New sub! I graduated in 1987, arguably the apex of the hair metal guitars. #1 on my guitar bucket list is an original Ibanez RG 550 in DY. I believe I saw one hanging behind you far right (Mark is severely salivating). Someday... But, very cool vid and channel! Right on and rock on! \m/>_
I graduated in 1988 (well, I was supposed to but it turned into half way through 89). That RG550 DY is actually the 20th anniversary edition. As I’m sure you heard in the story I sold the hell out of 550s, specifically the DY but I couldn’t afford one myself. I do have a 91 DY Jem! Actually I have 4 Jems, DY, SK, LG, and a floral pattern. I’ll do a video on those some day soon. I also have a 91 550 in white that I modded to be the same electronics as a 80s Jem. For 80s shredder guitars you are definitely in the right spot. I have a bunch and I’m just getting started. Plus there is modern stuff and my charity work with The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases. I encourage you to look around my page and enjoy the happy memories. It’s great to have someone here that remembers the golden age of shred guitars! And thank you for subscribing! I really appreciate it and it will help my channel grow and let me make more videos.
@@REXYLAB Killer cool man! I can't wait to see more shredder guitars! Yes, I drooled over the anniversary RG 550's as well. I also dig the Genesis Series. I've heard about the Squishy Project thru Brad the guitologist, I've subbed to him for years. I believe I remember seeing you on his channel? Hey, thanks for a great response, that's really cool. I eagerly await more awesome vids. Thanks Rexylab! 👍🏻🤘🏻
@@supersonicnomad8437 yeah, if it was The Squishy Guitar Project it was me. It was started by a friend of mine revolving around an idea I had about a door her daughter (Squishy) painted. I stumbled across Brad’s contact info and told him I enjoyed his stuff and told him about the project and volunteered to help. Brad has been great about everything and gave me lots of good advice for my channel when I was first staring out. There are three playlists on my channel about The Squishy Guitar Project. This autistic kid is getting a guitar, fast tracking a guitar for a boy in 100 Days isolation, and The Squishy Guitar Project. The autistic kid one is very close to my heart. His favorite band played his favorite song on his new guitar before we gave it to him. Then they made him an honorary member of the band. That kid, ironically named Brad told his dad he was no longer afraid of hospitals or doctors because he was a rockstar now and rockstars are not afraid. After that I could have died a happy man but all I wanted to do was find another kid! We have some big plans for next year with The Squishy Guitar Project and it will be all over my channel. If you hit that notification bell you won’t miss any of it. Back to the 80s. I have 2 more Charvels to do, tons of Ibanez, Kramer focus guitars, fender HM strat (technically 90s) and many more. Plus my series on whammy bars called, “ would a Floyd Rose by any other name play as sweet”. Lots of stuff coming and 60 videos already up for you to look through. I got modern stuff too. A Strandberg Boden is up next.
@@REXYLAB Awesome man! I've definitely have the bell icon to get all notifications! This is unquestionably one of my favorite channels, thanks again Rexylab! \m/
The Charvel guitars made from that era are truly timeless. I currently own a 1987 Charvel Model 5 that is priceless to me. I have also owned a Model 4 and a 5fx in the past. The quality of craftmanship is what keeps me coming back. Nothing like it exists today. Congrats on your pick up. Bravo!
Thank you very much my friend. It breaks my heart when these classics are abused and discarded. The mission of Rexylab is to save them all! Or as many as possible.
I too have an '87 Model 5 (found in 2004) which had been my Grail axe since '89 when I was a 17-yr old in my first thrash cover band. Came with the Chainsaw Case. The mid boost was fried, but I kept it, the wiring harness and the giant J80s that came original. The JT6 is set, strings intonated, and functions with perfection. The 86/87 MJ Models are absolute masterpieces. I currently have a Dimebucker in the bridge and a Jazz in the neck, with oversized HB rings a guy made custom for me. Was fret-leveled last week by a luthier in Houston, and it now plays itself. I will be buried with it, King Arthur style.
Thank you so much! If you like this I encourage you to check out the 1988 Jackson custom shop bass I did a little before this one. It was in need of extreme help and the owner was terrified it would just be destroyed. I have a bunch that are coming up with vintage Kramer, ibanez, and more. Not to mention custom builds including a strat that will benefit a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases. This custom strat is pretty damn amazing if I do say so myself. Speaking of the nonprofit it’s called The Squishy Guitar Project. Check out the video titled “this autistic kid finally got his guitar. We shot it on my 51st birthday. BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!!! You can see that guitar go from zero to hero in the corresponding playlist. But that’s enough from me. Thank you so much for subscribing! Eddie Curnan P.S. I’m doing another classic Charvel (3DR) soon.
Awesome story, I still have my Charvel Model 3A to this day. I’ve modified it by upgrading the bridge to an original Floyd Rose with FU brass block, and DiMarzio Tone Zone bridge pickup and PAF Pro in the neck position.
That sounds like a shredder’s dream! Did you route behind the bridge so you could pull up as well? I had an idea to get a model 6 and modify the hell out of it but that was a long time ago. Although, given the opportunity I’d still do it.
Little mom and pop store in watertown,south dakota. Ibanez RG560 was was my 1st new guitar in 88. Sold it to my buddy years later and he still has it. I picked up a model 3DR pre covid for cheap. Came with the jt6. Replaced with a schaller floyd. Awesome
I know seller’s regret all too well. I’m doing a fire crackle mode 4 right now. It’s an interesting one and I can’t believe how they butchered it. It will be an interesting video for sure. I hope you check it out!
I have one of these. Original, from new. Its so old and beaten that I am in the process of having new pickups, new trem (OFR) and all new electronics/pots etc. It has , without doubt, the finest neck I have ever played. Can’t wait to get it back.
If you are going to swap the bridge I highly recommend you make sure to swap the posts as well. If you don’t want your JT6 send me an email and maybe we can work something out and I can buy it from you. Same with the pickups and electronics if they’re all original. And if you must swap the bridge I highly recommend you wait until the big announcement from Kahler coming in October. It will be worth waiting. eddie@rexylab.net
I was 18. Guy in the music store let me pay it off monthly. Am 53 now. Its still my go to for recording and lead. Even though I have an Ibanez JS, and a great old Paul, and a nice strat.
Its being done by a professional luthier who has experience with Charvels. He’s done the same on a few others. I Will contact you about the spares when they come back. JT6’s are like rocking horse shit presented in a cone made from unicorn horn. IE Rare lol. I know because I tried to find a new one. And mine is in good nick. Same with the pickups.
Dude! 1981 I was a porter in the other hip store in town and I remember in october it was either 81, or 82, the EMG rep came by the store. I learned the EMG story then just bein off to the wayside and listenin to him tell the manager all the pitch.people nowdays dont even have a clue.
Puyallup had a hip music store? The one I worked at was so crappy and the only other one I know of was PMS (puyallup music shop, still makes me laugh). Where did you work?
I bought my bro a white model 6 back in the 80s when they first came out. Was his workhourse for years. Wicked piece of kit at that time. 35 years later parts get tired and trying to find original JT6 parts took a long time. Found all the parts including a couple of saddles and yes all the fine tuners out of Montreal Canada. My bro still loves me at 67!
Great save and what an awesome backstory! I'm the original owner of a 650XL (metal flake black with the toothpaste logo). Over her 33 years, she's only needed a few squirts of deoxit in the pots and batteries. I've installed a "tremel-no" since it's currently my only axe & I'm constantly changing the tuning (the "Jackson-Floyd" can get a little temperamental going from standard to drop-C.) It's a reversible mod so if if the desire to wail on her again returns!
A tremel-no is a great solution if you want to change tunings. So many people try to change tunings on a floating bridge and can never get it back. Great guitar you have. They don’t make them like they used to for sure.
@@REXYLAB Thanks! I wasn’t sure if you’d flame me for it…like adding cylinder deactivation to an LS engine! The “Floyd” bridge lays flat with the body and I can literally change tuning in seconds especially with the micro adjusters. I also still have my late 80’s Peavey VTM 120 (full stack) which I’m in the middle of recapping the head...STOOOPID loud!
I have modded so many things that I have no right to get in anyone for doing it. Now days I like to keep lots of stuff stock but I still mod things like crazy. My main bass was only made one year and everything about it is modified, even the neck and body.
I actually broke the bar on my JT6 back in the day. I was given an Edge bar as a replacement, as that was all I could source back in the late 80s at 17 years old. I found the Edge bar was a tiny bit narrower than the JT6 bar. There was a little bit of play that I had to remedy by putting a sliver of electrical tape on the bar to snug it. I have mixed feelings on the JT6. The fine tuners "solved" a problem that didn't really exist. The nut behind the nut created some weirdness. On mine, the B string gets hung on the locking screw on the nut, necessitating having to tune the string sharp before locking. The metal on the bridge string locks wasn't the best and easy to strip. Just my personal observations. YMMV....
All that tracks with my feelings on the JT6. I like it now but it was discontinued for a reason. Still, they tried something new and I give them props for that.
I am extremely grateful that whammy parts exists. I can get most of what I need for lots of hard to find stuff. Really great for kahler. Btw, I wrapped a little Teflon tape on my JT6 bar to keep it snug.
That guitar is sick! I had the model that came after without the zero nut and the actual 3 way switch, I really wanted that one though but nobody had one.
I had a Model 6 in my early 20s. Loved. That guitar but I sold it to finance something else. If I hadn’t sold my first 10 guitars for pocket change back in the day I’d have about $20k in merchandise (and the sweetest PRS Artist you’ve ever seen).
I also graduated in 87 and had 2 years of hair guitar under my belt. Unfortunately, I was NOT a prodigy. Charvels were huge in Indy. My local shop had em all 2-6. Pointy headstock, Jackson inlays, and a Charvel logo. Dark purple. Awesome. Never liked Ibanez because of the headstock shape.
I totally understand the headstock shape thing. The Charvel headstock shape was originally a strat copy and I used to hate those. Ironically the strat and the Ibanez shapes are more efficient than the Jackson shape that the model series has. However, I totally love them all now! I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t get the Charvel thing in the late 80s, I sure do now though. Check out the condition I got my lava crackle model 4 in. This is part 1 but there will be a link to part 2 at the end of it. 1989 Charvel Lava Crackle Model 4 Rescued! Part 1🎸 ua-cam.com/video/CUXXu_hiokY/v-deo.html
I have a couple of Charvel model 6's a 550xl, a 650xl and even a 750xl all of which I cherish. Back in my day down in Spokane Wa we used to call Ibanez Ibeenhads, but we all new they were amazing for the price. My grail guitar was a 650XL in Platinum finish, I finally tracked one down, I actually have a few reviews on it and others. Great story!
I am very familiar with the ibeenhad slur. It’s pretty funny. I have no problem admitting I was wrong about all the stuff I didn’t like back in the day. Ibanez is still my jam but not like when I was a kid.
Thank you so much, buddy! I love guitars so much and this was my era so I’m super passionate about them. I have other videos on 80s classes like a 86 Kramer and a 88 Jackson custom shop bass. I hope you check them out. In a week or two I have one on a 85 Washburn coming up and a bunch more crazy things from back in the day. I sincerely hope you subscribe so you don’t miss anything (and it helps me out too). Thanks for commenting as that helps push my channel up in the algorithm. I also do work with The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases. If you want a serious case of the feels check out “This autistic kid finally got his guitar”. The whole playlist is great but that one is the money shot for sure! Again, thanks for your support from one 80s guy to another.
