Help me decide on "restoring" my USA Charvel?

[AZGiants]

Don P I am with you, that would look badass for sure

[Bert]

Hey folks, had Lee at GMW do the refin and conversion to a non-recessed floyd and it looks *stunning*. You would never guess the hell this guitar had previously gone through, it's now as good as new! Will share pics as soon as I get it re-assembled to my liking -- it needs a little bit more trem route adjustment due to some rubbing against the cavity, and a shim in the neck slot to get the pro-mod neck to line up right. After that it should be good to go!

[Bert]

Oh and the body was ash, not maple as I speculated earlier, so I went with the original blue-silverburst finish.

[Bert]

And yeah, Lee had to put veneers on both the front and back to get it to look "right". A bit overkill for such a beater guitar really, but still a cool indulgence. I also stuck with the H-S-S config even though the original was 3-TITE + vintage trem.

[toejam]

Awesome. Can't wait to see it.

[Razor]

1) Re-route the neck pocket to realign the neck so that the floyd can be an old-school fully non-recessed floyd.. this requires patching up the kahler route.
2) Change to Hum-Single config, requiring filling in middle pickup config, filling in single-toggle switches and installing a single 3-way switch.
3) Refinish with the classic blue/silverburst similar to original finish.

This right here was what I would have voted. Can't wait to see pictures of it!

[Bert]

I ended up sticking with H-S-S config... Been using the middle pickup more and more lately in my current band for some funk rhythms.

[Bert]

Thought y'all might enjoy this set of shots: https://photos.app.goo.gl/XDURHNdlMXPsjbxw2

Unfortunately I don't have a pic of the guitar in its original config, which was 3-TITE & Vintage trem. Poor thing has been through a lot!

I'll try and get some higher quality shots some other time. These don't quite do it justice. It's essentially as-new now... the neck, body, everything. The mods done by the Jackson CS to convert from Kahler to Floyd I hate to say were really poorly done (Lee who did the refin was similarly appalled).

[toejam]

Very nice!

[Johnnyryche]

Looks great!

[rjohnstone]

That turned out great.
Hat's off to Lee on the refin... fantastic work.

[Razor]

Damn nice! Well done!!!

[Bert]

The pics don't capture the cool glitter effect of the 'burst finish. And the back looks amazing too... the rear trem cavity cover is now recessed instead of tacked on as it was before, which I guess was typical for vintage trem routes.

[freedom's door]

That came out fantastic.

[Mossezhoffen]

That came out great! Shame about the original pointy neck, but anyways the pro mod neck fits it perfectly!