Charvel Guthrie Govan ASH 2019

OVERVIEW

Signature sound and deluxe features.

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, it's truly the ideal expression of Govan's artistry rendered in distinctive Charvel form.

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 compoundradius (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.

FEATURES

Body

Body shape: Double cutaway

Body type: Solid body

Body material: Solid wood

Top wood: Not applicable

Body wood: Caramelized Ash

Body finish: Satin Lacquer

Orientation: Right handed

Neck

Neck shape: Not specified

Neck wood: 2-piece Maple with graphite reinforcement

Joint: Bolt-on

Scale length: 25.5 in.

Truss rod: Standard

Neck finish: Hand-rubbed Urethane

Fretboard

Material: Maple

Radius: Compound

Fret size: Jumbo

Number of frets: 24

Inlays: Dot

Nut width: 1.687 in. (42.8 mm)

Pickups

Configuration: HSH

Neck: Custom MF humbucking

Middle: Custom MF single-coil

Bridge: Custom MF humbucking

Brand: Charvel

Active or passive pickups: Passive

Series or parallel: Series

Piezo: No

Active EQ: No

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

Controls

Control layout: Master volume, tone

Pickup switch: 5-way

Coil tap or split: Coil split

Kill switch: No

Hardware

Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato

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

Tailpiece: Not applicable

Tuning machines: Sperzel locking

Color: Chrome

Other

Number of strings: 6-string

Special features: Heel-Mounted Spoke-Wheel Truss Rod Adjustment, Contoured Body Heel with Recessed Neck Attachment Ferrules (No Neck Plate), Gotoh Strap Buttons, Brass Control Position Marker Inlays in the Body, Side-Mounted Oval Output Jack, Low-Friction Potentiometers

Case: Sold separately

Accessories: None

Country of origin: United States