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Re: Charvel unknown model
The EX was the cheaper Ibanez model at that time (but I believe the EX350 was the top of the EX line). It was my first guitar and was the only one for many years, so I customized it without mattering the quality of the instrument and the amount of money invested. Anyway, it was a great instrument at that time to me... (I became a little sad after the trade, snif, snif...). It has a LO TRS II trem from factory and the custom EMG 89 (bridge) + SV (mid) + 85 (neck) combination makes it a very versatile guitar. Later I´ve discovered that I don´t like the active pickups very much, but that´s another story (even though my "hero" David Gilmour seems to use this kind of pups)....
That was a "one for another" swap, no money involved. I saw the Charvel at my friend´s guitar store (no one wanted the guitar) and I remember me thinking "Yummy, what a great guitar, this must be USA made, I could trade it for my Ibanez if he wants". Nobody seemed to know that this guitar was a quality instrument and I liked it, so he accepted. It has some scratches on the body and a little blow on the headstock (a little portion of the wood is missing) but it still is a great guitar, much better than my old Ibanez.
The lighter blocks are the exposed wood (natural, don´t know the guitar´s wood type; the original painting was black) and the darker blocks are a kind of tinting lacquer (mahogany color I think).
The EMG were very expensive, maybe the 50% of the instrument price!!!! And the luthier had to carve a hole in the body to place the compartment of the battery. A hard work. Then a refreting work (Jim Dunlop´s Extra Jumbos) and voilá....
Thanks for the comments,
Javier.
The EX was the cheaper Ibanez model at that time (but I believe the EX350 was the top of the EX line). It was my first guitar and was the only one for many years, so I customized it without mattering the quality of the instrument and the amount of money invested. Anyway, it was a great instrument at that time to me... (I became a little sad after the trade, snif, snif...). It has a LO TRS II trem from factory and the custom EMG 89 (bridge) + SV (mid) + 85 (neck) combination makes it a very versatile guitar. Later I´ve discovered that I don´t like the active pickups very much, but that´s another story (even though my "hero" David Gilmour seems to use this kind of pups)....
That was a "one for another" swap, no money involved. I saw the Charvel at my friend´s guitar store (no one wanted the guitar) and I remember me thinking "Yummy, what a great guitar, this must be USA made, I could trade it for my Ibanez if he wants". Nobody seemed to know that this guitar was a quality instrument and I liked it, so he accepted. It has some scratches on the body and a little blow on the headstock (a little portion of the wood is missing) but it still is a great guitar, much better than my old Ibanez.
The lighter blocks are the exposed wood (natural, don´t know the guitar´s wood type; the original painting was black) and the darker blocks are a kind of tinting lacquer (mahogany color I think).
The EMG were very expensive, maybe the 50% of the instrument price!!!! And the luthier had to carve a hole in the body to place the compartment of the battery. A hard work. Then a refreting work (Jim Dunlop´s Extra Jumbos) and voilá....
Thanks for the comments,
Javier.
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