New fender made charvels

[travis bickle]

has anyone tried any of the new charvels yet? from what i understand they are japanese made and have seymour duncan pickups. they look fantastic and i will buy a few (specifically the journeyman model - stripped down beauty). they are cheap and look incredible. any comments would be greatly appreciated.

im a proud owner of a flame maple topped jackson usa king vee. one of the most incredible guitars ive ever played and seen. thanks in advance.

[~K~]

Re: New fender made charvels

Yeah those came out at NAMM last year ... if you wanna see the new USA Charvel go to Jacksonguitars.com

[travis bickle]

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are all of them made in the usa? i thought just the bullseye graphic guitar was. either way, i would love to hear some comments on these guitars.

thanks.

[~K~]

Re: New fender made charvels

The ones you described are import .. the one currently on the Jackson website for the 25th is USA ..and yes the Bullseyes are USAs ...

[Dave L]

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I wouldn´t call the Charvel imports cheap. Now, I actually haven´t seen the pricelist lately...but when they were introduced last year I thought they were kinda pricey for being imports. Beautiful guitars, but not very "Charvel".

The Bullseyes and the 25th, however...those are grand guitars [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Newc]

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And they are not Fender-made. The Fender buyout happened after those Charvels were put out.
Additionally, Fender will not be making any Jacksons or Charvels - Jackson will be making Charvels and Jacksons.

Newc

[Hyperfuzz]

Re: New fender made charvels

I have a Model A Plus I picked up for a fairly reasonable price a while back. I wouldn't say "cheap", but reasonable.

Like Newc said, I'm reasonably certain mine is "pre-Fender" but I don't think that matters anyway.

I like it, it's a great looking and sounding guitar, I don't plan on getting rid of it or anything but due to timing it kind of took a back seat to my new cheezy and cartoonish Warrior. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

So, uh, when are you going to show us your King V?

[travis bickle]

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i can't seem to find my digital camera, but i found a picture of my baby, same finish and everything. here she is in all of her glory.

im thinking of removing the floyd, i can't **** with those things anymore. im playing really abrasive discordant rock nowadays. i would love to have a les paul style bridge on there.

i almost sold her on ebay a few years ago. im really glad no one bought her. i got a really good deal on her, i wonder how much would she be if i bought her new now? im thinking close to 2 grand.

[RacerX]

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King Vs are holding their value well, but 2K?
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Not when you can get new ones for $1200 - 1400.

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[travis bickle]

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thats sounds about right, i was just throwing numbers around. i would never give her up. just think, for the same amount of money you could buy a mass produced japanese guitar.