Maker
Charvel
United States electric guitar brand
Charvel is an American electric guitar brand founded in California in the 1970s, known for high-performance 'superstrat' guitars popular in rock and metal.
Models
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Charvel San Dimas
Electric guitar
One of the original hot-rodded superstrats, named for the California town where Charvel was based. With a Stratocaster-derived body, high-output pickups, and a locking tremolo, the San Dimas helped define the fast, aggressive guitars of 1980s rock and metal.
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Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH
Electric guitar
The Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH is a USA-built signature superstrat based on the San Dimas Style 1 shape, with a caramelized ash body, a caramelized flame maple bolt-on neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius caramelized flame maple fingerboard with 24 frets, a 25.5-inch scale, three custom Charvel MF pickups in an HSH layout with coil-splitting, and a recessed Charvel locking tremolo with a Tremol-No.
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Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH
Electric guitar · Mexico
The Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH is a Southern-California superstrat with an alder body, a bolt-on maple speed neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius maple fingerboard with 22 frets, a 25.5-inch scale, two direct-mounted humbucking pickups, and a Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking tremolo.
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Charvel Dinky (DK)
Electric guitar
The Charvel Dinky (DK) is a compact superstrat family, most prominently the Pro-Mod DK24, with mahogany or other tonewood bodies, bolt-on maple necks with graphite reinforcement, 24-fret compound-radius fingerboards, sculpted heels for upper-fret access, and HH or HSH pickup layouts.
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Charvel Pro-Mod DK24
Electric guitar · Mexico
The Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 is a compact Dinky-shaped superstrat with a mahogany body (often with a figured maple top), a bolt-on maple neck with graphite reinforcement, a 12-to-16-inch compound-radius fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets, a sculpted heel for upper-fret access, a 25.5-inch scale, an HSH pickup layout, and a two-point tremolo.
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Charvel So-Cal
Electric guitar
The Charvel So-Cal is a Southern-California-style superstrat family with a sleek double-cutaway body, bolt-on maple necks with graphite reinforcement, compound-radius fingerboards, and high-output humbucking pickups, offered in Floyd Rose and hardtail versions across the Pro-Mod and Pro-Mod Plus lines.
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Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2
Mexico
Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 is cataloged within the Charvel San Dimas electric guitar family.
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Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1
Mexico
Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 is cataloged within the Charvel San Dimas electric guitar family.
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Categories
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Electric Guitars
Solid-body, semi-hollow, and hollow electric guitars.
Representative model
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Charvel San Dimas
Electric guitar
One of the original hot-rodded superstrats, named for the California town where Charvel was based. With a Stratocaster-derived body, high-output pickups, and a locking tremolo, the San Dimas helped define the fast, aggressive guitars of 1980s rock and metal.