FENDER VS. CHARVEL | What Makes A Superstrat So Super?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 เม.ย. 2018
- Anthony Couch compares the Fender Elite Strat to the Charvel San Dimas and talks about what makes super strats so different to the classic original.
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I was pretty much a strat guy only. But I love the humbucker sound. Just recently got a 2021 Charvel So Cal and I love it.
Yes! Those humbuckers can realy scream! What amp are you going through?
@@ACMusic right now I'm using a Fender Mustang GTX 100.
Great playing man, really happy to have come across your channel!
Ryan Gattini hi Ryan!! I'm happy you found it too!! ☺☺ What guitars do you play?
I've been playing a Jackson Kelly since i've started my shred journey but I was looking into getting a Charvel type super strat with a little more round of a neck, the new DK24 guitars have got my eye!
I have a wonderful Mexi Strat and both a SoCal and San Dimas Charvels. I love all three to bits, but they are different characters. Generally, the Strat is a late 60s muscle car in peak condition. The Charvel is a nimble 80s Porsche ready for the track. They scratch different kinds of itch for me!
I was actually thinking about the Fender Player vs the Charvel San Dimas and I found your video! Good info here. After watching I think I'm pretty positive I want the San Dimas more. Thanks! =)
just got a san dimas a month ago, cannot recommend it enough. fun and fantastic machine. i still love my strat, but it is a different cat. i love all cats.
@@gazbom5 Definitely for that kind of playing, I would go with a modern Charvel with the HH-FR configuration. They now feature a coil-splitting switch so you can get that singlecoil sound when you want it. Great instrument.
In the end you hold it, Charvel neck is so supreme and makes the decision for ya
Are the scales the same? It seems the Charvel is shorter, a plus for me.
I was between buying an RG550 Japan or a Charvel Mexico but I found a used Charvel made in Japan for 2/3 of the price and bam! I am a proud superstrat owner
Frank Destroso hi Frank! Sounds like you got the perfect deal!! 👍👍 What model/color etc is it?
Anthony Couch it’s a 2011 San Dimas, so I think it’s Candy Red and not Ferrari Red. It’s a beauty! Slightly scalloped neck... I would have bought the Ibanez but for the pickups, they sound so generic to me, and the finish on the neck, my sweaty hands get stuck on anything else and I have to sand the neck with those green wash pads!
Wow sweet playing on that intro
I'm trying to figure out what you're doing to get better tuning stability from a 2 point strat bridge than a double locking floyd. If you have roller trees and you keep everything lubed up the strat will do pretty good but the floyd was invented for tuning stability. Especially when you're slamming on that trem arm and the fender will slip out every time you get a little carried away with it.
There’s nothing to getting tuning stability out of a 2 point bridge. Set it up properly and use it. Recently Charvel stopped using two string trees because it was causing tuning issues, now they use a single string tree and short post locking tuners.
@@brianvillage5 you'll get stability but you'll never dump it like you can a Floyd.
There's just no way in hell.
I have both an American standard and a MIM charvel So Cal. I love them both for different reasons.But probably play the Charvel 10x more often. I have recently picked up a Charvel DK24 with a hardtail, which aside from the body being a Jackson Dinky shape falls nicely between the So Cal and Fender standard.
I much prefer the neck on the Charvel and the Floyd Rose for better whammy bar.
en español?
Great Playing Mr Bean!
Blue Matrix it's been a while since I've had that one. ☺ I was starting to think I'd stopped looking like him!!☺☺☺
Id like to see your pretty face… In fact we should meet I think I can make something about this big mouth of yours and maybe fix it once and for all !
I have both ....my Charvel is a damn nice playing and sounding guitar .....especially for the very reasonable price !
How different is the elite neck profile vs that charvel speed neck?
They aren't a million miles away from one another. In fact, the Charvel paved the way for me transitioning from always buying Ibanez and their notorious flat necks and buying a proper Fender strat. The non laquered Charvel neck feels SO nice though.
For $15 American on Amazon I can get a 'FLOYD ROSE PUSH IN STYLE TREM ARM - CHROME' made by floyd rose. That's less than the cost of strap locks. I think given this new information that I have provided you, you no longer have the right to complain about the Tremolo arm.
Love your playing as always!
Yes there is fender strat hm with 24 frets hss split coil 2 tbx in both tones kahler bridge floyd rose lic. Check it out 😉
Great video... would be a lot nicer in stereo though... love your playing...
There is a 24 Fret Fender Strat.They were produced somewhere from 1988 till about 1992 or 1993.They stopped the production of those guitars.The good news is they have started to produce those guitars again from this year.
