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  • 2011 MIJ So-Cal

    hello there!

    i used to be a regular on here a few a years ago when i had some old model series guitars and an early rr24. Anyway, this thing called 'adult life' kicked in and this meant that i sold those, but I have yearned for another charvel for a few years.

    In the spring, i was lucky enough to snag a used MIJ socal from guitarguitar in birmingham which hadn't made it on to their website yet as it had only come to them that week. Sat there playing it for a looong time, walked out the door with hard case and all for under £500. I liked the dimarzio tonezone but i hardly used the evolution in the neck and i think in general I don't like neck humbuckers. I always liked george lynch and warren demartini, and always like the iudea of having an HS guitar, so after much searching (!!) i managed to find an ebay store in Germany that could make me a custom pickguard for it. I went for a blade switch as well as i kept finding myself getting tangled in the trem arm when reaching for the normal 3 way toggle. The neck pickup is a dimarzio area 61 and i find it balances very well volume wise while giving me some added versatility with the cleaner more bluesy tones..

    anyway here's a pic!



    and here is it's slightly older sibling which i built from parts and painted myself :


  • #2
    Love everything about the So Cal. Ferrari Red was my favorite color in the series, and H-S is my favorite layout.

    Congrats on the score.

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    • #3
      Nice! Love so-cals as well. I would also swap for HS or HSS first thing. Good call! Looks great and nice job on the mutt as well!
      I'm going to give you the keys to the Lamborghini

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      • #4
        Originally posted by sonicsamurai View Post
        hello there!

        i used to be a regular on here a few a years ago when i had some old model series guitars and an early rr24. Anyway, this thing called 'adult life' kicked in and this meant that i sold those, but I have yearned for another charvel for a few years.

        In the spring, i was lucky enough to snag a used MIJ socal from guitarguitar in birmingham which hadn't made it on to their website yet as it had only come to them that week. Sat there playing it for a looong time, walked out the door with hard case and all for under £500. I liked the dimarzio tonezone but i hardly used the evolution in the neck and i think in general I don't like neck humbuckers. I always liked george lynch and warren demartini, and always like the iudea of having an HS guitar, so after much searching (!!) i managed to find an ebay store in Germany that could make me a custom pickguard for it. I went for a blade switch as well as i kept finding myself getting tangled in the trem arm when reaching for the normal 3 way toggle. The neck pickup is a dimarzio area 61 and i find it balances very well volume wise while giving me some added versatility with the cleaner more bluesy tones..

        anyway here's a pic!



        and here is it's slightly older sibling which i built from parts and painted myself :

        Kin 'ell, nice guitars for Brownsover!
        So I woke up,rolled over and who was lying next to me? Only Bonnie Langford!

        I nearly broke her back

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        • #5
          Very cool. Love the H/S. Welcome back.
          I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Rsmacker View Post
            Kin 'ell, nice guitars for Brownsover!

            ooh crikey!stay out of there lol

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