Brand New Charvel Pro Mod Guitars Coming To Sound Affects This September!

Hi there, Rich here and I'm here to tell you about these brilliant new Charvel guitars coming to Sound Affects. The brand new Pro-Mod line of guitars from Japan are just about to be released to a chosen few dealers which we are one of. The guitars themselves are excellent quality for the money and very stylish and included in the line is the 'Wild Card' theme that Charvel are known to add rarity and uniqueness to their production line. There're coming in the second week of September and they're absolutely fantastic guitars - definitely worth taking a look at. There's more detail about them below and I thought I'd just throw in a little bit of history about Charvel that I thought was interesting.

A History Lesson On Charvel Guitars

Charvel is a guitar brand originally founded by Wayne Charvel in Azusa, California and made popular by famous rock guitarists such as Edward Van Halen (Van Halen), Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi), Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne), Vinnie Vincent (KISS) and many more.

The main Charvel models were (then) unique custom revamps of the Fender Stratocaster - often consisting of a Strat-shaped body with a single humbucker and Fender style tremolo bridge system. Many other custom creations were available as well.

The company is best known for its hot rodded Strat designs, known by many guitarists as superstrats.

In November 1978, Wayne Charvel sold the company to Grover Jackson. Wayne left the company soon after and ceased to have any real association with the brand name from this point on.

In 1980, Grover was introduced to Randy Rhoads. They began to develop a guitar designed by Randy himself. The initial version was not angular enough for Randy but the second try yielded what Randy called the "Concorde". Grover was worried the radically styled and neck-through guitar was too different from Charvel models so he decided to put his own name on the headstock, just in case the model failed. It later became the "Rhoads Model". This guitar was the impetus that inspired Grover to start Jackson Guitars. Both brands were manufactured in the Glendora location up until 1986 and then in Ontario, California.

In 1989 Grover sold Jackson/Charvel to the Japanese manufacturer AMIC. The Charvel guitars were produced exclusively in Japan to a very high standard from 1986 to 1991. The Model 4 and Model 6 (both featuring active electronics) variants were the most popular.

Production-Mod Series

On Aug. 9, 2010 Charvel introduced the Pro-Mod Series—three new San Dimas® Style 1 and So-Cal Style 1 models in black, snow white and Ferrari red. To keep things interesting, Charvel has continued the limited "Wild Card" model concept, which takes the modified vibe a step further by offering features, options and configurations that change every three months. Each limited Wild Card release takes its cue from the Custom Shop menu of graphics and pickups; and body, neck and fingerboard woods, etc.

The New Charvel Pro-Mod Series has just been Announced. The new range will be made in Japan and new/lower price points that their USA Predecessors.
The Pro-Mod range will consist of the San Dimas Style 1 with 2 humuckers. This will feature standard finishes of Black, Ferrari Red and Snow White. The next model will be the So-Cal Style 1 with Dimarzio Humbuckers available in the same standard finishes as the San Dimas. The Last model in this range is what Charvel call the “Wildcard” and is a lucky dip from the wizard’s at Charvel.

These new Charvel Pro Mod – Made in Japan are due to arrive with us in September. While the San Dimas and So Cal are standard models – we have been advised that initial volumes will be low, with production ramping up later on. So if you want to get your Charvel – especailly the white ones which are generally the most popular, our advice is to get in touch with us ASAP.

These quality, high performance guitars are crafted in Japan and feature the amazing fit and finish of the Pro Series at an even more accessible price.  Starting at just 699, Pro Mod guitars will have high performance features not often found at this price point such as a compound fretboard radius, locking Floyd Rose tremolo, and Grover Mini Rotomatic tuners.  What’s more, all models include an SKB hard case with TSA latches.  

The Pro-Mod series is available only at select authorized Charvel dealers which we are one of so check us out!