Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 HSH 2PT CM Electric Guitar Mystic Blue

This guitar is everything you could possibly want. L The Mystic Blue with the gold hardware and the carmalized maple fretboard /neck , it's absolutely gorgeous. The bridge and the neck pickups both sound amazing . I play rock and blues . I use it for both. It works great for recording. I cannot believe how silky smooth it plays . The tones that come out of this thing are just ridiculously good . I am absolutely blown out of the water. If you are on the fence , jump off and get down to Guitar Center and get one . It's an unbelievable value.

So this is my first Charvel and I had no idea what to expect. The value is high for a mid-priced guitar like this. My favorite part about it is the pickups and the responsiveness. Love the pickup combinations overall which give this guitar a great versatility of styles you can play. And as many have noted, the neck feels good to me but I wouldn't rave like some - neck shapes are a personal thing. The tremolo is solid and the locking tuners are also very solid with a nice ratio. The Luminlays really work and are cool. And I do like the "no-friction" volume knob for generating a tremolo effect - very unique. The no load tone knob doesn't do a whole lot for me because I always leave that knob at 10. I am only looking at 2 mods for this guitar - (1) replaced the string trees with Graph Tech ones for $11. (2) replace the relatively still springs in the tremolo with Raw Vintage springs that are considerably softer for ~$21. I was amazed to see some fret sprout on the neck with everyone raving about the neck and rolled edges I(mine are not rolled - apparently why I also have the fret sprout). I can easily file this down with a sanding sponge. And I believe the guitar will need a setup to get it right but for this price I have no problem with that at all. And come on guys - you can buy your own gig back for $25 - sheesh:-)

What an incredible instrument. This is the first guitar that I've owned beyond the 500-700 price mark, and it's the best investment I've ever made. The pickups are amazing - crystal clear vintage-style tones from the neck pickup in positions 4 and 5, and the bridge pickup absolutely SCREAMS. There is no lack of tonal versatility in this instrument, the hardware is absolutely solid, but the neck is definitely the main selling point for me. The caramelized maple is a dream to play on. The compound radius makes it comfortable to play, wherever you're at on the fretboard. Feels close-ish to a strat neck towards the top, but still a bit thinner, making chords in the open position very comfortable. Then it feels more like the wizard neck (ibanez) gradually as you move down the neck towards the bridge. Took this guitar into a local luthier immediately upon receiving it and he was blown away by the quality - he barely had to do anything but lower the action a bit. He told me it was the first time he had worked on a Charvel, and that it was an excellent instrument as well as an all-around joy to work on. Also, it makes your hand smell like a maple log for a little bit after playing it. Personally, this was evidence to me that the "caramelized" maple neck is definitely no gimmick, and I sort of appreciate it. I'm sure that will go away with time, but it's pretty cool!

This guitar was a gamechanger for me. Bought it used for 750. Have since sold my other ibanez. Playing on this guitar is effortless, it practically plays itself. The neck feels small and thin, which is to my preference, much similar to the prs se 24's with the thin necks. There are lots of tonal options with the single coil for positions 2 and 4 especially, the clean tones are exceptional. The guitar is a shredder at heart, but it's versatile enough for me to use in my coverband. The floating bridge is great, going both up and down, however there is one flaw with the trem arm, that to take it out you actually have to open up the back of the guitar and unscrew the trem arm from the back, not ideal if you want to put it in a case. I just leave it unscrewed and have yet to have any trouble with the trem are falling out or anything. Aesthetically this guitar is gorgeous. I might make a few mods to it, like putting in a bone nut. Ergonomically, this guitar is a dream, with the belt cutout, and beveled pick hand, this guitar just goes and goes for hours. I've played or owned pretty much every kind of shred guitar, from ibanez, jackson, parker fly, schecter, esp etc, save for perhaps a music man or kiesel, but this guitar really might be my favorite ever. Great job charvel!

I'll start off by noting that I haven't set it up yet and my bridge and action were a little high right out of the box and I'm experiencing tuning issues. Other than those issues that a professional can easily fix, I'm absolutely loving this guitar. It's the most expensive one I've owned to date and I'm very happy with it. It looks fantastic and I feel like I'm paying more attention to my playing and have improved in the few weeks I've had it. The roasted maple neck plays so well, looks and smells great, and fits my hand better than my Kramer '84 Baretta.

30 years of playing and gear. This is an excellent guitar. I don't understand these bad reviews. "Oh no I had to adjust the springs on the trem!" "Omg I had to set up a guitar that was shipped from a factory in Mexico!" Good grief stop moaning! This guitar is well executed, despite Fender's glossing over a few details. It's obviously pitted against the Ibanez AZ series, and it does match up very well for less money. A bag would be nice, but they're trying to beat the AZ in pure out the door dollars. The Duncan pups are great! Again very similar to the pups in the AZ. They are somewhere between a PAF and a Duncan JB in terms of power. The pups are eq'ed more like a PAF which is great for clarity and tight low end. Sure you may have to make some adjustments. You may have to polish some fret ends if you want them to feel like a PRS or a Suhr. The neck feels amazing. It feels like they took a classic Fender C shape from a Strat and shaved off some wood to make it a D shape. It's not super thin like a Schecter shred machine either. The orange paint job is killer! So 80's. All the joints are tight and clean which shocked me. It's just a great rock/shred guitar.