Charvel Desolation DS-1 FR Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose

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Charvel Desolation DS-1 FR Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose, Flat Black
Charvel Desolation DS-1 FR Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose, Transparent Black
Charvel Desolation DS-1 FR Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose, Flat Black Charvel Desolation DS-1 FR Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose, Transparent Black
This electric guitar from Charvel is surprisingly lightweight considering it houses 24 jumbo frets and a rosewood fingerboard.

Magnificent Desolation. The Charvel Desolation series offers more tonal and stylistic options for discerning players everywhere. Devastating tone, killer looks and high-performance playability separate the Desolation series from all others.

The Desolation DS-1 FR has a single-cutaway mahogany body with a carved top and neck-through-body design. Features include a bound mahogany neck with scalloped heel, compound radius (12-16 in) rosewood fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and abalone inlays, abalone body and headstock binding, dual Seymour Duncan Blackout active humbucking pickups with three-way toggle switching, Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo, black nickel hardware, three-on-a-side Charvel tuners, and solid and trans finishes (flame maple veneer on trans finishes) with matching headstocks.

Features

- Neck thru
- Active Seymour Duncan Blackout pickups
- Modern
- Light weight

- Series: Desolation
- Neck Shape: Through-body Fast Neck with Tilt-Back Scarf Joint head stock
- Number of frets: 24
- Fret size: Jumbo
- Position inlays: Abalone "Keystone" position inlays
- Fretboard radius: 12 to 16 in. Compound radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Neck material: mahogany
- Neck finish: Oiled
- Nut width: 1.650 in. (42 mm)
- Scale length: 25.5 in. (64.8 cm)
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Pickup configuration: H/H
- Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan AHB-1B pickup (Bridge)
- Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan AHB-1N Pickup (Neck)
- Pickup switching: 3-Position toggle
- Position 1. Bridge pickup
- Position 2. Bridge and Neck pickups
- Position 3. Neck pickup
- Hardware: Black nickel
- Bridge: Recessed Floyd Rose FRT-O2000 Double-Locking tremolo
- String nut: Floyd Rose Original Locking Nut

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (3 ratings)
Submitted December 22, 2011 by a customer from hotmail.com

"Charvel leaves other guitars in it's wake with the Desolation"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I don't see me getting rid of this guitar any time soon. In fact, I'm planning on getting a second one!
Sound
The Seymour Duncan Blackouts really make this instrument stand out and cut through the mix. I was an EMG player for years, put I am now a devout convert!
Features
Again Seymour Duncan Blackouts, real Floyd Rose trem (makes a suprising difference compared to even the high end liscenced ones), Neck through body means endless sustain and tone and the fact that the neck is unfinished with a compound radius fretboard makes it so fast it's scary.
Ease of Use
It's a Les Paul. If your not familiar with the layout of the most played and imitated electric guitar in history then you don't deserve to own one. Super easy to play, you will play faster out of the box than expected!
Quality
No fret buzz whatsoever, SUPER low action right out of the box with perfect intonation, I was leary at first considering it's made in China, but I am majorly impressed. It easily competes with and surpasses instruments costing hundreds more.
Value
You won't find a better guitar for the money, or even for a few hundred more. I will be getting another one!
Manufacturer Support
N/A
The Wow Factor
Great looks, unbelievable playability, tone for days and days, I played it for 3 hours the day it came in and I came up with so many great riffs that I didn't even think of when I play my PRS.

Musical Background:

20 year musician semi-pro occassional tourer

Musical Style:

Hard-rock, New and Hair Metal
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