Gojira's Joe Duplaniter Dishes on his New Charvel Signature Model

Watch as Gojira’s lead singer and guitarist Joe Duplantier shares the details behind his new Charvel Signature Pro-Mod San Dimas® Style 2 HH, featuring the latest in Charvel high performance and packed with monster tone that live up to his band’s name.
Product Details: charvel.com/guitars/artist/joe...

[@konstantinosernestoeconomo3265]

"When I play it goes whOOomb , whOOomb not BBvvm , BBvvm"

[@alexmelch]

That was an interesting way to describe the sound of a Duncan Design pickup. Quite a surprise for me he sounds so pleased with a Duncan Design. He didn't even mention the possibility of using real Seymour Duncans. Even funnier is the fact that Dimarzio claims Joe uses 36th Anniversary pickups. Go figure.

[@Cheeseboiga]

@@alexmelch he does now, 36th anniversary neck and some sort of jb/paf bridge on his new signature

[@evinroof8705]

My first concert was Gojira, machine head, trivium and lamb of god. Gojira set the standard real high. Love them.

[@jaredgiangiulio1526]

I saw that show as well in philly. I think that was Gojiras first us tour?

[@needsLITHIUM]

Saw that one in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Mario broke his double kick pedal and had to heel toe it for most of the rest of the set until they could borrow a spare, because it was the spare that broke. He fucking killed it. I'd never even heard of Gojira before that. Now I binge their material.

[@sambt123]

gojira is like, worlds apart from those 3 bands lmao that’s funny

[@im215exempt]

Joe is always a class-act in every interview I've seen him in (yes I know this is an advert). He never puts on a rock star b.s. attitude.

[@khaorix2667]

He and Mario are super chill guys.

[@glarphen306]

Hes having so much fun in every interview I've seen him

[@francesthemutes]

Wish it had that "G" on the 12th.

[@veli-pekkakivimaki2633]

Thats the thing what separates this from the custom model. In this signature model that G is behind the stock.

[@tob2089]

@@incubus051 what

[@jeffyshredz]

I definitely think that would be cool, but I think it's kinda cool they leave the guitar just looking like a blank white and black metal telecaster. It's like the player can make it their own guitar and it's not just free advertising for Gojira.

[@Ironworthstriking]

I hear you but I think it’s classy having it only on the back of the headstock

[@johnprescott8361]

his English is spot on

[@Chabot1801]

And so is your french i'm sure. heheheeeeeeee OUIOUI BAGUETTE

[@cf534]

His mother grew up in the USA

[@Thunderworks]

@@cf534 but not him. His brother has a stronger french accent.

[@oikawa5775]

@@Chabot1801 I'm French and for us, Oui, oui baguette is like : Yes, yes bread... It's kind of strange...

[@lordvalen8133]

@@oikawa5775 Mmmm, j'aime les baguettes.

[@Coldwallbar]

Joe playing Terra Incognita brought me great memories

[@ringcross5]

when?

[@Twenty1st]

He never did

[@CatsCoffeeGuitars]

That was Oroborus from The Way of All Flesh... Maybe I've misheard something/somewhere in the video but he was mainly playing riffs from that song :D

[@Coldwallbar]

8:40 listen carefully

[@CatsCoffeeGuitars]

Ty Mc Jup! My bad, wasn't paying attention :D

[@Locoandchooch]

Gotta love this cat, he's still excited about stuff and not self deserving. And the chug master

[@Pippus4]

Got this guitar last year, gorgeous, solid, sounds amazing and it's surprisingly versatile (I play in a indie rock/pop band and I can do almost everything with the Charvel), and all that for 480€ brand new on Thomann. And got me into loving the Telecaster shape in general (on a random note)

[@stefan0054]

480€? 🤔

[@MrDaminouPAPA]

"So what i do is just bend the neck !" Lmao destroyerman

[@ivansnegireff7722]

💘 misc Solidgoldivan 👋

[@alexanderkostan2488]

I got a chance to meet him along with the guys from Behemoth, Volbeat and Slipknot in 2019 at Knotfest in Clarkston, Michigan at DTE with my cousin Channing, who is a diehard Slipknot fan and he was so cool and super down to earth at the meet and greet, it was a pleasure to meet a true gentleman and he showed me a couple of his guitars and amps and it was super cool!!

