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Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSH FR Electric Guitar - Robin's Egg Blue with Ebony Fingerboard Demo

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck, Ebony Fingerboard, 2 Humbucking Pickups, 1 Single-coil Pickup, and Floyd Rose Tremolo - Robin's Egg Blue
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This guitar has a discolored dent on the tip of the headstock, scratches on the pickguard, and a faded logo on the neck pickup. There are also fine scratches on various parts of the guitar that are not photographed. These scratches do not show well in photos, if at all. This guitar comes with a setup adjustment tool(s) and tremolo arm.

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Aggressive Tones, Custom Looks

Charvel’s Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSH FR electric guitar harkens back to the superstrat movement of the 1980s. A pedigreed shredder, this axe epitomizes the Southern California look and sound with its hot-rodded Seymour Duncan pickups, familiar body style, and silky compound-radius fingerboard with rolled edges. The So-Cal boasts a genuine Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo that can handle the gnarliest of dive-bombs without wrecking your tuning. If you’re in the market for a stock guitar that blazes with punk, hardcore, and metal vibe, Sweetwater guitarists are quick to recommend the Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSH.

Plays like a custom superstrat

The superstrat craze of the 1980s inspired guitarists all over the country to Frankenstein their beloved axes with faster necks, hotter pickups, aftermarket hardware, and bold custom paint jobs. The Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSH carries on this tradition with vintage-styled appointments and clean modern electronics for high-gain attitude and authoritative looks.

Inspired by 30 years of customer requests

Charvel was one of the first guitar companies to manufacture superstrat-type guitars. With 30 years of customer feedback, Charvel was able to make the So-Cal play and sound like a pawn shopper’s dream. The stock Seymour Duncan Distortion humbuckers sandwiching a Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 single-coil deliver a wide variety of different tones, perfect for everything from brutal crunch and scorching leads to sweet, chimey cleans.

Floyd Rose locking tremolo adds texture to chords and leads

A dependable tremolo is requisite to the superstrat appeal. The So-Cal’s Floyd Rose 1000 series locking trem moves between subtle vibrato and dive-bombed EVH-style leads with the natural response and tuning stability you expect from a Floyd Rose.

Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSH FR Electric Guitar Features:

  • Familiar alder body gives an unmistakable California sound
  • Compound-radius fretboard (12–16-inch) gets flatter and wider up high
  • Seymour Duncan Distortion humbuckers and Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 single-coil deliver hot-rodded tones
  • 5-way blade quickly switches from brutal humbucker to sweet single-coil sounds
  • No-load tone pot won't color sound when run wide open
  • Knurled speed knobs resist sweat slippage
  • Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo squeals and dives without wrecking your tuning
  • Die-cast matching tuning machines

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1
  • Body Material Alder
  • Body Finish Gloss
  • Color Robbins Egg Blue
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Maple
  • Neck Shape Speed Neck
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 12"-16" compound
  • Fingerboard Material Ebony
  • Fingerboard Inlay White Dots
  • Number of Frets 22, Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.6875"
  • Nut Material Floyd Rose 1000 Series Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Floyd Rose 1000 Series Double-locking Tremolo
  • Tuners Charvel Die-cast
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Seymour Duncan Distortion SH-6N Humbucker
  • Middle Pickup Seymour Duncan Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 Single-coil
  • Bridge Pickup Seymour Duncan Distortion TB-6 Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 5-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings Nickel Plated Steel, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 2966834527

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Rated 5/5

Great Versatility

I don't consider myself to be much of a shredder, so I largely dismissed Charvel guitars as this is what they are known for.

But....
I was in the market for a Strat as this was a void I needed bridged. I picked this up as a clearance item from a guitar box store and couldn't be happier. I primarily play worship guitar and classic rock, and this thing does it all. You can even get a pretty classic position-4 Strat sound (which is my favorite Strat sound), or switch to 1 or 5 for screaming distortion tones.

I didn't know I needed a Floyd Rose. I have always avoided them because everyone complained about how difficult they are to set-up and maintain, but I did a basic set-up, watched a few you tube videos, and voila! I almost never needed to touch the tuning! I have had this thing for about 4 months now and it has quickly become an indispensable part of my arsenal. Even at full price, this guitar punches well above its weight class.
Music background: worship guitarist- advanced intermediate
Rated 4.5/5

BEAUTIFUL BEAST

The fit and finish rivals my US Strat. It's not a flat blue, it has a pearly metallic sparkle. Feels fantastic in the hands, frets were finished nicely. Pickups have a nice balance but definitely high output, though middle single coil can clean up nicely. There was some fret glue slop leftover and volume pot doesn't have the physical resistance I'd like but these are insignificant issues for me. The Floyd is smooth as butter, love it. If you love strats but you want some firepower this is it.
Rated 4.5/5

Great Guitar

Smooth neck, with a nice round profile, making it super comfortable to play, regardless where you are on the neck. The compound radius was a real eye opener for me. Made double string bends higher up so much easier and cleaner. Stays incredibly well in tune, even for a floyd, this one is good. Swapped out the pickups for Fishman Fluence Keith Merrow signatures.
Music background: Touring Musician
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