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When people claim this guitar is great "for the price". Forget that moniker this guitar outplays ebmm, suhrs, fenders, gibsons , prs, Jacksons and most ibanezes etc... you will ever try . The guitar plays like a dream. I teach guitar over a decade and have been playing over 25 years, trust me when i tell you you will never ever find a more comfortsble neck. You could play for hours on this compound rsdius fretboard and hardly feel it. I own the hardtailas well and it is the perfext guitar for drop tuning the full shred really flourishes drop tuned. The neck on this model is 24frets and it is actuslly a slightly diff feel and shape to a san dimas or socal. I also own those and this is a different beast. You could cover all the hard grit blues or metal you want these are extrmeely versatile pickups. The sh2 jazz was a fsc of dave mustaine, randy rhoads , alex skolnik etc.. You really can't fault this guitar it stays in tune like a champ. Anybody whonis of the cork sniffing camp that claimsthis floyd is inferior to the german is smokin sumthin. This is actually an upgrsde it is the most stable floyd on the market imhoand is made witht the same exact specs and here is a reason why iss actually slight upgrade.. The string tension plates have recesses in them to keep the string saddle screws aligned so they don't rattle, which happens on the german occasionally. played and seen somereally crappy german originalfloyds as of late they dont seem consistent . Anyways forget about the "for the price "moniker this is an amazingly versatile axe with bread and butter pups. is an all around go to axe since they sing for gigging and athese woods they use and pickup wiring are unique. chsrvel actually cares about the guitarist snd trulylisten and have musicians working their. You could see how they are killing the gsme with their new features they are releasing that seem to be a step uo on the comp. Even dudes that never play floyds like me love em so much. I have mia mim and mij prommods and awesome in their own way. I own a gibson custom shop and play the charvels way moreZ they are jus the most playable axes unlikethe finnicky ibanezeswhich are good for shred and modern progressive , but fall short with soul and blues since their bodies are usually basswood and thin and shrill unplugged. Also their super thin necks coul b too thin and too shreddy not balanced like these. or the weird inbetween prs which if u came from a gibson or fender background (which most did )seems tough to adjust to the in etween thing. Never thought they had their own tone.. They look great but their pickups also couldb blah..private stocks at 10k lma0.. Also jackson necks could b weird, i love jacksonsoloists snd their tone, but sometimes the necks get too fat or widenand weird feel. These chsrvel necks are incredible!! ,Nowhere near the ringing and resonance these high wuality alder body produce. This eats 3k ibanez jems and prestige/ and pretty much most shred sticks for dinner cuz of the neck , feel, tone and overall comfort playability. Jut to out it in perspextive my first guitar was and rg270..You also get quack and spank out of these sumthin ibanez does not do, so your blues are covered and your funk. This gitfiddle could do it all. Don't believe me how good this axe is? Go and try one if you can find onw in the store, or just buy one since that is usually the way to get one ..You won't regret it.. This is the original master super strat maker . Everybody in the 80s were playing these and the musicians had to pay outta their pockets so shows charvel was at the top and still is!

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I could not be happier with this guitar. The action was nice rite out of the box. The tone is perfect. It is nice and light, sometimes I play for like 4 hours at a time and hardly feel it on. I like to think of this guitar as my Steve Via signature without the monkey grip and $2000 cheap with same quality. I Am in love with zZounds. I donated my guitar due to not enough hands to carry stuff. Was going nuts without it!!!! I went from zero to three guitars in 4 months thanks to the payment option... my first two guitars came the next day!!! I just wish that some of the guitar company’s would at least through in a gig bag.......

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I have 4000 dollar guitars that do not sound nor play as good as this Charvel does. I would recommend this to anyone wanting a strat body , with the sound and feel of a Charvel . Best guitar I own by far.

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Awesome shredder! Very versatile. You can get a wide range of tones, blues, metal, jazz etc. This ones a keeper. Beautiful finish. Thanks zZounds!

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