Help Me Identify My Charvel

[Stratopat]

I Picked up this Charvel and another earlier this week at a Guitar Center. They were just putting them out on the used wall for 149.00 each and I grabbed them before they had time to rest. The first was a Star but I didn't recognize this model, but I figured I can't go wrong for 149.00. I have been spending the week trying to Identify it to no avail. It is obviously in Import, but that's all I can tell you. It has the Fort Worth neck plate and a 6 digit serial number. It's an sss Strathead that looks to be factory relic'd. The neck pocket is stamped with C-8, which doesn't correspond to any model I can find. Vintage trem, Jackson tuners and Jackson pups. She's a beauty to play with the Charvel skinny neck and jumbo frets, but I'd like to know when she was born. Hope you guys can help.

http://s649.photobucket.com/user/pat...deshow/charvel

[rjohnstone]

Early 90's Japanese market Charvel. That's why you won't see it in most catalogs.
These were never available in the U.S. due to the strat headstock.

[Stratopat]

Early 90's Japanese market Charvel. That's why you won't see it in most catalogs.
These were never available in the U.S. due to the strat headstock.

Sorry, I meant to post under the "Import Charvel" section. Maybe a moderator can move it for me. Thanks for the input rjohnstone. This seems to consistent with other opinions. I just wonder how a guitar like this makrs it's way to the middle of Wisconsin. I guess it will remain a mystery. I had it up for sale on Reverb to see what I could get for it. No real biters. I do enjoy playing it but find the pups not to my taste. I didn't want to mod it because I thought it was pretty unique, but I have since ordered new pots and a 5 way, a brass nut and a set of Seymour Duncan YJM fury's for it. I will keep all the wiring and pips intact for originality if I ever decide to part with it, but I gotta say, after spending some time with it again this morning, I love playing it. Great Forum.

[rjohnstone]

It is a cool guitar.
Foreign market J/C guitars find their way to the U.S. from time to time.
It's not illegal to import them as a private sale, so Customs doesn't really pay attention to them.

[Vass]

Cool guitar. Is it me or do they almost-but-not-quite commit to the full Fender headstock? It looks like the "ball" is shaved a bit relative to a Fender and the angle where it pushes out isn't quite as acute.

Could be my imagination.

[rjohnstone]

It has more of the MIJ Squire profile than the standard USA strat head profile.
I had a Japanese Squire that has a very similar headstock profile.

[Nimitz]

score

[Stratopat]

Cool guitar. Is it me or do they almost-but-not-quite commit to the full Fender headstock? It looks like the "ball" is shaved a bit relative to a Fender and the angle where it pushes out isn't quite as acute.

Could be my imagination.

Definitely smaller than a normal Fender headstock. I have always liked the look of a Charvel logo on a Fender style headstock, Thanks to Jake E. Lee..