Description
As a preeminent modern virtuoso, U.K. guitar master Guthrie Govan dazzles all who hear his playing and experience his artistry. Charvel worked meticulously with Govan on the development of his signature lineup to create superior guitars in distinctive Charvel form.
Harkening back to the late ’80s when Charvel guitars were manufactured exclusively in Japan, we proudly introduce the all-new Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM. Exquisite in style, this MJ signature model blends Charvel’s unparalleled legacy of designing high-performance instruments with an assortment of Govan’s preferred top-end features.
Key Features
- 25.5″ scale length
- Basswood San Dimas body with ash top and sculpted shredder’s cut heel
- Bolt-on caramelized maple neck with graphite reinforcement and satin back finish
- 12”-16” compound radius caramelized maple fingerboard with 24 jumbo stainless-steel frets, crème dot inlays and Luminlay side dots
- Heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel
- Custom Charvel humbucking bridge, Custom Charvel single-coil middle and Custom Charvel humbucking neck pickups with brown pickup bobbins
- Five-way pickup blade switch, two-way mini toggle switch to engage single-coil simulation and Luminlay numbered dome control knobs for volume and tone
- Charvel recessed locking tremolo bridge system with pop-in tremolo arm and brass block
- Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut
- Gotoh die-cast locking tuners
- Available in 3-Tone Sunburst with chrome hardware and licensed Fender Stratocaster headstock
- Charvel Style 1/2 Economy case included
- Made in Japan
Caramelized Tonewoods
This 25.5″ scale guitar features a San Dimas basswood body with an ash top and specially contoured heel (sans neck plate) for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The bolt-on maple neck has a “caramelized” heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, along with graphite reinforcement, satin finish on the back of the neck and a conveniently located heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel. Most unusually for a San Dimas model, the 12″-16″ compound radius caramelized maple fingerboard features 24 jumbo stainless-steel frets, as well as crème dot inlays and Luminlay side dots.
Premium Features
Other premium features include three specially wound Charvel custom pickups arranged in a versatile HSH configuration with five-way switching for the expansive tonal openness and dynamic sensitivity that Govan demands, along with a two-way mini toggle switch to engage single-coil simulation in bridge and neck humbucker positions. This instrument also comes loaded with two Luminlay numbered dome control knobs for volume and tone, recessed Charvel locking tremolo bridge with pop-in tremolo arm and brass block, Gotoh die-cast locking tuners and Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut.
The Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM is available in a stately 3-Tone Sunburst finish, complete with chrome hardware, brown pickup bobbins and a licensed Fender Stratocaster headstock.
Specifications
Body
- Body Material: Basswood
- Body Top: Ash
- Body Finish: Satin
- Body Shape: San Dimas Style 1
Neck
- Neck Material: Caramelized Maple
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Neck Shape: Speed Neck with Rolled Fingerboard Edges
- Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Caramelized Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Frets: Jumbo Stainless Steel
- Number of Frets: 24
- Position Inlays: Crème Dots
- Nut Material: Graph Tech TUSQ XL
- Nut Width: 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
- Headstock: Licensed Fender Stratocaster
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Charvel Custom Humbucking
- Middle Pickup: Charvel Custom Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Charvel Custom Humbucking
- Controls: Volume, Tone
- Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Full Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge Inner Coil and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Bridge Outer Coil and Neck Outer Coil, Position 4. Middle and Neck Outer Coil, Position 5. Full Neck Pickup
- Auxiliary Switching: 2-Way Mini-Toggle to Engage Single-Coil Simulation in Bridge (Pos 1) and Neck (Pos 5) Humbucker Positions
Hardware
- Bridge: Recessed Charvel Locking Tremolo Bridge
- Tremolo Arm: Pop-In
- Tremolo Block: Brass
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh Locking
- Control Knobs: Dome-Style Luminlay Numbered
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Case/Gig Bag: Charvel Style 1/2 Economy Case (Included)
