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[@thetonekingofficial]

Which collection would you like to see next?

[@XxHarounXx]

Bc rich

[@jeffreymonroe153]

second that

[@megadethdudeluke]

Jackson's ?

[@rickorr2857]

Gibson

[@Diggerdog2nd]

B.C. Rich. I have 3. A Warlock NJ, A Rich Bitch double neck & my only 7 string a purple Flying V. Love watching your video's. I have to start making these. I own over 30 guitars, 17 amps , 6 -4/12 cabs & around 30 stomp boxes.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thetonekingofficial]

Haha !!!

[@Terry3Gs]

want it back yet robert ? LOL :P

[@maidenthe80sla]

I have a red Charvel 1A in great condition as yours, too! I have one more Japanese Charvel HSS w/sharkfin inlays from the 90's with the licensed FR stamped with Charvel. Needs a little TLC but still nice. Thank you for sharing your collection! 🤘

[@intheblues]

You need *more* Charvel guitars 😳😄

[@thetonekingofficial]

Lol

[@landonbailey]

The Tone King you need one in each colour! 😁👍

[@turaly0n]

Hey Tone King, did you get these new back in day or did you get them over the years hunting classified/ebay/reverb?

[@mcmlxv9827]

The MIJ So Cal that was made around 2010 was an amazing guitar. Dimarzios, awesome neck with rolled edges, perfect frets with a hardcase for $1000. One of the best deals ever. I highly regret having sold mine.

[@sublyme2157]

My first guitar was a blue Charvel with double locking Floyd, bought it in either 89 or 90. Loved that thing, wish I still had it. Thanks for sharing!

[@sonicaids]

the late 80s, early 90s MIJ ones are my favourites. i own 3 CX series and a ST deluxe. all with fender style headstocks.

[@rollipollirock]

7:04 similar looking but couldn’t be further apart lol 😂 those Jake e Lee axes 😍😍😍😍

[@mcsnavely]

I remember seeing jackson and charvel in the multitude of guitar stores back in the 80s. Now that fender has them, i'm really liking the quality of the 2018+ charvels! They are my favorite super strats!

[@ericwise1849]

The 1986-1988 Charvels are high quality instruments. USA parts assembled in Japan. I have the Model 4 (Model IV, if you please), and its build quality is up there with custom shop guitars today.

[@peterthomas3589]

I got the exact same Japanese So-Cal that you bought from Robert. He used it in all his early videos and i got inspired and i acquired it. Soo smooth that guitar!..:)

[@robertswafford4145]

I have had a Model 1, a Model 7 and many others. My 475 Deluxe with crackle finish I bought new in 1990 is easily my best guitar. Even over my custom built Carvins and others.

[@tankdarla637]

on the neckplate of your SoCals if you look right above the serial number, under the Charvel logo you will see made in japan and made in mexico

[@robertbeuck7556]

I will go on record with this...... I absolutely love model 5's AND model 6's.......the prototypes for the Jackson Soloist series. I am attempting to ressurect an 86 model 5 Black Cherry ( Kahler trem ) with a fairly badly cracked headstock...... someone trying to be Warren DiMartini in the ' Round and Round' video

[@TomCruisesButt]

Resurrected a '96 Jackson (USA) DR2. I think I did a knockout job on it. Good luck with your project.

[@thesaj1110]

Funny that you did this, I was about to ask you to do a series of vids showing all the guitars you own, cool.. keep them coming , at the end of the series, put the most expensive guitar you own next to the cheapest one, just for kicks :)

[@josephharb4607]

My USA charvel so cal is still one of my best playing guitars ever

[@scottaic7064]

C serial could be for Chushin Gakki - the Japanese factory where those were made. Closed in 2011 after earthquake/tidal wave. Or just plain ole Charvel!

[@RingOfRae]

Apparently I have a black model 1c... and I would be the second owner. I have it since long ago. I love this guitar. I've put jumbo frets on it.

[@timothypearce6554]

@The Tone King thank you so much for sharing!

[@satinwhip]

I had two MIJ Model 5's (red and white) back in the late 80s. They had Kahler trems and the locking nut behind the regular nut. I recall them being really nice guitars so long as you did not use the tremolo. I now have a 2015 MIM SoCal Style 1 (Strat) and a 2017 MIM San Dimas Style 2 (Tele) both with OEM Floyds. If the MIJ guitars had been this good I would never have sold them.

