Charvel recessed backplate question

[Mickey_C]

I was impressed by the recessed tremolo backplate on my 25th anniversary... and looking at the Chlorine guitar in the Dealer Classifieds, I noticed that the backplate does not appear to be recessed.

Was the 25th anniversary guitar the only charvel with a recessed backplate of the new guitars, or would I expect the same with any custom shop charvel? Special order only?

Thanks!

[shreddermon]

Except for my EVH (no back plate), all of my new ones are recessed. Pretty sure that's standard.

[busdriver]

The backplate of my Retro Bullseye is not recessed and so are the backplates of the Solars, but I guess in the Solars' case it was spec'd that way.

[~K~]

the solars were specd that way .. when i did the bullseye run this was overlooked and then it was intentionally specd with the solars

[Joe_Steeler]

The CS Eldred Flames I just got was recessed and I did not request it, albeit love it, that way.

[dg]

Some prefer the non-recessed trem cavity plate because it is true to the originals. You can specify non-recessed on a custom order, but otherwise the new ones all seem to have have a recessed plate. Personally, I like a recessed plate but understand why some of the guys want everything to be just like it was, including the angle of the tuner mounting screws. The 45 degree ones on the new guitars is major blasphemy in some circles. Me, I seem to be dealing with it OK.

[toejam]

My '05 Star's plate is recessed.

[gtrbuyer]

some are and some are not, my pink Strat head is recessed but my Polka Dot is not.

[Mickey_C]

The HRF I received is not recessed.

[gtrbuyer]

I wonder if it is luck of the draw. I prefer nonrecessed but can live with either.

[brent]

The HRF I received is not recessed.

my eyes are bad, looked recessed on the site to me, sorry


If it's not recessed, I'd just as soon they didn't even drill for it like the EVH's

[Soap]

Is there a pic to show me exactly what your talking about so I can understand better? I suppose you aren't talking about the trem route on the body being recessed or not? I didn't think so. Pic, anyone?

[RR05xx]

Hey, I dont have a good pic, but a v-trem or floyd as a large rectangular route cut in the back of the guitar for the trem, right. Well, on most new ones, the trem route has a small recess/lip cut into it so that the trem cover or plate will screw down flush. On old original SD charvels, the trem route did not have the lip and so the trem plate actually sits on top of the body when screwed down (like most pickguards do on RRs and fender strats for that matter). Its a small issue that has caused some irk for some.

Anyway, I was told that the "standard" in the fall of '04 was a recessed trem plate. However, I know that what is "standard" is subject to change without warning. I did not care and actually prefer the recess.

That said, I have not heard about any changes in the policy of recessing the trem plates, I would expect that if it is non-recessed, someone spec'd it that way, like on the solars.

[JZ06]

my '05 charvel that came with a v trem doesn't have a recessed cover. my '06 factory floyded axe is recessed.

[Mickey_C]

Is there a pic to show me exactly what your talking about so I can understand better? I suppose you aren't talking about the trem route on the body being recessed or not? I didn't think so. Pic, anyone?

We are talking about the cover, on the back of the guitar, over the tremolo springs. Recessed ones are flush with the body, like all of the control cavity covers. Non-recessed ones are above the body.

My 25th is recessed.

My HRF is not.