[@ivansnegireff7722]

💘 meet him

[@xXxThelegend27xXx]

He knows his stuff... 😳 I'm starting to like him more and more!

[@Dustygamin]

Literally just bought this guitar tonight and I'm so happy with it 😊

[@WackorMiki]

That is a great, straight-to-the-point control layout that is a result of an awesome attitude. Although I'm not into signature models at all, I'm considering this guitar.

[@ZVvereVvolf]

Péter Nagy-Miklós just get a guitar that you like customized. You'll spend less. I've customized two guitars now because I have a simple configuration but I like a very specific guitar. Took them from SSH to just a humbucker in the bridge, got rid of the selector switch and tone knob and just have volume. Done easy peasy and have the guitars of my dreams. You can do it too. I do agree though... This guitar is sick.

[@rainbowslushy223]

Its cool how it isn’t instantly recognisable as a signature guitar

[@pinkdisney4ever]

GOSH ! I love this guy ! GOJIRA always wins my heart !

[@petkopeet]

He seems like a nice chap.

[@MrSonofagun45]

I just bought this guitar. And wow! What a great instrument!

[@JFoy1023]

I'm thinking about purchasing it here in a few days, how are you liking it so far?

[@MrSonofagun45]

@@JFoy1023 I love the neck. Build quality is very nice. It's heavy like he said in the video. Pickups are ok. Good distortion with a little too much mids for my taste. My only complaint is it doesn't stay tuned as long as I'd like. Look for it on Reverb. You'll find good deals.

[@MrSonofagun45]

Sorry for the late response. Didn't see your question.

[@marianoarnaiz]

Joe! Shut up and take my money!

[@toywang7784]

“Cuz I wanna look good yU kNo”

[@tankdarla637]

he answered all my questions...too cool...

[@blueskythinking4745]

I still want to do the wuhwuhwuhwuh

[@6hypnone]

Matbe it's just me, but my God his hands are so smooth! Like a hand model.

[@matterny1075]

This is a build designed of Charvel San Dimas model 1a and tail of Les Paul this man knows his tone Awesome Job love it. 🎶🎵🎶

[@hchoe741]

charvel and jackson guitars, fender bass, and evh amps. drummer needs to switch to gretsch drums and they'll be a complete fmic family!

[@jmcsquared18]

6:30 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE THAT RIFF OUT FOR MONTHS THAT IS RIDICULOUS

[@klorand]

do you hev tabs?

[@lred1383]

@@klorand Are you serious?

[@klorand]

@@lred1383 a joke. It was a joke.

[@lred1383]

@@klorand r/woosh me daddy

[@rafaelcarmo5562]

@@klorand E string - 1b(-2)

[@RJSGAMES931]

This with his 2020 model pickups would be nice 🤘🏼

[@TheCman3892]

Been waiting for this forever! Already have Christian's signature model!

[@MoraAzura]

Chris Jenkins Ohh your there

[@jordanjoestar8839]

The locker on the adjusters should be an industry standard thats genius.

[@ExodusToxicWaltz]

I can't wait to see Gojira with Metallica this summer

[@ivokozel8738]

Damn...I want this one!!

[@RolanTHUNDER]

THAT TONE!!!!

[@blacktoothfox677]

- This, is EVERYTHING a signature model should be. When I saw this being played, I just HAD to get a Tele which was H/H, T-O-M. A true and worthy hybrid of the two most fundamental guitar configurations and tones - good job by all concerned. Also; Charvel BELONG in metal. Which is why 'charvel' should be pronounced 'shovel'...

[@RickGrimesS5]

Joe is mah hero

[@doctorshredd]

I need to get 1 of these guitars! I have an '82 custom shop Les Paul Standard with an ebony fretboard and a '13 special edition Telecaster. I love the Carvel for the Tele shape and stop tail piece similar to my Gibson.... best of both worlds in 1 guitar.

