Just picked up this Jake Charvel

[sah5150]

Email sent. As far as the RW board stuff goes, I highly doubt it; the original order was for ebony boards. That was one of the changes made to try to avoid the "artist similar" rule that this run was obviously plagued by.

Much thanks and you're for sure correct...

Steve

[sully]

You bet! Yours is 7836, right? I have 7835.

[sah5150]

You bet! Yours is 7836, right? I have 7835.

Yup and very cool!

Steve

[sah5150]

Ebony is cozy to play, i definitely like it much better than rosewood. are those 6100's on there?
When i start playing again, my next guitars frets are going to be the size of rebar that resides in the cement of a major bridge- lol
I love mondo frets, it's the only way to play.
Steevo, are you playing out right now or just jamming at home?

Yeah, those are Sanko SBB-215 Jumbo frets...

Not playing out Tommy - not my thing since I was playing original music in the 80s trying to get signed. I just record clips at home, do the occasional free form jams and I'm launching my new amp company at the LA Amp Show this weekend. Check 'em out:

http://www.henningamps.com

Steve

[metalchurch79]

Wow, you have a Whitey as well Sully? And you guys' serial #'s are just so cool!
How many of these were built again? And were the serial #'s in sequential order from start to finish or were they chosen @ random?
I read somewhere about the original workorder/spec sheet, maybe that was you Sully, but I can trecall offhand and i'm in the middle of posting this, so i figured I'd ask about that since I'm on the subject.
I would love to see that sometime.

[jacksonluvr]

Jake's guitar had a Duncan "Allen holdsworth Custom" pickup in it.. Good luck finding one of those!

[~K~]

I have one as well. We had 10 built

Wow, you have a Whitey as well Sully? And you guys' serial #'s are just so cool!
How many of these were built again? And were the serial #'s in sequential order from start to finish or were they chosen @ random?
I read somewhere about the original workorder/spec sheet, maybe that was you Sully, but I can trecall offhand and i'm in the middle of posting this, so i figured I'd ask about that since I'm on the subject.
I would love to see that sometime.

[~K~]

Changes made to avoid the artist blockage issues

Ebony instead of rosewood.
22 instead of 21
black hardware instead of a chrome input jack
non angled singels (universal route)
standard 4 bolt charvel plated

I know I'm missig a few

[toejam]

Jake's guitar had a Duncan "Allen holdsworth Custom" pickup in it.. Good luck finding one of those!

I'm pretty sure you can still order one through Duncan's Custom Shop.

[metalchurch79]

I'm pretty sure you can still order one through Duncan's Custom Shop.

Yes you can, and they show up online quite a bit as well. Pricey, but they show up.
Thanks for the replies. I totally forgot about the 21/22 fret artist similar rule. So only 10 made? Damn! And all 10 were righthanded I'm assuming. lol

[~K~]

Yes all 10 were right handed. I only know where 4 of the 10 are.

Yes you can, and they show up online quite a bit as well. Pricey, but they show up.
Thanks for the replies. I totally forgot about the 21/22 fret artist similar rule. So only 10 made? Damn! And all 10 were righthanded I'm assuming. lol

[metalchurch79]

Yes all 10 were right handed. I only know where 4 of the 10 are.

I figured as much, that's why I built my own, but I'm doing a more accurate version of whitey. Mine is a mix of Whitey and his Daphne Blue Holdsworth.
At any rate, I'm having a great time reading up on these guitars, and I appreciate very much all of your time and help, and I thank you for all the great pictures and information. Very cool.
Also, it's neat that you know of 4 of them.