CHARVEL HENRIK DANHAGE SIGNATURE PROMOD SO-CAL STYLE 1

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FEBRUARY 2021 GUITARIST
reviewCHARVEL & EVH CHARVEL & EVH
more depth – more ‘Gibson’ to the Charvel’s
‘Fender’, if you like. Here, the bridge initially
sounds fuller with a little more cocked
wah-like tonality and almost a little less
hot-sounding than that JB. But recording
both – playing the same parts through the
same gained Marshall, and with battering
ram drums and bass – the overall tonality
at the bridge is actually very similar, even
when the tracks are solo’d. We’d swear they
sound more different when we listen in
front of our amp. Not for the first time, then,
that actually evaluating the ‘front of house’
mix proves quite a leveller.
The EVH’s neck voice is obviously very
different from the Charvel’s and it keeps
the full-fat tonality of the bridge, although
it’s softer, nicely vocal and needs some amp
sizzle to give it clarity. The mix, missing
from the Charvel, is quite distinct and adds
some welcome bounce for a very usable
third voice, combining thickness but with
some of the funkier clarity you’d expect in
this parallel link. Its volume and tone work
very well to subtly tame the beast, too. The
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4. The stylised EVH
headstock is very
compact, as is the guitar
itself, despite its regular
Fender scale length
5. The Floyd Rose here is
slightly recessed into
the top, but sits flat
with no up-bend. It also
features the D-Tuna on
the low E string
6. Unlike Eddie’s own
guitars where the
toggle switch function
is reversed, here it’s
standard and selects the
pickups like a Les Paul
7. In typical Van Halen
style the pickups screw
directly to the body: all
part of his tonal pursuit
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