[@fabiostinco]

eu descobri essa charvel hoje, é uma telecaster estilo fender troublemaker

[@famobixs7011]

Charvel, please make a left-handed version of this guitar.

[@ProdigalReturn]

Just ordered mine today, hope it's as good as everyone has been saying for the price.

[@herwansaputra4080]

I Love Classic shape for metal ❤

[@HronisArva]

yes yes YEEEEEEEEESSSS !!!

[@tattoofred]

Espero algún día poner disfrutar de ese modelo ;)

[@MK-oz2lf]

Man, I'd love it if Charvel made a model with just a Bridge pickup like the G&L Rampage.

[@johndeedot]

Just found this video...has his name really been misspelled in the video title for almost 5 years?

[@FastRedPonyCar]

As good as this one looks (and as much as I love my Mexican Charvel), Joe plays his $2800 USA built Charvels on stage.

[@hsman98]

FastRedPonyCar went to see them recently, he played both

[@sepultubob]

I always see the "G" inlay on the 12th fret, which means it's the custom model is using. You saw him play with the cheap model ?

[@goonercestlavie]

J'aimerais avoir la même. Bravo Joseph. Vive Gojira.

[@bikelifewill6483]

This band fucking rocks idc if its mainstream! HEAVY

[@TheChrispablo]

I have this guitar and it is spot on. love it. pickups are not too shit as well

[@JFoy1023]

I'm thinking about purchasing this, do you still like it?

[@ivyhallquist3159]

I kind of wanted to hear him speak in French with English subtitles just because it would be cool.

[@joshuasalgado4694]

God that riff from magma is so massive. Reminds me of some riffs hetfield writes, most recognizably comparable to Orion. Love me some inverted power chords.

[@vikingkombat9389]

Who stopped to look at his settings?

[@Syklonus]

Better off making your own settings. Playing style has a lot to do with sound.

[@CL8ON6]

Screenshotted too 😂

[@AnfalasHerdsman]

5:00 now i know i want a rock side project from joe x) knowing that hes an excellent musician who knows how to put emotion on the play , the style of "Madrugada" (the norwegian band) would fit him perfectly

[@murilo561]

This guy is so cool

[@DeadmeatDarkdaylight]

on my charvel there was DD hb101 instead of 103 on neck pickup...

[@TommySixGun]

I just ordered one of these. I started wanting a tele. But, I wanted a wider neck, with jumbo frets. Before you know it, this one filled all my needs. I may change the pickups, but maybe not.

[@alekpika7148]

what is your opinion on it finally ?

[@doninateroftenkshated5897]

I’d put lace dissonant aggressors in it

[@subhammukherjee7149]

Probably one of the most soft spoken Metal Vocalist/Guitarist of all time.

[@lydianseven2413]

I just realized the volume knob, great! What tuning is this in?

[@CL8ON6]

D Standard

[@ted501]

always simple is the answer

[@CL8ON6]

I got mine used and was getting buzz at the nutt for e and b strings. But it was happening because of the string trees creating too steep of an angle from nut through the tree to the tuner. So I took those 2 strings out of the tree and it was solved

[@theitalianstallion973]

Charvel is one sexy looking guitar what a beauty!!!! 👌🏻👌🏻

[@sumsar0125]

Two mods that would make it look way better (imo): String through hardtail and pickups mounted directly/removing the frames.

[@Ottophil]

Dumb

[@dsntmttr1221]

i want that

[@theitalianstallion973]

That kinda looks like Jim’s telecaster

[@Metzgerchef]

Difference in pickups is the biggest difference but their so similar. You'll get similar tones between ebony, humbucker, T shape setup of the guitar but Jim uses EMG's which are the freaking kings of metal

[@sgtjeremyh]

I have the Jim Root Tele and This Joe D Charvel Tele.. Both are amazing. They have obvious similarities but they also have certain characteristics that separate them especially in the studio where sound differences are more noticeable. They are perfect together in a mix. They blend very well and have their own distinctiveness.

