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Phil Sgrosso: "When you listen to enough Pantera, it's hard to not want to just have fun dive-bombing here and there"
By Chris Schwarten published
The As I Lay Dying guitarist reveals how Iron Maiden, and his use of the Fender Jim Root Stratocaster during a brief tenure in Slipknot, led to his own shred-friendly signature Charvel

Frank Bello: 5 bass players who influenced me
By Joel McIver published
Anthrax bassist Frank Bello on Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Paul McCartney and more

Charvel unleashes spec’d-up Silverburst signature shred machine for Phil Sgrosso of As I Lay Dying
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Sgrosso’s stripped-down Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 H FR E boasts a radically scalloped rear and multi-voice Fishman Fluence humbucker

NAMM 2020: Charvel unveils fresh signature models for Joe Duplantier, Angel Vivaldi and Satchel
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
Plus plenty more stunning high-spec'd and hot-rodded electrics in the Pro Mod series

Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas PJ V review
By Joel McIver last updated
Loaded with DiMarzio pickups and tone-shaping power, the new five-string from Charvel is a hot-rodded bass ace with a strong '80s vibe

3 Eddie Van Halen-signed Charvel EVH Art Series guitars – and a Masterbuilt Bumblebee replica – hit the auction block
By Matt Owen published
The trio of stage-played six-strings come with certificates of authenticity and photographic evidence of Van Halen wielding them across various dates in 2007

Watch John Mayer wield his custom Charvel for a performance of Never Gonna Be Alone featuring Jacob Collier and Lizzy McAlpine
By Matt Parker published
Mayer took the stage with a specially-commissioned 2017 model for the live debut of the song at LA’s Troubadour

Charvel turns up the heat and introduces the Spacecaster in jaw-dropping new Custom Shop guitar and bass drop
By Michael Astley-Brown last updated
4 new Masterbuilt models take the San Dimas, Surfcaster and Frank Bello So-Cal Bass templates into extraordinary new aesthetic territories

Charvel launches sleek, minimalist new Pro-Mod DK22 SSS 2PT CM Mahogany with Walnut guitar
By Jackson Maxwell published
With a natural satin finish, gold hardware and a trio of Seymour Duncans, this six-string looks to be an elegant-but-mean shred machine

Jim Root on designing his first-ever Charvel signature model, his '80s metal heroes and the most common mistakes he sees in Slipknot guitar covers
By Sam Roche published
After receiving his first Charvel decades ago, the Slipknot axe-slinger has developed his very own, bending the brand's hair metal blueprint to fit his indomitable heavy-riffing playing style
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