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Hello folks - first real post here so I'll give a short bit of background. ( I did get distracted on my way here and commented on someone's Night Ranger video - one of the most underrated bands from that era - but I digress. 
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I am pretty new to Charvels - but have always wanted one. (I do have a custom PC-1 that I've had for a decade that might as well be a Charvel but I'm not counting it) I decided to blow the dust off my guitars late last year after quite a long lay off (about a decade) - and about 5 months ago made my first recent guitar purchase a black Charvel Frenchie. Love it. Love how it feels, plays, looks - except the volume knob is in a bad spot for me sometimes - but otherwise it's a great guitar. Not sure it deserves the price point it's at - but it is what it is. So - fast forward to this week - and i cashed in a bunch of MF points and bought the E Okoume DK 24 along with the Charvel TSA case. I wanted a 24 fret version of a Charvel and i was curious to see how the MIM guitars would stack up next to my USA model - as I see them all over YouTube with what appears to be a lot of satisfied users.
So - I've spent a day putting it through its paces - I like the neck, the fretboard, the frets, the pickups. I'm ho hum on the aesthetics but they're fine. Body is fine. What I hate is the hardware. The Floyd feels like something that should be on a First Act guitar. The fine tuners are very difficult to turn - they're not cross threaded they're just crappy. The 5 way switch has already had the plastic nub come off. The tremelo arm doesn't turn smoothly neither does the nut that tightens it. It just feel like the cheapest crap they could find. My question is - have others had this same experience? If not - then I will send it back. If this is the norm - what have you replaced it with? I mean - Honestly Charvel - charge me another $150 so I can like all of the guitar.
. )I am pretty new to Charvels - but have always wanted one. (I do have a custom PC-1 that I've had for a decade that might as well be a Charvel but I'm not counting it) I decided to blow the dust off my guitars late last year after quite a long lay off (about a decade) - and about 5 months ago made my first recent guitar purchase a black Charvel Frenchie. Love it. Love how it feels, plays, looks - except the volume knob is in a bad spot for me sometimes - but otherwise it's a great guitar. Not sure it deserves the price point it's at - but it is what it is. So - fast forward to this week - and i cashed in a bunch of MF points and bought the E Okoume DK 24 along with the Charvel TSA case. I wanted a 24 fret version of a Charvel and i was curious to see how the MIM guitars would stack up next to my USA model - as I see them all over YouTube with what appears to be a lot of satisfied users.
So - I've spent a day putting it through its paces - I like the neck, the fretboard, the frets, the pickups. I'm ho hum on the aesthetics but they're fine. Body is fine. What I hate is the hardware. The Floyd feels like something that should be on a First Act guitar. The fine tuners are very difficult to turn - they're not cross threaded they're just crappy. The 5 way switch has already had the plastic nub come off. The tremelo arm doesn't turn smoothly neither does the nut that tightens it. It just feel like the cheapest crap they could find. My question is - have others had this same experience? If not - then I will send it back. If this is the norm - what have you replaced it with? I mean - Honestly Charvel - charge me another $150 so I can like all of the guitar.
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