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Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:16 pm
by FREDDYB3
Genebaby, here is a link to another one ( Fusion Custom) it seems the 650xl is a slighty different model. This one in the link has a student fretboard and lacks the pre-amp that mine has. This one os a bolt on. But it is still in the desert crackle...check it out..... http://www.guitar-museum.com/guitar-233 ... tom-guitar

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:55 pm
by Genebaby
Freddy, during this time period bolt on import Charvels like these came in 22 and 24 frets.

The 22 fret models were standard Fender scale length, 25.5.

The 24 fret models were Gibson scale length, 24.75. Hence the Fusion name. They were a fusion of a strat shaped guitar with a LP scale length.

The standard neck thru models with 24 frets were also standard Fender scale length, of which the 650XL is one of those. It's just the updated version of the Model 6 with new logo and better hardware. Plus they recessed the trem a bit.

The desert crackle finish has nothing to do with the model name or scale length, it was offered on a range of Charvels at the time.

The 750XL archtop guitars a different again as they are constructed like a LP, with set in neck and carved maple cap. They have 24 frets and are also Gibson scale lenght.

You can check on yours Freddy, it willl be 25.5 inches.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:15 pm
by shramiac
Genebaby wrote:You can check on yours Freddy, it willl be 25.5 inches.
Well............... :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:32 pm
by Genebaby
I KNEW that was going to come back to haunt me!!!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:38 pm
by shramiac
Thought I'd get in (oo er) before Rick & the Danmeister!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:14 pm
by Genebaby
Yeah, it was always going to be one of you guys.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:15 am
by poserboy71
COCK !!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:16 pm
by FREDDYB3
Actually I measured it Vic and I only come up with 5 1/4 it has the "compound radius" however
which is always a plus...... (so I hear) LMAO

All joking aside, good info Vic. Sorry never meant to imply the Crackle finish had anything to do with the model type. Thought that was obvious.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:33 pm
by Slayer
Genebaby wrote:Freddy, get some pics up of your Monster VVV!! Also, as it's a neck thru, which I suspected, your guitar is a Charvel 650XL, which was what they called the Model 6 when they changed the logo and went to a Schaller trem.

Kev, what is the bullseye guitar you sometimes have in your avatar?
Vic,
The Tele Bullseye is just one of my project guitars. It's a cheap Charvel Tele Copy that I picked up for a great price and I'll get it dialed in. It's pretty good now but I plan to shim the neck a bit more and if I need to level and dress the frets. This will allow me to also raise the cheapo floyd copy up higher on the pivot studs and slightly increase the bridge movement range. I always wanted a Telecaster with a trem.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:55 pm
by Genebaby
FREDDYB3 wrote:Actually I measured it Vic and I only come up with 5 1/4 it has the "compound radius" however
which is always a plus...... (so I hear) LMAO

All joking aside, good info Vic. Sorry never meant to imply the Crackle finish had anything to do with the model type. Thought that was obvious.
Compound radius huh?..... :shock:

No worries about the crackle finish Freddy, I wasn't totally sure, lol.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:56 pm
by Genebaby
Slayer wrote:
Genebaby wrote:Freddy, get some pics up of your Monster VVV!! Also, as it's a neck thru, which I suspected, your guitar is a Charvel 650XL, which was what they called the Model 6 when they changed the logo and went to a Schaller trem.

Kev, what is the bullseye guitar you sometimes have in your avatar?
Vic,
The Tele Bullseye is just one of my project guitars. It's a cheap Charvel Tele Copy that I picked up for a great price and I'll get it dialed in. It's pretty good now but I plan to shim the neck a bit more and if I need to level and dress the frets. This will allow me to also raise the cheapo floyd copy up higher on the pivot studs and slightly increase the bridge movement range. I always wanted a Telecaster with a trem.
Nice! You should tell us about it when it's all finished in a thread.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:26 am
by LoveKills
This is my Charvel!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:16 am
by Skwint
nice.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:53 am
by Genebaby
Is that one of the new ones dude? It screams 1981.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:22 am
by LoveKills
Yes it is! I love the early 80's vibe!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:52 am
by Genebaby
Awesome, good stuff. Do you play much? Tell us about yourself in the New Members section.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:27 am
by LoveKills
This is my other Charvel - sorry about the photo quality, it was taken on my phone

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:19 am
by Skwint
i like this one better.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:26 am
by birnie
Very cool

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:43 am
by Genebaby
Oooh, is that one from a few years ago? I remember them now, standard trem, 24 frets with the Rising Sun graphic. I think Outkast played one around that time on some Award show or something. We were very excited to see a band playing on.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:48 am
by LoveKills
Fairly cheap and cheerful. Coil-tapped JB is awesome. I wanted something in the Demartini "Bomber" vain.... closest i could get!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:45 pm
by Genebaby
Yeah, I saw your other post, it's a Journeyman. They came out with the Traditional and Model A in 2002.

Very cool with the Rising Sun graphic, again, very 80's!!

The Model A, especially with the Koa top, is very smilar to my San Dimas 1 from '95, only made in Japan with some different hardware.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:05 pm
by tazz888
Here's mine....

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Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:48 pm
by Genebaby
One of the new ones, very cool. Great colour.

I have to take a decent pic of my new Charvel for this thread.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:24 am
by poserboy71
Uncle Kev has an erection. :shock: :shock: :shock:

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:14 pm
by shramiac
Not a huge Tele fan but "heavy metal looking" Teles are not too bad!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:20 pm
by Genebaby
Remember the old saying: Is Charvel, is good.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:09 pm
by Slayer
poserboy71 wrote:Uncle Kev has an erection. :shock: :shock: :shock:
Love Tele's with Floyd Rose's

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:48 am
by TXjason
I am a Charvel addict and have been since the 80s.

