Charvel USA Production Model Series

[Robert Hendrix]

[Predator1]

Only 7 Days until these start shipping!

[savage]

That's the only way it can truly be done. You can't buy mojo...you create it yourself..

that is what ole EVH always thought and look how that turned out

[Rupe]

Personally, I preffer to create my OWN "Mojo" with a guitar.

That's the only way it can truly be done. You can't buy mojo...you create it yourself. The word is horribly misused these days to describe anything that looks cool or plays great. Mojo is more of a "spirtual" bond formed between a guitar and it's player over time. If you buy a guitar like that, the "mojo" doesn't come with it...you have to create your own which will only happen if you truly bond with the instrument.

[Robert Hendrix]

For the billionth time...

There are good originals and bad originals...

There are good new ones and bad new ones...

Having owned over 30 originals at one point, I can tell you that I would NEVER pay the premium for an original anymore. "Mojo" is something collectors want you to believe in, so their investment goes up, not down.

Personally, I preffer to create my OWN "Mojo" with a guitar. Every little pick scratch, bump on the headstock that it gets through useage is part of it's personality, and defines the bond that you've created with that instrument.
I could identify my SDIII if it was lined up with 50 others just like it. I know every line and mark on it, from the tiny black swirl in the maple quilt just above the neck pickup to the slightly dulling shine in the finish where my arm rests when I have played it for the last 13 years and the aging color of the birdseye neck.. I have bought, sold and traded hundreds of guitars over the years that for one reason or another, I just couldn't create a bond with, but this one has what I call MOJO! Yeah, I am nerd!

[savage]

Absolutely...not quite sure why they didn't since these aren't trying to be clones. It would have been a hell of a lot more convenient.

anyone know if it is a single or dual rod?

[Rupe]

I agree, but you'd figure they'd still at least put the truss rod adjustment at the headstock.

Absolutely...not quite sure why they didn't since these aren't trying to be clones. It would have been a hell of a lot more convenient.

[savage]

just think those that buy one of these and have never played/owned a original have nothing to complain about or compare these to

[toejam]

I have the feeling that these aren't truly meant to appease the hardliners and screw counters though or else you would be seeing more brass hardware, the "correct" number of screws on the pickguard, etc. I look at them as an attempt to rebuild the brand with a whole new generation of player. The Custom Shop is always there for traditionalist who places form over function.

I agree, but you'd figure they'd still at least put the truss rod adjustment at the headstock.

[Rupe]

it's not typical of a charvel and the hardliners would complain that it wasn't authentic because of that.

I have the feeling that these aren't truly meant to appease the hardliners and screw counters though or else you would be seeing more brass hardware, the "correct" number of screws on the pickguard, etc. I look at them as an attempt to rebuild the brand with a whole new generation of player. The Custom Shop is always there for traditionalist who places form over function.

[spunkrazy]

Differences of opinions.

[shreddermon]

I don't think that's what he means. He's not saying that the new ones can never be as good as the originals. He's just saying that a new one can never be an original SD.

Originality has value - this is true. We can argue whether a SD should have more value than a new one, as it is not necessarily a better guitar. But it is fact that they do have more value, in part just because it is one of the originals and production ceased in '86. The market makes this so, and that is not unique to Charvels. Same thing applies to Strats, Les Pauls, etc.

At least, that's how I interpreted his posts' meaning.

[~K~]

you're argument is in the arena of mojo ..it is hyped. Doesn't mean that San Dimas charvels weren't great guitars but their were also dogs ...

If it meets dimensional specs then it's a charvel ..

[Ralph E.]

For the billionth time...

There are good originals and bad originals...

There are good new ones and bad new ones...

Having owned over 30 originals at one point, I can tell you that I would NEVER pay the premium for an original anymore. "Mojo" is something collectors want you to believe in, so their investment goes up, not down.

[spunkrazy]

Until you lay them side by side and do a comparison that is a moot point.

San Dimas mystic is a protective investment point of view

You don't need a side by side. A new one will never be an original.

I'm banking that they will sound and play great, and that you probably couldn't tell the difference if someone was playing either behind a curtain.