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The formula for Charvel's Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E Ash is simple. Hot-rodded for full-throttle performance, this superb solidbody electric guitar rocks a curvaceous ash body with comfortable contours that will feel instantly familiar; it's outfitted with premium appointments such as a maple Speed neck with graphite reinforcement and a silky-smooth compound-radius ebony fingerboard with rolled edges and jumbo frets. For ultra-stable pitch expression, this San Dimas features a Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo that lets you flutter, warble, and dive-bomb with impunity. Two hot Seymour Duncan humbuckers with coil splits complete the setup, turning this guitar into a music flamethrower with amazing playability and an enormous tone arsenal that deploys everything from chimey cleans to blistering high gain. Suitable for any music genre, the Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E Ash is a serious guitar for serious guitarists.





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Built for muscular, no-compromise rock





From the first time you lay eyes on the Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR E Ash, you'll get it: this axe screams muscular, no-compromise rock 'n' roll. Like all guitars built from ash, this solidbody electric offers a musical acoustic tone, with an exquisite balance of warmth, brightness, and ear-grabbing mids that maximizes the sound of your pickups. Its bolt-on Speed neck features an easy-playing hand-rubbed satin urethane finish, while its lightning-fast compound-radius fingerboard boasts rolled edges and 22 jumbo-sized frets. The Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR E Ash sports a classic Strat-style headstock.





A killer pickup combination for killer tones





For most players, tone is everything, especially when buying a stock guitar. That's why Charvel loaded this axe with Seymour Duncan JB TB-4 and SH-1N pickups. For extra tonal variation, both humbuckers are equipped with coil-splitting abilities to give you six humbucker/single-coil tones from brutal crunch to shrieking leads. You also get a no-load tone control, which effectively removes itself from the signal chain when the knob is set to 10 for a clean, pure signal. The Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR is a sleek musical machine, and it's waiting for you right here at Sweetwater.





Twisting, bending, and dive-bombing





Adventurous guitarists who want to unlock their full potential need an instrument that can accommodate the full gamut of playing techniques but with steadfast reliability. That's why the Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR E Ash includes a recessed Floyd Rose 1000 double-locking tremolo. Thanks to the Floyd Rose, you can dive-bomb, shriek, squeak, and flutter all you want, and you'll experience rock-solid response and tuning stability. Whether you use or abuse it, you'll have trouble knocking the Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH FR E Ash out of tune.





Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E Features:


Ash body offers a musical acoustic tone with an exquisite balance of warmth, brightness, and ear-grabbing mids


Bolt-on Speed neck features an easy-playing hand-rubbed satin urethane finish


Lightning-fast compound-radius fingerboard boasts rolled edges and 22 jumbo-sized frets


Seymour Duncan JB TB-4 and SH-1N 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


No-load tone pot won't color sound when run wide open


Floyd Rose 1000 double-locking tremolo squeals and dives without wrecking your tuning


Dual-action truss rod enables you to make easy neck adjustments


Die-cast tuning machines offer rock-solid tuning stability


Eye-grabbing Fender Stratocaster headstock and aggressive-looking black hardware