]

Damn ToneZone...thems some pretty guitars. DO they sounds and play as pretty as they look?

 

[ToneZone100]

Damn ToneZone...thems some pretty guitars. DO they sounds and play as pretty as they look?

Thanks for the comments guys. They both play great. The blue one has a slightly thicker tone than the white one and is also noticeably heavier. As far as I was aware all of the Japanese manufactured late 80's models were basswood bodied so I guess one is a more dense piece of basswood.

The white one could do with a proper set up job as I recently put the Charvel neck back on as I had an Ibanez wizard neck on it for ages. I just bolted the old one back on and tweaked the truss rod. It plays well enough with a low action and no real buzzing but I will probably get it serviced just to make sure.

I need to get some spare bits for the floyd II as it's a little worn as you can see.

They are awesome guitars and in my opinion there is little to touch them in todays market for less than £1000 for tone, build and feel.

I'd love to get another model 2 and do a Warren "cross swords" paint job on it but the used guitars go for upwards of £500 on evilbay normally.

 

[diesect20022000]

yeah those are nice my friend. I've got an out of comission model 1 i loved. It was my number 1 but, now needs a pickup ring then re set.

 

[custom53]

Wish I would have kept my Model 2... Great guitar...

 

[80's Rocker]

I wish I had some good pics of mind...red model 1. I love the thing to death, Charvels are great and really I wish I would have gotten one with a Floyd instead of my Kramer.

I love the Kramer but the Charvel sounds better by a lot to me. My Kramer is sterile sounding to me.

 

[brandoz28]

i'm a charvel/jackson guy to the core, and that white one is not helping my G.A.S. i've been wanting a single humbucker floyd rose deal......

 

[Strateuphoria]

 

[tonefreak]

that's purdy

 

[ToneZone100]

Tell us more.......

 

[luekemeyer]

 

[tonefreak]

go packers

 

[squireno7]

my 1986 model 3 Dimarzio DP100 wired for series/split/parallel
GHS 10's Kahler pro series shes a screamer

how do you make these fukn pics large. man this is pissing me off

 

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