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Charvel is a guitar brand originally founded by Wayne Charvel in Azusa, California and then later, Glendora, California (only the PO Box was in San Dimas); they were made popular by famous rock guitarists such as Edward Van Halen, Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi), Warren DeMartini (Ratt), Dave Mercado (Lazarus), Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne), Vinnie Vincent (Kiss), Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister) and George Lynch (Dokken). The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Azusa is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Glendora is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26 1955 is a Dutch Guitarist, Keyboardist, Songwriter and producer Richard "Richie" Steven Sambora (born on July 11 1959 is an American rock Guitarist, producer musician singer and songwriter who is Bon Jovi is an American Hard rock band from Sayreville New Jersey. Warren Justin DeMartini (born April 10 1963) nicknamed Torch, is the Lead guitarist for Ratt, a popular American band during Ratt is an American Glam metal band that formed in San Diego and enjoyed significant commercial success in the 1980s Jakey Lou Williams (born February 15, 1957 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA) known as Jake E John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Vincent John Cusano (born August 6, 1952, in Bridgeport Connecticut) better known as Vinnie Vincent, is a guitarist and songwriter most A kiss is the touching of one person's lips to another place which is used as an expression of Affection, Respect, Greeting, Farewell Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda (born August 5, 1955 in New York City, New York) is one of the two guitarists of the American heavy Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. George Lynch (born September 28 1954 is a Hard rock guitarist best known as a member of the band Dokken. Dokken is an American heavy metal and Hard rock band that was formed in 1978 The main Charvel models were (then) unique custom revamps of the Fender Stratocaster - often consisting of a Strat-shaped body with a single humbucker and Fender style tremolo bridge system. The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of Electric guitar pickup that uses two coils both generating string signal Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the Many other custom creations were available as well.

The company is best known for its hot rodded strat designs, known by many guitar gurus as superstrats. Superstrat (sometimes spelled as super strat or super-strat) is a name for an Electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but

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History

In November 1978, Wayne Charvel sold the company to Grover Jackson. Jackson is a Guitar manufacturer originally owned and operated by Grover Jackson a partner of Wayne Charvel of Charvel Guitar Repair. Wayne left the company soon after and ceased to have any real association with the brand name from this point on.

In 1980, Grover was introduced to Randy Rhoads. Randall William "Randy" Rhoads ( December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American Heavy metal Guitarist They began to develop a guitar designed by Randy himself. The initial version was not angular enough for Randy but the second try yielded what Randy called the "Concorde". Grover was worried the radically styled and neck-through guitar was too different from Charvel models so he decided to put his own name on the headstock, just in case the model failed. It later became the “Rhoads Model” [1]. This guitar was the impetus that inspired Grover to start Jackson Guitars. Jackson is a Guitar manufacturer originally owned and operated by Grover Jackson a partner of Wayne Charvel of Charvel Guitar Repair. Both brands were manufactured in the Glendora location up until 1986 and then in Ontario, California.

In 1989 Grover sold Jackson/Charvel to the Japanese manufacturer AMIC. The Charvel guitars were produced exclusively in Japan to a very high standard from 1986 to 1991. [2] The Model 4 and Model 6 (both featuring active electronics) variants were the most popular.

Charvel Model 4

The Japanese Charvel Model 4 (featuring the Forth Worth neckplate), in particular, is considered one of the best imported guitars ever made. Featuring the Kahler 2300 tremolo, it's a hot item on Ebay and can be seen on various YouTube videos, which demonstrate its incredible sound quality. Despite tuning stability issues with the Kahler tremolo, mainly because of problems related to Kahler's behind-the-nut locking nut, one might argue that the Model 4 is even better than the San Dimas Charvels.