[@lamadramaxd3260]

@@sgtjeremyh does the charvel handle drop b and drop a well? and the bridge - how does it respond with heavier strings, as well as the nut. Thanks for the reply in advance.

[@duarteramosprv8903]

He really likes is guitar tech 😂

[@ggenutrition1028]

Charvel USA please correct the typo on Joe’s last name… It’s Duplantier

[@anthonycomparato2365]

joe have a attack disto pedal ?

[@omarbiagi7]

I own one. I'm very happy, the neck is fantastic. The finishing gives it a wonderful tactile sensation, it's a real pleasure to play it. What I don't like that much is the pickups, that I found too aggressive, especially on the bridge position. I mean: very good for distorted sound and nice clean but (for me) almost impossible to find a crunch sound. They're on/off. Ok, it's a Death Metal band signature model... what did you expect? Right, but I would like a more versatile instrument, so I changed the bridge PU and I will also change the neck PU soon. Same thing about the volume knob: too much on/off effect. Maybe I'll change this too. Apart from this I totally recommend this guitar. It's cheap (I had mine for 450 euro), it's BEAUTIFUL, it's light and the neck is amazing.

[@nOoNe-jn1ic]

Is the guitar heavy (by weight)?

[@luke90mann]

When can you buy this in the U.K. And does it only come in white colour anyone know..??.?.? So buying it!!!

[@22suprstar22]

😍

[@sepultubob]

It's weird to put Duncan Designed pickups in a 850$ guitar. Every guitar has true Duncans in this price range. That natural neck looks pretty good by the way !

[@JB54379]

It's only $600 in the USA.

[@sepultubob]

Thank you. I thought it would be a little more expensive, something around 800$. So they're going from a 3400$ signature model to a 500$ one with muddy pickups in it, it's weird. Who wants to deal with a change of pickups on a brand new guitar. I paid my korean made washburn idol 550€ back 2005 in and I've got SD pickups.

[@sepultubob]

Well to be fair I never tried these, and if you can play and have a good amp you'll always manage to have a decent sound, like Joe in this vidéo. But I always found my SH6 and SH11 were more precise and defined than the cheaper pickups I used. That's the reason they put custom charvel pickups in the custom line ! When Jackson buys thousands and thousands of pickups the costs drop, so put good stock pickups in there, we can pay the 50$ extra.

[@Coldwallbar]

compared to the tons of seymours u can get (Black winters are my favs and they aren't muddy at all. quite crisp actually), the duncan designed ones are muddy

[@themodernguitarist]

I don't mind changing pickups, because I actually learned how to do it because you should leaarn how to tweak a guitar to your specs.

[@gaelgkn]

I'm gonna sold me life for this guitar

[@gaelgkn]

Just because i made a mistake on one letter you talk to me like that ? Go buy some respect, the thing that your parents didnt gave you, apparently

[@keyboardcarrot]

Lesson n1:Never fall for the troll,have a good day :)

[@doninateroftenkshated5897]

I’d swap the Duncan designed for lace dissonant aggressors

[@thetwonky2940]

Whats the song in the beginning

[@The_Zipe]

Stranded

[@guillaumebarrier7486]

where is the G from gojira at the 12th fret?

[@felixnilbog4517]

Guillaume Barrier for tiny budget costs, it had to go

[@asr1143]

at the back on the headstock is the G

[@Robher85]

9:14 Oroburus

[@bjornedvardsson5510]

Anyone who try this guitar, how does it sounds/feels?

[@wadeguidry6675]

I'm so glad Fender owns Charvel/Jackson so the headstock can be the traditional shape instead of 1980s superstrat pointy headstocks. I never liked the pointy headstocks even though I grew up in the 80s. They don't match the beautiful strat/tele body curves. I'm building a baritone supertele. A floyd would be cool, but I'm not a whammy bar kinda guy. Is Duplantier tuned to D With a dropped C?

