CHARVEL Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24CM 3-Tone Sunburst
Signature guitar with ash top, custom pickups and locking tremolo, including case
The Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24CM 3-Tone Sunburst convinces as a signature guitar of the outstanding English guitar virtuoso with optimal playing characteristics and a versatile sound spectrum for modern fusion styles. The Japanese-built electric guitar is constructed with carefully matched tonewoods, which are perfectly set off by the pleasantly grippy Satin-Finish. The HSH pickup setup, perfectly tuned to Guthrie Govan's sound ideas, promises a wide sound spectrum that covers dreamy clean sounds just as skillfully as singing Overdrive and tight metal distortion. Last but not least, a high-quality hardware equipment with innovative detail solutions completes the Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas guitar by Charvel.
As the signature guitar of the British virtuoso Guthrie Govan, the Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24CM electric guitar convinces with optimal playing characteristics and versatile sounds for modern fusion styles.
The Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24CM 3-Tone Sunburst at a glance:
San Dimas Signature guitar from the Charvel MJ series, made in Japan
Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats, Hans Zimmer) model
Satin finish in 3-Tone Sunburst
Bolt-On construction with 25.5" scale length (648 mm)
Lindekorpus with Shredder's Cut Heel
Ash top
Caramelized maple bolt-on neck
Caramelized Maple fretboard with DotInlays and fluorescent Luminlay side-dots
24 stainless steel frets
12" to 16" fretboard radius (305 mm to 406 mm)
Speed neck profile
One Charvel Custom humbucker in neck position
One Charvel Custom single-coil in middle position
One Charvel Custom humbucker in bridge position
5-way switch for pickup selection
Mini-switch to split the humbucker in switch position one and five
Volume and tone knobs with fluorescent labeling and position markers recessed into the top
undercut Charvel Locking Tremolo with brass block
Gotoh locking tuners
Charvel Economy Case included
Thanks to Shredder's Cut Heel the screwed Speed Neck made of Roasted Maple can be played up to the highest registers.
Fusion Guitar with optimized playing characteristics
The Charvel MJ San Dimas Guthrie Govan has been designed with both optimal playing characteristics and a resonant sound. The beautiful ash-toplinden body features the Shredder's Cut Heel, which guarantees unobstructed access to the highest registers of the bolt-on Roasted Maple neck. To ensure that even complex solos and unusual chord voicings come out of your fingers with ease, the neck not only features a handy Speed Neck profile, but also a compound fingerboard radius. While the stainless steel jumbo fretting makes bendings glide like on rails, fluorescent Luminlay side dots provide optimal orientation on the fingerboard.
Charvel Custom pickups in the flexible HSH setup promise first-class sounds for almost any musical style. The undercut Charvel tremolo allows pitch bending in both directions.
Custom pickups for flexible guitar sounds
The electric tone conversion of the Charvel MJ Guthrie Govan Signature guitars takes over a HSH setup, whose sound character was optimally tuned to the detailed sound ideas of the British virtuoso. The Custom humbuckers on neck and bridge as well as the Custom single-coil in middle position convince with an incomparable open sound and a sensitive dynamic, so that every nuance in the guitar playing is realized. The 5-way blade switch selects the pickups in the usual manner, whereby the individually selected humbuckers can be switched to single-coils by means of a Minis switch. The volume and tone controls with fluorescent lettering and the position markers embedded in the top also prove to be a practical aid when adjusting the tone.
On the classically styled headstock, Gotoh locking tuners provide precise tuning with unshakable stability.
Carefully tuned hardware
Last but not least, the Guthrie Govan Signature San Dimas from the Charvel MJ Series features a carefully selected hardware setup that handles tough jobs on the road with ease and unwavering reliability. The compact Charvel Locking Tremolo allows for pitch shifts up and down thanks to undercutting. The brass block also supports the electric guitar's premium tone. Behind the Graph Tech TUSQ XL saddle,Gotoh locking tuners provide high tuning stability.
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