Charvel San Dimas Style 1 HH (MIJ)

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I've actually been really tempted to buy a Charvel lately.

Does anyone know if Warmoth does a paint job similar to Charvel's Pagan Gold? I just love that color.

Ok, so the Pagan Gold proved too great a temptation for me, and I pulled the trigger on this one. :blob7:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220933760355?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

The mods don't bother me, and the chipped trem arm mounting thread can be fixed easily.
Can't wait to see/play it when it gets here. :blob7:

Damn nice guitar, and I love the color! Let us know when you get it (pics).  :icon_thumright:

 

[line6man]

I've actually been really tempted to buy a Charvel lately.

Does anyone know if Warmoth does a paint job similar to Charvel's Pagan Gold? I just love that color.

Ok, so the Pagan Gold proved too great a temptation for me, and I pulled the trigger on this one. :blob7:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220933760355?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

The mods don't bother me, and the chipped trem arm mounting thread can be fixed easily.
Can't wait to see/play it when it gets here. :blob7:

It arrived today. :icon_biggrin:

Whoever modded the guitar with the Warmoth pickguard and tone pot didn't know what they were doing and mixed the pickups up. The Tone Zone was super bassy in the neck, and the Evolution was weak and quiet in the bridge. I pulled the pickguard and swapped them around. The leads were cut short on the Evolution, so I had to extend them a bit, but otherwise, it was a straight forward swap, and the wiring in the guitar was fairly clean, so I'm happy with it.

I am assuming that the American SoCals are similar to the American San Dimases, but I don't know how the American production models stack up with the Japanese models. In any case, I'll give my little review of the American SoCal.

I noticed that the heel of the body is noticeably wider than the edge of the neck heel. This is common with mass produced bolt-on neck joints, but it's worse on this guitar than on any Fenders that I've played. There is also a little gap at the top of the pocket, on the bass side, which would probably indicate that the sides of the pocket are parallel to each other, rather than slanted to follow the taper of the heel of the neck. I found it necessary to remove the neck to get the pickguard off when I swapped the pickups around, so I got to check the fit, and thankfully, the neck is not loose in the pocket. It fits the joint nicely. It's really not a big deal, but worth pointing out.

I really like the neck. The oil finish is kind of like a cross between a raw neck and a satin finished neck. I don't know how durable or protective the finish will be, and the fretboard was already a bit dirty from the previous owner, but it sure feels nice.

The quartersawn Maple is very nice, and something you don't normally see. The tangential grain on the straight side of the headstock looks really cool, and there is just a bit of birdseye figure along the treble side of the back of the neck. The skunk stripe appears to be Black Walnut, which I like. The fretwork is good. No sharp edges or anything.

 

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I know I know.
What that I don't know is if the '59 installed in Charvel pro mod san dimas is 2 or 4 wire!!! This's my question :dontknow:

To answer your original question: Both pickups are 4 wire, but the extra wires aren't connected. 
I bought a Ferrari Red San Dimas last month.  Awesome guitar!  It plays and sounds excellent.  At some point in the future, I may add a push-pull pot so I can coil tap, but for now I love it the way it is.

 

[line6man]

Here's a picture of my growing Strat family. I have too many guitars now, and might sell one.

On the left is my newly completed, but still without pickups homemade Strat body with a Warmoth neck. (That's what I'm going to call her from now on. :blob7 In the middle is the new Pagan Gold Charvel ProMod SoCal, and on the right is my Fender MiM Standard Strat.

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Dear lord that guitar is beautiful!
Got a mahogany San Dimas type body waiting for a neck, I needz me money and you're not helping me stay reasonable!!!!