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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

Slipknot's Jim Root hints at future Squier signature models
By Sam Roche published
“To be able to make my signature models and have them come in at $600 or $700 would be fucking awesome,” the Fender and Charvel signature artist tells Guitar World

Jim Root's first-ever Charvel signature model has officially landed
By Sam Roche published
The Slipknot man's Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HH FR arrives alongside his existing lineup of Fender signatures, and retains the same minimalist aesthetic and control layout

Charvel Jake E Lee Signature Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 and Satchel Signature Pro-Mod DK22 review
By Paul Riario last updated
This pair of signature hot-rodded S-styles were inspired by the '80s but are 100 per cent relevant today, offering a speedy ride and stunning tones at a sensible price

Guthrie Govan shares the story behind his latest signature Charvel
By Dave Burrluck published
If there is such a thing as an all-purposes guitar, then Guthrie Govan's latest signature Charvel San Dimas is it. Here, Govan talks through the design choices behind the high-performance electric

Why don’t more guitars come with different brands’ pickups mixed and matched?
By Dave Burrluck published
Most of the electric guitars we buy have own-brand pickups or a pairing from one brand, but there is another way and it can work well. Here are a few things to consider before reaching for the Seymour Duncan, the DiMarzio, and that soldering iron

The story of Randy Rhoads’ long-lost Jackson RR3 prototype – and why it is now going up for auction
By Alan di Perna published
Built for the late Ozzy Osbourne guitarist in 1982, only to be completed after his death, the prototype RR3 presents the metal guitar and the Jackson brand at a crucial stage of their evolution, and now its owner, Sean Michael Clegg, is putting it up for sale
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