Other Models

In 1989 the line up of guitars was revamped into a number of different series, the Classic, Fusion and Contemporary Series among them. Guitars in the Classic series included the 275, 375, 375 deluxe, 475 and 750xl. The fusion series had shorter scale necks than the others and included the Fusion deluxe and Fusion custom models. The contemporary range included the Predator and Spectrum models. The spectrum guitar was inspired by a custom Jackson guitar built for Jeff Beck. Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English This unusual instrument was based on a Stratocaster shaped body but with reverse headstock, a fender precision bass inspired scratch plate, wild colors and an active tone circuit. Most of the guitars at the time were equipped with Schaller made hardware including a licenced Floyd Rose locking tremelo. Floyd Rose is the organization that licenses distributes and manufactures the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo invented by Floyd D The korean made Charvette brand was also produced to cover the lower end of the market at this time.

As the 90's progressed the brand fell from favor due to changes in music fashion and a drop in quality as the Charvel name was applied to lower quality budget instruments.

In more recent years various attempts have been made to revive the brand with higher quality Japanese and American made models such as the Journeyman. The original USA manufactured Charvels [3] are some of the most desirable and sought-after guitars in the world today.

Wayne Charvel made a namesake model offering through Gibson, the "Gibson W. The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar R. C. Signature Model" - of which only 200 were made, but this saw little recognition and was short-lived.

Charvel Today

Charvel/Jackson was subsequently bought by Fender, and the Charvel name saw a rebirth with several U. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the S. made "San Dimas" models - so-named in order to recapture the original association of the Charvel name to high-quality, American-made professional guitars.

Charvel now offers several models, American made and boutique priced, featuring an Eddie Van Halen signature model - a short run of which are actually paint stencilled by Eddie himself. Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26 1955 is a Dutch Guitarist, Keyboardist, Songwriter and producer A modern Charvel user is Dave Mercado of the band Lazarus.

Sometime in the late ‘90’s Wayne Charvel himself began offering hand-made guitars from his new Northern California shop, under the name Wayne Guitars.

Charvel Models

USA Made

Japanese Made

Korean Made

Charvel Players

References

  1. ^ this model remains one of Jackson's top sellers
  2. ^ Important note: Neckplates on the bolt-on Japanese Charvel models contain The Fort Worth, Texas address of AMIC. Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26 1955 is a Dutch Guitarist, Keyboardist, Songwriter and producer Warren Justin DeMartini (born April 10 1963) nicknamed Torch, is the Lead guitarist for Ratt, a popular American band during Jakey Lou Williams (born February 15, 1957 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA) known as Jake E Vivian Patrick Campbell (born in 25 August 1962 in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish rock Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda (born August 5, 1955 in New York City, New York) is one of the two guitarists of the American heavy Richard "Richie" Steven Sambora (born on July 11 1959 is an American rock Guitarist, producer musician singer and songwriter who is George Lynch may refer to George Lynch (basketball (born 1970 George Lynch (musician (born 1954 George Lynch (race Steven "Steve" Siro Vai (born June 6 1960 in Carle Place New York) is an American Instrumental rock Guitarist Neal Joseph Schon (born February 27 1954, in Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City Oklahoma) is an American Guitarist Christopher "Criss" Michael Oliva ( April 3, 1963 - October 17, 1993) was born in Pompton Plains, NJ. Steve Stevens (born as Steven Schneider on May 5, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter Gary Moore (born Robert William Gary Moore, 4 April 1952, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish Guitarist. For the American guitarist see Mark Kendall (guitarist Mark Kendall ( 20 September 1958 – 1 May 2008) was a Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a British Jazz / rock Guitarist Rowan Robertson (born November 22, 1971 in Cambridge, United Kingdom) is an English Guitarist. Stephen Lynch may be Stephen Lynch (musician (born 1971 American musician and comedian Stephen Lynch (politician (born 1955 member Vincent John Cusano (born August 6, 1952, in Bridgeport Connecticut) better known as Vinnie Vincent, is a guitarist and songwriter most William Frederick (Billy Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) Nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the Guitarist for These were manufactured in Japan, NOT USA.
  3. ^ referred to as San Dimas after the PO Box on the neckplates

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