My first hopefully not last Charvel 750XL

[Neverenough]

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So this guitar has changed hands a few times on Reverb it seems. I am happy that it does have a les paul tone, but with that great Charvel neck. I hate the fact that someone has painted over a transparent finish over the maple top, and I have been reaching out to a few shops to see what it might take to bring it back.
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I had to weigh it

[toejam]

Congrats! Are you sure it's a mahogany body with flamed maple top under there? There were solid colors made that were apparently basswood and not mahogany. I don't know why someone would paint over it otherwise, but people have been known to do stupid things.

[EntrailsOfU]

Congrats on the 750! There is a thread on this forum about this guitar being sold to a GC a few years ago. This guitar has made its rounds. I hope it found a new longer term home! They are such incredible instruments. You definitely got a good price on it - being a refin. But I would err on the side of caution assuming it's a maple/mahogany guitar as toejam suggested. Many (if not all) the solid finish guitars were poplar or basswood with a maple cap but not flamed maple cap.

When I first saw this guitar I assumed it was originally black then had the white done to add the zebra effect. But I don't think it would be possible to do that and after seeing better closeup pics, it doesn't look to be the case. Interesting none the less!

I will say that mine (trans finish flame maple / mahogany back) weighs in at almost the same weight with a trem route. So it probably isn't basswood if I had to guess. Most soloists (even the USA stuff) was made with poplar in that era so it is not a bad wood choice either. Not sure why it isn't used much these days.

[Neverenough]

Yes it seems that most if not all solid finish guitars were basswood with the maple cap, but according to the Audiozone.DK website all string-thru body 750's were transparent finish guitars with Mahogany bodies. That is one of the reasons I included the weight of the guitar which I think is an indicator as well. Also using the Audiozone website once again the serial number of my current guitar was right around the same numbers as a lot of string-thru JT390 bridge productions.

That being said, I would not care if this guitar was made out of plywood as it has a great tone and I can say that it will not be for sale in the near future. [IMG][/IMG]

[DonP]

Mine (string thru, cherry burst) weighs 8lbs 10oz.

What pickups are you running? I have a Full Shred set and I'm pretty happy with it. I had the Distortion Mayhem set but it was a bit too much.

[Stephenamundson83]

Have seen that one up for sale a few times over the past few years for sure. Glad you are digging it. I just sold my string thru 750xl project, as I’m more a trem guy, and don’t have the time to tackle a project that I’ve already had sitting around for years. I can confirm the one I got rid of was originally a trans amber.

[Neverenough]

Supposedly Seymour Duncan Slash, and I have yet to confirm that is the case.

[Neverenough]

I am kind of worried why this guitar has changed hands so many times. I wonder if the screaming paint job was used to cover a repair, but if that is the case they have done a good job to hide the defect.

I thank all that have commented, as I love learning more about these great guitars.

[pianoguyy]

I am kind of worried why this guitar has changed hands so many times.

The guitar is 30 years old.
And the paint job is definitely a "niche" market. It is going to be passed around. Not a big deal.