That means a lot to me. A few years ago I was down and out and I decided to find my way back through my love of guitar. I had no idea how but that was the idea. Now, here I am talking to fine people like you.
@@REXYLAB Nothing but love here Eddie!! I hope and am sure that this channel will grow!! And we will be here as the community! Thanks for the reply as well as for your time!!
I really appreciate that! My next video drops tomorrow, be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it. I do my best to put one out every Thursday but sometimes I’m at my day job, deep sea diver in the Gulf of Mexico and I don’t have access to enough bandwidth to make it happen. In fact, when you subscribe you will be subscriber number 250!
dude, as soon as u said burgundy mist i was like oh yeah!!! i just sold my 5A mist this past summer that i bought at the end of 1988...it went to one of my best friends so i'll still play it occasionally...i'm a les paul guy, but i did recently pick up a charvel pro-mod so-cal w a ebony fretboard that i absolutely love!!! cheers brother!!!
now after seeing it, mine was a whole darker in color than yours...it almost looked black in different light but it was called burgundy mist, very dark plum-like color...
Are you sure you didn’t have maybe a black cherry? Those were like a very dark version of this color. I currently have a 89 model 4 fire crackle on the bench. There will totally be a video on that one for sure!
@@REXYLAB yup, me thinks u r rite!!! but it was labeled as the mist, but it was a lil mom n pop place...cheers bro!!! also, i sold it for $800.00 which was pretty much what i paid for it back in the day...😃
@@REXYLAB me too!!! i have a 1990 and a 1996 standard, do the the top wrap on both...saw joe bonamassa waz doing this a while ago, and i gave it try...
I never got one until the 20th anniversary reissue. I still have that one but I got a beat up on Hite one from 91 first. Had to get that yellow one though and my reissue is and will remain stock! Super awesome guitar but it is slightly different from the ones back in the day.
Godfathers was delicious, you are totally correct! When I think Charvel it is either the Japanese versions of jacksons like this one or Steve Vai’s Green Meanie. I have a fire crackle model 4 n the bench now and a 3DR coming up. I hope you subscribe so you don’t miss them.
A bit of a warning - Do NOT expose 1980s Chavel guitars to the Sun. The binding, which perfectly matched the white shark fin inlays when new, will turn green in an instant. I bought my Model 6 in 1988 and kept it in mint condition for the next 30+ years. Then I let it set in a room that had sunlight for a few hours... it can't be fixed.
Thanks! I absolutely love it! At the time of writing this I have a Charvel bass video that just came out and one that will come out tomorrow. The next Charvel is a late 80s model 4 fire crackle. It’s a two parter because it was so hammered! Did i manage to fix it? Well you’ll just have to come back for part 2. I still have one more in pieces, it’s another late 80s possibly early 90s 3DR. I’m guessing 1989.
I love the knob/switch configuration. HATE the EMGish pickups. Love Seymour Duncans. Don't love the Jackson trem. Had one, but I'm a Floyd guy. That guitar is spectacular, regardless.
I get all that. My preference is Duncan’s with a 5 way H-S-H with a steeler and an Auto-Latch. But… if it’s a survivor I don’t like to change anything.
I myself am currently building guitars and trying to get a manufacturing deal. I'm building some pretty cool stuff. I have a collection of old Charvels myself.
Hey man cool video learned a lot! I was wondering what the blue guitar on the left of you is hanging up? Looks like a charvel but not sure, it's really neat been looking for one like that, thanks
Thanks man! This one was a fun video to do. Is the guitar in question the purple one in the front to the left? It looks kind of blue. That one is a ESP MKII Deluxe. Made in Japan some time in the 90s. I have a few more Charvel videos and more to come. Here is part 1 of a model 4. At the end you should be able to link to part 2. ua-cam.com/video/CUXXu_hiokY/v-deo.html
Another cool vid but that's a bold statement saying an RG550 played the crap out of a Charvel model 6. Remember that was the same guy that said that Washburn sucked but now you love it. 😂 I own a '90 550 btw. 😊
I have a 91 550 and it has the Auto-Latch prototype for Ibanez edge. What the Auto-Latch does to your trem #kahler #floydrose #ibanez #jacksonguitars ua-cam.com/video/puUARI5Yveg/v-deo.html
Love my model 5! Poor man’s Jackson soloist, lol. It’s got a 2300 on it, but I need to buy Kahler’s version of the Floyd locknut…… I shimmed the behind the nut lock and it’s better now….. but I want a true locknut. I like that Kahler sells the right radius for a Jackson/Charvel
@@REXYLAB Can you do a video on the locknuts? I think Kahler has the superior one and not many people know about them. They only know of the “behind the nut” clamp. Kahler Locknut looks better machined and it’s case-hardened steel, correct? Also no need for a string retainer? I was always curious…… how does a Kahler work with a zero-fret? I bet the behind the nut clamp would work better with a zero fret!
I had the 550 and a Charvel Predator, got an ESP Mirage Deluxe with the Jackson Lawsuit Headstock. These things smoked both the Charvel and the Ibanez imo
I have so many guitars now and I love them all. I don’t think I’ve had a favorite in over a decade. If I’m moved to grab something I do. If not I grab something else. Th build quality of this Charvel, an Ibanez 550, and my ESP MKII deluxe are all on par with each other. They are very different though and when I’m in the mood for one of them the others won’t do.
Most Awesome! I have had the same Charvel bass (I think it's a Fusion 4) since around 2000. No idea what year it is but it had some battle scars when I got it, but I LOVE it! Charvel is such Great stuff! Wish I knew how to tell what year it is.
With some of the model stuff it’s kind of impossible. The serial numbers don’t mean as much as they could on many of them. These things really are super cool. I have 4 of these old 80s Charvels and I love them. They are fantastic players. Check out the condition of the model 4 I have when I got it. If you watch part 2 you’ll see it’s great now. Here’s the link to part 1. ua-cam.com/video/CUXXu_hiokY/v-deo.html
I remember looking at one of those in the 80s. I couldn't afford one so I ended up buying an Ibanez roadster which I got cheap as the coating had a chip off it near the neck. However as I type this I'm looking at my cream coloured/ Pearl White Charvel model 6 I guess that it is meant to be Pearl White. It also has the JT6 and Jackson pickups. Funnily enough it never came with a trem arm but an Ibanez trem does the job. Like me it has a few scrapes and knocks but it's definitely one of my favourite guitars though I'm not a fan of those pickup switches.
Thanks! I just released one today of a 1986 Kramer Focus 2000. I hope you check it out if you like 80s classics. I have another Charvel to do and it is sweet! I hope I hear from you again and thanks for liking my video.
I collect model series. This guitar although has the trem arm issue appears to be far from abused. I have seen some model series that were truly abused with hacked scallop jobs , hacked pickup routing, hacked kahler to floyd conversions. This is a pretty rare color and having original electronics, even with the original case too. nice guitar
You are 100% correct! It cleaned up very nicely. But if I couldn’t have brought it back to near mint I wouldn’t have got it because of the story from when I was a kid. So why call it abused then? Well, two reasons actually. Reason #1- you didn’t see all the restoration I did to it. If you did the video would have been 8 hours long. Everything on this guitar needed to be gone through and tightened up from the tuning machines to the strap button behind the trem. And I mean everything. Plus I polished the hell out of it among other things. I focus on the main thing that was the issue for the video and it was definitely some fool trying to put Floyd parts on a JT6 even though they didn’t fit. (I have truly hammered guitars coming up. So you will definitely get to see hack jobs if you come back). Reason #2- I have been told by some pretty successful guitar youtubers that if you don’t make your titles and thumbnails click baitish nobody will watch them. So don’t hate the player, hate the game. I’m just trying to figure out the algorithm like everyone else. If you want to see a hammered thing I fixed I did a Jackson custom shop bass from the same year, 1988. That bass actually had serious problems. Either way thanks for watching my video and commenting. I have more 80s classics coming up including another Charvel.
interesting about the whammy. I have a Charvel 475 I believe was the model. I bought it from Focus guitars store back in 90-91 on Long Island. Pretty cool at the time Kevin Moore formally of DT was still working there and told me that a great Charvel had just come into the store. All my favorites played Charvel at some point, so I was sold. It was the coolest Dark greenish black sparkle paint I had seen in a while My guitar also had the whammy that had the screw on piece, which I never knew if it was a true Floyd. Love it still have it, but don't play much these days : ( However I still love my 80-90 Metal music. Thx for the video brought back memories for sure
Very cool, I’m a big fan of Dream Theater! I love the Kevin Moore era. What you have came with the Jackson JT590. Basically it was made by Schaller (the people who make the Floyd) in the same plant where the Floyd is made, but it’s not a Floyd. Weird, I know! Schaller made this whammy bar, not to be confused with the lockmiseter and they would put whoever’s name in it that wanted to pay for it. It is a big upgrade from the JT6 with quality on par with a Floyd, it’s just a little different. It also behaves a little different but works just great. I have the very same whammy bar branded Hammer and will be doing a complete tear down and setup on it for my series, “would a Floyd Rose by any other name play as sweet?” I hope you check it out. I have more Charvel videos coming up as well as a bunch of other 80s classics and modern stuff too. I hope you check it out and thank you for watching.
@@SD-kp1yk I’m sure there will be things already up you will find interesting as well as more stuff in the future. I haven’t even gotten into my Ibanez stuff and I have a ton of that from the 80s.
@@SD-kp1yk I really love the Ibanez stuff. I’m originally a drummer that went to bass and then guitar. I actively play all three to this day. In 86 I found the bass if my dreams and have it to this day. It was an Ibanez proline PL5050. But in 88 I was shown the Jem and it changed my world. I have a nice Jem and universe collection as well as many others. I’ll get videos on those eventually. I have other really nice 80s guitars and basses as well and some more modern things. If you like weird stuff check out the strat I put a fretless neck on and the Nashville tuning videos. And there is always the work I do with The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases. This autistic kid is getting a guitar is something we did I am very proud of.
@@REXYLAB I will. I recently fulfilled my dream after many years I finally got a GG charvel flamed maple. Man I am waiting for the delivery tomorrow ❤️🔥 having trouble sleeping 😆
I know the feeling well. It will be here before you know it my friend. I have two basses coming this week. One I never thought I would get, one I had back in the day and foolishly let go of.
A peavey Brian Bromberg B-quad 4 and a 83 Ibanez musician fretless. I saw Brian Bromberg do a clinic when that bass came out. I didn’t think I would ever own such an expensive bass but if I did there were others that would have come first. And I have a bunch of them now. I recently went back to Seattle, where I’m from and knew I’d find something I totally forgot about and couldn’t live without. The B-quad 4 was a steal I couldn’t pass up. The Ibanez musician I had in the late 80s and let go because I was, well… a fucking idiot. Like the Charvel model 6 I overpaid but also like the Charvel “the one” I was looking for is rare as can be. It would only get more expensive as time went on. There will be videos for both. A Guthrie Charvel is super bad ass! That guy is a monster player. I’m sure you’ll keep it forever. You should make a video and put it in your channel. Super bonus points if you can play anything by The Aristocrats.
