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When players demand the ultimate in shred-ready features, the Charvel line of guitars is the clear choice. Feel the difference Charvel quality makes.

Charvel Pro-Mod Series Sunburst Ash

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Charvel Pro-Mod Series Ash
Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Ash

The Charvel Pro-Mod Series San Dimas sandblasted ash body is coupled with a bolt-on maple neck featuring a pair of graphite-reinforcement rods to resist bending and warping under environmental stresses. The Charvel Pro-Mod Series speed neck profile is designed for lightning fast playing and completely unhindered position shifts, while the comfortably rolled fingerboard edges provide the broken-in feel of an instrument with plenty of playing miles on it, and plenty more to go. Perfect for faster tempos, the 12″-16″ compound radius ebony fingerboard hosts 22 jumbo frets and white dot inlays. For regularly touring musicians, a heel-mount truss rod adjust thumbwheel is a must, allowing for quick and convenient neck relief tweaks.

This axe features an HH pickup configuration and comes loaded with DiMarzio® Super Distortion® DP100 bridge and DiMarzio PAF Pro® DP151 neck pickups. Explore this instrument’s versatile voice with a three-way pickup blade switch, tone control and a volume control that conceals a push/pull coil split for even more tonal variations on tap. With the Floyd Rose® 1000 Series double-locking tremolo bridge system, you can also dive to rumbling depths or add a well-placed rising harmonic without sacrificing your tuning.Destined for center stage­­, the Pro San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E Ash comes in a grain-filled shocking Neon Pink Ash finish with pink pickup bobbins, black hardware and a licensed Fender® Strat® headstock.

Engineered for exceptional performance, adaptable sound, and stunning aesthetics, Pro-Mod Series guitars are infused with the timeless playability and cutting-edge design features that have established Charvel as an iconic brand in high-performance guitars. Click the link below to discover more about the distinctive attributes of each of our Pro-Mod models.

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The Charvel Pro Stock DS1

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The Charvel Pro Stock DS1

Make a statement. The Charvel Pro Stock DS1 delivers more new tonal and stylistic options to the new world of the modern guitar player.  The Pro Stock DS1 has a single-cutaway mahogany body with a carved top and neck-through-body design.

The Charvel Pro Stock DS1 Features include a mahogany neck with contoured heel, cool color-contrast binding (Gold Metallic features cream binding) and pickup bobbins, compound-radius rosewood fingerboard (12″-16″) with 24 jumbo frets and alumiloid keystone inlays, Seymour Duncan® ’59™ humbucking neck and JB™ bridge pickups with 3-way toggle switching, Charvel bridge specially designed for compound-radius fingerboards, satin chrome hardware, three-on-a-side locking Charvel tuners, and metallic and sunburst finishes with matching headstocks. Available in Black, Blue, Red Metallic, Gold Metallic and Cherry Sunburst (dual Seymour Duncan® ’59™ pickups on Cherry Sunburst model only).

I picked a Charvel Pro Stock DS1 up at a local guitar shop, guess it’s a limited production run. I’m glad because It’s a fantastic guitar. The Charvel Pro Stock DS1 guitar is a very nice instrument and really resonates with tone. The neck feels fantastic and is really smooth owed to its unfinished nature. Also It is very stable, It came stock with nine gauge strings which is unacceptable for my tastes, so i bumped to tens, then eventually put on eleven guage EB power Slinkys and just hoped i did not need to take it in for a setup in a week. Have had no problems maybe slightly raised the action but not enough for me to take it in or risk self tightening the truss rod, and i mean slightly. I have had a maple Strat neck that did alright moving to elevens but there was more movement in that guitar’s neck than in the Charvel. The pickups are fantastic, I have never had Seymour Duncans and they are great. If you make a mistake they let you know… and reward you for good playing. Very accurate.

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Charvel Desolation Skatecaster SK-3 ST

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Charvel Desolation Skatecaster SK-3 ST
The Charvel Desolation SK-3 ST in dark green with H-H pickups.

The semi-hollow Charvel Surfcaster left us too soon. Introduced in the early ’90s, this oddball guitar was a refreshing change, but in the end, it was just too bizarre. Today the Charvel Desolation Skatecaster is a new modern version of the guitar.

Five years after it was discontinued, Charvel is taking another shot with the Skatecaster model, which borrows the Surfcaster’s original body shape, though it doesn’t have the semi-hollow design. There is a slightly fuzzy quality to the Desolation humbuckers that’ll make you want to tweak your amp’s treble control.

With its name, matte-black finish, snub-nosed shape, and simple one-volume setup, early indications show that the Skatecaster SK-3 is targeting the mall-goer in the hoodie. It’s puzzling, then, that this guitar also features a compound-radius fretboard, double-octave neck, and jumbo fretwire – all elements that suggest it’s meant for skilled players.

Out of the box the Charvel Desolation Skatecaster setup needed a slight adjustment to remedy fret buzz. This is my first “passive” pickup guitar and is a great guitar for metal or hard rock, however, it does lack clarity and crispness that I’ve been accustomed to with my LP’s.

The Charvel Desolation Skatecaster appearance, quality, and craftsmanship of the Blue Smear are outstanding. The Abalone “Keystone” position inlays, along with the abalone binding on the body and headstock, are beautifully detailed. The neck is slim and quick, significantly smaller than that of the LP. The locking Charvel tuners maintain excellent tuning stability and simplify string changes. The oiled Mahogany neck offers a unique feel, but it’s easy to adapt to. This guitar boasts an elegant design and is reminiscent of the Fender Jaguar.

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