I still have mine that I bought in 86. Will never, ever let it go.

@EssexRecordingStudios

3 жыл бұрын

Keep it forever Jerry!

@xerxces2112

2 жыл бұрын

Me too Jerry! Will never let mine go either.

I have a white one of those model 6 with Kahler from 1986. Wonderful guitar.

@EssexRecordingStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Love them with the Kahler

This is so cool. A lot of people say these japanese charvels are really well made guitars.

My Dad bought this guitar around 2019. I’ve seen his comment somewhere in this thread he bought this exact guitar although his comment says he bought it from someone in Liverpool. literally have it on my knee as I’m writing this. He sadly passed away in April 2022 and so I have inherited it. It is a beautiful example of a classic 80s metal guitar. Growing up in the 80s I learned to play on a charvel 4. This guitar is just magnificent!

@EssexRecordingStudios

Жыл бұрын

Hey Gary, so cool to see you carrying on the legacy and checking in on our video of what is now YOUR awesome guitar. Very sorry to hear about the loss of your father, but I hope his guitar brings you joy every time you see it and pick it up 🤘

I had one of these in 87, white with kahler. Was my dream guitar at the time.

@EssexRecordingStudios

4 жыл бұрын

So cool! I just got a Model 5 with a Japanese Rising Sun graphic very similar to this. I've got a white Model 4 with a Kahler on our website now

@brunodk11

3 жыл бұрын

And it’s my dream guitar nowadays hahaha

I got the exact guitar in black. Found it in an antique store in Florida for 100 with chainsaw case. My favorite for sure!!!

@EssexRecordingStudios

5 жыл бұрын

Wow what a steal! My family owns a huge antique store in Florida...hope it wasn't them lol

@glock23c

5 жыл бұрын

Vero beach on us1 haha

I had this new but in black. The best guitar I evef owned

The individual pickup switches are very cool. Steve

one of my dream guitar :D

I had this exact one in red but with floyd rose and jackson active pickup system. sorry i ever sold it. it was hands down one of the best guitars I ever owned. always in tune and played fabulous.

Wow! Beautiful guitar.

@EssexRecordingStudios

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

I had the model 3 in white pearl metallic from about 87-88, it was $650 new, played amazingly smooth, licensed Floyd Rose Jackson trem. and Jackson J-90 HB with black EMG style covers and two S.coil's, satin neck, rosewood fretboard, dot inlay (made from shark tooth) always stayed in tune even doing the Jack Butler whammy bar shake...lol, the metallic had a hint of blue to it, wish I still had it.

Wow. What a beautiful guitar

@EssexRecordingStudios

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

Yo tuve una,fue la primera en llegar a Argentina,la traje mediante cada Daiam,un lujo de guitarra

I own one plum colour myself. Bought it on eBay like 16 years ago for $499. I upgraded it with many parts from floyroseugrades with a Takeuchi TRS-101 bridge Set a 18V circuitery with EMG's and installed an EVH D-TUNA to get to drop-D real quick. Those guitars are killing it!

Yep. Had one in pearl white back in 86 myself. Nice guitar, but I sold it and bought a Nightswan.

The paint was called 'Ferrari Red'. I own two original 1987 Model 6's, both unmodified. One a 'Cobalt Blue' (bought new in '87), the other 'Ferrari Red' (bought from eBay in 2002), both with the Floyd Rose licensed tremolo locking system, and original chainsaw cases. Will never sell them!

I just got myself a Model 6 from 1987 and I have to say mine is even better looking than this one! original pickups and floyd trem on mine. In fact its 100% original! Also Ferrari Red. Best guitar I've ever played and it sounds like a banshee. Thanks for showing these awesome guitars to look at while I made my way into having my own.

@EssexRecordingStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Congrats Ben!

Charvel😍

I don't know how much this guitar sold for but it was a steal any way you look at it. The Charvel "Model" series began in 1986 and ran through 1988. All of the serial numbers began with a "C" followed by a 6 digit number. The first number represents the last number of the production year. In this case it is a 6, meaning 1986. The following numbers of 00050 mean that this guitar was #50 off the production line in 1986. I own this exact guitar with only two differences. On mine the pickup selection switches are black instead of silver and still has the original pickups. Serial #C601999

Nice. The original pickups were awesome . Wish i.could hear it. Cool guitar

@brandonmcvey9511

4 жыл бұрын

Probably even a little more . The popularity is growing 🤫

Hey amigo que Bonita guitarra, de lo mejor!! Saludos desde Lima Perú! Gran video!

Great video once again! 😃👍

I have a model 6 just like that with a different tremolo. Looks new.