I so learned on a middedstock bridge that a floyd feels like salvation army goidwill dimestore toy! Ive got like 3 floyd copys new in my parts box. Until i can get a thicker longer bar im not even drillin the first bridge post hole in anything
A friend of mine gave me a 1983 that was sitting by the window in the coast not good as you know ..has a micro p hairline crack on the top of the the neckbut maple is just laughing at that so still strong...sanded it all down for a smooth fast feel I've done a lot of work on it one of my favorite guitars
I have a late 80s model 4 on my bench now. That video will be coming up soon. I also have a 89 predator coming up as well. I hope you subscribe so you don’t miss them.
i have a neptune green kramer focus 6000 get caught in a pawn shop fire that destroyed the case BUT the guitar was untouched save for a small light tinging on the upper arm. That kramer is the best playing super strat guitar ive ever had.
you bought it when the prices were good, for some reason dealers and sellers have jacked the cost of everythign almost double, which is ok cuz all my charvels are worth double now...
I most certainly did not. I bought this in 2021 from a private party. He wanted an incredible amount of money for it and I got him to knock a little off but I way overpaid. When you factor in having to replace the vibrato system the price I paid was ludicrous. But this is a rare guitar because of the color and I was going to have one someday so I just pulled the trigger and got it.
Thanks, buddy! I have two more Charvels from the late 80s I am getting ready to shoot. Come back and check them out and all the guitar coolness coming up.
I don’t remember as I only met him that one time and I was really baked. What store did you work at? My store was HI Ho Music in Puallup. It was a small store so I don’t blame them for blowing us off in the beginning. The funny thing is I was right, we never sold one Charvel. The minute anyone heard the price they went right back to the 550s. But… currently this model 6 is hanging in my “guitars in rotation” and none of my RGs are. I recently picked up a 89 fire crackle model 4 and I’m in the process of restoring it. Plus I have an 89 predator that also needs some love. My tastes have evolved and I love these things now.
@@REXYLAB I worked at Tallcot music in Yakima around 86-88’. That’s a cool guitar either way. I’m kind of a charvel guy and have a few but burgundy mist was always the high water mark. I have a burgundy mist model 2, 5fx, and model 7 in my collection. And a mist base with the preamp. I’m kind of a sucker for that color lol. the 80’s right!
Ah Yakima, I can honestly say I don’t remember ever going to that part of the state. And that’s weird because I was born in Washington and spent the first 29 years of my life galavanting all over it. I find it really funny that I wasn’t a Charvel guy then and I am now. Don’t get me wrong as I’m still very much an Ibanez guy but I was not as open minded back in my youth. I will say that the thing I disliked the most about the Charvel back then was the JT6. And before that I really disliked Kahler. But now not only do I like them both I really defend the JT6. In fact I would up with an extra one while restoring the model 6 because of the silly tone block fiasco. I had no idea what I would do with it and then I found the fire crackle model 4… and it had a Floyd! The horror! It also had an EMG instead of the correct Jackson humbucker. The internals were a nightmare that must be seen to be believed. There was also a good whack in it that I managed to do a good job of fixing. It’s in my bench now and I hope to have the time to finish it today. I hope you like and subscribe so you see me save this absolute work of art. And yeah, the model 6 in burgundy mist was a long time goal. Funny enough I went about 15 years before I realized I wanted one. If you love the 80s shred stuff be sure to check here often. I have a lot of it and there is a lot getting ready to be videoed and released here.
I had this very guitar….Burgundy Mist Metallic,Chainsaw case,JT-6,THAT guitar….I had bought a Jackson Soloist Custom Shop in 1987…That guitar was stolen from a nightclub we were playing…anyway,to replace the US Soloist was about $1100 at the time….So I drove to a music store in Atlanta,and they had this baby for $850 with the case…So I bought it….It wasn’t exactly the same as my Custom Shop that it replaced,but it was a cool guitar….Wish I still had it…I remember my band mates giving me shit about playing a pink guitar…It’s not pink assholes,it’s Burgundy Mist metallic I told them….I loved that thing….I still have my 89 475 Deluxe,but sadly,I don’t remember exactly what happened to this one…
Sorry to hear about the soloist getting stolen, that sucks. I had a bass stolen once and it Is such a violating feeling when someone steals from you. I also have a soloist and you’re right, you can totally feel the difference. You are also right that this is a very cool guitar. I hope you check around my channel and see if there is anything else that gives you a warm fuzzy like this totally awesome 80s classic.
@@REXYLAB yeah,That Custom Soloist was my first real guitar…I saved up my money,and it took 6 months to get it back then….I had it just over a year,and I left it overnight at a club we were playing at…Somebody snagged it…Broke my 23 year old heart….You are right,it’s a terrible feeling of violation…I just stumbled across this video,and was happy to see this Charvel…it brought back some great memories..I still talk about that guitar to this day….at the time I felt like I was settling for second best,because I couldn’t afford to replace my Soloist,but now,looking back,that Charvel was really great….I just subbed to your channel…Curious to see what else ya got!!
@@scottpeters4401 anyone that works hard for anything and had it stolen has my sympathy for sure. I played drums in a band and our guitarist’s Kramer got stolen the very same way. Heartbreaking. I actually have two more Charvels coming up, lots of 80s stuff. Tutorials on how to set up a Floyd Rose and other vibrato systems, and work I do with The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases. Check the current videos and see what interests you. And thank you for subscribing! I hope you hit the bell so you get notified when my new videos come out.
Those are very cool! I’d like one too! I bought a arbor copy of a Jackson Randy Rhoads because it has a fake kahler on it. I’m about to do a huge chunk on Kahler wammy bars and I bought a few guitars with fake Kahlers just to be thorough.
I have both a Model 4 and a Model 6. That trem socket is from a Westone Spectrum 1400 trem system. Taiwanese knockoff Floyd Rose. I used to work on them at a guitar shop in MO where 100's of Westones were sold.
@@nelsonward7981 I have a model 4 as well and a 3DR. Videos coming on them for sure. You won't believe the horror show the model 4 was when I got it. It looks great now. I looked up the Spectrum, looks like a bendmaster system like what they put on the platinum BC Rich stuff back in the day, no? If so I have one of those to do in my, "Would a Floyd Rose by any other name play as sweet" series. If not it doesn't matter anyway because its fixed now anyway.
@@REXYLAB, love my charvels, I had another Model 4 in Black Cherry, best guitar I ever owned with a J90C pickup in the Bridge instead of the J50BC, came new like that. Unfortunately, it was stolen. I did get it back but the thieves sanded off the paint and hacked up the electronics.
Absolutely agree: also contacted Charvel/Jackson in 1992-no response. So I bought Ibanez RG760 instead. No respect for scums not respecting cash customers or just customers. Drop dead, charvel/jackson-never bought it
It was surreal to be baked and talking to the guy that said his guitars would never be in my store while he was setting up putting his guitars in my store. Sadly the old lady that owned the store came in with her church group and cleansed it of all the evil spirits (guitars people wanted to buy). They went out of business long ago.
Would love an 80"s Charvel myself but they're pretty rare lefty. Also at one point, just put a real floyd in it man lol or a Gotoh IDK it would be an upgrade anyway
Yeah, it sucks that there are so few options for left handed guitar players. It’s certainly not fair. As far as the JT6, I don’t know how many times I will wind up saying this but the point was for it to be original. I have plenty of guitars with Floyds, kahlers, gotohs, Ibanez edges, and many others. The JT6 is not a bad bar. It’s not great either but it’s fine if set up correctly. It’s certainly far from my first choice but I have guitars with all those other vibrato systems and that was not the point of why I wanted this guitar.
I have way more Ibanez than anything else but I love my Charvels. Currently I’m working on a 86 Kramer Focus 2000 and I just picked up a Washburn G10V. Those videos will be up soon as well as a few other things that should delight guitar nerds everywhere.
That new Kramer looks very cool! I wouldn’t mind one myself. The one I’m working on came hammered. You’ll see in the video. I had to order a few things to make it just so and I have a definite plan now, I think it will come out very cool and people who love these guitars will probably really dig it. I came across it quite by accident and I couldn’t help but rescue the thing. I get the idea that it will wind up being like that favorite pair of jeans, far from perfect but very comfortable. I’ll also use this one to show how to set up a Floyd Rose from back in the day as easily as possible.
I don’t blame you, it’s a sweet guitar! Believe it or not the guy I got it from told me he had worn it out and it was just no longer any good. He was a friend of mine and I told him it just needed a fresh setup and he insisted that he had worn it out, he claimed to wear out every guitar he has ever owned. So I set it up and he was instantly amazed that it was better than new and felt stupid for getting rid of a slew of guitars because he thought he ruined them. Later I got a deal on an Ibanez PGM that I didn’t really want and he traded me that ESP and a Aria Pro II bass for it. Win, win! I’ll do a video on the ESP some day but on Thursday I have a video on a 85 Washburn G-10V. I hope you check it out.
@@REXYLAB Yeah, we talked about that ESP, I told you I already have 2 purple M-ll Deluxe exactly like that and wanted a third if you were interested in parting with it. Brad Linzy did the video about "Squishy" and your video was in it and I saw that ESP. I get it if it has sentimental value, you can't put a price on that.
Yeah, it actually belonged to the guy that I decided to start playing with when I was 12 back in 1982 so it isn’t going anywhere. I got more Squishy Guitar Project stuff happening soon. There is a very fancy auction guitar coming up that you will have to see to believe.
I got a 1988 Model 6 used back in 2002 or so, that guitar will never part with me,its burgundy mist too. I will say though the JT6 fucking sucks, i cant wait to upgrade mine to an OFR. Over the years ive had pick up changes and had a tech fuck the midboost, so i've got seymour duncans on order. Havent finished your vid yet, surprised you havent said much about the midboost and the single coils being stacked humbuckers.
Ah yes, the mid boost is a very cool feature of this guitar. The pickups are also pretty awesome. The reason I didn’t talk about either is because this video is kind of long anyway and if I went through everything it t would be so long nobody would watch the whole thing. Essentially I had to choose what to focus on and I felt the fact that the person that sold it to me had no idea there was a difference between a JT6 and a Floyd Rose (to the point where he insisted it was a Floyd Rose regardless of it saying Jackson on it) was the most important thing to focus on. Also the fact that it had Floyd parts on it that didn’t fit was really bad as well. It was kind of like,”I have this high performance part for a Chevy that I’m gonna put on my Ford. The bolt pattern doesn’t line up so I’ll just use duct tape and zip ties”. Basically a cautionary tale of buying something used that has passed through many owners and was internally screwed up. About the JT6. If properly set up it is fine, not great but fine. Personally I wanted this guitar all original because of the story about how this guitar in this color played such a roll in my life at 18 years old. This Charvel properly set up and all original is really a joy to play. However, if I could have only one guitar it would be an Ibanez RG550. I like everything about that guitar much more, including the original Ibanez edge and the fact that it is recessed. But when you have as many guitars as I do you start getting nostalgic and want the stuff you never had. Were I to swap the JT6 with anything it would be a gotoh 1996. Just like Schaller makes the original Floyd Rose and their own version of the ofr gotoh makes the edge and their version of a double locking vibrato in the 1996. In my opinion it is the best aftermarket upgrade for any double locking vibrato system that can be upgraded with a Floyd. Just my opinion. Duncan’s are totally a great way to go with any upgrades in pickups so congratulations on that! I’d love to see what you have done with your model 6 so if you have a video of it put it in the comments. Lastly, I am about to start a video series on all the different variations of locking vibrato systems I can get my hands on. It will be in-depth and I already have a bunch of them. I hope you subscribe so you don’t miss it. Thanks for commenting and watching my video! I really appreciate it.
