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    Hello everybody, I'm looking for a cheap guitar to use to make some videos of different pickup sounds, so a lot of soldering and work will be made on it.
    I found this Charvette, the seller is asking 325,00 euros (it has two Seymour duncans in it).
    Anybody can help me identifying it and finding out if it's worth it?
    Here are three pics of it
    https://ibb.co/VDJ4p8L https://ibb.co/xGdPZDc


  • #2

    Not MIJ though
    I know the old saying that the value of an opinion is generally inversely proportional to the strength with which it is held.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by alessandroarzilli View Post
      Hello everybody, I'm looking for a cheap guitar to use to make some videos of different pickup sounds, so a lot of soldering and work will be made on it.
      I found this Charvette, the seller is asking 325,00 euros (it has two Seymour duncans in it).
      Anybody can help me identifying it and finding out if it's worth it?
      Here are three pics of it
      https://ibb.co/VDJ4p8L https://ibb.co/xGdPZDc
      They only made two MIJ and they are short scale and have a normal spaced bridge posts
      I know the old saying that the value of an opinion is generally inversely proportional to the strength with which it is held.

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      • #4
        Thank you for the info. I think I'm going for it, do you believe it's a fair price or am I overpaying for it a lot?

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        • #5
          Its probably the absolute most i would pay for a charvette. The duncans help a bit.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by alessandroarzilli View Post
            Thank you for the info. I think I'm going for it, do you believe it's a fair price or am I overpaying for it a lot?
            A fair price is up to you


            150 - 350

            I know the old saying that the value of an opinion is generally inversely proportional to the strength with which it is held.

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            • #7
              Thanks everybody. I ended up paying 300, shipping included.
              let's see what happens, I'm going to definitely document the whole process of cleaning setting it up and I'll definitely block the trem bridge with some wood in the cavity.
              I was looking for a cheap H-S guitar to test different pickups, this looked nice

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              • #8
                Cool beans. Look forward to seeing how you mod it. I noticed in one of the pictures the neck has a factory "Made In Japan" sticker on it, and the neck has the narrow dot spacing too. I'd have thought MIJ too. I just picked a Charvette up to tinker with too. I got mine for 200 bucks out the door tax and all today.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Razor View Post
                  Cool beans. Look forward to seeing how you mod it. I noticed in one of the pictures the neck has a factory "Made In Japan" sticker on it, and the neck has the narrow dot spacing too. I'd have thought MIJ too. I just picked a Charvette up to tinker with too. I got mine for 200 bucks out the door tax and all today.
                  Sorry for the absolutely long delay.
                  Here it is: https://youtu.be/uwSUNydQY3Q

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by alessandroarzilli View Post

                    Sorry for the absolutely long delay.
                    Here it is: https://youtu.be/uwSUNydQY3Q
                    Very nice and detailed video. Here's a video of mine I posted on Facebook a while back. I swapped the Bendmaster tremolo our for a Gotoh 1996T Floyd clone, and it's a heckuva upgrade. This guitar quickly became one of my favorites.


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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by alessandroarzilli View Post

                      Sorry for the absolutely long delay.
                      Here it is: https://youtu.be/uwSUNydQY3Q
                      I forget where I saw it, and I am having trouble finding it, but on at least one occasion I have seen "before and after" photos of someone's Japanese Charvette where they sanded the Charvette headstock face to reveal a proper Japanese Charvel (CHARVEL!!!) headstock face hiding underneath! I am not sure if that applies to your model and I'll stop talking here because my knowledge on Charvette is very limited.

                      Great video as always! Loved the inclusion of "dad jokes" which I don't think I noticed on other videos you've posted here in previous years. You stifling your laughter at the final joke made me laugh.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Razor View Post

                        Very nice and detailed video. Here's a video of mine I posted on Facebook a while back. I swapped the Bendmaster tremolo our for a Gotoh 1996T Floyd clone, and it's a heckuva upgrade. This guitar quickly became one of my favorites.

                        https://www.facebook.com/ray.farley....03406399123761
                        I wanted to watch your video but I get this error message:

                        This content isn't available right now

                        When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.

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