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This is my Model 5FX. This guitar is something extra special to me.
When I joined the Army back in the early 90's, I had just had my daughter and I was a pvt E-1 (no pay basically LOL). I had to pawn off my only guitar. My Model 5FX firecrackle.
In 2001 just before I deployed to the Middle East (Afghanistan 2 months, Quatar 1 month, Saudi Arabia 3 months, and Kuwait 1 month....I guess the Army was short EOD techs over there because they didn't keep any of us in the same location for very long.. I didn't mind it though...in some places I was living like a king LOL).
Anyways, just before I left, my wife was looking on Ebay and she remembered Charvel was the name of the guitar. She looked and found this one by chance and went ahead and bought it. Lo and Behold, it is the same guitar I had pawned off years earlier in Kentucky. The location of the seller when she bought it back was in Colorado...it might have been Carr Guitars I think.
Well I got it back. I had the serial number written down from before I pawned it off and they matched. It was good to get her back and to have something to bring over with me to the desert.
This next one was a basket case Model 3 (1986 with a Kahler ...steeler I think?...trem).
When I got it it was fire engine red with a ummm....red and white checkered ...think tablecloth LOL...pickguard.
I sanded the whole thing down and painted it a cool blue...and it looked KILLER!!!!..until I decided to put one more coat on it and that one orange peeled ...DAMN IT!!!!...
So I sanded the entire thing down again and stained it with Minwax stain (I don't remember the color) and painted then urethaned the pickguard black. THa came out COOL as hell!!
It's a great player and I like playing it because I had so many hours into it..it just feels like it's "mine" yanno?
This last one is the CSM-1G. I don't know why I bought this one when I did, but I sure am glad that I did!!
For real cheap money, I got a killer player LOL (even if the headstock makes ya shake yer head and say "what the hell were they thinking??!!) [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
It is fun to play. It balances just right and the neck is a joy to play on. Also it is my only vintage trem guitar (a cool feature nowadays LOL). When used like it's supposed to be, no divebombs or insane pulls, it delivers a sweet "warble" and sweet soft pitch changes. I like this one a lot!!
When I joined the Army back in the early 90's, I had just had my daughter and I was a pvt E-1 (no pay basically LOL). I had to pawn off my only guitar. My Model 5FX firecrackle.
In 2001 just before I deployed to the Middle East (Afghanistan 2 months, Quatar 1 month, Saudi Arabia 3 months, and Kuwait 1 month....I guess the Army was short EOD techs over there because they didn't keep any of us in the same location for very long.. I didn't mind it though...in some places I was living like a king LOL).
Anyways, just before I left, my wife was looking on Ebay and she remembered Charvel was the name of the guitar. She looked and found this one by chance and went ahead and bought it. Lo and Behold, it is the same guitar I had pawned off years earlier in Kentucky. The location of the seller when she bought it back was in Colorado...it might have been Carr Guitars I think.
Well I got it back. I had the serial number written down from before I pawned it off and they matched. It was good to get her back and to have something to bring over with me to the desert.
This next one was a basket case Model 3 (1986 with a Kahler ...steeler I think?...trem).
When I got it it was fire engine red with a ummm....red and white checkered ...think tablecloth LOL...pickguard.
I sanded the whole thing down and painted it a cool blue...and it looked KILLER!!!!..until I decided to put one more coat on it and that one orange peeled ...DAMN IT!!!!...
So I sanded the entire thing down again and stained it with Minwax stain (I don't remember the color) and painted then urethaned the pickguard black. THa came out COOL as hell!!
It's a great player and I like playing it because I had so many hours into it..it just feels like it's "mine" yanno?
This last one is the CSM-1G. I don't know why I bought this one when I did, but I sure am glad that I did!!
For real cheap money, I got a killer player LOL (even if the headstock makes ya shake yer head and say "what the hell were they thinking??!!) [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
It is fun to play. It balances just right and the neck is a joy to play on. Also it is my only vintage trem guitar (a cool feature nowadays LOL). When used like it's supposed to be, no divebombs or insane pulls, it delivers a sweet "warble" and sweet soft pitch changes. I like this one a lot!!
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