@@REXYLAB for sure, parts are costly here in Australia, so im getting them overtime. I have thought about the 1996 except my Model 6 holds alot of sentimental value so its the type of guitar i wanna go all in on 😂. Pretty much all the pickups are gonna be white, i like that look and ive had a white emg 81 in it for about 10 years.
The OFR is definitely a great choice and if your heart is set on it then that’s a great way to go. The gotoh 1996 is not a compromise by any means though. I really do feel it is the best vibrato system out there. But if the Floyd is what you want then go for it! Either one would beat the JT6 and I am keeping that on mine so to each their own. It’s too bad you are in Australia as I am a Duncan dealer. But after shipping something to a guy I n Scotland I know now you are better off getting your money arts from a place that has already dealt with customs and all that other stuff.
@@REXYLAB yeah my only hesitation is that i know i can re-use the studs with an OFR not sure on the 1996, plus i like the screw in collar, not sure if the gotoh has that? Also bloody hell $500 or so for a RG550 🤤 they're around AUD$1800 here now, i wanna try one bad, im hankering for a maple fretboard.
@@AussieTerry the gotoh does not thread in the same way as an OFR so if that is important to you then you are making the correct choice. Have you never played a 550? That is down right heartbreaking! My absolute desert island guitar without a doubt. I hope one day you get a chance to check one out. In fact, when I do the setup on a original edge I will do it with a 550 in your honor.
@@joshuaberthelot I have both 9 and 18 volt. EMG is great and I love them but the stock setup is amazing and really underrated. I have a model 4 that also has this setup. Tomorrow I have a video coming out about 2 basses that were in a fire. One had EMGs until the client had me swap it back to stock and it was a smart move on his part. The stock electronics just had more tonal variation and way more headroom. Don’t get me wrong, I really do love EMG and I have 5 or 6 guitars and 2 or 3 basses with them. They are fantastic. However, a lot went into designing these pickups and electronics at the absolute hight of Jackson’s popularity and they nailed it. It’s a truly outstanding system.
Hell yes I want to see it. If you have instagram that’s an easy way to share photos. I have a yellow 1984 RS135 that I absolutely love! That thing is awesome. I should do a video on it.
@@REXYLAB I just did a restoration , changed the finish , tuners , I'm happy with the finish as it is but I think it will look really cool after it has been used after a while to distress it , then seal it again , I was even able to find the copies of the headstock decals. I don't have Instagram , I only have Facebook or email .
@@johnnie3Chords there is a Rexylab Facebook group. It’s very small but we could share pics of our favorite gear there and grow it. I have no idea why I haven’t tried to grow my Facebook stuff on here. I really should.
$1,200 for a 1988 model 6 in burgundy mist is a steal! That being said I love the way this guitar plays but they aren’t for everyone. I have a USA, pre Fender Jackson soloist with an actual German Floyd and it feels completely different. Also, I have a model 4 that has the same hardware and electronics but it’s a bolt on neck with 22 frets instead of a24 fret neck through like the model 6. That one plays completely different too. My recommendation would be to play it and see how you like it personally. I will say this, $1,200 for an all original model 6 is a fair price.
Nice to know we speak the same language. I have a fire crackle model 4 from I believe 1989 on the bench now. It’s a mess, there will totally be a video on that one. I hope you subscribe and check it out.
Yep, I make it a point when it comes to Floyd to only do OFR. I miss the days when a Floyd only came from Germany and you didn’t have to worry about what one you were getting.
Yeah, I have a Schaller that is branded Hamer myself. I have so many locking vibrato systems that other people call “Floyd Rose” that I am preparing a series on them all so that there is a place people can see how different they all are.
i had a black 87 6 that was stolen in 89, i just got a Blck cherry 87 6 the pre amp has been changed to a bartolini, sounds anemic....it does have the JE1200 in the case , the pots are stuck, i am hoping it was changed for that and some deoxit will get them working...if so i hope the preamp still works. fingers crossed......any idea how i would test it without ripping out the installed guts now?
Good question. I would definitely try deoxit and see if the pots will even move. If they won’t then I’d replace the pots. After all that hook it up to a pickup you have just laying around. If it gives you sound your a good way there. If none of that works there is a guy on eBay selling reproduction JE-1200 preamps for $45.00. If the original works, awesome! If not you have an alternative. www.ebay.com/itm/Jackson-Guitar-Preamp-JE-1200-Charvel-Mid-Boost-wired-/313028389737?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
@@REXYLAB having a strong urge to mouth kiss you, thanks a lot! my limited searches were coming up with 275.00 used might be functional options! again thank you deoxit is on...the...way
No need to mouth kiss me but if you haven’t subscribed I would appreciate it if you did. You can tell your guitar playing friends about my channel too, that would help me out. I’m trying to grow my little empire and I’ll have a bunch more classic 80s stuff coming up. And if I didn’t say it before it sucks that your first Charvel got stolen. I’m glad you got one to replace it. I’ll have videos coming up on how to set up a JT6, Kahler, and Floyd as well as even more locking vibrato systems.
@@REXYLAB liked and subbed, I will ✔️ out your other videos, on dig 80's vintage I still have a MIJ strat with system one trem. Remember the n the 80's used her was just used gear? I once traded a 73 sunburst Les Paul for a pink RG Ibanez...even had to kick in a couple shekels....then ....Slash brought them back .....
So, I have the replacement circuit, in my mind's eye I should use the stock pots and caps ..I have not deoxed them yet, mechanically if it turns and the insides of the pots are not damaged they should work ..right? Other than getting dirty they don't usually go "bad" right? My intent is to just copy the wiring on my original guts and reinstall them. Sound smaat? Or should I buy new posts?
I used to feel the opposite way but with perspective my feeling now is that if you are in the same general level of quality they are equally as good just in different ways. One caveat, there are way jankier Ibanez models than ever before and fender has all but destroyed Jackson and dropped the quality of Charvel significantly. It makes me sad but what ya gonna do? I hope we can all agree that when this guitar was new it really was the golden age of guitar. Lots of innovation and options out there. Whatever your preference someone made something to fill it. Even the stuff we thought was not so good was amazing by comparison to the cookie cutter CNC stuff being churned out today. Of corse there are those who have progressed with their production methods but for the most part it got cheaper and you get what you pay for. For example, I don’t remember seeing fret sprout on anything in the 80s. Now it’s even on top, $2,000 plus models.
@@REXYLAB when did the Jackson's start going to shit? I'm not arguing with you, I've heard much the same sentiment all over the place. I was able to get a made in Japan DK2m off of Craigslist for $300. It is from 2008. The guitar shop that did my set up said it was real hot shit, better than most of the shredders he was seeing on the market lately. Anyhow, he messed it up, dicked up the floyd. He ran the strings BALL and attached through the headstock machine heads. Like a lazy 10 year old. So I have since blocked the trem, but lately I've been feeling adventurous. Think I want to actually use the trem.
I am going to be doing a series on how to set up the Floyd Rose and all the other bars people call Floyd Rose but are not actually a Floyd. But first I got some other things that need to be done. It’s coming soon though!
@@hadleymanmusic you know what, my mistake. Satch’s guitar evolved from the radius. But the radius, saber, and power were all designated RG540 and came out at the same time. The power is what he is holding on the cover of not of this earth. It got discontented pretty quickly. The saber became the S and the radius became the JS.
I agree that the JT6 has some real extreme flaws in it but when set up properly it’s ok. Besides, I have a ton of guitars with German Floyd’s, the Schaller version of a Floyd, Ibanez edge in many varieties, gotoh 1996, etc. Rexylab is even a Floyd dealer so I am well aware of how easy it is to swap the arm with a whole new assembly. But I like this one original so I can play it and time travel back to 1988 on occasion.
I will make a note of that. It is in the arsenal now so it will make its way into some recordings, I guarantee it. Check out the latest video about the Kramer I’m currently working on. I have a feeling that one will be an absolute barn burner.
Hey mate, i stumbled across your video by chance. I have a Japanese only HSH Model 3A in burgundy mist . The JT6 is giving me trouble and you sound like you may know how to sort it out. Cheers
What trouble are you having? I will be doing setup videos for different vibrato systems and the JT6 is on the list. That will be a while though, perhaps I can steer you in the right direction sooner.
Thanks for subscribing! I’ll have another Charvel video in the future. I have a 3DR waiting to go. It is in way rougher shape than this model 6. There are other 80s classics on here as well as stuff I do for The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases. Great to have you and once again, thanks for subscribing.
That is a very good question. I certainly overpaid for it because of the color and how good it looked in general. Sadly it took several hundred more to get it where it is now. But, as I said in the story the rep said it was the rarest color model 6 they made that year and he wasn’t kidding. Since about 2005 I had been looking for a 1988 burgundy mist Charvel model 6. In that time I only ever saw 4 go up for sale and I thought they were all way too much. But if you want something it’s with whatever you are willing to pay. I’m not happy about overpaying for a internally damaged guitar but in the end I feel it was worth it. I do have things that are even more rare. Check back or better yet subscribe to see some neat stuff in the future.
lofl the 550 beats a model 6, the 550 cant even compete with the XLs and a model 5 lays WASTE to it.. go make the purchase and find out for yourself, not to mention is it a FAR better but instrument the M5 has a AAA figured maple top, BLOWS the Ibanez out the water no two ways about it, pus the M5 has a real neck on it, a genuine C shape not some thinned out whatever its supposed to be I dunno don't play on em.. I'll take a model 1 over ANY ibanez you have... TY
As I said in the video, I was pretty close minded in my youth. I was also wrong, this Charvel is amazing. I absolutely love it. I did just restore a fire crackle model 4. It’s currently my go to guitar. That one had a hard life and I’m glad I found it. The thing took 2 videos to do. They will be up in a few weeks. After that I still have 2 more 80s Charvels you can see me restore. It’s safe to say I saw the error in my ways. I still love Ibanez but I now know you can love more than one guitar brand. What a weird kid I was.
you hit all right on the head and i bet it played like crap to. after you get done it will be amazing i bet. i love your wire spool with the helping hands it is genius. i guess i should of added i just found you and i loved the video
You got that right, this thing was a nightmare when I got it! Fortunately I have the the ability to put it back like it was new, and now it is. And it really does play like a dream… now! Thanks so much for the awesome comment. I really love sharing my love of guitars. Please check out my other stuff, I’m sure I have more you will like. Also, I have two other 80s Charvel guitars coming up as well as a bunch of other 80s classics! Hit the notification bell so you don’t miss any of them , and thank you again. I love sharing stories about guitars!
