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Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature - Britannica Red

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Basswood Body, Bird's-eye Maple Top, Flame Maple Neck, 1 Single-coil Pickup, 2 Humbucking Pickups, and Floyd Rose Tremolo - Britannica Red
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There's Nothing This Guitar Can't Do

Guthrie Govan is a consummate virtuoso. Two years in the making, Guthrie's Charvel Signature guitar gives you an instrument with amazing features and high-performance appointments in an instrument that exudes class. The Govan Signature's San Dimas basswood body is topped with a bird's-eye maple top and outfitted with features customized for Mr. Govan that let you express your own artistic vision to the farthest reaches of your technique. And the HSH pickup configuration delivers the immense range of tones he's known for. The Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature is for the real player in you.

Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:
  • Plays like butter - and so easy on the eyes!
  • Charvel Custom pickups deliver an immense range of tone
  • Take-no-prisoners tone and performance
Plays like butter - and so easy on the eyes!

Charvel's Guthrie Govan signature guitar is a delight for the senses. It looks incredible, plays like butter, and can sound just like Guthrie. The lightweight basswood body sports a gorgeous bird's-eye maple top, with a thin clear matte finish and a specially contoured heel without a neck plate to impede your high fretting. The bolt-on quartersawn flame maple neck is put through Charvel's caramelizing process to make it feel and sound much better. And the 24-fret compound-radius fingerboard is an absolute love affair to play.

Charvel Custom pickups deliver an immense range of tone

The HSH pickup configuration is quite popular among Sweetwater electric guitarists for the tonal dexterity it affords. On the Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature, three Charvel Custom MFB pickups (two humbuckers flanking a single-coil) plus 5-way switching give you the same expansive tonal range and dynamic sensitivity that Mr. Govan demands. Two notched control knobs (master volume and master tone) with brass position markers are set into the body within easy reach of your pinky.

Take-no-prisoners tone and performance

Guthrie Govan's Signature guitar rocks classic Charvel hot-rod style, which was born in Southern California more than three decades ago. That style is probably why Guthrie selected Charvel to work with him on the design of this no-compromise, high-performance axe. Start with a classic, uber-comfy body style, add an alarmingly fast neck with impeccable fretwork, rolled fingerboard edges, scorching pickups, a rock-solid whammy bridge, and killer looks, and you get an amazing instrument from top to bottom. Get your hands on the Guthrie Govan Signature and you won't let go.

Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:
  • Basswood San Dimas body with bird's-eye maple top
  • "Caramelized" quartersawn flame maple neck
  • Compound-radius (12"-16") flame maple fingerboard
  • 24 extra-jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Charvel Custom MFB Hum-Sing-Hum pickup configuration
  • Special maple dot inlays with ebony borders
  • Charvel locking tremolo bridge
  • Neck heel-mounted spoke-wheel truss rod adjustment
  • Contoured neck heel for better high-fret access
Play what a virtuoso plays, with the Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature guitar!

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  • Manufacturer Part Number: 2869302001

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