Mind Funk Catalog Soloist

[charvel750]

You guys must have seen this on eBay, can't believe no one really opposed me on it. Was in the 1990-91 C/J catalog on page 51 and owned/built for Louis Svitek. I recently contacted him about it to get some history. Features the album cover art work from the 1st record:





Original album cover art work:



Still has the original Duncan JB and the older Armstrong slanted neck single. 3 way blade, Schaller JT-590. Neck feels very similar to the old Charvel neck throughs (can't feel a difference bewteen this and the Charvel 550 XL). Man, the stories this thing could tell!

Back in the day with Louie:



In the catalog:

[neilli]

That was mine. Well, Ian bought it for me, and then it sat in NY for 18 months or more until I decided it was pointless to pay shipping / tax on a guitar that was gonna sit in a closet, so I asked him to list it for me. Don't get me wrong, it's a cool (looking) guitar but I have too many guitars and too little space so..

[charvel750]

Yeah, I got it from Ian. Is he a member here? And did you ever get a hold of Louie?

[VitaminG]

that is cool! I often brace myself when opening a thread for a retro graphic, but I really like that one

[Gartron]

That is really cool, nice to have a guitar that's got a bit of history behind it

Id be playing Sister Blue on that for days!

[Hellbat]

I dig it but I think I like the Nestle Crunch soloist better. Probably due to my chocoholic nature...

[neilli]

Yeah, I got it from Ian. Is he a member here? And did you ever get a hold of Louie?

I think Ian's still a member here, but I lose track. And I tried to contact Louie through his record label thing in chicago but never got anything back.

[Scholomance]

Congrats. I always loved that guitar and would look at it often in that catalog! You can't go wrong with a pink and blue tripped out graphic like that. I thought about buying it but my dislike for dot inlays and another guitar deal working at the time prevented it. I think its great someone here got hold of it. Its a very unique axe.

[jk2171]

Congrats on that one. I had it saved in my Watch List but held off in the end. Wasn't quite sure if I'd ever really spend a bunch of time with it, but it's definitely cool!