Charvel USA Production Model Series

[CharvelRocker]

$700-$800? I know what I'm buying for my birthday... Those pickguarded ones remind me of my CX I through together; Tonezone in the bridge baby! For $700, I'll eat a Korean Floyd and three piece body.

[kmanick]

I hope Matts is getting some of these, I may be walking out of his store with a new Charvel in my hands , next time I go down there.
Shit at the price maybe one of each

[Bryan]

Thanks Mike, WE cant wait to get em! Thanks to you guys for building these and making them affordable for us. Im preordering a Tangerine SoCal tomorrow!

+1 on this. It's nice to know that you guys at Charvel are checking out how we feel about these guitars. Also thanks for the extra info.

Now get these bad boys shipped out to us!!

[Jackson/Charvelfan]

I normally don't post stuff here from other boards, but someone has one (candy red) and posted a quick review. To try to settle this: yes, these have the cheaper Chinese floyd. He said the trem isn't bad, and overall he says the guitar is excellent and he plans on getting more. I trust his opinion bigtime, and I'll probably be looking to get one of these soon (thinking I'll wait for the green), especially now that the big questions about the necks are answered. I really expected them to be flatsawn.

edit- he just posted pics. Made in Usa is under the headstock logo and on the plate. 6 digit serial #, which is interesting.

Hey dg what sight was this review on?

[Number Of The Priest]

I really expected them to be flatsawn.

Isn't flatsawn an obsolete way of sawing trees for guitar necks due to their inherent instability? For some reason, I just assumed everything was quartersawn these days.

The guitars come set up with the proper neck angle for a top mount floyd and they have plenty of Pull Back range.

Guess this answers my question... 42mm block length based on my experience with topmounted Floyd pullups. SWEEEEEEET.

[Rupe]

Most maple necks are still flatsawn at FMIC with the exception of the Eric Johnson Strat.

[PacerMutt]

Korean Floyds??? When did this happen?? Looks like the real thing... But how do they hold up???

[danastas]

?? Where is that $700-800 figure being quoted?

[Newc]

Most maple necks are still flatsawn at FMIC with the exception of the Eric Johnson Strat.

Well, since these are not being made by Fender, I would expect them to be quartersawn like all of Jackson's necks are.

[j2379]

any plans for other colors, & are other pickup configs available.

[Rupe]

Well, since these are not being made by Fender, I would expect them to be quartersawn like all of Jackson's necks are.

They are being made on a Fender line and Fender owns the company...they are all "Fenders" no matter how they are branded.

[Axewielder]

With these being quartersawn and not flat sawn, is it safe to say these necks are not being made from the same wood stockpiles as the American Strats? You know there is going to be some leveraging of pricing power from the other product lines going on.

[ADR]

Newc: I read this on Trace's site that these will be made on "Fenders" assembly line by Fender employees,not Charvel employess.
The QC on my 2 USA Strats is top notch,so i'm very confident in the QC of these,just hope the USA neck gaps remain tight at the top horn,the Mexican ones are pretty sloppy,not all.

[jgiff80smetal]

This is only my 2nd post ever here, but these are appear to be awesome. Just ordered one from Piney Hills. Got the So-Cal in Tangerine coming. I CANNOT wait.

[Sunbane]

I'm not very big on strats, but the So-Cal looks amazing.