[@R2R3Lockingnut]

Doooood!!! I love Charvels 😃🤘🎸!!! Great collection bro!

[@dhchoi]

Great guitars! Really enjoyed this video. Thank you always Tone King!!

[@acw2237]

Anybody own a Ritz? I believe that was the name of Wayne charvel guitars when he sold charvel name to Jackson.. Then his Gibson wrc models

[@tacoconch7678]

Can you explain some of the body names? I wanted to buy the Adrian Smith Jackson signature guitar until I realized it was labeled San Dimas, "DINKY". I hate dinky bodies !!! Are San Dimas guitars usually the same size as a strat body unless labeled dinky? How does that work? I want a full sized strat body.

[@LuisMorales-xr1gm]

What do you think of the roughly 300 of the 1988 Model 5A's that became Model 5FX? I have one that got the slanted neck pickup, the 3 way toggle, and a tone knob. It's very near mint. I got it as a HS Graduation gift in 1990, so I've had it 30 years

[@YaoEspirito]

I always laugh at that Jake E Lee model. For a guy who loves deep bends and dives, no tremelo; he insists on bending the whole guitar.

[@subezdo]

take a shot every time he says 'ok'

[@selfactualizer2099]

play a riff everytime

[@acw2237]

OK

[@macleanclassics]

Great vid ! I have a minty 89 model 6 japan , in firecrackle.... bought it new as a teen and have babied it since day 1... all original, shark fins,boost circuit, jt trem and all. neck through body and plays like a dream... that guitar has made me really picky when shopping at the local music store, they play like butter... i'm spoiled...lol

[@b.cguitarcovers2347]

Great guitars, you should spend more time playing them

[@TomCruisesButt]

You forgot the period at the end of your sentence.

[@pridenjoy9437]

nope, he should workout

[@poundtacos4006]

Lol! Tell that to Kirk Hammett too, will ya?!

[@stringsattached67]

Some people play and some people collect I do both but to each their own.

[@brothercain2734]

Jealous much

[@19chrisnunes65]

I have a Charvel model 4 bought it for 60 bucks about 10 years ago one of my favorite guitars it did have a painted headstock due to some cigarette Burns

[@petrik8550]

I used to be Charvel fan but i have to say that for metal rhythm sound ESP wins for me. I have LTD M-1000SE and it sounds just killer with mahogany and Duncan Distortion.

[@acw2237]

Best is model 5 and 6.. Neck through with khaler 1986

[@thevoxofreason8468]

I dont, nor have I ever owned a Charvel. Still, I definitely have a soft spot for them. Maybe my favorite "shred era" guitar.

[@KevOppelt]

This was really great. I am looking forward to seeing the B.C. Rich guitars.

[@jvanb231]

Model 6 was always the one I wanted

[@johnmackie1518]

Hi Tone King I have a Charvel, think it s made in Japan,, has the name plate on back, made in Fort worth, Texas, but have not seen another with headstock reverse with tuning keys on right hand side of headstock, any idea when these were released

[@jeepreworked6388]

Great video and collection! I was in a Charvel ad campaign back in the day "We don't pay 'em, they just play 'em" lol. Had a model 3 for that, then a model 88. Just saw they were releasing a model 1888!! Picked up a slime green Charvel from a few years back and it's my main backup I take all over the world these days.

[@andymartin813]

That’s a 2300… not a Flyer

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

The original 1981-85 ones were my favorites Charvel went downhill after Grover sold the name and they starting making them in japan.

[@DavidRFIT]

I always thought the 90s Charvel MIJ were actually great...

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

@@DavidRFIT To each his own. have you ever played a old pre 1984 one?

[@BJJandBS]

Tone King im surprised you have never gotten a Charvel CX290 model around. They are shockingly underrated! Japan made in the early 90's I believe.

[@MarbsMusic]

I have the MIM So Cal just like yours, I almost bought a Model 6 in 87 but my parents threw in an extra $800 so I got a USA Jackson DK. Yup... when we talk about pricing today, a USA DK was about $1700 back then (it had a special crackle finish and was signed by Grover). Like the older ones you showed it had the same Jackson FR and the nasty behind the nut locking system... which never worked that well for me, I eventually replaced it with an actual locking nut. GREAT Collection!

[@luisownerbr]

Dang dude, I wish I had just one, or even, a decent guitar that doesn't embarass me live going out of tune all the time haha

[@metalheadblues]

Hope you invested in one by now. You won't regret a nice guitar.

