For sale
this Original San Dimas era Charvel USA from 1985 in very good condition.
It has
all original parts, including the Hard Shell Case, with the exception of the
electronics.
SanDimas Charvels are very sought-for instruments, as they incarnate the Super Strat
concept. It was actually these guitars the one that popularised this during the
80s, played by names such as Steve Vai, Gary Moore, Allan Holdsworth or Warren
de Martini amongst others.
I bought
this guitar in 2002 in USA, and it has been very well treated since then. It has some
dings and usual wear, but it's in perfect condition, super stable, played and
serviced regularly.
It has the amazing
Charvel classic thin neck with an incomparable feeling, and a greatly balanced body.
I will
enumerate the main points to check authenticity, but you can find more
information here:
Neck
- 22 Dunlop Jumbo fret blot-on
oil-finished birdseye maple neck with rosewood trussrod route insert and
ebony fretboard
- White plastic neck dots with
white plastic side dots
- Raw steel with beveled edge
truss rod nut
- Neck heel width 2 3/16''
Headstock
- Fender PreCBS small strat
headstock
- Original tuners (Black
nonlogo'd Gotoh Tuners)
- Charvel "Made In
Usa" 2 1/2 inch logo on headstock
Body
- Original SanDimas California
neck plate with serial number 48XX, which dates the guitar in 1985
- The 4 digit plate was
initially gold plated. It's quite common that these plates lose the gold
coat over the years. There's a picture of the back of the plate which
shows the gold plating
- Black oval 2 screw input jack
- Metal brushed control plate
- Original Gotoh domed volume
& tone knobs (started being used in 1985)
- Original black anodised strap
buttons (see the purple hue)
- Pots have been replaced as
the guitar has been rewired
- Bridge & Neck pickups
where replaced by two DiMarzio Paf PROs
- I still have the original
pickups, I will include them in the case
- Mid single coil pickup is
original
- Originally it had a Kahler
tremolo system (see covered screw holes at the end of the tremolo cavity)
- This was replaced by Charvel
with an original chromed Floyd Rose tremolo which was powdercoated in
black, as specified in web page
- Original kahler tremolo claw
This is a player's grade collectable guitar. Please get in touch with any question you might have.
I ship to Europe and
USA, fully insured. Contact me to get a quote before committing, and feel free to make me an offer.
Thanks for looking!