Shred machine. I’d love to thrash some riffs on it

That is a bad ass guitar. Back in the early 1990s I had a Charvel 650xl. One of the best guitars I have ever owned. Fell on hard times and pawned it. Im so mad at myself. My buddy has a Charvel 750xl archtop its bad ass too

@EssexRecordingStudios

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I agree. Those 650xl and 750xl models are sweeeeeeet. You may have just inspired me to start hunting for one! -Keith

This could have been made in 1985 and shipped very early 1986. The model 6 I had ,was fitted with a Jackson version of the Floyd Rose which had very brittle knife edges, so I fitted a Schaller made Floyd, with the hardend steel pivot screws the tuning was rock solid even though it had the behind the nut string lock. This was in late 1986 or very early 1987. The pickups were Jackson's own brand. The rear control knob was a parametric EQ,the middle one a master tone and the volume was nearest the bridge humbucker.

@morry850

6 жыл бұрын

No this is an '86. The model series Charvels debuted in '86 and they all had Kahlers. In 1987 they started using the Jackson JT6 tremolo, which is what you're referring to.

@tulyar1043

6 жыл бұрын

morry850 Thanks for your reply. Certainly these guitars caused a stir when they debuted at the 1986 Music Fair at Earl's Court London. Oh happy days.

@morry850

6 жыл бұрын

Tulyar 10, Yeah these things are fantastic.

I had this exact guitar and traded it for an Ovation acoustic. Still kicking myself.

@EssexRecordingStudios

3 жыл бұрын

I would have kept the Charvel 😉

It's been said that these charvels MIJ were better than USA soloist

@Holtenstein

3 жыл бұрын

The Charvel 750XLs are still very very nice guitars

@dnadeau819

2 жыл бұрын

Some of them are better than some USA soloists. I've played about 3, owned 2 and 1 of them was better or as good as a very good soloist.

@dustinteasdale6091

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly by people whom have never owned a USA soloist. I have both and there’s no comparison.

@dnadeau819

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinteasdale6091 I've owned 2 , played 3 or 4. One that I had was honestly as solid and same quality as a USA soloist. The other were not.

@dustinteasdale6091

2 жыл бұрын

@@dnadeau819 they’re not as consistent. I’ve had 2 USA soloists an 86 SL1 and custom shop SL2h the few MIJ Charvels I’ve had were not in the same league at all. I have a 94 Kelly Pro MIJ that has the ebony feet board mop shark fin inlays and Jackson logo and Schaller bridge that’s been upgraded to Seymour Duncan’s and that is better than the charvels as well.

Awesome guitar

Just bought this very guitar fom a guy in Liverpool.

@EssexRecordingStudios

5 жыл бұрын

Cool guitar...let me know when you want to sell it. This guitar went "missing" when I shipped it to a very disappointed buyer in Israel who never got it. The guitar magically shows up at the Cash Converters pawn shop in Brighton where the guy said he bought it at the "lost in the post" auction for pennies. Apparently this Liverpool guy bought it from him. The guitar originally belonged to Rob Logan in Cambridge who runs the Jackson Made In USA page on Facebook

@56nogga

5 жыл бұрын

@@EssexRecordingStudios Thanks for the info on the guitar,I hope the guitar was insured and whatever money was recovered.This all adds to the history of the guitar.I once owned one of these back in the 80s and always regretted selling it,so i will be hanging onto this one ,but i will bear you in mind if i ever decide to sell.The video is excellent and could not believe my eyes when i saw it.It came with that case as well.

Always loved the Kahler. More comfortable to rest my wrist on than the Floyd.

I really prefer the videos in the kitchen. I hope you have beer there! Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘

I have a model 6, a professional rhoads from the 90's "charvel factory" , and a pcs rhoads. The main difference on the pcs vs the pro (hardware aside) is fret end nibs.

the kahler tremolo was only on the 1986 model. and the early 1987

@ErlendBuflod

4 жыл бұрын

There is a floyd on my '87 model! Love this guitar.

Videos are great.

I have the white one with Kahler but without sharkfin. I'm looking to replace the bridge though because it's a bit rusty and it's gnawing away at mij strings because the rollers on the saddle are somewhat corroded and because of that have some sharp edges I think. I think it's a Kahler 2300 pro. Is there any new bridge I can replace it with without having to drill or do routing work?

Oh hell yeah baby!!!

the best ones are the model 1 with vintage style trem black red or white if you find one with a square tweed case thats a first year

I still have mine. I strip off all the paint

Cool 🤘

@EssexRecordingStudios

6 жыл бұрын

Just got a '88 Model 5 same colour on here uploaded today check it out! -Keith

Nice guitar

@EssexRecordingStudios

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Super nice wanted world wide

thats an 86 model and this can go up to 1000 dollars in mint condition

This is an '86. By '87 they started coming with the Jackson JT-6 tremolo. This is very close to a modern Indonesian SL3X Soloist.