[@garyarnold602]

You should get a few more but in white

[@philipbeasley72]

Awesome collection

[@pcbullets8726]

I had the 1C! Miss that guitar!

[@brpadington]

I got one of the Fender made Charvel's last year and I love it. I have been a Jackson guy for 20 years and I think Fender has done a great job with the build quality.

[@jjerg]

I've gone through many charvels & loved most of em. For the last 20 yrs my main axe is a pre-prod 1980 koa charvel. 🤘🏼

[@chrismaga7806]

Just bought a model 5fx 😁

[@AntonioCavicchioni]

Nice video! I liked the models 5 and 6 because they look ergonomic being a set neck, as well the latest one. They look very comfortable. Great collection, they are great instruments! Thanks for posting this video!

[@MyLifEcademy-sr4hy]

I jumped into Charvel late in the game...like last month! Bought a Warren D Snakeskin and a DK24 the same time. Over the Fourth I snagged a pink DK24...

[@Longhorn.Rock_Roll61]

I have an , 86 model Les Paul custom i bought myself. But the Charvel i came across one i traded for a looper station its older but all the stamps are gone he told me he took the tuners off cuz they wouldn't stay in tune . So i had to drill bigger holes for lock tuners i went with . They made a big difference. The kneck plate is blank and chrome which i googled and it put it at 1981 which im really not sure but it was like the white one with the humbucker in the back and 2 single coils in the front the humbucker seems to be added later . The one thing that I wouldn't have made the deal but the kneck is straight. Theres a slot for a trembolo bar i haven't been using one since the les Paul was my go to guitar. I have another 80 something model Ovation. The only regret i have is when i was 15 im 58 now my dad brought me home a looked like a 71 model SG with a bixby bar . If i would have kept it in good shape theres no telling what it could have been worth

[@ronnienose8608]

Nice mate! I've had a couple of Charvels and Jacksons (still got one I want to sell) and the 'pointy' ones are my least favourite, I like the ones with the Fender headstock. HOut of interest, how many guitars do you own? Greetings from the UK.

[@christopherspearrin5250]

That model 5 ft worth neckplste era...(sandimas m.i.j.)..those were awesome...that model 5 n 6 were the BEST BY FAR IMPORT CHARVELS EVER...BETWEEN YOU N I... GIVEN THE ACTIVE CIRCUITRY N JACKSON USA PICKUPS ...IN A BLIND TEST YOUD HAVE A HARD TIME TELLING A USA JACKSON SOLOIST FROM THE MODEL 6...I MIGHT EVEN OREFER A MODEL 6.. IF A FLOYD WAS STOCK ON IT OVER SOME OF THE USA SOLOISTS IVE SEEN...THESE GUITARS WERE INCREDIBLE.

[@MyGuitarArtistry]

Charvel Wildcard 7 / Primer Scream here. I Love a Single Coil at the Neck , Humbucker at the Bridge, No middle pickup.Throw in a Volume / Tone.....and Pickup Selector. Don't Really Even Need a Tone Knob...…(for me) I Really wish Charvel would produce more Wildcard 7 / Primer Scream-Style guitars but in different color schemes......including a Black-Stealth!I would be totally Broke

[@guitarmemoir]

I have been playing many years and played professionally until I got married 30 years ago . I have many guitars, like a PRS Cu24, EBMM Axis, Custom Shop LP, vintage Kramer Stagemaster, Vintage Ibanez Alan Holdsworth, Ibanez MB I, along with many other assorted Gibsons, Fenders, Ibanez etc. that I barely play...but I just bought my first Charvel this week. It is a MIM San Dimas in Trans Green Burst Quilt and has already become my favorite guitar. It is also one my least expensive. How I missed out on Charvels over th1e years is beyond me. But better late than never. Interesting and informative video, thanks.

[@glock23c]

Did u ever find out what the C stands for in your serial for model 6?? Mine has the same. Found one at a antique store with a hard shell charvel case for 95$. Needs some electrical work. Gonna redo it and clean off the rust. Should be a great player.