The color might be rare but the other stuff he mentions isn’t rare. They came with the JT-6 from 87-89. You could order any of the top of the model series in Burgandy Mist. Arguably firecrackle is just as rare of a color
@@REXYLAB I misheard when talking about the jt-6. Still enjoy your videos and want the burgandy mist really bad. Have a model 6 in white but it has a kahler
It is always great to meet a fellow guitar aficionado and I by no means know everything about everything. So did they offer fire crackle in 1988, the short answer is… maybe? I was a dealer and had their catalogs and price lists in 1988. I did not recall them offering fire crackle, so I looked it up. After finding the old 1988 stuff on line I recognized it as the stuff I had and found no fire crackle as an option. However… as someone that dealt with Ibanez a lot I do know that there are lots of ways they did stuff that wasn’t in the catalog and technically doesn’t exist. Plus there is japan only, grey market, prototypes, etc. So, 1988 fire crackle? While I don’t remember it and couldn’t order it for my store it very well could be a thing. I’m just a guitar nerd and don’t have all the answers (even though my girlfriend would tell you I think I do). The cool thing is if you have one then it exists. With all the looking I have done online (and all I do is look stuff up about guitars online because I’m a big guitar nerd) I can’t find anything before 89 that had crackle anything by Charvel. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t out there. They could have done it for NAMM or any other reason. They could have only offered it to specific dealers. Or I could just be missing a huge chunk of Charvel history. Either way welcome to my channel of obsessive guitar nerdyness. I’m overjoyed to have you and hope you chime in, keep me in check if you see something you know better about, and just celebrate all things guitar. Here is a link to the 1988 Charvel catalog I had as a dealer. Just click the cover to look at it. www.vintagejapanguitars.com.br/en/charvel-1988-pricelist/
@@REXYLAB I like that site. I use it all the time. Especially cause of the ones that were only in the Japanese market. I think you have probably one of the only Charvel reviews I think worth watch cause you actually talk about the history and are knowledgeable and talk about what parts go on them. Since you were a dealer I have a question. We’re you still dealing when they released the Model 8 and then released the Spectrum?
@@ironeddie9917 I have done such things myself. May I recommend this one next. I think you’ll appreciate the end. No peaking! ua-cam.com/video/4r61oyBTgtA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/6eJd29FdIWg/v-deo.htmlsi=u3PA-OMx6STX4OzP My newly restored Charvel Model 6 in Burgundy Mist. Through a PRS MT15 drive channel, vol on guitar backed off and it chimes like a Klon. The high gain sounds are insane.
Spectacular axe! I have a reverse headstock 3DR (pre "Predator" toothpaste logo) in the same "burgundy mist" and that one is like my "unicorn" axe . Loving the brass block. I have 5 JT-6 equipped Charvels and the original block is tiny, so I made a titanium block for my main working guitar. I'm in Scotland too!
I have a 3DR as well! It has a JT6 and the guitar logo. There will be a video on that one too one day. As for the brass block, if it fit it would have been a much better thing. That being said I wanted this one all original so I would have probably changed it back. But… I kept the brass block and have plenty of guitars with Floyd Rose vibratos that it will fit on. One day I’ll figure out where that thing needs to go. And maybe one day I’ll make it to Scotland. I was supposed to go there on business a few years ago and it fell through. I had a couple hundred in pound sterling for years in a drawer.
If you ever see a 1988 model 6 I n burgundy mist that isn’t all jacked up for under $1500 buy it! In any other color that is too much but you almost never see that year in that color on that model. But any color 1988 model 6 under $1,000 is a good deal. They are only going up in price. Just remember, condition is everything.
I got my hands on a Dean eighty eight In a very similar color a few years back. Remember those? It had an ebanol fingerboard. It was actually kind of awesome. It was an HSS configuration. My buddy asked me to give his kid guitar lessons, so I sold it to her for 100$. Ouch. A couple of years later, I figured she probably gave up on it so I tried to feel out if I could buy it back. Nope. Sold it already. That ethanol fretboard. My friends and I had a snarky " what the hell is that?" Laugh about it, but I think it worked really well. Dean eighty eight. Dont see em everyday.
Dude, thank you so much! I have a ton of stuff coming up so if love to t it you hit the notification bell so you don’t miss anything. If you dig the 80s classics may I suggest this. ua-cam.com/video/LSlijbt50ns/v-deo.html
@@REXYLAB Ya know, as soon as I saw the thumbnail for this video, the first thing that SCREAMED out to me was...Aldo Nova. Same make and model. I wanted this as well back in the day. FYI...Bell has already been tapped.
I truly appreciate the support! I love the modern stuff too but all the 80s stuff is from when I was a kid so it has a special place in my heart. You might also notice videos on here about The Squishy Guitar Project. That is a a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases started by a friend of mine to honor her daughter. It’s just me and her and so far we have given two guitars to two kids. We have gotten Seymour Duncan, Hipshot, graphtech, the D’Addario Foundation, and many more to help us with the project. It warms my heart to know all the products I insisted on since I was a teenager have a heart. All of them were in board from the word go! I’m very proud of the work we have done together and the guitar community has been amazing as well. Check out the video part 10 of this autistic kid is getting a guitar. It wraps up the whole series. Or… watch the whole playlist. I’m very proud of the work my friend and I do for these kids. ua-cam.com/video/6Td1WeVEQSU/v-deo.html
Don't you love when you finally pin down that elusive guitar? I spent 10 years searching out Guild Bladerunners and one day I was able to purchase one. My dad had one in 96 or 97 but pawned it needing money. Unfortunately whether it was lack of knowledge or the market being soft, he got little for it and it sat in the music store window a long time at $450. I love that Charvel.
Indeed I do! As you can see from my guitar room (I call it the Guitarmoury) I have spent a lifetime doing just that. I have a bunch of videos both about acquiring guitars and fixing them as well as modifying a few for children with rare and terminal diseases. Guitars are my passion, I hope you check it out. P.S. I have a few Yamahas that will be getting videos in the future but one is a mangled SGX. I haven’t figured out quite what to do with it yet but it should be interesting.
Guilds from that era are a dang delight , I had white X80 ....one of my search for grail guita s now. A big day had a X79 yellow and black with the 3x3 headstock my 80 had 6 in line.
New sub! I graduated in 1987, arguably the apex of the hair metal guitars. #1 on my guitar bucket list is an original Ibanez RG 550 in DY. I believe I saw one hanging behind you far right (Mark is severely salivating). Someday... But, very cool vid and channel! Right on and rock on!
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I graduated in 1988 (well, I was supposed to but it turned into half way through 89).
That RG550 DY is actually the 20th anniversary edition. As I’m sure you heard in the story I sold the hell out of 550s, specifically the DY but I couldn’t afford one myself.
I do have a 91 DY Jem! Actually I have 4 Jems, DY, SK, LG, and a floral pattern. I’ll do a video on those some day soon.
I also have a 91 550 in white that I modded to be the same electronics as a 80s Jem.
For 80s shredder guitars you are definitely in the right spot. I have a bunch and I’m just getting started.
Plus there is modern stuff and my charity work with The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases.
I encourage you to look around my page and enjoy the happy memories. It’s great to have someone here that remembers the golden age of shred guitars!
And thank you for subscribing! I really appreciate it and it will help my channel grow and let me make more videos.
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Killer cool man! I can't wait to see more shredder guitars! Yes, I drooled over the anniversary RG 550's as well. I also dig the Genesis Series. I've heard about the Squishy Project thru Brad the guitologist, I've subbed to him for years. I believe I remember seeing you on his channel? Hey, thanks for a great response, that's really cool. I eagerly await more awesome vids. Thanks Rexylab!
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@@supersonicnomad8437 yeah, if it was The Squishy Guitar Project it was me. It was started by a friend of mine revolving around an idea I had about a door her daughter (Squishy) painted. I stumbled across Brad’s contact info and told him I enjoyed his stuff and told him about the project and volunteered to help. Brad has been great about everything and gave me lots of good advice for my channel when I was first staring out.
There are three playlists on my channel about The Squishy Guitar Project. This autistic kid is getting a guitar, fast tracking a guitar for a boy in 100
Days isolation, and The Squishy Guitar Project.
The autistic kid one is very close to my heart. His favorite band played his favorite song on his new guitar before we gave it to him. Then they made him an honorary member of the band. That kid, ironically named Brad told his dad he was no longer afraid of hospitals or doctors because he was a rockstar now and rockstars are not afraid.
After that I could have died a happy man but all I wanted to do was find another kid!
We have some big plans for next year with The Squishy Guitar Project and it will be all over my channel. If you hit that notification bell you won’t miss any of it.
Back to the 80s. I have 2 more Charvels to do, tons of Ibanez, Kramer focus guitars, fender HM strat (technically 90s) and many more. Plus my series on whammy bars called, “ would a Floyd Rose by any other name play as sweet”.
Lots of stuff coming and 60 videos already up for you to look through.
I got modern stuff too. A Strandberg Boden is up next.
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Awesome man! I've definitely have the bell icon to get all notifications! This is unquestionably one of my favorite channels, thanks again Rexylab! \m/
@@supersonicnomad8437 thank you so much! I’ll do everything I can to keep putting out context you will enjoy.
The Charvel guitars made from that era are truly timeless. I currently own a 1987 Charvel Model 5 that is priceless to me. I have also owned a Model 4 and a 5fx in the past. The quality of craftmanship is what keeps me coming back. Nothing like it exists today. Congrats on your pick up. Bravo!
Thank you very much my friend. It breaks my heart when these classics are abused and discarded.
The mission of Rexylab is to save them all! Or as many as possible.
I too have an '87 Model 5 (found in 2004) which had been my Grail axe since '89 when I was a 17-yr old in my first thrash cover band. Came with the Chainsaw Case. The mid boost was fried, but I kept it, the wiring harness and the giant J80s that came original. The JT6 is set, strings intonated, and functions with perfection. The 86/87 MJ Models are absolute masterpieces.
I currently have a Dimebucker in the bridge and a Jazz in the neck, with oversized HB rings a guy made custom for me. Was fret-leveled last week by a luthier in Houston, and it now plays itself.
I will be buried with it, King Arthur style.
I have had some amazing Charvels pass through my hands. Wish I could have kept them all.
You said a mouthful.
Hey brad
Such a wealth of knowledge and a great eye for detail. Subscribed!! I'm a huge Charvel enthusiast. Great job on this!!!
Thank you so much! If you like this I encourage you to check out the 1988 Jackson custom shop bass I did a little before this one. It was in need of extreme help and the owner was terrified it would just be destroyed.
I have a bunch that are coming up with vintage Kramer, ibanez, and more. Not to mention custom builds including a strat that will benefit a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases. This custom strat is pretty damn amazing if I do say so myself.
Speaking of the nonprofit it’s called The Squishy Guitar Project. Check out the video titled “this autistic kid finally got his guitar. We shot it on my 51st birthday.
BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!!!
You can see that guitar go from zero to hero in the corresponding playlist.
But that’s enough from me. Thank you so much for subscribing!
Eddie Curnan
P.S. I’m doing another classic Charvel (3DR) soon.
@@REXYLAB That is awesome! I look forward to seeing more!!!
I would love to get my mitts on a Charvel. Have an 08 Jackson MIJ dk2m to hold me over until I make it happen.
Awesome story, I still have my Charvel Model 3A to this day. I’ve modified it by upgrading the bridge to an original Floyd Rose with FU brass block, and DiMarzio Tone Zone bridge pickup and PAF Pro in the neck position.
That sounds like a shredder’s dream! Did you route behind the bridge so you could pull up as well?
I had an idea to get a model 6 and modify the hell out of it but that was a long time ago. Although, given the opportunity I’d still do it.
@@REXYLAB No, I actually have the brass tremolo stopper from FU Tone as well for trem dive bomb only.
