Charvel "Refinement"

[deviltronix]

I've never seen this model till now:

http://sweetguitars.ru/good.php?id=1989&archive=

was this ever release in the US?

[dg]

Nope. Japan market only, mid to late '90s if I remember right. One or two of the eBay sellers who specialize in bringing Japanese stuff over had some of these for sale in the US a while back, and a couple of guys here have bought them. Most of them that we've seen are bolt-on with dot inlays, but I think the ones with sharkies are set neck. Here's a set neck one:

http://www.digimart.net/inst_detail...._id=DS01218007

Tekky's bolt-on version:

http://www.tekky.net/guitars/guitars...clesp-fr-1.jpg

[VitaminG]

I like those silver sparkle ones. There was a seller in Japan listing a couple on Oz ebay a few years back, both bolt-on versions, one in the silver (like Tekky's) and the other in tobacco burst.

[toejam]

I remember the silver, blue and pink ones with dot inlays. Never seen them with sharks.

[jackson1]

Some, if not all all the models with specs are here:
http://audiozone.dk/guitargallery/?c...Charvel_17.jpg

[dg]

Cool! I didn't know you had that catalog, Henrik. All kinds of cool stuff in that one.

[jackson1]

Yeah, it's the one with the Grover Jackson Junior guitars. The speaker equipped ones. With pictures of Dave and Marty posing with one each. I bet Dave wasn't too happy about that particular endorsee task

[hunter1970]

I've had a Black and a Silver, Both with dots,I got both from Yoshi's guitars, but he seems to have fallen of the face of the earth.

[deep_purple]

Do you guys know how much the bolt ons go for?

[dg]

I think Yoshi used to ask around $400 for the bolt-ons, but that was a few years ago.