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  • is this a real Model 4?

    i just bought this, but i haven't paid the seller yet. is this a real model 4? i just did some quick research and it seems most model 4s had sharkfin inlays. any experts out there?

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    1986 Model 4 Charvels did have dots ! But they did NOT have a pickguard ! Only Model 1 and Model 3/3A of that period had pickguards - but they had a 5-way selector switch, not 3 minis !
    that is an original Model 4:

    (audiozone.dk)
    But as the seller quoted in his description: In 2004, he put the pickguard along with new PUs on !
    So, modified Model 4 - I would say.
    Last edited by Franx; 02-28-2008, 02:46 AM.
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    • #3
      He added the pickguard, which is a shame. Yes, it's a Model 4.
      I'm not Ron!

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      • #4
        Jeeze 500 bucks for a M4 modified like that...?

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        • #5
          That's a lot to pay for a model 4 you probably could have gotten M6 for that or less.

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          • #6
            ...M6 aren't better or worse than M4s. Just different guitars. I for one prefer M4s by far.

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            • #7
              I would trade a my M4 for A M6.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by jtr View Post
                I would trade a my M4 for A M6.

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                • #9
                  I like how the pickguard looks, but I would like it more if it was plain white and not pearl white.
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                  • #10
                    Thats just wrong what a shame.
                    Really? well screw Mark Twain.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by pott View Post
                      ...M6 aren't better or worse than M4s. Just different guitars. I for one prefer M4s by far.
                      M6s are two frets better than M4s.

                      I'm not Ron!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by jtr View Post
                        I would trade a my M4 for A M6.
                        I like my neckthru Charvel a lot. But I wouldn't give up any of my bolt-on Models just for a neckthru.

                        guitorture, I like it. It looks like very tidy example, and the pickguard works on it. It'd be cool if the pickguard hadn't been added, but then, my Model 2 would be cool if the neck single hadn't been added too. But what you gonna do? It still looks like a great guitar
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by pott View Post
                          Jeeze 500 bucks for a M4 modified like that...?
                          I think it's partly going that high cos of the Lindy Fralin singles. Those pickups can get expen$ive.
                          "Your work is ingenius…it’s quality work….and there are simply too many notes…that’s all, just cut a few, and it’ll be perfect."

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