Hard tail Charvels

[gtrbuyer]

how common was it to find hard tail brass bridges on Charvel guitars? I know Jake E Lee used hard tails and here is a pic of George Lynch playing a Charvel with a hard tail. Just curious as I have yet to come across a legit Charvel with a hard tail bridge...

[speed monkey]

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I thought I read somewhere George saying that particular guitar was / is a Fender hardtail body, refinished and re - necked with a Charvel S head????

Anybody else???

All I know is hardtails rule [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

Steve E

[SATCH1967]

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Great Pic!!!!!

[gtrbuyer]

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I thought I read somewhere George saying that particular guitar was / is a Fender hardtail body, refinished and re - necked with a Charvel S head????

Anybody else???

All I know is hardtails rule [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

Steve E

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Question when Fenders were Charvelized a la Jake's white Strat, were the fretboards replaced? Is the 12th dot spacing on Fenders same as on a Charvel??

Anyone know...

[Shawn Lutz]

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Trace, I just bought a 97 USA Fender strat neck and dots appear to be dead nuts on SD Charvel dots. I didn't measure them but just eyeballing them it looks right to me

There are way too many Fender necks out there and the dots are all over the place...

[gtrbuyer]

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Wonder if Charvel copied the dot spacing from a Fender neck back in the day??? Interesting...

[Ralph E.]

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Trace,

I am 99.9% sure I read that Jake's main white Charvel (which was a fender) was shaved only, fretboard was not replaced.

[mulder1966]

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I am 99.9% sure I read that Jake's main white Charvel (which was a fender) was shaved only, fretboard was not replaced.

[/ QUOTE ] I believe that I read this in a magazine. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[speed monkey]

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Trace,

I am 99.9% sure I read that Jake's main white Charvel (which was a fender) was shaved only, fretboard was not replaced.

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I think right there is one of the keys to "Charvelized" - the shaving / planning of the fretboard to a Gibson or just slighly flatter radius, and then dropping a bucker in. To me, that was what really turned the corner in the turning the Strat into a more aggressive, rock-n-roll machine. The graphics were the icing on the cake. EVH wasn't exactly inspiring hardtails, but we know how Jake felt about that.

Also - on the maple necks, depending on the thickness of the dots, any change from a 7.5 to a 10 + radius on the neck would require re-dotting the board since the originals would've been planned off.

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Steve E

[toejam]

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Hey, does anybody know if any of Jake's Charvels had the two different fret sizes like his ESP signature models (jumbo on frets 1-12, medium on 13-22)?