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GMC Forum _ GEAR & PRODUCTION _ Happy New Guitar Day To Me!

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Jul 22 2009, 11:49 PM

this is my first charvel, i believe its an import, MIJ,

22 frets
reverse headstock
wide string spacing
thing slick neck with finish on the back
after market switch and Active EMGs
25.5 scale

crappy cell pictures from the office:

Posted by: Alexiaden93 Jul 22 2009, 11:53 PM

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet ! Awesome body and shape... As for sound, well, you tell me !

Posted by: skennington Jul 22 2009, 11:59 PM

Pictures look fine Marc and your going to love that guitar! Looks like an older 500 bridge which for a FR licensed model, probably not quite as good as the newer 580's. Find you an OFR and drop in there and she'll be golden!

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Jul 23 2009, 12:10 AM

actually the trem is a schaller floyd which is pretty up there...OFR sounds good though! i might swap out the pick ups first though, i think EMGs are too much for me to handle

Posted by: Emir Hot Jul 23 2009, 12:10 AM

Looks great man. With these EMGs should sound killer \m/

Posted by: TreyDeschamp Jul 23 2009, 12:13 AM

Awesome guitar man, the headstock is like a jackson.

Posted by: Fran Jul 23 2009, 12:14 AM

Looking good mate, enjoy

Posted by: Chokehold Jul 23 2009, 12:17 AM

Looks great, It always feels great with a new guitar

Posted by: MickeM Jul 23 2009, 12:18 AM

My old 90's (or 80's?) Charvel is the best guitar, the wood sings and sustains like you can't belive it.
The FR licence is teriffic!!!! It's lasted almost 20 years and still stays in tune.

I'm sure you will be happy with it! I don't belive there are any better guitars than Charvel around

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jul 23 2009, 08:47 AM

Very nice guitar, have loads of fun with it

Posted by: sted Jul 23 2009, 09:06 AM

Nice looking axe mate!

Posted by: Toni Suominen Jul 23 2009, 11:32 AM

Congrats, love the white finish

Posted by: ZakkWylde Jul 23 2009, 03:35 PM

Liscensed Floyd is not automaticly = Bad Floyd

Liscensed tremolos by companies like Schaller or Gotoh are at least as good as the original floyd rose so there is no need to swap anything on that guitar! And one guitar with EMGs is always good to have, there are some sounds you can only achieve with active pickups...

Oh and I guess you mean afterburner switch and not aftermarket^^
(EMG afterburner switch raises you volume on some db's and increases the gain, it's a great solo boost)

Posted by: Chris Evans Jul 23 2009, 04:13 PM

nice guitar! I love Charvels, gratz on your new purchase

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Jul 23 2009, 04:54 PM

is that what an after burner is? because it looks like a normal 3 way toggle switch and it switches between pick ups

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 23 2009, 05:47 PM

Congrats on getting it man! Have a lot of fun with it and possibly record some videos/sound clips so we can hear it!

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Jul 28 2009, 06:28 AM

Very good looking! Charvel´s ones are great guitars. We wanna listen how it sounds!!.

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jul 28 2009, 11:13 AM

Great looking guitar Marc!
I am waiting for some clips

Posted by: Carlos Carrillo Jul 28 2009, 06:12 PM

congrats!!

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Jul 28 2009, 10:31 PM

Nice guitar, great purchase! I remember I saw same guitar in a very popular show about rock musicians...

Posted by: audiopaal Jul 28 2009, 10:34 PM

NICE!! That looks awesome
Post a soundclip, please!?

Congratulations mate

Posted by: Sensible Jones Jul 31 2009, 12:17 PM

Congratz!!!!

Posted by: kaznie_NL Jul 31 2009, 08:33 PM

Cool man!