[@williamdon3442]

I have a a 89-90 475 deluxe idk maybe I’m wrong about some of this it is a neck thru schaller Floyd rose bridge. It came with Seymour Duncan’s HBSS hot rails(aftermarket idk) desert crackle finish. Bought from a pawnshop for 350 oh it has Grover tuners. Very very nice guitar my ex busted it all to hell. I was so in love with Charvel Jackson guitars always will be to me that one can’t be replaced sentimental value ya know. Love your collection tone king. Dig your videos

[@csaw8047]

I like the starbody And I really like Charvel But I can't stand Fender looking anything. The fender head stock Don't like that look even though billions like it. Did Charvel ever have a explorer style guitar. I'd like that..Or a Les Paul style Charvel. I don't think so .I looking for a starbody Had an Original San Dimas With the word Charvel decal in gold..Let someone use it & They pawned it. I'm still in shock. Got it in Pomona 1985 & 2007 People I knew were using it & Yada Yada. That guitar was me. Nice collection .

[@dirtycurty8394]

Tone King have you considered professional help? I know it's all good stuff but there's a fine line between collecting and hoarding. I've been through it and there is hope for you. The way I've learned to sell off most of my collection was if i didn't pick up the guitar regularly ,I sold it. Of course if you've got guitars that appreciate in value and look at them as an investment by all means keep em. All the Chinese, Indonesian, Mexican, and anything else made overseas except Japanese and maybe South Korean stuff, say goodbye and sell em. You really only need a Les Paul, a Strat HSS, a shred guitar like ESP or Jackson, and maybe P 90 equipped guitar and you're set. I do like to have 2 or 3 killer amps with a quality splitter so you can get em in phase with each other and a ground lift switch to kill any extra hum. I admit I play through 4 amps at once, A Marshall DSL 100 HR, a Laney IRT 60, an EVH 5150 MK III 6L6, and Bad Cat Hot Cat 30. When you find all the sweet spots on those amps and use em all at once the sound is Mean and Majestic. Nothing like, believe it or not, a Full Bore Metal Pedal pushing all those amps. There is only one way to set that pedal to sound good and when you find it you have found metal incarnate. Just watch it with that pedal because if you turn it a hair the wrong way you will have a terrible sounding wall of amps. If you get it right you have a wall of metal that nothing can destroy. It actually produces a force field that non metal heads cannot penetrate. You can stand inside it and nobody can get to you or the amps to turn them down. That's where to spend the money. I've seen your amps and you too can have your very own metal force field.

[@marcusheawood8560]

The Japanese Charvels were all made by Chushin Gakki, hence the C in the serial number, they are stupendous guitars, some of the best necks ever made, most of the early ones were quartersawn as well. I'd probably keep quiet about the Kahler trems though, they were only fitted to the 1986 guitars because they're dogshit, my 1986 Model 3 will NOT stay in tune because of that POS Kahler.

[@blkjakk]

I’ve become a Charvel pro mod addict. I should’ve grabbed that rocket red one a couple weeks ago!

[@VixCrush]

I have 1 electric guitar right now..

[@NathanMichalik]

My DK24 is basically my go-to. Amazing guitar for the cost. If they start adding stainless steel frets on the DK24 line, they will basically be perfect

[@charvDKgtr]

saw this an your more recent video on Fender owned Charvels. Looking at a used DK24. As a Charvel purist what do you think? Looking for modern type strat with modern features as I am replacing an early 80s Ibanez that was very 80s looking.

[@batmandeltaforce]

1990s Charvel and Jackson Fusions. Better than what is being made today. Just got rid of a new Charvel Pro Mod HH, Made in Mexico, and that was a piece of shit. I can hardly believe Charvel put that shit on the market:)

[@MattSmithMe]

Sorry.. when you talk about vintage Charvels, I'm thinking wide flat neck with a Fender headstock. Japanese Charvels just aren't the same.

[@carlfrei2419]

Funny how the back plate looks allot like my Kramer ZX20 that says Neptune NJ but... was made overseas

[@blackfender100]

I have the Exact Kramer. Love it !

[@mikeferris408]

About 2 extra grand just for the jake e lee signature.. ya right. But people lay it out so.. what ever. I like the white mande in Mexico the most. Ill take it over the jake e lee signature series any day. Besides, its made outside the usa so ya know the quality is gonna be waaaaaay better! Sad but true, and at a fraction of the cost!

[@shoominati23]

Toothpaste logo era, strongly followed by the Japanese Charvettes. Man, imagine a time when you could get a super high quality japanese made guitar at bargain basement prices.. gone are the days..

[@shadeshadyshade254]

Not a very impressive collection of charvels actually considering you own a shop & have connections. You have cheap early-ish models & new So-Cals....come on man.

