Charvel prepro!!

mooncobra

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• Sep 20, 2015

• #1

check this out, interesting!

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/m ... 61384.html

 

John4021

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• Sep 20, 2015

• #2

"One Off" or are there a few out there with the strat headstock shape.

 

Mesa\Kramer

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #3

I like it

 

cardinal

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #4

The glossy neck seems odd for an old Charvel?

 

thiswaythatway

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #5

Vintage trem on an explorer?

 

Kapo_Polenton

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #6

I really like it too. Charvel should do this again.

 

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Anonymous

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #7

John4021":12wfwx88 said:

"One Off" or are there a few out there with the strat headstock shape.

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There are other Explorer bodies out there with strat headstocks.

Steve

 

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Anonymous

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #8

cardinal":1tlfqnhc said:

The glossy neck seems odd for an old Charvel?

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Not really - for serialized Charvels you wouldn't see that, but you'd definitely find Prepros with finished necks. Even painted necks...

Here is an early 5 Digit Serialized with a painted neck:

Steve

 

Dave L

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #9

Is that black logo a prepro thing? I thought all the american Charvels had the gold logo, but I´m not really up to speed on these.

 

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Anonymous

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #10

Dave L":2yhbblm5 said:

Is that black logo a prepro thing? I thought all the american Charvels had the gold logo, but I´m not really up to speed on these.

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No, most American Charvels with non-painted headstocks have black logos. That is a prepro logo though - smaller and it doesn't have the "Made in USA" under it or the "T. M." next to it...

Steve

 

Dave L

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #11

Yeah, I was probably thinking of the pointies.

 

Chubtone

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #12

This looks legit. If this was several years ago, I would have already been to see it and bought it. Boogie Bodies logo on neck heel makes it seem real legit for '78 - '79. Also his story about ordering from Wayne in '78 and having to pick it up from Grover sounds legit with the timeline of Wayne leaving the company.

As for a vintage style trem on an Explorer body, what other trem options were there in '78-79? This was probably radical as hell having an Explorer with a trem at this time.

I think it's pretty cool

I would much rather have a Hamer Standard that looks like this from this era though.

 

cardinal

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• Sep 21, 2015

• #13

I think it's awesome with that trem and the Strat head.