Download openload files.īeginning in the late 1970s, Charvel popularized custom revamps of the Fender Stratocaster design - often consisting of a Strat-shaped body with a single humbucking pickup and Fender style tremolo bridge systems. The income from these sales provided the Charvel shop with additional tooling and experience that gave Jackson the footing required to grow the Charvel brand. During this time BC Rich, SD Curlee, and Music Man approached Charvel to contract manufacture various wood parts. He used the proceeds to fund an expansion into making necks. Wayne Charvel sold the company to Grover Jackson in 1978, and ceased all working associations with the brand name from that point forward.Īfter purchasing the company, Grover Jackson tooled to produce guitar bodies, which he sold to Mighty Mite and Dimarzio. Charvel guitars were constructed from wood components outsourced to Boogie and Schecter bodies, and various Charvel and aftermarket hardware. When Asian companies began copying Charvel's parts and selling them at a discount, Charvel decided to begin building complete guitars. The shop earned a solid reputation among performing artists for its repair work, custom finishes, and upgraded parts manufacturing. Having worked at Fender for three years in the early 1970s, Wayne Charvel started 'Charvel's Guitar Repair' in 1974 to refinish and repair out-of-warranty Fender instruments. Modern Charvel players include Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob), Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats), and Joe Duplantier (Gojira). Lee (Ozzy Osbourne), Vinnie Vincent (Kiss), Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister), George Lynch (Dokken), Criss Oliva (Savatage), Allan Holdsworth, Shawn Lane, and others.
Can i identify that serial number on the internet and how?Ĭharvel guitars became popular in the 1980s due to their association with famous rock and heavy metal guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen), Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi), Warren DeMartini (Ratt), Randy Rhoads, Jake E. The serial number is C 803826 and is written on the last fret of the guitar. Everything else on a guitar, pickups, tuners is made by jackson. I have a Charvel electric guitar, that i assume is Model 5, but previous owner replace the jt6 tremolo with some cheap licensed floyd. Manufactured in the Japanese Chu Shin Gakki factory, charvel model 1, charvel model 2, charvel model 3, charvel model 3a, charvel model 4, charvel model 5, charvel model 6, charvel model 7, model 8, neckplate Charvel Jackson P.O. Japanese Import Charvel Models charvel japan and charvel japanese serial numbers start at 220000.
Charvel is a brand of electric guitars founded in the 1970s by Wayne Charvel in Azusa and headquartered in Glendora, both cities in California.
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