New Charvel dealer program upcoming.

[sakeido]

That's nice. More people can now afford the guitar.....but oh you wanted it to actually stay in tune? We'll that my friend will cost you an extra $1600.

I've had my share of Floyd knock offs and they pretty much sucked. I guess we'll see.

lately licensed Floyds have finally gotten to be good, so good in fact, that Suhr is using licensed Gotoh Floyds in his new guitars because they are superior to the OFR

[CharvelRocker]

lately licensed Floyds have finally gotten to be good, so good in fact, that Suhr is using licensed Gotoh Floyds in his new guitars because they are superior to the OFR

Lately? What about Schallers, JT590s, and Ibanez Edge (which Gotoh used to make IIRC) which have been out since the late 80s/Early 90s

[toejam]

Come on 24-fret Stratheads... either bolt-on or neck-thru! :ROTF:

[thenine]

no more pointys. Blah! I like my pointys!

[skorb]

I am excited to see the Tele head line....

+1

[vondran]

I'd love to get a vintage hot rod flames strat head for this price (H-H or H-S-S, with v-trem preferred). They've always been out of reach price wise. If quality is there, then they'll sell.

[CharvelRocker]

Got some fun news from a friend who works at the Corona plant; they're starting three new budget minded production models, and apparently they'll be made on the main Fender assembly line.

[z1n]

Sweet!! Can't wait

[jimjones]

Got some fun news from a friend who works at the Corona plant; they're starting three new budget minded production models, and apparently they'll be made on the main Fender assembly line.

so are they gonna be charvels or fenders? if they are built by the fender guys on the fender line, are they really charvels? idk...

[Robert Burns]

Why not just buy 2 year old pointy "Stock"? That way your getting
older OFR's... quality is great...and the price most of the time is around
$1900 Certainly better than spending say $1700 or more for this newer
"better moustrap? Id spend my $'s on 05' pointy's still hanging in dealers
showrooms. Most likely a level above these new ones in hardware certainly.

[CharvelRocker]

so are they gonna be charvels or fenders? if they are built by the fender guys on the fender line, are they really charvels? idk...

They're going to be Charvels. I would consider them Charvels. Because Jackson Pros were made in the Charvel shop, does that mean they aren't Jacksons? Or because ESP made Kramer parts, does it mean they weren't Kramers?

[Rich#6]

Originally Posted by jimjones
so are they gonna be charvels or fenders? if they are built by the fender guys on the fender line, are they really charvels? idk

If you think like that then you could say that any guitar made after wayne charvel sold the shop is not a charvel either.
I am sure that the J/C shop guys will be checking to make sure the specs are good. Most of the work is done by CNC machines anyway. It's the specs and the final touches done by hand that makes them good guitars. It's not like the USA fender shop puts out shitty guitars.

[BYeh1]

I've asked about these and apparently they're likely to sell for a grand or so and will be the Charvel equivilent of a USA std Strat. The one hardware downgrade will be the use of Ping floyds, but the pickups are supposed to still be proper Duncans / DiMarzios.

Is this Ping the same as the golf club company???

[toejam]

Is this Ping the same as the golf club company???

Yes. Kahler makes golf clubs, too. What's up with guitar hardware and golf?!? :ROTF:

[Jason1212]

Both involve forged steal. Are we sure it's the same Ping?