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  • Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy Pics

    Ok-Here's what I have so far.
    The 1981 Charvel (pre-pro) started it's life looking like my 1983 charvel:Vintage trim,1 Humbucker,1 volume knob...

    Then after Marc got it he/someone added the floyd rose.Here are some pixs from the XYZ video Inside Out:





    Then in the early 90's Toru (dinkyjacksonman) got her from a friend.When Toru's friend bought it he added the neck humbucker and 3-way switch.
    Toru later sold it to a guy in Santa Monica and then it was sold to Mick Mars-Here is how it looked when Mick owned the charvel:

    This charvel was featured in a japanese magazine called Young Guns in 1994:

    The description reads:This charvel custom model has been well used on the album,made in 1982,body and neck are maple-the fretboard is dirty due to the unfinished neck so it has been used often.As we all know this charvel was made early 1981-neck date is HB 4-13-81.Mick also said in the interview that the charvel was used for (at least) 50% of the album-The album was Motley Crue with John Corabi on vocals:Thanks Toru [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

    Mick later sold the charvel and Toru ended getting it back in 2004.Toru wrote-Between 1994-2004,10 years passed and the bright color of red has faded to a light orange.I think the pigments in the trans red finish just did not hold up over the years.You can still see some red around the floyd,neck,knobs but what is very cool is under the neck plate it is still like it was from the factory-I love the trans red finish-(yep Marc's charvel was trans red not solid red)but the light orange is beautiful as well!!!!!

    That's when I decided to buy her-oh I remember that day it was 9-27-2004-ah my first pre-pro and it was celebrity owned at that-The body is 2 pc birdseye maple,no trem recess,1volume,1 tone,3 way switch,Duncan distortion and Duncan 59 in the bridge and neck,old floyd rose,21 fret neck-jumbo frets,1 pc maple neck oiled finish,nut width is 1" 11/16.This is how she sits today:

    That's all for now but it is a start-Enjoy-oh yeah still looking for concert photo's,video's...etc...

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    Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy Pics

    Very cool [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] I've got XYZ on tape, still listen to it.

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    • #3
      Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

      Amazing Tony!
      I must have couple of pics of the guitar when I originally got it back in 90 but they are at my parents house.
      I will send them to you next time when I have a chance.

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      • #4
        Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

        Awesome story!

        Mike
        Sleep. The sound doesn't collapse to riffs of early eyes either.

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        • #5
          Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

          I still say the original red is cooler (but the orange kinda grows on ya, like a fungus! LOL!)
          "I''ll say what I'm gonna say, cuz I'm going to Hell anyway!"

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          • #6
            Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

            Oh my god... that orange over the wood grain is making me GASsy..... Oh man... I'd love to push you down on the playground and take your lunch money and Guitar. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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            • #7
              Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

              i'll kneel down behind him and you deliver the blow BAIM.
              whatta ya say?
              Not helping the situation since 1965!

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              • #8
                Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

                Being a Mick Mars and Crue fan myself i consider that just a killer find...you are one lucky guy. not only a pre-pro but owned by Mick...i'm jealous! very cool!!

                -Mike
                www.DAvanzoGuitars.com

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                • #9
                  Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

                  So when did the neck get switched out? It seems to have lost it's 22nd fret somewhere along the line...?

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                  • #10
                    Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

                    I'm confused... these are two different guitars...

                    So you owned the one in the top picture (83 vel?), but showing us the history of another guitar that you bought (second to last picture, 81 prepro)? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]
                    The 2nd Amendment: America's Original Homeland Defense.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

                      Tony posted the first picture just trying to tell you how the guitar started as its life(no Floyd, No neck hum and so on).

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                      • #12
                        Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

                        Thanks guys-Its a good thing I don't live near a playground [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
                        The first guitar is just a reference-its how the pre-pro started it's life-minus 1 fret-solid red finish-and finished neck.Every other picture is the same guitar.Toru-that would be great anymore stuff I can get adds to the history [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]XSSIVE-the color sold me then being owned by the 2 known guitar player's was a bonus.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

                          yeah, i hear ya, that color it faded too is sweet! again, nice find and i hope it treats you well! now go drop it to d and play some crue for old times sake for the guitar lol.

                          -Mike
                          www.DAvanzoGuitars.com

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                          • #14
                            Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

                            [ QUOTE ]
                            Ok-Here's what I have so far.
                            The 1981 Charvel (pre-pro) started it's life looking like my 1983 charvel:Vintage trim,1 Humbucker,1 volume knob...


                            [/ QUOTE ]

                            i guess they didnt read that [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

                            a couple of questios about your other (the red one you used for reference) guitar:

                            1:it looks like from the picture the end of the fretboard is rounded, is that a photo trick?

                            and....

                            2: is that a 1 3/4" nut?

                            just wonderin [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]


                            chris

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                            • #15
                              Re: Marc Diglio/Mick Mars Charvel History!!Heavy P

                              Tony that is amazing and I cannot add what you haven't already. You know what that is one cool guitar and to know Marc shredded it to death when playing it makes it even more exciting, brutha you are one lucky man. Kammo1 [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

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