Barely used. This Charvel GG is one of 11 prototypes with COA that were made. Three of which were given to Guthrie himself. The rest were offered to select music stores for sale. This guitar is perfect for all styles. The frets are perfect with no low spots or dead spots. Everything functions as it should.
From the Charvel Website:
As a preeminent modern virtuoso, U.K. guitar master Guthrie Govan dazzles all who hear him. After two years in meticulous development working closely with the man himself, Charvel is profoundly pleased to introduce the ultimate ultra-pro guitar—the Guthrie Govan Signature model. With so many special features and high-performance appointments, it's truly the ideal expression of Govan's artistry rendered in distinctive Charvel form.
The San Dimas body has a beautiful bird's-eye maple or flame maple top, with a thin clear matte finish and a specially contoured heel (sans neck plate) for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The bolt-on neck is quartersawn flame maple with a "caramelized" heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, with graphite reinforcement and a convenient truss rod adjustment wheel at the body end. Most unusually for a San Dimas model, the compound-radius (12"-16") flame-maple fingerboard spans two octaves, with the same caramelized treatment as the neck, 24 extra jumbo stainless steel frets and special maple dot inlays with ebony borders.
Other premium features include three specially wound Charvel custom MFB pickups arranged in a versatile HSH configuration with five-way switching for the expansive tonal openness and dynamic sensitivity that Govan demands, two notched control knobs (master volume, master tone) with brass position markers set into the body, U.S.-made recessed Charvel locking tremolo bridge with Tremol-No™ unit and oversized brass block, bone nut, chrome hardware and 25.5" scale length.
General Model Name:Guthrie Govan Signature ModelModel Number:286930Series:Artist Signature Models Body Body
000) Caramelized Basswood with Bird's Eye Maple Top
(000) Caramelized Basswood Body with Flame Maple Top Neck Number of Frets:24Fretboard Radius:12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)Neck Material:Caramelized 2-Piece Flame Maple with Graphite ReinforcementNut Width:1.6875" (42.8 mm)Scale Length:25.5" (64.8 cm) Fingerboard and Color Options Part Number:2869302000, 2869303000Color:NaturalFretboard:Maple Electronics Bridge Pickup:Charvel Custom MFB HumbuckingMiddle Pickup:Charvel Custom MFB Single-CoilNeck Pickup:Charvel Custom MFB HumbuckingPickup Switching:5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck PickupControls:Master Volume, Master Tone Hardware Hardware:ChromeBridge:U.S.-Made Recessed Charvel Locking Tremolo BridgeString Nut:Bone Miscellaneous Unique Features:
Heel-Mounted Spoke-Wheel Truss Rod Adjustment, Contoured Body Heel with Recessed Neck Attachment Ferrules (No Neck Plate), Maple (with Ebony Border), Face Dot Position Inlays and Black Side Dots, Gotoh® Strap Buttons, Knurled Chrome Dome Control Knobs, Brass Control Position Marker Inlays in the Body, Side-Mounted Oval Output Jack, Low-Friction Potentiometers
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From the Charvel Website:
As a preeminent modern virtuoso, U.K. guitar master Guthrie Govan dazzles all who hear him. After two years in meticulous development working closely with the man himself, Charvel is profoundly pleased to introduce the ultimate ultra-pro guitar—the Guthrie Govan Signature model. With so many special features and high-performance appointments, it's truly the ideal expression of Govan's artistry rendered in distinctive Charvel form.
The San Dimas body has a beautiful bird's-eye maple or flame maple top, with a thin clear matte finish and a specially contoured heel (sans neck plate) for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The bolt-on neck is quartersawn flame maple with a "caramelized" heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, with graphite reinforcement and a convenient truss rod adjustment wheel at the body end. Most unusually for a San Dimas model, the compound-radius (12"-16") flame-maple fingerboard spans two octaves, with the same caramelized treatment as the neck, 24 extra jumbo stainless steel frets and special maple dot inlays with ebony borders.
Other premium features include three specially wound Charvel custom MFB pickups arranged in a versatile HSH configuration with five-way switching for the expansive tonal openness and dynamic sensitivity that Govan demands, two notched control knobs (master volume, master tone) with brass position markers set into the body, U.S.-made recessed Charvel locking tremolo bridge with Tremol-No™ unit and oversized brass block, bone nut, chrome hardware and 25.5" scale length.
General Model Name:Guthrie Govan Signature ModelModel Number:286930Series:Artist Signature Models Body Body
000) Caramelized Basswood with Bird's Eye Maple Top(000) Caramelized Basswood Body with Flame Maple Top Neck Number of Frets:24Fretboard Radius:12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)Neck Material:Caramelized 2-Piece Flame Maple with Graphite ReinforcementNut Width:1.6875" (42.8 mm)Scale Length:25.5" (64.8 cm) Fingerboard and Color Options Part Number:2869302000, 2869303000Color:NaturalFretboard:Maple Electronics Bridge Pickup:Charvel Custom MFB HumbuckingMiddle Pickup:Charvel Custom MFB Single-CoilNeck Pickup:Charvel Custom MFB HumbuckingPickup Switching:5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck PickupControls:Master Volume, Master Tone Hardware Hardware:ChromeBridge:U.S.-Made Recessed Charvel Locking Tremolo BridgeString Nut:Bone Miscellaneous Unique Features:
Heel-Mounted Spoke-Wheel Truss Rod Adjustment, Contoured Body Heel with Recessed Neck Attachment Ferrules (No Neck Plate), Maple (with Ebony Border), Face Dot Position Inlays and Black Side Dots, Gotoh® Strap Buttons, Knurled Chrome Dome Control Knobs, Brass Control Position Marker Inlays in the Body, Side-Mounted Oval Output Jack, Low-Friction Potentiometers
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