Charvette guitars. Question.

[zeegler]

I have owned 5 or 6 Jacksons over the years, but at the moment the only J/C I own is an old beat up & modded Charvette. It has a plywood body, and had real crappy sounding pickups and a cheap Floyd Rose knock-off. It also had no tone control, just a volume and a 5-way p/u selector. I have changed the pickups a few times, put a new Floyd in it, rewired it and added a tone control. Anyway, my point is that for some reason, this is the only J/C product I still own, and I would not sell it for anything. I guess it's the neck more than anything. So my question is: what is the deal with Charvette necks? Are they the same as Jackson import necks? Also, this is the only Charvette I have ever played. Does anyone have any comments about other Charvettes they have played?

[Newc]

Re: Charvette guitars. Question.

Sounds like the 270 (according to my 1990/91 catalog courtesy of Mark [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] )
Anyhoo, I'm assuming the neck is the same neck that would be used on a higher-level import of the time. Even my old made-in-India import Star (now Pete's) played as good as my 2002 DK2!

Newc

[sevser]

Re: Charvette guitars. Question.

I also had a Charvette from 90'. I still have it actually (Gutted and paint peeling). It was the better of the ones in the store, having a better Floyd copy and it was more like a soloist body than a reg strat type. It always did the job fro me and the neck felt better than any other cheap guitar around. I remember playing on friends BC Rich imports and a Aria Pro 2 and thinking" I'm glad I have this one" cuz it always felt so much better playing on my Charvette. I think the first run of the Charvettes must have been better cuz I haven't played on that is anywhere close to the one I have.

[Jim Shine]

Re: Charvette guitars. Question.

I have owned every model of Charvette at one time or another. In some cases I have owned a few. Ofcourse they were bought to resell (only exception was the acoustic/electric I bought new to try). In my opinion the necks were the real feature of those guitars. I actually kept a neck around for a while to use on a project, but never got around to it and sold the neck.

[Static]

Re: Charvette guitars. Question.

I had a Charvette 150 I bought new in '89? '90? It had the goofy single-locking trem. I remember the salesguy talked me out of a Kramer to get the Charvette because he said it had a killer neck. I got a lot of compliments on it from some of the "older" guys I hung out with. But they still teased me about the Charvette name.... I sold it two years later so I really don't remember how well it stacks up against newer J/C models.

[ January 06, 2003, 12:27 AM: Message edited by: Static ]

[zeegler]

Re: Charvette guitars. Question.

If I remember correctly, mine is in fact a 270. It has the Dinky shaped body, not the strat style. Pickup config is s/s/h and it is day-glo orange (except where the paint is either chipped or worn off). I found the necks on my other Jacksons way too thin and fatigued my hand like you wouldn't believe.