NGD! Well, it hasn't arrived yet... but...

[xenophobe]

It ships today, but the seller's pictures are so nice, I can post them here for everyone to hate on! I'm sure there are a lot of opinions about this one. lol

I love it for all the unique and modern features. I love the side jack location, I like the matching headstock, ebony fretboard? Absolute yummy. Red pearl fretboard binding on a strathead? I think it's neat. Red dots? Lower horn cutout? I'm good with that too. I like it because it's an updated representation of a strat. The pickups will be gone, I'm certain I'll be putting in a Dimarzio Super Distortion or Fender DH-1.

Here it is:

[Hellbat]

Mmmmmmm. Nice one!

I would be tempted to put zebras in it even though it would go against the "everything red" theme.

[xenophobe]

Zebras would look pretty cool in that... Would look better in the white ones they have.

I had a hard time picking between the two.

[Devotee]

Holy shit! LOVE IT!!! Ferrari red is my favourite colour (apart from black of course).

I actually like the red pickups but if you're going to change them please put in a pair of red/black zebras!

[neilli]

I like those a lot. The main thing I'd have changed is I'd have gone for a Dinky body...

[Rupe]

Love it! I almost bought a white one a few years back when they first released these. Traditional Charvel looks for the most part combined with some cool, functional, modern updates.

[kmanick]

I like these (especially the white one, I've had too many red guitars over the years LOL!)
are these custom shop pieces?

[xenophobe]

Yeah, I would have ordered a dinky body as well, but I like these specs well enough to own one... the wait time isn't worth just a single change or two, IMO.

These are custom shop pieces. The store has sold a few of these like this. I could call them right now to change to a white one. I've struggled with the decision... I was like 50.5% red, 49.5% white. I did spec a white two hum strat with ebony and matching headstock limited run before and it looks a lot like what I wanted, but the red one is what drew me to it.

Here's the others the seller has... go to the guitar page then click on the link for additional pictures... these things look really nice:

http://www.guitarhotline.com/servlet/the-Charvel-cln-Charvel-Custom-Shop/Categories

Oh, and the bridge isn't a JB, it's a SH-5, so I'll be looking forward to actually trying it.

[Rupe]

I dig the red one with the red zebra pickups...never saw that one before. FWIW, I think the Duncan Custom is a MUCH better sounding pickup than the JB, which I find to be harsh and ratty sounding in the upper registers. I loved the old JBs that I had back in the day but the newer ones are definitely different.

Edit: Just noticed that it's a hard tail

[javert]

Looks great! Congrats. I've been drooling over the Music Zoo naturals for a long time.

I use the SH5 in most of my Jacksons and I love it. Among the bridge pickups, I've also tried the TB4, SH1, SH6, SH8, SH15 and I like the SH5 the most. The TB4 is okay in my old strat, but I don't like it in my neck-thru Jacksons. The SH6 is quite nice too and I use it some of my guitars, but it's not as smooth as the SH5, and the SH1 is not hot enough for me for metal. It's nice for bluesy stuff, though. I've never liked active EMGs.

[Venomboy]

Been drooling over that red one for a while. Don't get the white one. Red is so much more unique and cool.

[jeff b]

Stick with the red one! That looks slick with the matching headstock!! Not that the white one is bad..... Either way, they're both awesome! Nice score dude!!

[Grawnday]

I stop in Reno's Music (Guitar Hotline) for a look-see once in a while. They've had this model in surf green, too. I believe Makeajazznoisehere bought a couple of these.

[Amerturk]

I like the placement of the toggle and also like that it only has a volume and tone knob. Very simple is the best for me.

[mr426]

Wow. Very unique.Very cool. Congrats