Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 2 24 HT HH Electric Guitar - Robin's Egg Blue Reviews
Charvel’s Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 2 24 HT HH is a stylish and versatile guitar that’s ready to unleash waves of crashing overdrive and scorching lead lines — but it’s also down for some chilled-out clean-tone chime. Spec’d for superior performance, the Pro-Mod So-Cal is packed with two Fishman Fluence Open Core Classic pickups that offer up a range of classic and modern rock and metal tones beloved by guitarists at Sweetwater. The premium hardware package — including a Charvel HT6 string-through-hardtail bridge, sealed die-cast tuners, and Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut — keeps things intoned, in-tune, and ready to shred. A do-it-all axe, the Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 2 24 HT HH electric guitar excels in every playing style — once you pick it up, you’ll never want to put it down!
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Great Guitar!
I absolutely love this guitar!
I did have one problem with it at first, the 9 volt battery didn't fit snugly in its compartment. So sometimes the pickups would work and sometimes they wouldn't. I cut off a couple of points of a pick with a pair of scissors and made a prefect shim, problem solved. Now it reliably works.
I definitely enjoy the guitar very much and would highly recommend it.
Excellent Guitar, but not perfect
I have had this guitar for a couple of weeks. Overall, it's impressive.
The neck shape is a typical Charvel "speed neck", which is why I buy Charvel's. However, I've noticed that the neck finish on the MIM Charvels, including this one, is not as smooth and glossy as the USA Charvels. I also have a 90's MIJ Jackson Pro Soloist which has a smooth, glossy, "butter neck" finish. The neck finish on this guitar is not as nice. However, the fretwork on the neck is exceptional.
The guitar is comfortable to play. The body shape is nice. I like the forearm comfort cut. The bridge is unobtrusive, which is perfect for palm muting. I also like the gloss finish much better than the matt finish on the USA Select guitars. All of my other guitars are white or black. I wanted something different this time. I love blue color.
The Fishman Fluence pickups are interesting. I didn't know if I would like them. I do like them. The up position provides a 1970's Les Paul-like sound. The down position provides an 80's metal tone. I usually don't use any pedals. The guitar sounds amazing through my EVH 5150 6l6.
Overall, I'm happy with the guitar. But I wish the neck had a smoother finish like my USA Select SoCal or my MIJ Jackson Pro Soloist.
Weak setup on a great guitar
Well I got this in Robins egg blue a few weeks ago and it is a great guitar overall. The neck is amazing but it arrived setup poorly. The action at the 20th fret was so high I could put my pinky under the strings and the pickups were cranked so close to the strings that when the action was adjusted to normal they touched the pickups. Didn't require trus rod adjustment or anything like that.
The fretwork on it is excellent and makes for easy playing with the compound radius fingerboard and jumbo frets. Weight is about average I spoiled myself with tele thinlines that are below 7 pounds but the weight is not too bad. The ergonomics of the body make up for it when sitting down with the comfort carves. The 24 fret nick is great but 24 frets is a blessing and a curse. Your neck pickup moves and I like the sound of a 24 fret neck pickup it adds a bit of brightness and definition but your both selection is not that useful. You don't have that scooped clean sound like you hear on vintage recordings like say Dobbie Brothers or Yes. So I would say for that is is a wash only because I prefer the neck pickup by itself sound.
Tapped pickups sound very good but not like a tele or a strat particularly but lie nice single coil sound. There is a touch of 60 cycle hum from it to my surprise since these pickups are active but the center position is hum cancelling. The reverse headstock takes a bit to get used to but is not a problem. The color is great and if you angle the light right you can see a red sparkle sheen to it.
