Charvel DK24 2-PT HH Quick Look | Wilkinson Locking Saddles | The Ultimate Charvel?!?
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2020
- Quick Look video of my Charvel DK24 2-PT HH guitar.
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Some great tones thanks for your upload
Thanks for watching!
Great informative video. I just bought this exact same guitar & you explained the in’s & out’s very well. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching! Hope you love your Charvel.
Can you give me your opinion on the clean tones? Thanks!
Thanks for this video - very helpful.
Thanks for watching! Appreciate it.
I have same guitar an I adore it. As an Ibanez guy of 20 years,....this thing is an engineering marvel and I'm so glad I made the switch. A good friend bought one and came by to show it off. I was floored. At a $900 price point its unbeatable. I did have to fret dress mine but no biggy. I've upgraded mine with KTS titanium saddles and high mass Gotoh brass block with brass claw and screws. Plus I installed the F-U Tone noiseless springs in white. Also,...I got the blue anidized Sperzel staggered locking tuners. It really makes that headstock pop. This guitar beats out my $3500 Fender CS on Tone and playability believe it or not.It's that good. I'm now selling said Fendef to fund a Diezel head. All told,.?.?.?.?.NGD never felt so good. Great demo and playing my friend. Subbing now.👍
Whats your opinion on the clean tones?
@@HeartbreakerGuitars You know?? The alnico neck pickup is surprisingly decent for cleans. Or more like "edge of breakup". But yeah,.....it ok on cleans. The Full Shred bridge pup is incapable of cleans. But if you roll the volume off,.....thanks to the Seymour Duncan 500k Smooth Taper vol pot helps a lot. I think an Sprague orange drop cap would help matters. But it is after all,......a "Super Strat".lol
Real nice demo , really highlighted the guitar, think I’ll buy one ☝️ thanks
Thank you!
Really nice review and playing
Thanks a lot…appreciate it.
Cool demo.
Thanks!
So I have the HSS version of this in Shell Pink. It also comes with the Gotoh 2PT bridge. Given that it’s routed for that bridge, if I wanted to replace it with a Floyd would I be able to just do a simple swap out or are there changes I’ll have to make to the body?
No...the post spread of the Floyd is not the same as the Gotoh bridge. If you really want a Floyd, get a guitar with a Floyd - to change out the Gotoh for a Floyd would require a lot of work on the guitar and cost more $$ than it’d be worth.
@@EJBGuitar thanks I had a feeling. I haven’t done any bridge related work before so I wasn’t sure. I just wanted to put one in this one since I’ve already done so many modifications to it already and I absolutely love this neck
Hey what chrome knobs did you use to replace the white speed knobs? I have been looking but no luck.
The knobs in the video were just some flat top chrome knobs off of a Telecaster that I had in my parts box. I have since started using Maximum Guitar Works knobs for most of my “knob replacement” needs! (I have a video about MGW knobs too!)
What’s the balance like when standing? I’ve got a DK22 and thinking about getting one of these. My 22 has just the slightest hint of neck dive
This particular one doesn’t have any neck dive. When it comes to mass produced guitars like this I’d imagine there are some out there that do have it though.
How do you lock those locking studs, got the same exact guitar thanks.
The smaller allen wrench that should’ve came with your guitar goes down inside the big hole on the stud and there is a small allen bolt down inside that you tighten.
Fantastic review, thank you! Given that you have Floyd Rose equipped guitars for comparison, how close do the Wilkinson locking saddles together with the staggered locking tuners allow you to come to that level of tuning stability?
Honestly, I’d say it’s 90% of the way there (maybe 95%!!). You still have the strings in a regular nut, so it’s crucial that your nut be cut properly. For the kind of trem use I do the majority of the time, it’s fantastic...and then for the few tunes that we do that are really trem crazy, I have the Floyd guitars. Thanks for the comment!
@@EJBGuitar Thank you! I was trying to figure out whether a Gotoh 510 (plus locking saddles/tuners) equipped guitar was enough for playing rock/metal songs from the 80s (and general whammy bar fun) and the upgrades you've made is exactly what I had in mind.
Yeah, I feel safe using this guitar with my ‘80s hair metal project! Like I say, make sure the nut slots are good, and with the locking tuners & saddles, I think you’d be fine. Make sure the 510’s locking studs are locked (Charvel seems to have a habit of leaving them unlocked!), and make sure the bridge is level too...basically just do a good setup on it with your preferred strings, or if you don’t do your own setups, have a good tech do it. I’m really digging this Charvel and don’t feel in any way that I’m “slumming it” when I grab it over any of my “higher end” guitars.
Replace the nut with a Bill Edwards finger-tite nut that has external adjusters and it will perform as good as a Floyd Rose.