No way, I'd love to have a go on one! What is the new model's name?
@@ACMusic Fender LTD edition HM strat is the name of the guitar.Its a limited edition so try and grab one before they go out of stock.
Does anyone know if the body’s are the same size
I have a mexi strat and two strat-style charvels. the bodies feel very close, if not identical. the necks though are a different story.
@@markslima1557 which neck do you prefer. I’ve always been a Fender Strat player and have always loved them from the feel to the tone to the tremolo. I picked up a 61 SG not too long ago and realized I might be missing out on some better options or at least equal but different. I do prefer the Strat neck and body style and pickup configuration and would love a Floyd Rose set up again. Part of me thinks I should just buy a Charvel and part of thinks it will be too close to the Fender Strats I own to justify buying it and it’s going to wind up feeling like the same guitar. Hopefully I am wrong and I sure there are differences. You mentioned the neck. Is the Charvel neck faster and easier to play
its all about sound of the pickup. the single coil is more agressive and cutting through in a recording sesion. on stage a humbucker is always better.
I suggest some plumber tape to fix the wobbly trem arm. It occurs even on more expensive german floyds and even edge trems.
Really? So higher end Floyd roses still have the same problem?? Plumber's tape sounds like it really is the only solution!!
Not by their standards no... but some of them do have a bit a flex in the arm socket... over time it just gets worse. It shouldn't' "rattle" especially if its new.
I prefer Fender. My Deluxe has compound radius and I changed pickups to HS. Olympic white pearl with a dark rosewood fretboard. Perfect.
I returned and sold all charvels I’ve owned.
what about going with a normal sss strat but with a Single HB on the bridge
I think that would be a killer setup. You can buy me one if you want? 😁😁😁
Couple of things:
The Charvel San Dimas is the OG Superstrat along with the So Cal. (So Cal is basically the same thing but with a scratchplate).
This is the first,production Superstrat that served as the "blueprint" for many other famous Superstrat guitars,like the Ibanez JEM/RG models.
Guitarplayers use to mod their Strats since the late 60´s but EVH is considered the "Father of the Superstrat" with his legendary "Frankenstrats".
The basic idea is simple: combine the playabillity of a Strat with the fat humbucker tone of a L/P or SG and add a Floyd Rose,so that you can do all the cool whammy-bar tricks. Later they added more specs, like 24 frets, more ergonomic neck joint, neck-through construction etc. but the basic idea is the same: "Make a Strat on steroids".
Even fender tried to get into the hype with their HM Strat Series,which they re-issued last year.
Back in the 80´s ,many famous players would use Charvel Custom Shop models. Guys like George Lynch (he actually put an ESP sticker on his Charvel Tigerstripe,when ESP endorsed him), Satriani,Vai (both played custom shop Charvels before signing with Ibanez), Jake E.Lee (his white superstrat is actually a Fender Strat,that the Charvel custom shop modded), Warren DeMartini, Gary Moore (he was playing San Dimas Charvels with a single EMG 85 pickup in the 80s), Allan Holdsworth and even Jeff Beck.
Sadly,Charvel went bankrupt during the 90´s when Grunge & Alternative essentially killed off guitar driven music and was bought by Fender.
With the "Rennaissence" of 80´s Hardrock/Metal/Shred, Fender brought them back and nowadays you see even modern virtuosos like Guthrie Govan or Angel Vivaldi playing Charvels. And Charvel isn´t just making 80´s "shred-sticks" for nostalgia fans,they make also some very modern Superstrats with cutting edge specs,like roasted maple necks, special coil-split wirings etc.
Great information, I didn't realize how many awesome players used Charvels. I have a few of the MIJ Charvel-Jacksons and also a new MIM San Dimas. I love them all, but they're very different animals
It would be great have a fair test . Same wood , dual humbucker , floyd rose
love em both Fender Musical Instruments Corporation all the way
I'm considering the elite or just modding a MIM. I love the neck of the Elite
Peter Jacobs the elite neck is soooo playable. The shape, the finish, the frets, everything!!
Anthony Couch I played the Elite again yesterday at GC along with the Fender Pro and a MIM, but I couldn’t put the Elite down. They gave me a great deal on the Elite so I took the plunge, same model you demonstrated. Hope to see the Elite on your future bits.
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Neck Shape: Compound, modern "C" to "D"
Radius: 9.5"-14" compound
I’m a Fender guys so Fender. BUT!! I cheat a bit I have humbuckers in all three of my Stats. ( in the bridge position )
Dude the neck is THE MOST important difference between charvel and the strat. Not the same at all. Charvel has the compound radius. I have a lot of expensive badass guitars and always thought charvel was cheap shit until I touched the neck.
