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    Hi folks. Good to be back, having succeeded in tracking the JCF down to its new location! I hope some of you can help me with information about a new Charvel I picked up here in London yesterday. I'm a bit mystified because although the guitar was new (albeit ex-display), it appears to be eight years old if my sketchy knowledge of Charvel history and serial numbers is accurate - weird. I can only imagine it's been stuck in a UK distributor's warehouse for a while, and has only escaped now because they're clearing everything out after the Fender sale.

    It's a Charvel, with serial number 951029. It has pretty much the same shape as the recent Japanese-made range (Journeyman, Standard, Traditional, etc.) except it's lacking the upper-fret-access body countouring they put on those. And it is "Made in the USA", according to the headstock and backplate. It has bolt-on neck, dark fingerboard (I assume rosewood), 24 frets, "vintage-style" trem, volume and tone pots and 5-way selecter, three DiMarzio pickups (H/S/S) and Sperzel locking tuners. The label it had in the shop says "STD 6 CSD", which means nothing to me ... and may not be true either, since the label also said "Jackson"!

    From what little I know, I guess it was made in 1995, and is part of the San Dimas-made range made from 1994 to 1997? Anyway, it would be great to know a little more, e.g.:

    - What is its proper name (e.g. what does "CSD" mean, if that's what it is)?

    - What is the body made of (alder?)

    - Is the very beautiful neck made of quartersawn maple, as it looks like?

    - Is the fingerboard rosewood (I'm pretty sure it must be)?

    - Does anyone by any chance know exactly what DiMarzio p/ups it has in it?

    Any help much appreciated. I'm really happy with it. It's beautiful in every way, except perhaps the trem unit - which looks a little downmarket on an otherwise immaculately classy-looking instrument. Does anyone retro-fit Floyd Rose's onto these things? Or is that sacrilege? Maybe it would anyway need to be a Jackson Floyd Rose-licenced unit to fit??

    Cheers

    Mark

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    Re: Please help identify my new guitar

    all i can add is san dimas traditional...i've got a custom from that series that is african mahogany with a bbirdseye maple neck, have never seen a trad up close but there are others on the board who own them...d.m.
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      Re: Please help identify my new guitar

      Oh right. I've now had a look at the Gallery (something I should really have done before posting my query), and have some further thoughts / queries:

      1. Am I being very dense here - does "CSD" simply mean "Charvel San Dimas"?

      2. They seem to have been making something called a "Standard" back then. This makes me think mine is a Standard, given the "STD" on the label (albeit the label could be wrong)> What is it about it that makes you think it's a Traditional?

      3. I notice a lot of the guitars from that era in the Gallery have numbers (3, 4, etc.) as well as a name (Standard, Traditional, etc.) What do they indicate? I'd assumed the "6" on the label to my guitar just meant it was a 6-string, but maybe it means more than that and can help someone identify the instrument more closely?

      Anyway, thanks for your quick reply and it'll be nice to hear from others too.

      Mark

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        Re: Please help identify my new guitar

        could be what csd means, i don't really know as i've never taken mine apart...d.m.
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          Re: Please help identify my new guitar

          If Dana still posts here, he could give you the complete run down...

          But yes, CSD most probably means Charvel San Dimas...

          I think a Traditional would have a pickguard...
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            Re: Please help identify my new guitar

            didn't they make one called a standard as well?...d.m.
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