1st post here's my guitar

[DaveGrindcore]

I hope i've posted these pics in the correct section.

Anyway, it's my first post & i've never put up pictures off my digital camera before, so please bare with me if they are a bit rubbish.

Any info on my Charvel would be greatly appreciated, as i know nothing about the guitar at all.

It was bought a couple of years ago for £150/$300. Haven't put it down since. I've took out the bridge pickup & replaced it with a Seymor Duncan Invader pickup, which sounds alot better to my ears now. Volume knob isn't orginal either, but was like that when i got it.

I need to get rid of some of the grime off the fretboard & also some of the rust that's setting in. Any advice on stuff to use, so i won't damage the fretboard?

Thanks for any help!

Here's the pics

[ZZB]

That's a Predator and the finish is called Fire Crackle.

http://www.audiozone.dk/CatalogScans/Ch1989Imports/pages/Ch1989Imports02.htm

Lemon oil is pretty good for fretboard cleaning and care. I'd clean the bridge too if I were you.

Welcome to the board!

[dinky kustom]

welcome

[Speiro]

Welcome to the board. Nice axe, will look good with a clean up. If the trem is rusting and you are capable of dismantling it and putting back together and intonating it ok, I'd strip in down and give it a good clean with WD40. There's plenty of good info, help and advice on hewre and you will find a lot of previous threads using the search function that will help. Where abouts are you?

[budpinto]

cool guitar. good luck with the stickers

[Mike]

Nice guitar, if it weren't for the stickers.

[RacerX]

+2

[GTarman68]

WD40 should help w/ the sticker removal as well, and and Credit card to losen the edges up.. Nice Guitar..

[DaveGrindcore]

Thanks to everyone that's made a comment! I really appreciate it!

Ok, so it's a Predator! That's brilliant to know. Any idea how old? Or any idea from what years they started & stopped getting made? Looking at the catalogue scan, was it made from 1989 onwards?

Yes, i thought the stickers may have gotten a mention, but i put them on there as they are personal things to me. I have stickers on my guitar case aswell. It's just something i'm into. I understand that people may feel it ruins the overall look of the guitar, but i'd never sell my Charvel anyway.

I used to have a budget Jackson (i think it was a Fusion ?) til about 10 years, which then it was sadly stolen in a burglary on my house. Bought an Ibanez RG750 after that, but when i got the chance to get the Charvel i jumped at it & sold the Ibanez on.

I'm looking to hopefully purchase another Jackson in the (near) future & continue to play both in different bands.

I currently tune the Charvel to D & will probably tune the Jackson a bit further down than that.

I've updated my profile so you can see where i'm from.

[RacerX]

Yeah, 89 - 91

What's the ser # ?

[DaveGrindcore]

Serial number is 346061

[Spivonious]

That's my guitar with added stickers. Amazing instrument it is. Oh, the volume knob is not original, in case you wanted to know.

[ZZB]

That's my guitar with added stickers. Amazing instrument it is. Oh, the volume knob is not original, in case you wanted to know.

[StukaJU87]

Nice guitar, if it weren't for the stickers.

+2

:ROTF: And trim the excess off the strings. You'll put an eye out with those things.:ROTF:

[RacerX]

Those are feelers, so he doesn't hit the headstock on the wall!