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So I get home and the UPS guy has already dropped this off:
Well she's a player. Now I gotta admit to being the ONLY guy (probably) on this board who attended NAMM2006 and did NOT pick-up this particular Charvel. I did play the Blood/skull, but not the Crossed Swords.
And kudos to Shawn for promoting the "value" of NAMM show Charvels (especially the DeMartini's [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]). Although it goes without saying that the "significant others" will call [img]/images/graemlins/bs.gif[/img] EVERYtime! (mine just did [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img])
The neck is VERY San Dimas, as in the pointy headstock taper. Very fast and with the 11/16" nut, very different than the EVH AS. Better? NO. Just different. Black hardware is soooo 80's metal, but verrrry cool. The frets are dressed emaculately. No dead spots or grab anywhere I can tell (so far). No tang snag on the sides (and this went from the East coast back to the West coast). Action and set-up is purrfect. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] Shit, I'm in heaven!! [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] The alder body rings out like alder should - a thicker, midrange tone, very full in the low midrange yet having enough upper mids to be clear and articulate, which marries perfectly to the hardrock maple neck and its characteristic snap and pronounced note articulation.
Everyone who's ordered a DeMartini is gonna be FUCKING stoked. And like the EVH Art Series, strathead and all, these axes ROCK.
mike.
Oh and more obligatory pix:
Well she's a player. Now I gotta admit to being the ONLY guy (probably) on this board who attended NAMM2006 and did NOT pick-up this particular Charvel. I did play the Blood/skull, but not the Crossed Swords.
And kudos to Shawn for promoting the "value" of NAMM show Charvels (especially the DeMartini's [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]). Although it goes without saying that the "significant others" will call [img]/images/graemlins/bs.gif[/img] EVERYtime! (mine just did [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img])
The neck is VERY San Dimas, as in the pointy headstock taper. Very fast and with the 11/16" nut, very different than the EVH AS. Better? NO. Just different. Black hardware is soooo 80's metal, but verrrry cool. The frets are dressed emaculately. No dead spots or grab anywhere I can tell (so far). No tang snag on the sides (and this went from the East coast back to the West coast). Action and set-up is purrfect. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] Shit, I'm in heaven!! [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] The alder body rings out like alder should - a thicker, midrange tone, very full in the low midrange yet having enough upper mids to be clear and articulate, which marries perfectly to the hardrock maple neck and its characteristic snap and pronounced note articulation.
Everyone who's ordered a DeMartini is gonna be FUCKING stoked. And like the EVH Art Series, strathead and all, these axes ROCK.
mike.
Oh and more obligatory pix:
[img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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