Charvel with outlined logo - Identification

[RodrigoFreitas]

I have just bought a Charvel (the vendor said it´s japanese), RR model, 2 hambuckers (the one on the bridge is EMG). The serial is stamped in a sticker, behind the headstock and begins wth C0 (the other numbers are hard to read).

The tremolo is Charvel licensed by Floyd Rose and the tuners are Jackson.

The guitar contains 1 knob.

Below the logo says "Jackson/Charvel"

I´d like to know if anyone can help me to know the actual birthplace of this guitar and year of manufacturing.

Thanks

[Grandturk]

The old Charvel RR was Avenger.

http://audiozone.dk/cm/displayimage.php?album=33&pos=12

I've never seen one in person. It is possible that there were transition models models with different logos.

From your discription, it sounds more like a regular RR with dual hums. Its possible this was a JDM-only model. A similar Charvel Kelly popped up a couple weeks ago.

[RodrigoFreitas]

This one has slightly differences from mine. I´ll upload some pics.

[dg]

Here's a Japan-market Charvel Rhoads with an outline logo:





More pics here:

http://www.jacksonguitar.org/gall/gall88.html

Here's a page from the '93 Japan-market catalog with that model:

http://www.jacksonguitar.org/catalogue/j93/93cat11.jpg

The gallery at the Japanese fansite jacksonguitar.org is always a good place to start looking when something out of the ordinary pops up. Even if you don't find an exact match, sometimes you can just get a model number off one of the descriptions and start googling from there to find other models.

[RodrigoFreitas]

Thanks for the info! So the guitar was only manufactured in '93? What you long time Charvel players can say about this guitar? I really liked playing it!

[dg]

Unfortunately, there is a big gap in the Japan-market catalogs that are available online. I've only seen catalogs for '89 and '93, and a '90 pricelist, so it's hard to know if they made that model in other years.

If the info on this page is accurate, it may have also been available in '92:

http://www.player.jp/oyakudachi/archive/detail.php?ch=C&na=CHARVEL

[RodrigoFreitas]

The serial begins with "C0", if it may clearify the year.

[dg]

On neckthroughs, a C0xxxxx serial # would mean 1990, but that seems a little early to me for this style of guitar (bolt-on with recessed screws & no neckplate).

[RodrigoFreitas]

Maybe ´2000?