Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Caramelized Ash Natural

Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Caramelized Ash Natural
Product no: 9000-0031-7872

Product information

General

Guthrie Govan is known as a versatile guitarist with incredible technical skills. He places high demands on the instruments he plays, and knows exactly what kind of sound and feel he wants. His collaboration with Charvel has resulted in this second version of his signature model, a high-quality electric guitar with an ash body. The back and fretboard are made of flamed maple and the whole guitar has a classy caramelised finish that looks good enough to eat!

Guthrie Govan Signature HSH: versatile

This Charvel is not for speed-demons alone. Thanks to the Charvel Custom MF pickups and comprehensive tone control, it offers a wide tonal palette. The sound is open and expressive, and the guitar reacts well to the dynamics in your playing. The American Charvel locking tremolo enables you to add all the vibrato effects you want and the integrated Tremol-No for fixing the bridge offers extra stability.

Bridge and pickups

Govan armed this guitar with a compound radius fretboard, which means it runs from 12 inches at the top to 16 inches at the body. As well as playing comfort, the brand also paid atention to user-friendliness. This Charvel is equipped with locking tuners and features dome-style knobs with Luminlay, so you can see what you're doing even if you're on a dark stage. Last but not least, the Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH comes complete with a hard case.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets: 24
Number of strings: 6
Bridge type: Single locking tremolo
Sustainable product: Not specified
Pickup configuration: HSH
Pickup type: Humbucker (passive), single-coil (passive)
Suitable style of music: All-round, warm blues, metal, pop
Neck connection: Bolt on
Fretboard wood: Maple
Includes cover: No
Includes case: Yes
Colour: Wood/natural
Country of origin: USA
Left-handed: No
Body material: Ash
Scale length: 25.5 inches (648mm)
Body type: ST

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight: 10,1 kg
Dimensions: 117,0 x 46,0 x 19,5 cm

Product specifications

Charvel electric guitar
- model: Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Caramelised Ash
- series: Artist Signature
- colour: Natural
body
- material: Caramelised Ash
- finish: satin-gloss urethane
neck
- construction: bolt-on
- material: 2-piece caramelised flame maple, graphite reinforcement
- finish: hand-rubbed urethane
- scale length: 25.5 in
- fretboard: caramelised flame maple
- fretboard radius: 12 - 16 in, compound
- number of frets: 24
- fret type: jumbo, stainless-steel
- string nut material: bone
- string nut width: 1.6785 in
- position markers: maple dot inlays with ebony rings
hardware
- bridge: Charvel USA Locking Tremolo (Recessed)
- hardware finish: chrome-plated
- tuners: Gotoh Locking
electronics
- bridge pickup: Charvel Custom MF Humbucking
- middle pickup: Charvel Custom MF Single-Coil
- neck pickup: Charvel Custom MF Humbucking
- controls: 1x master volume, 1x master tone, 5-way pickup switch
included: hard case
details:
- 2-way mini-toggle for single-coil simulation for the humbuckers
- dome-style knobs with Luminlay
- extra-large brass tremolo block
- Tremol-No for fixing the bridge
- Gotoh strap buttons
- rotary knobs with low friction
- easily accessible truss rod
- special rounded heel without neck plate

Service promise

Bax Music Warranty This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

Reviews (1)

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5 / 5

Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Caramelized Ash Natural

This has to be one of the best guitars on the planet and I've played A LOT of great guitars.

Sometimes it's like playing a fretless.

The Tremel-No can occasionally resonate if you're playing unplugged with it locked but that's about it.

I'm sure that there are other guitars out there that play similar to this one but I'm not reviewing them. Let's just say you'd have a lot of trouble finding one 'better' from a playability standpoint, but the rest is subjective and down to personal preference.

Pros: Pretty much everything

Cons: None

January 11, 2018 | RTA