Charvel Guthrie Govan HSH

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october 2017 Guitarist
CHARVEL GUTHRIE GOVAN SIGNATURE
CHARVEL GUTHRIE
GOVAN SIGNATURE
PRICE: £3,029 (inc case)
ORIGIN: USA
TYPE: Offset double-cutaway San
Dimas-shaped solidbody electric
BODY: Two-piece caramelized ash
NECK: Caramelized flame maple
with graphite reinforcement, bolt-on
SCALE LENGTH: 648mm (25.5-
inch)
NUT: Bone/42.93mm
FINGERBOARD: Caramelized
flame maple, ebony ring with maple
dot centre inlays, 305-406mm (12-
16”) compound radius, Luminlay
side dots
FRETS: 24, ‘super jumbo’ stainless
steel
HARDWARE: Recessed Charvel
locking vibrato (w/ Tremol-No),
Sperzel locking tuners
STRING SPACING, BRIDGE:
52.5mm
ELECTRICS: Charvel MF
humbuckers (bridge & neck); MF
single coil (middle), 5-position lever
pickup selector switch, master
volume & tone (w/ knurled dome-
style Luminlay numbered knobs),
2-way ‘single coil’ mini-switch
(bridge and neck pickups only)
WEIGHT: (kg/lb): 3.28/7.22
OPTIONS: None
RANGE OPTIONS: The other GG
Signature model is identical save for
the flame maple topped basswood
body, again only in natural finish
LEFT-HANDERS: No
FINISHES: Natural – satin lacquer
(body); hand-rubbed urethane gel
(neck)
PROS Everything! From the wood
choice through to the fi ne details,
it’s superbly considered
CONS It’s pricey; there are no
colour options or lefties: what you
see is what you get
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