Shawn Lane Charvel??

[Enigma]

What type of Charvel did Shawn Lane (RIP)use? I remember seeing a picture of him holding a sunburst Strat body Charvel with carved top and two humbuckers, so I assume 750XL?? I seem to remember him mentioning the 475 also. He was such an aweomse player and his tones were smooth as glass.....

[Cliff Garrett]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

It was a 750XL. I just won an auction on Ebay for one of these guitars. I have been a bit obsessed with Shawn's music for the past few months...

This link has the guitar I purchased and a screencap of shawn playing a very similar guitar.

http://www.cliffgarrett.com/750xl

Peace...

[Enigma]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

Cool, thx for the pics. If only I could find a 750 floating around somewhere......

[No Use]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

just wondering off hand,

the few pics I've seen of him (in guitar player and 1 spot in gw), he looks like he's holding a coil tap equipped Ibanez S series.

is this so?

[toejam]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

(RIP) [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] He's probably played just about anything. He was in a mid '90s DiMarzio catalog with a Fender Strat.

[pro-fusion]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

In recent years he endorsed and played Vigier guitars. I don't think he had been using the 750xl for quite some time.

Jeez what a loss. I still can't believe he's gone. Far and away the best guitarist I've ever heard.

[Ebbflow]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

I am really interested in Lane. Would anyone be kind enough to send me in the right direction for some of his music? Thanks.

[Gtrplyr666]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

been out of it for awhile so please be gentle. he's dead? when and how did this happen???

Garry [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[LarryL]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

He died in September from "complications from lung disease". He was hugely overweight, a chain smoker, and reportedly had issues with heroin. It's very sad as I believe he also has a little daughter.

Like so many really talented people he was wrestling with a lot of demons.

[hippietim]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

Originally posted by Ebbflow:
I am really interested in Lane. Would anyone be kind enough to send me in the right direction for some of his music? Thanks.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cliff is your man. He's been way deep into his playing lately and can definitely get you going.

[Cliff Garrett]

Re: Shawn Lane Charvel??

He did an Ibanez endorsment right after Jackson. His model was a Ghostrider series...

For getting"into" him, I would suggest the following:

Powers Of 10
Powers Of 10 Live!
Time Is the Enemy
Good People In Times Of Evil
Two Doors
Tritone Fascination

Then of course there are a TON more great ones...

He also did two instructional videos released by REH, which are genious, even though they have issues with accuracy, and completeness...

There are also a ton of great items that you can find doing a google search... Abtractlogix.com has a ton o great material.

http://www.tarsun.net/old/Discography.htm

Have fun!
Cliff

[Robert Burns]

I hope all the Shawn Lane fans know about &quot;Powers of 10&quot;??

Ive read some forums (guitar world) where the morons think that
Shawn was just a speed freak shredder! If you ever get to check
out "Powers of 10". You will see that he was a great arranger, and
true talent. In fact when i got this album in 2000 i didnt like it at
first! I was looking for mindless shred gymnastics. But after
4 or 5 listens...i was slayed! RIP Shawn. You were truly under
appreciated!