Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Natural Cooked Ash

The Guthrie Govan USA Signature HSH Caramelized Ash is a 25.5" scale guitar that offers a carmelized ash San Dimas body with a thin satin lacquer finish and a specially contoured heel (sans neck plate) for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The bolt-on flame maple neck has a "caramelized" heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, with graphite reinforcement, hand-rubbed urethane on the back and a convenient truss rod adjustment wheel at the body end. Most unusually for a San Dimas model, the 12"-16" compound radius flame maple fingerboard spans two octaves, with the same caramelized treatment as the neck, 24 extra jumbo stainless steel frets and special maple dot inlays with ebony borders, as well as Luminlay® side-dots that emit light for the darkest of stages.

Other premium features include three specially wound Charvel custom MF pickups arranged in a versatile HSH configuration with five-way switching for the expansive tonal openness and dynamic sensitivity that Govan demands, a 2-way mini toggle switch to engage single coil simulation in bridge and neck humbucker position, two Luminlay numbered dome control knobs for volume and tone, U.S.-made recessed Charvel locking tremolo bridge with Tremol-No™ unit and oversized brass block, bone nut and chrome hardware.

SETUP & INSPECTED BY OUR TECH TEAM

Case: Hardshell Case 

Weight: 7.5lbs 

Year: 2023

Series: Artist Signature Models

Color: Natural

Number of Strings: 6

Orientation: Right-Hand

ELECTRONICS

Bridge Pickup: Charvel® Custom MF Humbucking

Middle Pickup: Charvel® Custom MF Single-Coil

Neck Pickup: Charvel® Custom MF Humbucking

Pickup Color: Brown

Controls: Volume, Tone

Switching: 5-Position Blade and 2-Position Toggle with Multiple Switching Options

Special Electronics: 2-Way Mini-Toggle to Engage Single Coil Simulation in Bridge and Neck Humbucker Position

Pickup Configuration: HSH

BODY

Body Finish: Satin

Body Shape: San Dimas Style 1

Body Material: Caramelized Ash

HARDWARE

Bridge: Recessed Charvel® Locking Tremolo Bridge

Hardware Finish: Chrome

Tremolo Arm: Pop-In Tremolo Arm

Tuning Machines: Gotoh® MG-T Locking

Knobs: Dome-Style Luminlay® Numbered

Switch Tip: Black

NECK

Neck Material: Caramelized Flame Maple

Neck Construction: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement

Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Urethane

Neck Shape: Speed Neck with Rolled Fingerboard Edges

Neck Binding: None - Rolled Fingerboard Edges

Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)

Fingerboard Radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)

Fingerboard Material: Caramelized Flame Maple

Number of Frets: 24

Fret Size: Jumbo Stainless Steel

Nut Material: Bone

Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)

Position Inlays: Ebony Ring with Maple Dot Center