Unlike Floyd Rose locking nut clamping the Bill Edwards locking nut doesn't change the tuning of the strings. It's because it uses cam based locking mechanism. That's why it eliminates the need of fine tuners in the bridge.
If you still find minor changes in the tuning the external adjusters on the nut help you to correct it.
@@EJBGuitar so... if you have to rely on a locking feature, is there any advantage of using this trem vs. a Floyd Rose considering the tuning stability track record of a FL and now you have to unlock something to tune it and you really don't have any fine tunners?
Very useful video. Mine doesnt have the series-parallel switch - how much difficulty is it to add one? Is that basically a phase switch?
Hmmm…mine had it stock - thought they all did. If you’re going to add it, it’s probably easier to do it via a push/pull pot rather than a mini switch…won’t have to make a new hole! There are tons of online resources that could explain it way better than I could. Here are a couple…
www.fralinpickups.com/2017/03/29/push-pull-pots-mods/
m.ua-cam.com/video/ff2ZAzeokXM/v-deo.html
Only this HH version
Do you happen to know what size are the stock saddles? 10.5mm or 10.8mm. And can the wilkinson adjust to 10.5mm?(i heard that somewhere)
Don’t know any of that! The Wilkinson’s seem to fit mine perfectly is all I can tell you.
The most rarest humbucker combination is HHH and it should it should be more common. The guitar with the HHH combination I personally like in is the Kramer Jersey Star in White. I also wish Kramer would make the Kramer Jersey Star with a fender bridge with locking saddles, it would make the guitar more affordable than $1500 because it not having a floyd rose.
Got this as a B stock and since then ive tried more expensive than this guitars but nothing comes close.
With the locking saddles, are you able to detune the E string to drop D? Or do you need to unlock it with the key to change the tuning? Thanks
No, you tune like normal, but this bridge is still floating so if you change the tuning you have to tweak the tuning of all the strings. The locking saddles don’t change anything about tuning, trem setup, etc.
@@EJBGuitar thanks so much for you reply!
Hi Eric thanks for this demo and review. It is a perfect review for a buyer to watch. Demonstrated all the sounds and include some useful upgrade options. I've just ordered one - arrives tomorrow. Your demo was the final convincer for me. They are few and far between in the lefty version and limited colours (I've gone for black), also I noticed the lefty only has one string tree on the B/E. Kind of odd and don't know why they have done that. I'll email them and ask. Anyway thanks again man. 🤘
Sweet! Let me know what you think of yours.
What happened? Fellow lefty
Indeed, another fellow lefty... how was it? Ordering the pink today I think...
i'm having tuning stability issues with mine, do you think a setup will fix this?
Well, if you aren’t familiar with setting up a floating tremolo, then yeah you may need someone to set it up for you. Setting up any floating trem is a time consuming thing, but it’s not impossible...and when set up properly these guitars stay in tune just fine.
@@EJBGuitar thanks so much!
Get yourself some Dale's Nut Sauce or the Dunlop Friction Remover. If that doesn't do it,...you have an improperly cut nut. I'm gonna guess it's the G and A string?? If the lube doesn't work you may need a local luthier to open up the string slot on the nut. Very cheap to do. Also lube the string trees. Anytime you have that many friction points,...its truly warrants regular lubing. Best of luck to you. Hope it helps. Love the shell pink ones. Great choice.
Just bought the guitar. Your review being one of the reasons. And what would you reccomend for a practice amp? Mostly enoy 80s hair metal.
If you’re looking for something relatively inexpensive, I’ve never had either but I’ve heard great things about both the Yamaha THR amps and the Boss Katana amps. Cameron Cooper uses the THR amp and gets great ‘80s tones. I went Kemper profiler a few years back and those are all I use now.
I just bought that katana mk2 50 and it’s amazing for the money. Also just bought this same guitar and it won’t stay in tune very well at all. Scared to do any bends and use trem. Pretty ridiculous considering the price of the guitar
Sean don't get this guitar literally everyone has problems with the tuning stability. This guy had to order a locking saddle system. Cancel your order
@@davidramos4317 I didn’t order the locking saddles because I couldn’t keep the guitar in tune...I ordered them because I wanted the added stability when really going overboard with trem use, and also I just thought they were cool when I saw them on Pete Thorn’s Suhr and they reminded me of the system on my Guthrie Govan Signature guitar
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These style trems can’t be used like a Floyd system- they could go out of tune, but subtle use and surely bending notes on the neck didn’t knock it out of tune. If it does then it’s either loose bridge studs or uneven stud height (which is a common thing from the factory, and definitely shouldn’t occur on a brand new guitar), nut slots, or people that just don’t know how to set up a guitar.