Ned Eds Both have compound necks - strat is 9.5-14, Charvel is 12-16. Not the same radii, but both are compound .
Strat for the tone, San Dimas for the shred. From a qualitative standpoint, seems like a San Dimas is a San Dimas is a San Dimas and they're all rad. Strats... whew, the quality really varies and not just in terms of country of manufacture. Worst Strat in our collection is a 2007-era MIA Strat Deluxe. Best is a circa '87 MIJ E-series.
HM strat has 24 frets...discontinued though...
I wonder what he’s gonna do when he gets a green guitar 🤔
I'm guessing you're from Bolton :-)
Sad that’s the only video online comparing the two even though so many people want to know the difference
Thanks for watching, Charthers. I filmed this one a long time ago. I can't remember how informative it was. Probably not very haha!!
I like the high ends on the San Dimas better. Both great guitars for different playing styles. That Fender has a lot of Robert Cray sound to it. Nice too.
i ordered same model and colour and delivery on 30th october , i wonder why your fretboard look very pale ? some of them look a bit yellow ,your one look very pale ,
The effect I use with my green screen makes everything look a bit pale. I think I need a new camera! :-)
oh i see , thanks :) cant wait to get mine ,sadly andertons dont have in stock and im waitin delivery from usa :(
another question ,when you recived yours it was all set up ? or do i have to take someone to get full setup ? thanks ,im a acoustic player as got taylor but i wanna start on electric and improve my solos , :)
@@mrblues1981 Mine was set up, but I bought it from a shop so I played it for a while before I bought it, and their tech did a few minor adjustments for me. If you're buying from online, I'm gonna guess you would have to get it set up. You may strike lucky though, and not need to. 😁
Anthony Couch ok thanks soo much for your help and yeah gettin it online without tryin im afraid as two hours journey to andertons store in guilford , worse is worse ive got pro guitar repair guy and inthink he charge 20£ for full set up , :)
They havr the same parent company. Both Fender and Charvel, along with the EVH brand, are owned by Fender Musical Instruments. That would seem to suggest, that the Fender Company believes that there are merits to each brand. It also suggests that the higher end models are subject to high quality control standards. Certain EVH, Charvel and all Fender Stratocaster models start with similar bodies (typically Alder, sometimes Bass wood and. Swamp Ash) and necks (almost always some type of maple with maple, rosewood and even ebony fingerboards and have similar feels, thefc electronics (pick ups, pots) tend to be hotter on the Charvel and over the top on EVH (over wound to the extreme). You can find Strats with HSS (humbuckers in the bridge). Always choose a more conservative color, hot pink, purple, neon colors etc are cool in limited contexts. If you are a working musician and make your living securing traditional gigs: weddings, yacht clubs, banquets etc and are often expected to be on stage in a suit or sport coat, having something Clapton, John Mayer or Jeff Beck would play makes you much more likely to be chosen for the job or get future jobs than if you show up to the audition or gig dressed like some clown wearing parachute pants, a net tank top, hair extensions, black lipstick and eye liner, wearing more jewelry than Mr. T and slinging a hot pink super Strat.
I better comparison would have been to compare the Charvel USA model to the Fender USA American Elite. The Charvel USA costs more. Or do a Fender MIM Strat comparison to Charvel Mexican model.
Renaissance Man says who, you?
I Also prefer Fender Strat. At least for this not accurate comparison of these two high level strats. I say not accurate because of a two humbucker vs three single coil pickup is not aan accurate comparison. It will be preferable to have a Charvel with a little switch or at least push button on the volume knob to cut one of the humbucker pickup to make it single coil. So as the single coil pickups are always more cleaner than the humbuckers and the humbuckers more loud. The Charvel strat sound more muffed than the Fender one. If It's not about at this I think the personality of these two wonders is almost the same with single coil on the two.
Is there anything that makes you more mad than the Floyd Rose's handle? (Jk, nice video)
Cão Mauzão haha, ☺ I do seem to mention it a lot! Thanks for checking out the video! 👍👍
Nothing tops 80s/90s MIJ superstrats!! Jackson/Charvel, Ibanez, BC rich, etc.. nothing modern can match up to the old mijs
lol i played some old jacksons made in japan and was not impressed.
Some said fender owns charvel?????
No need to shred just cause it's a charvel
Pity the Charvel wasn’t HSS
Charvel is way better than fender why do you think fender bought charvel
i hate strato
charVEL .... not CHARvel. Please man.... respect the syllables!