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If you're like us at Sweetwater, you look back on the Superstrat movement of the ’80s with a certain fondness. Inspired by the hot-rodded S-style axes of years past, the Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR M is a bona fide shredder. It's got the Southern California look, screaming Seymour Duncan pickups, and a silky-smooth compound radius maple fingerboard. The So-Cal comes loaded with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series tremolo for achieving wild dive-bombs and squeals without getting knocked out of tune. Plus, you'll be impressed by the comfortable contours and blazing fast feel of the neck. If you're in the market for a fire-breathing axe that you can pull right off the shelf, the Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR M is your first choice.





Screaming Seymour Duncan Humbuckers





The Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR M comes equipped with a pair of Seymour Duncan pickups for a high-output, aggressive flavor packed with sweeping tonal versatility. First up, the bridge position sports a screaming TB-6 Duncan Distortion Humbucker ? a model that more than lives up to its name, with a clear bell-like character that shines through even when chunking out ultra-high-gain drop-tuned riffs. Plus, the TB-6’s natural-sounding midrange, tight bass, and clear trebles deliver a fluid, vocal-like character that’s perfect for melodic work and rapid-fire soloing. Looking to dial down the gain? The neck-position SH-6N provides enough output to balance well with the bridge-position TB-6, but produces a slightly less aggressive tone that’s perfect for your cleaner moments.





Compound-radius Charvel Speed Neck





Every facet of the Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR M’s maple Speed Neck is primed for high-speed performance, but while it’s certainly on the leaner side, it’s by no means strictly limited to single-note solo applications. In fact, Sweetwater guitarists of all stripes have come to favor the wide “U”-shape of the Speed Neck ? especially as the maple fingerboard’s 12-16-inch compound radius offers comfortable chording down low, while simultaneously facilitating fleet-fingered technicality as it flattens out in the upper register.





Floyd Rose 1000 Series tremolo for extra sonic exploration





Unlock greater playing potential with the Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR M. It comes loaded with a real-deal Floyd Rose 1000 series locking tremolo system. When you play, use it for anything from subtle vibrato to full-on dive-bombs ? it'll still be in tune and ready to go again. Whether you use it or abuse it, you'll have trouble knocking the Floyd Rose tremolo bridge out of tune.





The Pro-Mod Story





Charvel's Pro-Mod series guitars rock classic Charvel style, born in Southern California more than three decades ago. These axes are packed with the hot-rodded, high-performance features artists rely on: classic body styles, premium tonewoods, unfinished oiled necks, smooth, rolled fingerboard edges, scorching pickups, rock-solid bridges, and more. Take it from the guitar aficionados at Sweetwater: Get your hands on a Pro-Mod, and you won't let go.





Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR M Electric Guitar Features:


Contoured alder body shows off an undeniable California vibe


Compound-radius maple fingerboard (12-16 inches) gets flatter and wider up high


Seymour Duncan TB-6 and SH-6N Distortion pickups deliver hot-rodded tones


6-way pickup switching system produces brutal humbucker and sweet single-coil tones


Push-pull coil tap unlocks sweet California twang


Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo squeals and dives without wrecking your tuning


Die-cast matching tuning machines