@@anthonyfera2198 Check the bridge studs...make sure they are tight and adjusted even. Seems like many aren’t on these and I had to adjust mine (which I’d do anyway when setting the guitar up). I didn’t have much tuning trouble with mine even before I put on these saddles after I set mine up. If it ain’t the bridge, it’s gotta be the nut slots! Setup on any floating bridge is critical, even more so on a non-locking system.
Hi Eric, how would you compare this to your Ibanez AZ 47P1QM you presented recently? Thanks!
Both are great guitars. Personally, I’d pick the Ibanez. I like the body a lot more. Better pickups for the majority of what I play as well. Better fretwork too.
@@EJBGuitar Thanks for the fast response! I play a bit of everything, funk,blues, rock and some classic old school metal. Rythm and lead. I know the Ibanez ToneZone-TrueVelvet-Air Norton is a no lose combo. The charvel on the other hand sounds thin,but I ve only heard it through videos not in real life. However I am looking for a guitar that can produce a kinda strat-ish sound (don't mind it a bit fuller mid range).
So what kind of stuff do you play that makes you prefer the Ibanez? Sorry to ask all that but I don't have access to the charvel where I live,though I have played that specific Ibanez and I quite liked it. My mind is gonna explode,the last few months I can't decide which one between those two I should go for...
Thanx again for the review and your time to reply earlier, much appreciated.
I tend to play a lot of ‘80s rock - “hair metal”. Classic rock and modern rock too. Not much real blues.
@@EJBGuitar thanks for the reply!All the best man!
Can you tell me how much this guitar weighs. Thanks.
Mine weighs 7lbs 6oz. Seems like they can vary a bit.
what's the Country of Origin that Model was made Sir?
It’s made in the Fender Mexico plant.
@@EJBGuitar thankz
What’s the name of the second song you were playing? I can’t think but i love that one.
Are you talking about “Big Log” by Robert Plant?
@@EJBGuitar yes that’s it!! Thank you brother!
@jarodreddig63 no problem. Probably not super accurate…was playing from memory!
@@EJBGuitar sounded pretty close to me.I figured some of it out a bit ago just by noodling around but gunna get on Ultimate Guitar tabs and check it out.
How do you like this compared to the Govan?
This is a great guitar, but the Govan is, IMO, on a whole other level. BIG price difference though!
@@EJBGuitar yes it is lol.
@@EJBGuitar I’ve had both, and honestly my MIM Charvel is better than the Govan model I had. Your mileage may vary however.
Can you give a link to hipshot tuners ive just purchased same colour as this 👍🤘🤘
hipshotproducts.com/collections/guitar-tuning-machines/products/guitar-tuner-upgrade-kits
Dear sir I'm thinking about buying one of these myself now it's 2021 and I'm just wondering how is yours holding up and are you still in love with it?
Yep...still love it. Very versatile electronics, comfortable neck & body, good bridge. Killer value.
@@EJBGuitar Thanks for getting back to me man!
I found the weakness in the bridge pickup. But a nice guitar..
Will the wilkinson saddle work on a lefty gotoh 510? Thanks
Can’t think of any reason why they wouldn’t.
Hey there man, this guitar is a beauty. Also it sounds like you have quite a bit of experience with Floyd and non-Floyd bridges, so I would like to ask a question: do you think that those locking saddles allow for this type of use (for reference, from minute 1:00 to 1:08): ua-cam.com/video/LpVTsY0SqO0/v-deo.html
Or do you think that can only be done with a Floyd (in particular the harmonic)?
If the nut is cut properly and lubricated, these saddles allow for all trem use other than “crazy dive bombing”! They basically do what a Floyd does - lock the string at the saddle end. That being said, I personally save the kind of trem use in the sample you posted for my double locking trem guitars!
@@EJBGuitar Wow thanks man that was a fast response. Also very nice of you to check out that link. Yeah I need to decide what route to go... My use of the trem would be pretty conservative, just a few exceptions (like the ones in the link) here and there. I know for a fact that I wouldn't like a full on Floyd... Maybe a Floyd without the fine tuners? Although I'm not so sure it would be easy to fit... Plus, that's kind of the same thing... Anyways, thanks again man 👍🏼
Just got this exact same guitar. Love it, but the tuning stability is horrendous. Even if I do some normal vibrato or pinch harmonics, it’ll go out of tune! Drives me nuts! It’s probably the nut. I’m thinking it was cut too deep.
Yeah the nut is the first place I always look, but check and make sure the little Allen screws down in the trem posts are tight too…I’ve heard on a lot of these those work loose (or were loose from the factory) and that can cause some instability as well.
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