@CrowemagModelWorks

3 жыл бұрын

These stomp the indo Jackson’s. Just as good as US Jackson’s of the day minus the ebony board and German Floyd.

@scottdunn2178

3 жыл бұрын

@@CrowemagModelWorks I wasn't talking quality wise between an SLX and Model 6... I was talking about precisely what you mentioned; a Soloist Custom design... but with a rosewood (laurel) fretboard and cheaper licensed Floyd Rose. You're preaching to the choir about the early Japanese Charvels... I was there during that era.

I just bought a Japanese model 6 in white for £499 which included the hard case. The body has one large chip and some smaller chips on it. But I'm going to get it restored. Its missing a trem arm for the Floyd so I'm going to need one of those. I'm lucky in that there are some good guitar luthiers in my city and one just happens to be the guy who works on Mark Knopfler's guitars though I have no idea how much the repair is going to cost.

@tangentz0007

5 жыл бұрын

well worth it.

NICE!!! Prefer a Floyd and Seymour Duncans. Otherwise, it's perfect.

Love your videos. Question do set up the guitars before shipping them to the buyer. Thanks

@EssexRecordingStudios

6 жыл бұрын

Hey dude thanks for watching! To answer your question, no it's pretty high volume here and people tend to change the strings, tuning and action to their liking anyway. That plus most of my guitars are shipped to the other side of the planet with the tension relieved on the neck to prevent any headstock snaps, so in general it's good to do a setup anyway when you get it.

@caveman1586

6 жыл бұрын

Essex Recording Studios Alright, got it thank you very much.

Need to start demoing these bad boys

@EssexRecordingStudios

3 жыл бұрын

Very soon!!

I've owned a couple of these. They're great guitars. Have you checked out the Charvel 750XL?

@EssexRecordingStudios

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they are hard to come by over here!

@kranen1

3 жыл бұрын

I have both. The 750 is a bit different. 24,75 scale and set neck. Great guitars!

@Holtenstein

3 жыл бұрын

@@kranen1 The 750xl also had different tonewoods if you got a solid color or the transparent version. IMO, the trans mahogany versions sound warmer and more LP like.

@kranen1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Holtenstein I’ve got the red transparent flame maple version. Yeah, they called it the les paul killer. 😁

What price was?

My dad has an 86 made in Korea black charvel model 5 with a Mahler pro

@EssexRecordingStudios

6 жыл бұрын

That is a killer guitar man.....I might be getting a black Model 6 soon...

@acw2237

4 жыл бұрын

Korea? Not sure they made them there in 86. Maybe he has a 96 or 2006

Set up like a G&L

Jesse pintado guitar.

these where made by hondo in japan not a usa guitar even though they say ft worth texas the necks are so thin the truss rods break through the back of the neck

@LLSicilia

5 жыл бұрын

Really? Where is this documented.. my buddy had a hondo strat id make jokes about in my teens.. If he only knew my charvel was made by hondo

@acw2237

4 жыл бұрын

I heard that they were made in Cort factory but to Jackson's specs

Man this guitar would’ve been amazing without that khaler. I hate those things man.

@EssexRecordingStudios

3 жыл бұрын

They have grown on me and are getting more popular. No need to cut out a massive chunk of the middle of the body too

Khaler 😖😩😵

DiMarzio clip-locks are hideous.

Quality is going through the roof for the money. What rock have you been living under ??? Indonesia, Korea, Mexico has been putting out quality. A lot of that 80s and ninety's gear was over rated, overpriced and grossly underperformed. Modern guitars seem to have better frets and setups. Even cheap guitars are great platforms.A lot of cheap guitars in the 80 and 90s weren't even solid wood or tone wood.

@EssexRecordingStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Oh for sure the new import models today are epic

Clearly a poseurs guitar...

@EssexRecordingStudios

2 жыл бұрын

How so?

@NitroModelsAndComics

2 жыл бұрын

It is a generalization to be sure, but these guitars when in the hands of working or dedicated players seem to have significant wear and battle scars. I have 2 guitars I have owned for over 30 years, and as careful as I have been with them they have their share of dings and bangs. As a working guitarist I found it incredibly difficult to keep these fiddles in perfect shape. Not for lack of trying either. Guitars that stay in their case tend to look like this example. As has been my experience.

I just found one in mint condition with case for 400 bucks 🥹