[@TrebleMidBass]

the model 6 is the superior in its class to an older soloist SL1 custom ontario or san dimas, and better than a student soloist. 650 and 700series were killer too. later on jackson made the 30th anniversary soloist with the same configuration for a fortune of money XD and you can get the model 6 for a good price rather than soloist for 5000$

[@barry3045]

that first white so cal was made in japan ? are u sure about that ??

[@christopherspearrin5250]

My fav though is obviously the Warren D SNAKESKIN USA...ITS AMAZING

[@judemisura4323]

Ibanez, Jackson, BC Rich, Kramer, then miscellaneous models. Then amps and pedals

[@richardbinder9662]

The warehouse in Fort Worth that received, inspected and distributed Charvels is now a school. It is located in the homeless district. I go by it everyday. Terrible neighborhood. Hard to believe alot of awesome guitars came through there.

[@christianbouchard7136]

From what I read the forth worth Texas were assembled in forth worth from parts made in Japan, in law you can say it’s made in the USA when it is assembled in the USA. The same is done in the aerospace industry.

[@tankdarla637]

I have a 2011 mij SoCal, Ferrari red. Top notch quality.

[@zazrockwell9067]

I've got a 92 tx custom and the back plate say Fort Worth, Texas. However I heard these were MIJ. Can anyone clarify this?

[@jeffreymonroe153]

Love the BC Model 6. Always have, absolutely beautiful.

[@gabrielbrouwer]

I’m not sure, but is that Jackson licensed Floyd actually a Jackson JT-6 tremolo. That was their own design I think.

[@flyme2themoon720]

I just picked up a late eighties charvel that frigin plays great.i had some when I was a kid..this one I have is all original but I can't seem to find one exactly like it..it has specs from a few different models but still have not found one identical to this..

[@victorramsey5575]

I have a USA So-Cal in Slime Green and a MIM Charvel So-Cal in Rocket Red. Both are just amazing and make women want to throw their underwear at me lol

[@JamesPetroff]

Ha. Ha. They are all impulse buys Tone King. Your house is full of guitars!!! : ) Trust me, I have them all over the place too.

[@darthslater6077]

THE 80S AND LATE 70S ERA WAS NO DOUBT THE ERA OF THE BEST MUSIC BY FAR IN FACT ALL THE WAY FROM THE 50S TO THE MID 90S WAS AWESOME AFTER THAT JUST REAL SH!T FOR MUSIC...SO OF COURSE I WILL PICK THE 80S ERA GUITARS.

[@kip6963]

Nice! I'll probably get a new Charvel soon, the San Dimas blue frost matte.

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

My biggest issue with the old charvels is they came with either kahler or the jackson Floyd and I didn't like either of them as much as the real, top of the line Floyd.

[@rmg222]

I have a desolation ds-1 and LOVE it! Dont care that it was made in China, that thing is a BEAST!

[@TomCruisesButt]

The Desolations were really high quality for China. Just too narrow of a nut for me.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Good friend of mine has the model 6 he bought new in 1989. Still his number one.

[@acw2237]

Great guitars

[@fatalbroadcast]

The Star guitar was only so cheap because it was in a small shop,...if it was sold used on ebay,...it would have been at least twice as much.

[@davehill9951]

my bro has a white Charvel model 6 with a jt6 Floyd rose trem all original from 1985 and still plays it 32 years later! Lot of miles on it

[@bigsauce1116]

Personally I can't STAND the pale maple in today's guitars

[@wpm68]

Color was called black cherry tremelo was JT580 not Jackson Floyd Rose

[@brianmckenzie1318]

Love the Charvel Jake E Lee the best! Just because I’m not a tremolo guy. Nothing against them, just not for me.

[@donaldscheer5206]

Once again, enjoyed viewing your Collection of this time: Charvel Guitars! Thank You! for taking time to show them!!

[@Strato13]

Hey T-King, isn't a Charvel basically a hot rodded Fender Strat? Not that it's a bad thing ;-)

[@jasonsheppard7428]

Hey Tone King. Have you tried the new USA select models?

[@kevincunningham8744]

You don’t have Charvels you have jackson imports

[@huahuar]

Hi, how much will be the price for a second hand So Cal made in Japan?? thanks in advance!!

[@tankdarla637]

every time this video shows up in my feed I watch it again, great stuff TK

[@pablo_costas]

so Japanese So-Cals are the real deal ? Better to get a 2hand japan than a 1st hand mexican ?