Nothing wrong with that.
My go to guitar for about 20 years is an Ibanez rg3120 with that same pickup combination. Sounds amazing!
Little mom and pop store in watertown,south dakota. Ibanez RG560 was was my 1st new guitar in 88. Sold it to my buddy years later and he still has it. I picked up a model 3DR pre covid for cheap. Came with the jt6. Replaced with a schaller floyd. Awesome
I have a 3DR with the JT6 too. Neat guitars!
Dude, nice story. I love the old Charvels from back in the day. Still have my model 4 in black cherry. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Nice!
I rescued a fire crackle model 4. It’s in my bench now and man it was a mess. Video coming of course.
I used to have a red fire-crackle model 6. Played the crap out of it. That’s one I wish I would’ve never sold.
I know seller’s regret all too well.
I’m doing a fire crackle mode 4 right now. It’s an interesting one and I can’t believe how they butchered it.
It will be an interesting video for sure. I hope you check it out!
I have an '87 or' 88 Model 4 in this color!
Nice to see another Charvel with this paint, BGP.
This was a real rare color back then.
I have one of these. Original, from new. Its so old and beaten that I am in the process of having new pickups, new trem (OFR) and all new electronics/pots etc. It has , without doubt, the finest neck I have ever played. Can’t wait to get it back.
If you are going to swap the bridge I highly recommend you make sure to swap the posts as well. If you don’t want your JT6 send me an email and maybe we can work something out and I can buy it from you. Same with the pickups and electronics if they’re all original.
And if you must swap the bridge I highly recommend you wait until the big announcement from Kahler coming in October. It will be worth waiting.
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I was 18. Guy in the music store let me pay it off monthly. Am 53 now. Its still my go to for recording and lead. Even though I have an Ibanez JS, and a great old Paul, and a nice strat.
Its being done by a professional luthier who has experience with Charvels. He’s done the same on a few others. I Will contact you about the spares when they come back. JT6’s are like rocking horse shit presented in a cone made from unicorn horn. IE Rare lol. I know because I tried to find a new one. And mine is in good nick. Same with the pickups.
@@philknight6844 I was 18 in the story and I’m 53 now too.
I love my model 6 and often reactor it before my USA, pre Fender buyout Jackson soloist.
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The Marquee, London. From an old vhs so forgive quality.
Dude! 1981 I was a porter in the other hip store in town and I remember in october it was either 81, or 82, the EMG rep came by the store. I learned the EMG story then just bein off to the wayside and listenin to him tell the manager all the pitch.people nowdays dont even have a clue.
Puyallup had a hip music store? The one I worked at was so crappy and the only other one I know of was PMS (puyallup music shop, still makes me laugh).
Where did you work?
I bought my bro a white model 6 back in the 80s when they first came out. Was his workhourse for years. Wicked piece of kit at that time. 35 years later parts get tired and trying to find original JT6 parts took a long time. Found all the parts including a couple of saddles and yes all the fine tuners out of Montreal Canada. My bro still loves me at 67!
Yeah I want to be my brother? Mine would never do such a thing for me.
Great save and what an awesome backstory! I'm the original owner of a 650XL (metal flake black with the toothpaste logo). Over her 33 years, she's only needed a few squirts of deoxit in the pots and batteries. I've installed a "tremel-no" since it's currently my only axe & I'm constantly changing the tuning (the "Jackson-Floyd" can get a little temperamental going from standard to drop-C.) It's a reversible mod so if if the desire to wail on her again returns!
A tremel-no is a great solution if you want to change tunings. So many people try to change tunings on a floating bridge and can never get it back.
Great guitar you have. They don’t make them like they used to for sure.
@@REXYLAB Thanks! I wasn’t sure if you’d flame me for it…like adding cylinder deactivation to an LS engine! The “Floyd” bridge lays flat with the body and I can literally change tuning in seconds especially with the micro adjusters. I also still have my late 80’s Peavey VTM 120 (full stack) which I’m in the middle of recapping the head...STOOOPID loud!
I have modded so many things that I have no right to get in anyone for doing it. Now days I like to keep lots of stuff stock but I still mod things like crazy.
My main bass was only made one year and everything about it is modified, even the neck and body.
I own a 1985 number 48 purple custom Charvel electric guitar with a original Kahler system in black. Cool story you got... Thanks...
Being that I work for Kahler I should really have one with a Kahler.
I actually broke the bar on my JT6 back in the day. I was given an Edge bar as a replacement, as that was all I could source back in the late 80s at 17 years old. I found the Edge bar was a tiny bit narrower than the JT6 bar. There was a little bit of play that I had to remedy by putting a sliver of electrical tape on the bar to snug it.
I have mixed feelings on the JT6. The fine tuners "solved" a problem that didn't really exist. The nut behind the nut created some weirdness. On mine, the B string gets hung on the locking screw on the nut, necessitating having to tune the string sharp before locking. The metal on the bridge string locks wasn't the best and easy to strip. Just my personal observations. YMMV....
All that tracks with my feelings on the JT6. I like it now but it was discontinued for a reason.
Still, they tried something new and I give them props for that.
@@REXYLAB I ended up stripping the low E lock and had to cut a notch in it so I could work it with a flathead screwdriver.
I am extremely grateful that whammy parts exists. I can get most of what I need for lots of hard to find stuff. Really great for kahler.
Btw, I wrapped a little Teflon tape on my JT6 bar to keep it snug.
Loved hearing your story, when I worked at GC in 94 we sold RG550’s for $379.99. W/o the case. $550.00 with no profit? Damn!
Some profit but I gave away more than she would have liked.
I didn’t care because she wouldn’t pay commission and I only made $3.35 an hour.
I have this very guitar! I bought it new in 1988, it’s still a gorgeous player
I’m love this guitar so much!
Once I laid my hand on Gibson Les Paul custom I sold all my guitars including my '86 model 2 charvel which I bought brand new. No regrets 😜
I regretted getting rid of so many things I started buying it all back.
That guitar is sick! I had the model that came after without the zero nut and the actual 3 way switch, I really wanted that one though but nobody had one.
You heard my crazy story about why I wanted this exact one. It took a long time to find it.
I had a Model 6 in my early 20s. Loved. That guitar but I sold it to finance something else. If I hadn’t sold my first 10 guitars for pocket change back in the day I’d have about $20k in merchandise (and the sweetest PRS Artist you’ve ever seen).
I also graduated in 87 and had 2 years of hair guitar under my belt. Unfortunately, I was NOT a prodigy. Charvels were huge in Indy. My local shop had em all 2-6. Pointy headstock, Jackson inlays, and a Charvel logo. Dark purple. Awesome. Never liked Ibanez because of the headstock shape.
I totally understand the headstock shape thing. The Charvel headstock shape was originally a strat copy and I used to hate those. Ironically the strat and the Ibanez shapes are more efficient than the Jackson shape that the model series has.
However, I totally love them all now!
I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t get the Charvel thing in the late 80s, I sure do now though. Check out the condition I got my lava crackle model 4 in. This is part 1 but there will be a link to part 2 at the end of it.
1989 Charvel Lava Crackle Model 4 Rescued! Part 1🎸
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I have a couple of Charvel model 6's a 550xl, a 650xl and even a 750xl all of which I cherish. Back in my day down in Spokane Wa we used to call Ibanez Ibeenhads, but we all new they were amazing for the price. My grail guitar was a 650XL in Platinum finish, I finally tracked one down, I actually have a few reviews on it and others. Great story!
I am very familiar with the ibeenhad slur. It’s pretty funny.
I have no problem admitting I was wrong about all the stuff I didn’t like back in the day. Ibanez is still my jam but not like when I was a kid.
I LOVE THE STORY!!!!! KEEP UP WITH YOUR VIDEOS DUDE!! SHOUT OUT TO ALL 80'S DUUUUUUUUDEZZZ OUT THERE!
Thank you so much, buddy! I love guitars so much and this was my era so I’m super passionate about them.
I have other videos on 80s classes like a 86 Kramer and a 88 Jackson custom shop bass. I hope you check them out. In a week or two I have one on a 85 Washburn coming up and a bunch more crazy things from back in the day.
I sincerely hope you subscribe so you don’t miss anything (and it helps me out too). Thanks for commenting as that helps push my channel up in the algorithm.
I also do work with The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases. If you want a serious case of the feels check out “This autistic kid finally got his guitar”. The whole playlist is great but that one is the money shot for sure!
Again, thanks for your support from one 80s guy to another.
@@REXYLAB you re simply the best! Good human being good guitar player and a very passionate dude! All thanks to you for opening this channel!
That means a lot to me.
A few years ago I was down and out and I decided to find my way back through my love of guitar. I had no idea how but that was the idea.
Now, here I am talking to fine people like you.
@@REXYLAB Nothing but love here Eddie!! I hope and am sure that this channel will grow!! And we will be here as the community! Thanks for the reply as well as for your time!!
I really appreciate that! My next video drops tomorrow, be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it. I do my best to put one out every Thursday but sometimes I’m at my day job, deep sea diver in the Gulf of Mexico and I don’t have access to enough bandwidth to make it happen.
In fact, when you subscribe you will be subscriber number 250!
dude, as soon as u said burgundy mist i was like oh yeah!!! i just sold my 5A mist this past summer that i bought at the end of 1988...it went to one of my best friends so i'll still play it occasionally...i'm a les paul guy, but i did recently pick up a charvel pro-mod so-cal w a ebony fretboard that i absolutely love!!! cheers brother!!!
now after seeing it, mine was a whole darker in color than yours...it almost looked black in different light but it was called burgundy mist, very dark plum-like color...
I love Les Pauls as well. I have a top wrap video where I show mine.
I just love guitars in general.
Are you sure you didn’t have maybe a black cherry? Those were like a very dark version of this color.
I currently have a 89 model 4 fire crackle on the bench. There will totally be a video on that one for sure!
@@REXYLAB yup, me thinks u r rite!!! but it was labeled as the mist, but it was a lil mom n pop place...cheers bro!!! also, i sold it for $800.00 which was pretty much what i paid for it back in the day...😃
@@REXYLAB me too!!! i have a 1990 and a 1996 standard, do the the top wrap on both...saw joe bonamassa waz doing this a while ago, and i gave it try...
The RG 550 DY was my dream Guitar, couldn't afford one until 96, still have it.
I never got one until the 20th anniversary reissue. I still have that one but I got a beat up on Hite one from 91 first.
Had to get that yellow one though and my reissue is and will remain stock!
Super awesome guitar but it is slightly different from the ones back in the day.
The edge bar, good to know, I love my model 4
Glad I could help.
Nice story! New subscriber cheers from Birmingham Alabama
Thank you very much for subscribing! I always do my very best to make sure I provide the best content for you as I possibly can.
Godfathers was soooo good. And when I think Charvel I think Jake E Lee Ultimate Sin.
Godfathers was delicious, you are totally correct!
When I think Charvel it is either the Japanese versions of jacksons like this one or Steve Vai’s Green Meanie.
I have a fire crackle model 4 n the bench now and a 3DR coming up. I hope you subscribe so you don’t miss them.
A bit of a warning - Do NOT expose 1980s Chavel guitars to the Sun.
The binding, which perfectly matched the white shark fin inlays when new, will turn green in an instant.
