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Well, i felt I had to share this with you guy's. I just received my new lefty natural mahogany oiled body and unfinished maple Charvel strathead!
I love the way it look's but was skeptical about the tone and playability. I play though a collection of mostly vintage plexi and hand wired marshalls' as well as a laney supergroup and couple of 72 Hiwatt DR103's. I once owned a black lefty pre-pro Charvel Explorer strathead, with lightning bolt inlay's, and all brass hardware with vintage trem. In fact, that very guitar is on display on the Charvel eye candy website. Anyhow, this new high end Charvel made by Fender is just killer! Even though it has a Floyd trem, which I believe is a tone sucker, it don't seem to effect the woody tone, and the playability is excellent! Tuned down a half step, it is still sharp, full, resonent, great sustain, harmonic overtones and feedback, intonation, it's all there. Slightly bright but woody and brown! I finally found my VH axe, and any other aggressive sounding artist. The action can come down a bit but thats an easy fix. The original pre-pro I had was a bit fatter and possibly a bit richer sounding but the playability was a little stiff and difficult to stay on tune. I still would love to have it back though!
I love the way it look's but was skeptical about the tone and playability. I play though a collection of mostly vintage plexi and hand wired marshalls' as well as a laney supergroup and couple of 72 Hiwatt DR103's. I once owned a black lefty pre-pro Charvel Explorer strathead, with lightning bolt inlay's, and all brass hardware with vintage trem. In fact, that very guitar is on display on the Charvel eye candy website. Anyhow, this new high end Charvel made by Fender is just killer! Even though it has a Floyd trem, which I believe is a tone sucker, it don't seem to effect the woody tone, and the playability is excellent! Tuned down a half step, it is still sharp, full, resonent, great sustain, harmonic overtones and feedback, intonation, it's all there. Slightly bright but woody and brown! I finally found my VH axe, and any other aggressive sounding artist. The action can come down a bit but thats an easy fix. The original pre-pro I had was a bit fatter and possibly a bit richer sounding but the playability was a little stiff and difficult to stay on tune. I still would love to have it back though!
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