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  • 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

    After a year & a half of gathering the most appropriate parts I could find, I'm ready to share pics.

    This is an 83 San Dimas 6/12 doubleneck in candy blue (much brighter that I can get it to show in the pics).

    I scored this on ebay where it was listed as "Custom Doubleneck Guitar." The original 6 string neck & plate were gone & replaced by an ESP strathead neck & a blank black neckplate.......this really makes me wonder if the original 6 string neck was a strathead or if it was a 3&3 Gibson style head.

    The 12 string neck had the Charvel logo sanded off & 4 little string trees randomly placed.
    A Floyd Rose was added on the 6 string side, & pickups had been changed to a Super Distortion & an X2N on the 6 side & 2 old Duncan hot stack singlecoils in humbucker sized rings on the 12 side.

    I replaced the 6 string neck with an original Charvel strathead neck with the appropriate nut, crownhead tuners, & kahler string lock. I refinished the headstocks & applied repro logos (best I could find)

    Pickups are all Duncan 59's except for the 6 string bridge....it's a Duncan Custom.

    The tremelo backplate was made for me by a friend.......its not perfect but it will work for now.

    Enjoy the pics....I'll try to take some better ones.










  • #2
    Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

    Looks pretty damn cool Brian, great job on the restoration! I'd bet $10.00 the original 6 string neck was 3+3.

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    • #3
      Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

      wow! that's cool!!!!!!

      i edited your post b/c one of the pictures weren't showing up.

      very very neat!
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      • #4
        Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

        Nice one, That's like a one of a kind lookin thing.
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        • #5
          Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

          great guitar and great restoration. Nicest 6 12 I've seen. Lucky man [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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          • #6
            Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

            Killer guitar.
            This can be GOTM for Jan.2005 easily.

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            • #7
              Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

              <font color="aqua">That's incredible Brian - [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] </font>
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              "would someone answer that damn phone?!?!"

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              • #8
                Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

                Way cool guitar. Nice restoration!

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                • #9
                  Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

                  That is a great guitar. I look at Brets all the time and wonde how many are floating around out there. I would bet 3X3 on the 6 string and would guess the plate may be in circulation somewhere...

                  Congrads on a rare and excellent guitar
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                  • #10
                    Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

                    [img]/images/graemlins/drool2.gif[/img]Wow! Great job on the restoration. I love the color too. [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]


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                    • #11
                      Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

                      That's sweet! Nice job on it! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
                      "Your work is ingenius…it’s quality work….and there are simply too many notes…that’s all, just cut a few, and it’ll be perfect."

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                      • #12
                        Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

                        WOW I'm speechless....Great job.

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                        • #13
                          Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

                          Slick resto!Great job........ [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]
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                          • #14
                            Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

                            Slick resto!Great job........ [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]
                            Straightjacket Memories.Sedative Highs...........

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                            • #15
                              Re: 1983 Charvel 6/12 Doubleneck restoration

                              Wicked Cool!!

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