I bought my Model 6 in 1988 and kept it in mint condition for the next 30+ years. Then I let it set in a room that had sunlight for a few hours... it can't be fixed.
I recently picked up a model 4, now I understand
I have a 4 as well. They’re really cool.
Beautiful Charvel!
Thanks! I absolutely love it!
At the time of writing this I have a Charvel bass video that just came out and one that will come out tomorrow.
The next Charvel is a late 80s model 4 fire crackle. It’s a two parter because it was so hammered! Did i manage to fix it? Well you’ll just have to come back for part 2.
I still have one more in pieces, it’s another late 80s possibly early 90s 3DR. I’m guessing 1989.
I love the knob/switch configuration. HATE the EMGish pickups. Love Seymour Duncans. Don't love the Jackson trem. Had one, but I'm a Floyd guy. That guitar is spectacular, regardless.
I get all that. My preference is Duncan’s with a 5 way H-S-H with a steeler and an Auto-Latch.
But… if it’s a survivor I don’t like to change anything.
I myself am currently building guitars and trying to get a manufacturing deal. I'm building some pretty cool stuff. I have a collection of old Charvels myself.
I love the Charvels. I have 4 of them and a Charvel Partscaster.
Hey man cool video learned a lot! I was wondering what the blue guitar on the left of you is hanging up? Looks like a charvel but not sure, it's really neat been looking for one like that, thanks
Thanks man! This one was a fun video to do.
Is the guitar in question the purple one in the front to the left? It looks kind of blue. That one is a ESP MKII Deluxe. Made in Japan some time in the 90s.
I have a few more Charvel videos and more to come. Here is part 1 of a model 4. At the end you should be able to link to part 2.
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Still have my Model 6 bought new. More of a strat guy as i grew up but will never sell the model 6
I love mine. The model 6 is pretty amazing.
Nice. I chose a Model 5 over the 6, mostly because they have a 5-way switch.
I prefer the 5 way over the mini toggles but the 6 is what the Charvel rep brought in, so…
Another cool vid but that's a bold statement saying an RG550 played the crap out of a Charvel model 6. Remember that was the same guy that said that Washburn sucked but now you love it. 😂
I own a '90 550 btw. 😊
I have a 91 550 and it has the Auto-Latch prototype for Ibanez edge.
What the Auto-Latch does to your trem #kahler #floydrose #ibanez #jacksonguitars
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I had a red Model 6. I wish I kept it.
For what it’s worth I wish you kept it as well.
Love my model 5! Poor man’s Jackson soloist, lol. It’s got a 2300 on it, but I need to buy Kahler’s version of the Floyd locknut…… I shimmed the behind the nut lock and it’s better now….. but I want a true locknut. I like that Kahler sells the right radius for a Jackson/Charvel
I work for Kahler and I’m standing next to Gary Kahler right now. It’s cool your model 5 has a 2300, much better than the JT6.
@@REXYLAB Can you do a video on the locknuts? I think Kahler has the superior one and not many people know about them. They only know of the “behind the nut” clamp.
Kahler Locknut looks better machined and it’s case-hardened steel, correct? Also no need for a string retainer?
I was always curious…… how does a Kahler work with a zero-fret? I bet the behind the nut clamp would work better with a zero fret!
I had the 550 and a Charvel Predator, got an ESP Mirage Deluxe with the Jackson Lawsuit Headstock. These things smoked both the Charvel and the Ibanez imo
I have so many guitars now and I love them all. I don’t think I’ve had a favorite in over a decade. If I’m moved to grab something I do. If not I grab something else.
Th build quality of this Charvel, an Ibanez 550, and my ESP MKII deluxe are all on par with each other. They are very different though and when I’m in the mood for one of them the others won’t do.
Don't you love it when some one thinks they rig things to work and it's cool when its not
This guy really thought he was sharp but just wait for the next one. The fire crackle model 4 I’m doing is so much worse.
Awesome video
Awesome profile pic! Iron Maiden saved my life at the tender age of 12 back in 1982.
Up the irons!
Most Awesome! I have had the same Charvel bass (I think it's a Fusion 4) since around 2000. No idea what year it is but it had some battle scars when I got it, but I LOVE it! Charvel is such Great stuff! Wish I knew how to tell what year it is.
With some of the model stuff it’s kind of impossible. The serial numbers don’t mean as much as they could on many of them.
These things really are super cool. I have 4 of these old 80s Charvels and I love them. They are fantastic players.
Check out the condition of the model 4 I have when I got it. If you watch part 2 you’ll see it’s great now. Here’s the link to part 1.
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I remember looking at one of those in the 80s. I couldn't afford one so I ended up buying an Ibanez roadster which I got cheap as the coating had a chip off it near the neck. However as I type this I'm looking at my cream coloured/ Pearl White Charvel model 6 I guess that it is meant to be Pearl White. It also has the JT6 and Jackson pickups. Funnily enough it never came with a trem arm but an Ibanez trem does the job. Like me it has a few scrapes and knocks but it's definitely one of my favourite guitars though I'm not a fan of those pickup switches.
Yeah, I’d prefer a 5 way but it’s a small price to pay for such an amazing guitar.
Also, bless you for keeping it original.
its like your a doctor,, coool vid!
Thanks! I just released one today of a 1986 Kramer Focus 2000. I hope you check it out if you like 80s classics. I have another Charvel to do and it is sweet! I hope I hear from you again and thanks for liking my video.
I collect model series. This guitar although has the trem arm issue appears to be far from abused. I have seen some model series that were truly abused with hacked scallop jobs , hacked pickup routing, hacked kahler to floyd conversions. This is a pretty rare color and having original electronics, even with the original case too. nice guitar
You are 100% correct! It cleaned up very nicely. But if I couldn’t have brought it back to near mint I wouldn’t have got it because of the story from when I was a kid. So why call it abused then? Well, two reasons actually.
Reason #1- you didn’t see all the restoration I did to it. If you did the video would have been 8 hours long. Everything on this guitar needed to be gone through and tightened up from the tuning machines to the strap button behind the trem. And I mean everything. Plus I polished the hell out of it among other things. I focus on the main thing that was the issue for the video and it was definitely some fool trying to put Floyd parts on a JT6 even though they didn’t fit. (I have truly hammered guitars coming up. So you will definitely get to see hack jobs if you come back).
Reason #2- I have been told by some pretty successful guitar youtubers that if you don’t make your titles and thumbnails click baitish nobody will watch them. So don’t hate the player, hate the game. I’m just trying to figure out the algorithm like everyone else.
If you want to see a hammered thing I fixed I did a Jackson custom shop bass from the same year, 1988. That bass actually had serious problems.
Either way thanks for watching my video and commenting. I have more 80s classics coming up including another Charvel.
interesting about the whammy. I have a Charvel 475 I believe was the model. I bought it from Focus guitars store back in 90-91 on Long Island. Pretty cool at the time Kevin Moore formally of DT was still working there and told me that a great Charvel had just come into the store. All my favorites played Charvel at some point, so I was sold. It was the coolest Dark greenish black sparkle paint I had seen in a while
My guitar also had the whammy that had the screw on piece, which I never knew if it was a true Floyd. Love it still have it, but don't play much these days : ( However I still love my 80-90 Metal music. Thx for the video brought back memories for sure
Very cool, I’m a big fan of Dream Theater! I love the Kevin Moore era.
What you have came with the Jackson JT590. Basically it was made by Schaller (the people who make the Floyd) in the same plant where the Floyd is made, but it’s not a Floyd.
Weird, I know!
Schaller made this whammy bar, not to be confused with the lockmiseter and they would put whoever’s name in it that wanted to pay for it. It is a big upgrade from the JT6 with quality on par with a Floyd, it’s just a little different. It also behaves a little different but works just great.
I have the very same whammy bar branded Hammer and will be doing a complete tear down and setup on it for my series, “would a Floyd Rose by any other name play as sweet?” I hope you check it out.
I have more Charvel videos coming up as well as a bunch of other 80s classics and modern stuff too. I hope you check it out and thank you for watching.
@@REXYLAB very cool. Thank you for the reply I will check out your other vid's as well. i love the old school stuff. Rock and Roll
@@SD-kp1yk I’m sure there will be things already up you will find interesting as well as more stuff in the future.
I haven’t even gotten into my Ibanez stuff and I have a ton of that from the 80s.
@@REXYLAB oh boy LOL I had a few of those too, but kept the Charvel.
@@SD-kp1yk I really love the Ibanez stuff. I’m originally a drummer that went to bass and then guitar. I actively play all three to this day.
In 86 I found the bass if my dreams and have it to this day. It was an Ibanez proline PL5050. But in 88 I was shown the Jem and it changed my world.
I have a nice Jem and universe collection as well as many others. I’ll get videos on those eventually.
I have other really nice 80s guitars and basses as well and some more modern things. If you like weird stuff check out the strat I put a fretless neck on and the Nashville tuning videos.
And there is always the work I do with The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases.
This autistic kid is getting a guitar is something we did I am very proud of.
I own 8 charvels. The 475 to me is the best. Super reliable
I own 4 and probably my model 4 is my favorite.
Cool guitars, took me a whole while to appreciate them.
So nice to hear you telling the story. Thank you man. Very nice video.
Thank you very much.
I have a bunch more coming up that are awesome guitars and basses with similar stories.
I hope you check them out.
@@REXYLAB I will. I recently fulfilled my dream after many years I finally got a GG charvel flamed maple. Man I am waiting for the delivery tomorrow ❤️🔥 having trouble sleeping 😆
I know the feeling well. It will be here before you know it my friend.
I have two basses coming this week. One I never thought I would get, one I had back in the day and foolishly let go of.
@@REXYLAB yep that’s pretty much it. I had sold an American Telecaster from 2003. It was THE Guitar… regrets 😀what bass are you getting?
A peavey Brian Bromberg B-quad 4 and a 83 Ibanez musician fretless.
I saw Brian Bromberg do a clinic when that bass came out. I didn’t think I would ever own such an expensive bass but if I did there were others that would have come first. And I have a bunch of them now. I recently went back to Seattle, where I’m from and knew I’d find something I totally forgot about and couldn’t live without. The B-quad 4 was a steal I couldn’t pass up.
The Ibanez musician I had in the late 80s and let go because I was, well… a fucking idiot. Like the Charvel model 6 I overpaid but also like the Charvel “the one” I was looking for is rare as can be. It would only get more expensive as time went on.
There will be videos for both.
A Guthrie Charvel is super bad ass! That guy is a monster player. I’m sure you’ll keep it forever.
You should make a video and put it in your channel. Super bonus points if you can play anything by The Aristocrats.
I so learned on a middedstock bridge that a floyd feels like salvation army goidwill dimestore toy! Ive got like 3 floyd copys new in my parts box. Until i can get a thicker longer bar im not even drillin the first bridge post hole in anything
Have you seen the Whammy Davis Jr by Chibson USA? That thing is nuts!
A friend of mine gave me a 1983 that was sitting by the window in the coast not good as you know ..has a micro p hairline crack on the top of the the neckbut maple is just laughing at that so still strong...sanded it all down for a smooth fast feel I've done a lot of work on it one of my favorite guitars
A good guitar can bounce back from a lot.
@@REXYLAB no doubt
I have a late 80s model 4 on my bench now. That video will be coming up soon.
I also have a 89 predator coming up as well.
