Members G37-R34DY Posted June 17, 2016 Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 Hello, does anybody have any information about these guitars? I own several Model Series Charvels, but I never stumbled upon one of these in real life, just pictures. Now I have one I could get for very cheap, but I'd like to know how it compares to older Charvels like the ones I own. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted June 17, 2016 Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 Seriously.... our opinions don't matter. How it feels in your hand does. How it sounds to your ears, is FAR more important then our opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted June 17, 2016 Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 Pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted June 18, 2016 Members Share Posted June 18, 2016 ...does anybody have any information about these guitars? ...but I'd like to know how it compares to older Charvels like the ones I own. I still see Charvel Fusion geetar (and bass) models on occasion, but more so in the past. When you say "older Charvels" like yours, I'll have to say that all of the Fusions I see around are late-1980s and early-1990s models and usually beatup and/or modified a bit and/or missing parts. The guitar models seem to be only have H-S-S or H-S pickup configurations with that slightly scaled-down outline "dinky" style body that became popular. Nonetheless, they are the typical solid quality of Charvels of that time. They have the thin profile speed neck and nearly flat fingerboard that are typical of Charvels (both the geetars and the basses, by the way). If you have access to a nice clean un-modified Fusion, it would be a great buy if it's "cheap" like you say (What? Less than US$200?). I would check out the Floyd-Rose vibrato closely for wear and missing parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G37-R34DY Posted June 27, 2016 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2016 Thanks for the replies, sorry for taking this long to answer back! It is an (claimed...) [ATTACH=CONFIG]n31762490[/ATTACH] unmodified H-S-S desert crackle, with the paint in perfect condition and a perfect neck. It needs some setup and probably some fixes: a couple of parts of the FR must be changed and there is some solder work to do for the humbucker. I am used to the neck through charvels (I am a collector), but I never playied/seen one of these and in Europe these are fairly rare. The price is 300 euros (roughly 300 usd) and the fixes are probably going to cost around 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 27, 2016 Members Share Posted June 27, 2016 I presume you're getting ready to buy it. Keep us posted and let us know what if any mods/repairs you do. BTW, 300 euros is about US$330. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted June 28, 2016 Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 Yes, the vintage Charvel "toothpaste" logo. I've seen these crackle finish models with sharkfin inlays sometimes, but, that might be a different model that has the sharkfin inlays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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