Originally posted by Carbuff
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You look at the history of the brand I feel other than the originals only the Model series deserved to wear the Charvel badge. Once the toothpaste series came out, they were obviously more Jackson inspired. Gone were the full size strat body and the simple shredder guitar. There was more emphasis on the neck through models, which IMHO is a Jackson. Charvels are 22 fret bolt on shredders, plain and simple.
In the 90s the SD series was released they had nothing in common with the originals. These were rebadged Jackson with Wilkinson trems. Now I have to give a nod to the GX bullseye, those were pretty awesome.
The new product is pretty much cookie cutter material, yes they look nice. They aren't in the same league. So I really don't think any collector or fan of the original SD's are worried about their guitars value. Personally the originals weren't built to be trophies for a collector; they are players’ guitars for guitar players.
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