In Stock! 2017 Charvel USA Guthrie Govan Signature HSH in Caramelized Ash

THIS GUITAR IS IN STOCK!

Capitol Guitars is an authorized Charvel dealer, and we are fortunate to be the first dealer in line to receive the 2017 Charvel product line. Please contact us with any questions.

As a preeminent modern virtuoso, U.K. guitar master Guthrie Govan dazzles all who hear his playing. Charvel spent two years of meticulous development with Govan to first introduce his Guthrie Govan signature model in 2014, and it’s the ultimate ultra-pro guitar. Loaded with special features and high-performance appointments, its truly the ideal expression of Govans artistry rendered in distinctive Charvel form.For 2017, Charvel is offering new incarnations of Govan’s models, including the Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Caramelized Ash.This 25.5” scale guitar offers a caramelized ash San Dimas body with a thin satin lacquer finish and a specially contoured heel (sans neck plate) for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The bolt-on neck is two-piece flame maple with a "caramelized" heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, with graphite reinforcement, hand-rubbed urethane gel on the back of the neck and a convenient truss rod adjustment wheel at the body end. Most unusually for a San Dimas model, the compound-radius (12"-16") flame maple fingerboard spans two octaves, with the same caramelized treatment as the neck, 24 jumbo stainless steel frets and special maple dot inlays with ebony borders, as well as Luminlay side-dots that emit light for the darkest of stages. Other premium features include three specially wound Charvel custom MF pickups arranged in a versatile HSH configuration with five-way switching for the expansive tonal openness and dynamic sensitivity that Govan demands, a 2-way mini toggle switch to engage single coil simulation in bridge and neck humbucker positions, two Luminlay numbered dome control knobs (master volume, master tone), U.S.-made recessed Charvel locking tremolo bridge with Tremol-No™ unit, oversized brass block, bone nut and chrome hardware.

Series: Artist Signature

Body Material: Caramelized Ash

Body Finish: Satin Lacquer

Neck: Caramelized Two-Piece Flame Maple with Graphite Reinforcement 

Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Urethane Gel

Fingerboard: Caramelized Flame Maple, 12” to 16” Compound Radius (304.8mm to 406.4 mm)

Frets: 24, Jumbo Stainless

Position Inlays: Ebony Ring with Maple Dot Center

Tuning Machines: Sperzel® Locking

Scale Length: 25.5” (64.8 cm)

Bridge: U.S.-Made Recessed Charvel Locking Tremolo Bridge

Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

Control Knobs: Dome Style Luminlay Numbered Knobs

Hardware Finish: Chrome

Strings: NPS, .010-.046 Gauges

Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case

Nut (Material/Width): Bone

Pickups: Charvel Custom MF Humbucking (Bridge)Charvel Custom MF Single-Coil (Middle)Charvel Custom MF Humbucking (Neck)

Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Pos 1. Bridge Full Humbucking Pickup, Pos 2. Bridge Pickup Stud Coil and Middle Pickup, Pos 3. Neck Pickup Screw Coil and Bridge Pickup Screw Coil, Pos 4. Neck PickupScrew Coil and Middle Pickup, Pos 5. Full Humbucking Pickup (2-way toggle engaged) Pos 1. Bridge Humbucker Single Coil Simulation, Pos 2. Bridge Humbucker Single Coil Simulation and Middle Pickup, Pos 3. Neck and Bridge Humbucker Single Coil Simulation, Pos 4. Neck Humbucker Single Coil Simulation and Middle Pickup, Pos 5. Neck Humbucker Single Coil Simulation

Special Electronics: 2 Mini-Toggle to Engage Single-Coil Simulation in Bridge and Neck Humbucker Positions