Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Flame Maple Electric Electric Natural

As a preeminent modern virtuoso, U.K. guitar master Guthrie Govan dazzles all who hear his playing. Charvel spent two years of meticulous development with Govan to first introduce his Guthrie Govan signature model in 2014, and it’s the ultimate ultrapro guitar. Loaded with special features and high performance appointments, it's truly the ideal expression of Govan's artistry rendered in distinctive Charvel form.For this year, Chavel is offering new incarnations of Govan’s models, including the Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Flame Maple.This 25.5 in. scale guitar offers a caramelized basswood San Dimas body with a gorgeous flame maple top with a thin satin urethane finish and a specially contoured heel (sans neck plate) for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The bolt-on neck is two-piece flame maple with a "caramelized" heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, with graphite reinforcement, hand-rubbed urethane gel on the back of the neck and a convenient truss rod adjustment wheel at the body end. Most unusually for a San Dimas model, the 12 - 16 in. compound-radius flame maple fingerboard spans two octaves, with the same caramelized treatment as the neck, 24 jumbo stainless steel frets and special maple dot inlays with ebony borders, as well as Luminlay side-dots that emit light for the darkest of stages.Other premium features include three specially wound Charvel custom MF pickups arranged in a versatile HSH configuration with five-way switching for the expansive tonal openness and dynamic sensitivity that Govan demands, a 2-way mini toggle switch to engage single-coil simulation in bridge and neck humbucker positions, two Luminlay numbered dome control knobs (master volume, master tone), U.S.-made recessed Charvel locking tremolo bridge with Tremol-No unit and oversized brass block, bone nut and chrome hardware.




FEATURES
Body

Body shape: Double cutaway
Body type: Solid body
Body material: Solid wood
Top wood: Bird's Eye Maple
Body wood: Basswood
Body finish: Satin Urethane
Orientation: Right handed

Neck

Neck shape: Speed neck
Neck wood: 2-piece Maple with graphite reinforcement
Joint: Bolt-on
Scale length: 25.5 in.
Truss rod: Standard
Neck finish: Hand-rubbed Urethane Gel

Fretboard

Material: Caramelized 2-piece Maple with graphite reinforcement
Radius: Compound
Fret size: Jumbo Stainless
Number of frets: 24
Inlays: Dot
Nut width: 1.687 in. (42.8 mm)

Pickups

Configuration: HSH
Neck: Custom MF Humbucking
Middle: Custom MF Single-coil
Bridge: Custom MF Humbucking
Brand: Charvel
Active or passive pickups: Passive
Series or parallel: Series
Piezo: No
Active EQ: No
Special electronics: None

Controls

Control layout: Master volume, tone
Pickup switch: 5-way
Coil tap or split: No
Kill switch: No

Hardware

Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
Bridge design: U.S.-Made Recessed Charvel Locking Tremolo Bridge
Tailpiece: Not applicable
Tuning machines: Sperzel locking
Color: Chrome

Other

Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: Electronics
Case: Hardshell case
Accessories: None
Country of origin: United States

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