Here are some of the ones I currently own and some I have owned in the past. I think I have owned about 25 Charvels over the years. I still own about 8-9. Here are some of the pics I could find.

A couple of new pro-mods I had refinished
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A guitar I found in a guitar center but sold a couple years ago.
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Koa I bought from Music Zoo
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The center is a pre-pro
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Sold this one a few years back.
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A Charvel Replica I had GMW build for me
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Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:41 am
by Slayer
Those are fucking sahweeeeet TXjason

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:55 am
by Genebaby
Great guitars Jason. If you see Lee (GMW) again, please tell him to burn in hell for me.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:21 am
by TXjason
Genebaby...

I actually remember your Jackson story from a few years ago. I think I saw it on the JCF forum.

I havent spoken with Lee in 5-7 years. The last time I spoke with him was when he built me GMW #7 with the ballsack headstock. I dont even remember how long ago that was.

What ever happened with your Jackson? Did you get it resolved?

Jason

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:05 pm
by poserboy71
JASON !!! Damn !!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:55 pm
by Genebaby
You've got a ball sack headstock GMW Jason? I was making fun of that design a few weeks or so ago here, I found the old pic from the JCF of the headstock with the hair on the balls etc.

That was a classic that GMW of mine. A classic turd that required a lot of polishing. I did eventually replace the fretboard with a much, much nicer one but neither me or my luthier thought to change the thickness of the new board to match the old.

Now it plays fine, as the old board was super shit, but it's too thick for my liking. One day we will do it again and I'll possibly finally get the guitar I paid Lee for.

Strangely enough it was his first ever 24 fret bolt-on he had built and the last, the option was removed after my guitar, 24 frets was only in neck-thru. Fuck I hate Lee. Arrogant prick.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:09 pm
by birnie
Whoah!
Never seen Vic fired up about anything like this before!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:16 pm
by Genebaby
The GMW talk does it to me every time. Lee fucking with that guitar was like fucking with one of my kids. You don't get over that. People might think I'm over it by now but I'm not, Lee is a cock smoker of impressive magnitude.

Now that I think of it, he's the perfect builder of the VVMG.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:59 am
by TXjason
I sold the ballsack headstock guitar...I never bonded with it. This was the one I owned.

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Sorry. I didnt mean to fire you up over GMW. I won't mention them again.

LOL on the comment that Lee should build the VV guitars.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:59 am
by Genebaby
It's cool Jason, I don't mind, it's good to get the rage out now and then.

That guitar is the one I saw on the JCF getting ball sacked. I could never buy a guitar with that headstock. Impossible to bond with it. Fuck Lee can have some great stuff built but he fucked me over good and proper.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:33 am
by poserboy71
Get a TJ MONSTER Guitar or get fucked.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:51 pm
by syncophile42
This is my Model 2 which I bought new in 1988 for GBP 399 (about USD 700 at the time). Being pretty inexperienced, I bought it because it was the closest I could get to buying a Jackson, which I knew were handmade and thought were very cool as some of my heros used them.

I got a red single humbucker because of EVH, and was even going to Frankenstein stripe it with tape! (I never did though, couldn’t bring myself to mess with it).

Although made in Japan, it’s all original apart from the trem which is a direct replacement after the original broke (one of the knife edges) in the early 90s when I dropped it flat on it’s front – ouch.

This is the second and last guitar I bought – still the only guitar I own – and I absolutely love it. I still can’t really play very well at all, but it feels gorgeous!

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Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:46 am
by poserboy71
You own a good one. Those Charvels were still great guitars at great prices.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:05 am
by Genebaby
Nice axe!! The original Charvel Model series were great, great guitars. Where did you find a replacement JT6 bridge?

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:18 am
by syncophile42
I just took it back to the local dealer I got it from and they ordered one and plumbed it in. It wasn't too long after it was bought so I guess they were fairly available. I didn't know what I was doing, setup wise, back then so wouldn't touch it myself.

I did play it for a while before getting it repleced and it still stayed in tune, even doing wild stuff. Theres still cracks in the paint underneath where the 'Rose crunched it though!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:34 am
by Genebaby
That's cool, the JT6 is hard to find parts for these days. You can replace the whole thing with an Original or Schaller Floyd. I did that on my Model 88, including the trem posts and post bushings, all new.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:44 am
by syncophile42
Genebaby wrote:That's cool, the JT6 is hard to find parts for these days. You can replace the whole thing with an Original or Schaller Floyd. I did that on my Model 88, including the trem posts and post bushings, all new.
I actually like the JT6, the way the top is pretty flat and fine tune tuners are out of the way; they never move.

Mine is still in pretty good nick (though it doesn't get much abuse), and I still have the original bag of bits from when I got it!

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:07 am
by Genebaby
The JT6 is a good trem if it's in good shape, like yours would be. Lots of guitars out there with abused trems and you can't do much other than replace them, unless you can find a NOS one somewhere.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:39 am
by syncophile42
The funny thing is, over the years I've often thought about changing bits - pickup, trem, nut, machine heads (even the my original Frankensteining idea) but for some reason I can't do it! Maybe it's because it's always been my only guitar, I have to keep it as it is. And now it's so well set up...

(Perhaps I need to get a cheepie of eBay to take a hammer to!)

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:01 am
by poserboy71
I agree. Leave it alone. It is too sweet.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:10 am
by Genebaby
Yeah, it's a classic now, best left original as possible.

Re: Post Pictures of Your Charvel Axes Here! :o)

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 4:54 am
by n3p
Big thanks to GeneBaby for all of his charvel help :D !

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