Lets look at our guitars thread
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Dave2P said:
Cheers - not just a cheaper version of a Jackson then??? 
I bought it to celebrate a new job in late 87 or early 88 I think, and - yes - love the way it plays.
I'll own a few more guitars one day, but this one's a keeper; I'll sell it when it wears out...
You're modest! It's a top guitar. The super strat wars of the 80's produced some amazing guitars. Charvel made some amazing instruments. I still dream of getting hold of a 750XL. That was the model Shawn Lane played for years, they have an incredible tone. That and a Gjika amp would do me nicely. I bought it to celebrate a new job in late 87 or early 88 I think, and - yes - love the way it plays.I'll own a few more guitars one day, but this one's a keeper; I'll sell it when it wears out...
I'd been hunting for a Charvel Model 4 for a long time, and in the end gave up trying to find one sensibly priced in good nick. The model 6 above looks lovely, but no, I don't need another guitar, no, really I don't. Just bought a tele to fiddle with as a project and I didn't need that either. I'd still love a nice late 80s Charvel model series at some point.
Actually, I was on the AliExpress website and was very tempted to order a fake Chinese Paul Reed Smith. It would have had all the Paul Reed Smith logos and the full carved top, and I could have had any colour I wanted. But all the hardware would have been crap and need replacing, ditto the electronics and pickups, and I'd probably have had to level and reprofile the frets as well, to end up with something that was still not as good, and would have been illegal to sell (and may even have been confiscated before it reached me).
With this one, all I had to do was give the fingerboard a clean, tweak the action and fit a new set of strings.
There's a group on Facebook dedicated to fake Chinese guitars, and just because I told them this, they all ganged up on me and said I was 'trolling.' In fact I think I've now been thrown off it. w
kers.
With this one, all I had to do was give the fingerboard a clean, tweak the action and fit a new set of strings.
There's a group on Facebook dedicated to fake Chinese guitars, and just because I told them this, they all ganged up on me and said I was 'trolling.' In fact I think I've now been thrown off it. w
kers.Hanslow said:
I'd been hunting for a Charvel Model 4 for a long time, and in the end gave up trying to find one sensibly priced in good nick. The model 6 above looks lovely, but no, I don't need another guitar, no, really I don't. Just bought a tele to fiddle with as a project and I didn't need that either. I'd still love a nice late 80s Charvel model series at some point.
There's some photos further back up the page of the Charvel 475 I picked up just before Christmas, same as a Model 4 except for a 5 way switch instead of toggle switches and a more recessed trem. Wonderful guitars.
I only recently became aware of the 475, but they seem even thinner on the ground than the model 4 
I'm happy with the tele I've got at the moment, plan to strip it down, rewire and replace pickups and hopefully put it all back together without turning it into a dogs dinner. At least I sold one of my guitars first before picking it up. The missus would likely let me pick up a Charvel, so I'll keep my eye out for one, just not in a majorly active kind of way 
I'm happy with the tele I've got at the moment, plan to strip it down, rewire and replace pickups and hopefully put it all back together without turning it into a dogs dinner. At least I sold one of my guitars first before picking it up. The missus would likely let me pick up a Charvel, so I'll keep my eye out for one, just not in a majorly active kind of way Tom_C76 said:
There's some photos further back up the page of the Charvel 475 I picked up just before Christmas, same as a Model 4 except for a 5 way switch instead of toggle switches and a more recessed trem. Wonderful guitars.
Yours looks nice in that crackle finish Tom, I've seen a couple with the same finish but flame coloured crackle. I'll happily wait for one to crop up, take me by surprise and buy it on an impulse purchase.
Fingers crossed, I've stumbled across a Charvel 475 for a good price and hopefully talking to the owner today to get it purchased. Didn't quite plan to sell one guitar and replace it with two, thankfully I have a very understanding partner 
Assuming it all goes to plan, I'll take a photo of the family. I'm a bit of a gear we and a bad player, but I love my guitars equally as a work of craftsmanship as a tool for playing what some consider music.
Assuming it all goes to plan, I'll take a photo of the family. I'm a bit of a gear w
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