[@ibowonar141]

2:41 what song?

[@coulissart]

Magma

[@TheTrueFortress]

Gojira isn’t “rock” in the least, but I know what he’s saying. Great looking axe.

[@eighteen-naked-cowboys]

stranded's chorus is very hard rock. in a good way.

[@Syklonus]

Heavy metal falls under the "rock" umbrella as a general term for guitar based music.

[@Sam-bb6ip]

Their first album is actually death metal

[@PITCHSHIFTER666]

Pounding the guitar every night lel

[@nicolasDR103]

This one or the 2020 new Joe D. one ???

[@danielmiiros1967]

The new one is more classic and with better pickups but i like the white one.

[@HevyDevyD]

Love the sound and look but only 22 frets kills me

[@vincentwilson1829]

6:28 amazonia riff 4 years ago?

[@Pahhu]

I believe that is a riff from The Cell.

[@bobeyejoe7050]

“Affordable” he says. Just looked at his grey one and it’s 3k

[@bobeyejoe7050]

coaldoubt it’s not grey tho...

[@coaldoubt2879]

@@bobeyejoe7050 yes, I can see that :P It IS the affordable version though

[@MoonRammer]

Holy crap I knew I was playing the cell wrong. Literally every tab I've seen has been wrong

[@KonwTheTrut]

Wonder what this sounds like with the emg 57/66 combo

[@arbazann]

well it pretty much sounds like any guitar with the emg 57/66 combo

[@KonwTheTrut]

@@arbazann I waited 4 months for an answer and this is what I get. Fair.

[@arbazann]

@@KonwTheTrut seriously tho, there probably isn't that much of a difference between this guitar and others. like if you already have a guitar with these, then in your hands it will sound fairly similar.

[@KonwTheTrut]

@@arbazann right on. I appreciate the info. I feel you're right.

[@newmanfertig886]

This guitar come off the exact same factory floor as Fender MIM.

[@ritchmulholland7044]

Joe. Please please please please put out a lefty.

[@LemonMeIon]

Why does Joe look like the dealer from Casino Royale

[@hw_yozoraVODS]

i wish i had 3 thousand reais to buy this

[@legouverneurclement7524]

DUPLANITERRE - Du Plat Ni Terre lol

[@deesnutz4638]

DEL PLANETA TIERRA..

[@mybloodrunscamo5770]

He uses a Eddie Van halen Amp ?

[@zekkari27]

Yes, and before that he used a peavey 5150

[@stormshadow2k]

Anyone compared it to the Charvel expensive one he uses?

[@lorismartial1832]

his expensive one changed during the years, i know he's got an evertune now and he used Fishman pickups last year. I think he started working on custom pickups lately with an undisclosed brand for the moment

[@gdflavio1]

omg

[@markusbaust8132]

Does anyone recognize the riff at 6:55 ??

[@sxmerge7365]

Magma

[@mariuskronvald5208]

Was thinking the same thing

[@ohm8458]

............ he jamz his gUtz out. GOJIRA \,,/ \,,/ \,,/ \,,/

[@JRSRLN]

At first I thought it was a Tele...

[@1Samuel1524]

4:09 2:37 6:56

[@todds5956]

The nicest guy playing brutal music😂😂😂😂

[@eliasmsv3156]

1:44 Huh?

[@guigz333]

Joe DUPLANITER ?

[@sophiaorfanelli3073]

joe i really like ur music and i respect ur talents but u said ''not like metal, cold without emotions" metal never been cold or without emotions, if some individuals playing music without emotions that doesn't mean all music is without emotions, cheers from a fan \m/

[@theturkishrider]

Charvel guitars might be good, but they are over expensive. I don't know if they are good or bad quality, as there is literally zero Charvel guitars in central London so I can't try it at all. I was interested one of those last year and done some research, but even on Internet there are really less users so u can't really compare with other guitars. So what I have done was, I bought custom Kiesel guitar for my own specs, colours, body, pickups etc.

[@truedarklander]

499$ on thomman afaik