Jackson/Charvel/EVH 2024

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Charvel is one of the few companies that knows a good PJ bass needs a reverse P config so they forever get props for that

 

[lattjeful]

Charvel is one of the few companies that knows a good PJ bass needs a reverse P config so they forever get props for that

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If the 5 string was 35", it'd be the perfect bass

 

[nightsprinter]

If the 5 string was 35", it'd be the perfect bass

I love Charvel necks. #1 for me for sure. And the only reason I don't own a pro mod 5er is the 34" scale. Totally agree with you!!!!

 

[Moongrum]

How do you all feel about Pau Ferro?

I like how it feels, and am ambivalent about how it looks. The guitars I've played with pau ferro have a very tight smooth grain, not like rosewood, more like ebony. The look seems really variable, some are more reddish, others are brown, dark, light, I prefer (any kind of) black or maple color for my fretboards lol
Just my experience, I've only played two Fenders with Pau Ferro, and my experience ends there.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

If the 5 string was 35", it'd be the perfect bass

Also true, and I wish it was routed for an EMG 5-string P.

 

[Riverview]

Wanted to add I’ve played both the 4 and 5 string Charvel basses in stores and would have walked out with either one if I wasn’t broke . They are extremely good basses . Especially if you’re into the PJ combo . The necks are killer on those things .

 

[tian]

okay, but hear me out...

 

[ThomasUV777]

A real april fools joke would've been a picture of a Jackson custom shop guitar that adheres to every spec on the order slip. #foreversalty

 

[MaxOfMetal]

okay, but hear me out...

When the April Fools is coolest thing you've made in years...

 

[BenjaminW]

 

[manu80]

I saw the frankenstein serie (one color version, not striped ) in a shop last week end, I must admit I kinda like it.
The relic is pretty good for a "mass market" guitar, it was the red one and i must admit that it still in a corner of my head. we'll see. The black version is really nice too

 

[MASS DEFECT]

Some cool stuff:
That 25.1 scale Ellis Kelly looks crazy. What purpose does that scale serve?

 

[SalsaWood]

What purpose does that scale serve?

I don't know about this model in particular but in general lower tension per tuning, spatially condensed fret intervals, bit warmer/rounder tone. PRS customs are 25" IIRC.

Earlier in the thread folks were talking about drawbacks and advantages, but most of it missed the mark. Fret size as a result of scale length is mostly irrelevant as long as you can fret the desired note correctly, it's not like playing a piano where if you can't get a whole booger hook on just one key it's pretty useless. What happens to the string above the indexed fret is mostly unsubstantial to what happens below it towards the pickups. The frets being more condensed in almost all cases makes it a lot easier to play different frets up and down the neck more quickly and with less stretching. That's not to say it's easier to adjust to or is most ideal all things considered for everyone, and I'm not going to get into the tonal or otherwise practical overarching implications since there are as many opinions on that as there are guitarists.

 

[JimF]

Regarding the shorter scale length thing, I'm not a fan. Personally it just feels off. I don't know if that's in my head, but I do know that I've never really like any Gibsons I've played, and all the guitars I've owned I could never gel with turned out to be 25" scale. I do have big hands so perhaps that's it. I also much prefer a 27" scale 7 string to a 25.5".

 

[soul_lip_mike]

Some cool stuff:
That 25.1 scale Ellis Kelly looks crazy. What purpose does that scale serve?

This is where I feel obligated to make a bitter salty comment that despite how much money I would be willing to pay for a custom master built Jackson, they won’t let me.

 

[iff]

Some cool stuff:
That 25.1 scale Ellis Kelly looks crazy. What purpose does that scale serve?

He has a couple Fender HM Strats which use that scale, maybe he just likes the feel.

 

[MASS DEFECT]

You

This is where I feel obligated to make a bitter salty comment that despite how much money I would be willing to pay for a custom master built Jackson, they won’t let me.

You have to be a really trendy artist to get in the queue!

 

[USMarine75]

I saw the frankenstein serie (one color version, not striped ) in a shop last week end, I must admit I kinda like it.
The relic is pretty good for a "mass market" guitar, it was the red one and i must admit that it still in a corner of my head. we'll see. The black version is really nice too

I’m torn between the solid color Frankie Relic and the new Charvel Relic.

 

[complex-barb.0t]

Some cool stuff:
That 25.1 scale Ellis Kelly looks crazy. What purpose does that scale serve?

I wish there was a production model even if some of the specs were downgraded. 27 fret Kelly with everything after the 15th fret scalloped is pretty cool. Ditch the titanium bridge and do a mass market version of the gold paint job. Include Ellis’ new Dyad pickup.

 

[manu80]

I’m torn between the solid color Frankie Relic and the new Charvel Relic.

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We got the same dilemna . The evh is a bit more original, and the neck is reliced too. Not sure about the charvel's one.