CHARVEL® INTRODUCES NEW DESOLATION™ SERIES GUITARS

New models fuse killer looks, traditional high-performance playability and unprecedented value

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.  (Aug. 9, 2011) – Charvel is proud to introduce its new Desolation series guitars. These are entirely new instrument designs not  previously seen in the high-performance guitar maker’s 30-year history,  offering more tonal and stylistic options for discerning players  everywhere and bringing a long-acclaimed tradition of high performance  to more guitarists now than ever before.

Marked by devastating tone, killer looks and high-performance  playability, the Desolation series comprises an entirely new stable of  Charvel guitars designed for a whole new world of players, with the  sound and performance known to the world’s greatest guitarists more  affordable now than ever before.

There are 10 new guitars in the “first wave” of the Charvel Desolation series—four single-cutaway “DS” models, three double-cutaway “DC” models and three highly distinctive Skatecaster “SK” models loosely based on the Charvel Surfcaster of the early 1990s. All feature  mahogany bodies and necks, dual humbucking pickup configurations with  three-way toggle switching, solid and transparent finishes (with flame  maple veneer on trans finishes) and black nickel hardware. Most feature  compound-radius (12”-16”) rosewood fingerboards with 24 jumbo frets in a  variety of neck-through, set-neck and bolt-on configurations; Charvel  bridges specially designed for compound-radius fingerboards (except DS-3  ST Floyd Rose®-equipped models); and three-on-a-side locking Charvel  tuners (except DS-3 ST and Floyd Rose®-equipped models, which have non-locking three-on-a-side tuners).

Charvel Desolation “DS” single-cutaway models and features are:

·      DS-1 ST: Carved top, neck-through-body design, bound neck with scalloped heel,  abalone position inlays, abalone body and headstock binding, dual  Seymour Duncan® Blackout active humbucking pickups, matching headstocks

·      DS-1 FR: Carved top, neck-through-body design, bound neck with scalloped heel,  abalone position inlays, abalone body and headstock binding, dual  Seymour Duncan® Blackout active humbucking pickups, Floyd Rose®  double-locking tremolo, matching headstocks

·      DS-2 ST: Carved top, bound set neck with scalloped heel, pearloid position  inlays, pearloid body and headstock binding, dual Charvel active  humbucking pickups

·      DS-3 ST: Carved top, bolt-on neck, 12”-radius fingerboard with dot inlays, dual Charvel passive humbucking pickups

Charvel Desolation “DC” double-cutaway models and features are:

·      DC-1 ST: Carved top, neck-through-body design, bound neck with scalloped heel,  abalone position inlays, abalone body and headstock binding, EMG® 85  (neck) and 81 (bridge) active humbucking pickups, matching headstocks

·      DC-1 FR: Carved top, neck-through-body design, bound neck with scalloped heel,  abalone position inlays, abalone body and headstock binding, EMG® 85  (neck) and 81 (bridge) active humbucking pickups, matching headstocks,  Floyd Rose® double-locking tremolo, matching headstocks

·      DC-2 ST: Carved top, bound set neck with scalloped heel, pearloid position  inlays, pearloid body and headstock binding, dual Charvel active  humbucking pickups

Charvel Desolation “SK” Skatecaster models and features are:

·      SK-1 ST: Solid body shape based on early-’90s hollow-body Surfcaster,  neck-through-body design, bound neck, abalone “keystone” position  inlays, abalone body and headstock binding, EMG® 85 (neck) and 81  (bridge) active humbucking pickups, single control knob (volume),  matching headstocks

·      SK-1 FR: Solid body shape based on early-’90s hollow-body Surfcaster,  neck-through-body design, bound neck, abalone “keystone” position  inlays, abalone body and headstock binding, EMG® 85 (neck) and 81  (bridge) active humbucking pickups, single control knob (volume), Floyd  Rose® double-locking tremolo, matching headstocks

·      SK-3 ST: Solid body shape based on early-’90s hollow-body Surfcaster, bolt-on  neck, pearloid “keystone” position inlays, pearloid body and headstock  binding, dual Charvel passive humbucking pickups, single control knob  (volume)