I hope you subscribe so you don’t miss them.
@@REXYLAB cool sounds awesome
i have a neptune green kramer focus 6000 get caught in a pawn shop fire that destroyed the case BUT the guitar was untouched save for a small light tinging on the upper arm. That kramer is the best playing super strat guitar ive ever had.
I have a blue Kramer focus 6000, great guitar!
Have you seen the video on the focus 2000 I’m in the middle of fixing? I’m about to finish it.
you bought it when the prices were good, for some reason dealers and sellers have jacked the cost of everythign almost double, which is ok cuz all my charvels are worth double now...
I most certainly did not. I bought this in 2021 from a private party. He wanted an incredible amount of money for it and I got him to knock a little off but I way overpaid.
When you factor in having to replace the vibrato system the price I paid was ludicrous.
But this is a rare guitar because of the color and I was going to have one someday so I just pulled the trigger and got it.
Kahler 2300 Video. Waiting on fasteners from Whammy Parts.
Your making a 2300 video or you are waiting on the game one I’m making?
Very nice guitar
Thanks, buddy!
I have two more Charvels from the late 80s I am getting ready to shoot. Come back and check them out and all the guitar coolness coming up.
That’s odd I worked a small mom and pop store in Washington at the same time and charvel treated us pretty good who was your rep?
I don’t remember as I only met him that one time and I was really baked.
What store did you work at? My store was HI Ho Music in Puallup. It was a small store so I don’t blame them for blowing us off in the beginning.
The funny thing is I was right, we never sold one Charvel. The minute anyone heard the price they went right back to the 550s.
But… currently this model 6 is hanging in my “guitars in rotation” and none of my RGs are.
I recently picked up a 89 fire crackle model 4 and I’m in the process of restoring it. Plus I have an 89 predator that also needs some love.
My tastes have evolved and I love these things now.
@@REXYLAB I worked at Tallcot music in Yakima around 86-88’. That’s a cool guitar either way. I’m kind of a charvel guy and have a few but burgundy mist was always the high water mark. I have a burgundy mist model 2, 5fx, and model 7 in my collection. And a mist base with the preamp. I’m kind of a sucker for that color lol. the 80’s right!
Ah Yakima, I can honestly say I don’t remember ever going to that part of the state. And that’s weird because I was born in Washington and spent the first 29 years of my life galavanting all over it.
I find it really funny that I wasn’t a Charvel guy then and I am now.
Don’t get me wrong as I’m still very much an Ibanez guy but I was not as open minded back in my youth.
I will say that the thing I disliked the most about the Charvel back then was the JT6. And before that I really disliked Kahler.
But now not only do I like them both I really defend the JT6. In fact I would up with an extra one while restoring the model 6 because of the silly tone block fiasco. I had no idea what I would do with it and then I found the fire crackle model 4… and it had a Floyd! The horror!
It also had an EMG instead of the correct Jackson humbucker. The internals were a nightmare that must be seen to be believed.
There was also a good whack in it that I managed to do a good job of fixing. It’s in my bench now and I hope to have the time to finish it today.
I hope you like and subscribe so you see me save this absolute work of art.
And yeah, the model 6 in burgundy mist was a long time goal. Funny enough I went about 15 years before I realized I wanted one.
If you love the 80s shred stuff be sure to check here often. I have a lot of it and there is a lot getting ready to be videoed and released here.
I had this very guitar….Burgundy Mist Metallic,Chainsaw case,JT-6,THAT guitar….I had bought a Jackson Soloist Custom Shop in 1987…That guitar was stolen from a nightclub we were playing…anyway,to replace the US Soloist was about $1100 at the time….So I drove to a music store in Atlanta,and they had this baby for $850 with the case…So I bought it….It wasn’t exactly the same as my Custom Shop that it replaced,but it was a cool guitar….Wish I still had it…I remember my band mates giving me shit about playing a pink guitar…It’s not pink assholes,it’s Burgundy Mist metallic I told them….I loved that thing….I still have my 89 475 Deluxe,but sadly,I don’t remember exactly what happened to this one…
Sorry to hear about the soloist getting stolen, that sucks. I had a bass stolen once and it Is such a violating feeling when someone steals from you.
I also have a soloist and you’re right, you can totally feel the difference. You are also right that this is a very cool guitar.
I hope you check around my channel and see if there is anything else that gives you a warm fuzzy like this totally awesome 80s classic.
@@REXYLAB yeah,That Custom Soloist was my first real guitar…I saved up my money,and it took 6 months to get it back then….I had it just over a year,and I left it overnight at a club we were playing at…Somebody snagged it…Broke my 23 year old heart….You are right,it’s a terrible feeling of violation…I just stumbled across this video,and was happy to see this Charvel…it brought back some great memories..I still talk about that guitar to this day….at the time I felt like I was settling for second best,because I couldn’t afford to replace my Soloist,but now,looking back,that Charvel was really great….I just subbed to your channel…Curious to see what else ya got!!
@@scottpeters4401 anyone that works hard for anything and had it stolen has my sympathy for sure. I played drums in a band and our guitarist’s Kramer got stolen the very same way.
Heartbreaking.
I actually have two more Charvels coming up, lots of 80s stuff. Tutorials on how to set up a Floyd Rose and other vibrato systems, and work I do with The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases.
Check the current videos and see what interests you.
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I favor the like 81-82 charvels id like a star
Those are very cool! I’d like one too!
I bought a arbor copy of a Jackson Randy Rhoads because it has a fake kahler on it. I’m about to do a huge chunk on Kahler wammy bars and I bought a few guitars with fake Kahlers just to be thorough.
I have one that exact guitar in that color!
That's an arm from a St Louis Music Company trem.
Do you have a link to this trem? I looked and I can’t find it.
It’s a cool color for a guitar, what model is yours?
I have both a Model 4 and a Model 6.
That trem socket is from a Westone Spectrum 1400 trem system. Taiwanese knockoff Floyd Rose.
I used to work on them at a guitar shop in MO where 100's of Westones were sold.
@@nelsonward7981 I have a model 4 as well and a 3DR. Videos coming on them for sure.
You won't believe the horror show the model 4 was when I got it. It looks great now.
I looked up the Spectrum, looks like a bendmaster system like what they put on the platinum BC Rich stuff back in the day, no?
If so I have one of those to do in my, "Would a Floyd Rose by any other name play as sweet" series. If not it doesn't matter anyway because its fixed now anyway.
@@REXYLAB, love my charvels, I had another Model 4 in Black Cherry, best guitar I ever owned with a J90C pickup in the Bridge instead of the J50BC, came new like that. Unfortunately, it was stolen. I did get it back but the thieves sanded off the paint and hacked up the electronics.
@@nelsonward7981 I’m sorry to hear that. I hate thieves.
Absolutely agree: also contacted Charvel/Jackson in 1992-no response. So I bought Ibanez RG760 instead. No respect for scums not respecting cash customers or just customers. Drop dead, charvel/jackson-never bought it
It was surreal to be baked and talking to the guy that said his guitars would never be in my store while he was setting up putting his guitars in my store.
Sadly the old lady that owned the store came in with her church group and cleansed it of all the evil spirits (guitars people wanted to buy).
They went out of business long ago.
awesome video.. 1 question I have is how did your wire the 3 pin toggle vs the 6 pin toggle?? thank you
The guitar surgeon! Poor little guitar!
Wait until the one in the Charvel fire crackle model 4 comes out in about a week.
That poor thing!
Would love an 80"s Charvel myself but they're pretty rare lefty. Also at one point, just put a real floyd in it man lol or a Gotoh IDK it would be an upgrade anyway
Yeah, it sucks that there are so few options for left handed guitar players. It’s certainly not fair.
As far as the JT6, I don’t know how many times I will wind up saying this but the point was for it to be original.
I have plenty of guitars with Floyds, kahlers, gotohs, Ibanez edges, and many others.
The JT6 is not a bad bar. It’s not great either but it’s fine if set up correctly. It’s certainly far from my first choice but I have guitars with all those other vibrato systems and that was not the point of why I wanted this guitar.
Does Ibanez have a chrome bar that will fit?
I haven’t seen one but I’m sure there is an aftermarket option. Lots of people make aftermarket bars for the edge.
I have a charvel and an Ibanez which I love both
I have way more Ibanez than anything else but I love my Charvels. Currently I’m working on a 86 Kramer Focus 2000 and I just picked up a Washburn G10V. Those videos will be up soon as well as a few other things that should delight guitar nerds everywhere.
Yeah I want that feral cat Kramer that just came out
That new Kramer looks very cool! I wouldn’t mind one myself.
The one I’m working on came hammered. You’ll see in the video. I had to order a few things to make it just so and I have a definite plan now, I think it will come out very cool and people who love these guitars will probably really dig it.
I came across it quite by accident and I couldn’t help but rescue the thing. I get the idea that it will wind up being like that favorite pair of jeans, far from perfect but very comfortable.
I’ll also use this one to show how to set up a Floyd Rose from back in the day as easily as possible.
Cool yeah I look forward to seeing that video.... super strats are the shit
I still want that purple ESP M-ll Deluxe, brother old pal 😉
I don’t blame you, it’s a sweet guitar!
Believe it or not the guy I got it from told me he had worn it out and it was just no longer any good. He was a friend of mine and I told him it just needed a fresh setup and he insisted that he had worn it out, he claimed to wear out every guitar he has ever owned.
So I set it up and he was instantly amazed that it was better than new and felt stupid for getting rid of a slew of guitars because he thought he ruined them.
Later I got a deal on an Ibanez PGM that I didn’t really want and he traded me that ESP and a Aria Pro II bass for it.
Win, win!
I’ll do a video on the ESP some day but on Thursday I have a video on a 85 Washburn G-10V. I hope you check it out.
@@REXYLAB Yeah, we talked about that ESP, I told you I already have 2 purple M-ll Deluxe exactly like that and wanted a third if you were interested in parting with it. Brad Linzy did the video about "Squishy" and your video was in it and I saw that ESP. I get it if it has sentimental value, you can't put a price on that.
Yeah, it actually belonged to the guy that I decided to start playing with when I was 12 back in 1982 so it isn’t going anywhere.
I got more Squishy Guitar Project stuff happening soon. There is a very fancy auction guitar coming up that you will have to see to believe.
@@REXYLAB Cool
Your shirt has a tare in the arm pit on left side lol
Inspired by Lita Ford, ripped in all the fight places.
; - )
I got a 1988 Model 6 used back in 2002 or so, that guitar will never part with me,its burgundy mist too. I will say though the JT6 fucking sucks, i cant wait to upgrade mine to an OFR. Over the years ive had pick up changes and had a tech fuck the midboost, so i've got seymour duncans on order.
Havent finished your vid yet, surprised you havent said much about the midboost and the single coils being stacked humbuckers.
Ah yes, the mid boost is a very cool feature of this guitar. The pickups are also pretty awesome. The reason I didn’t talk about either is because this video is kind of long anyway and if I went through everything it t would be so long nobody would watch the whole thing.
Essentially I had to choose what to focus on and I felt the fact that the person that sold it to me had no idea there was a difference between a JT6 and a Floyd Rose (to the point where he insisted it was a Floyd Rose regardless of it saying Jackson on it) was the most important thing to focus on. Also the fact that it had Floyd parts on it that didn’t fit was really bad as well. It was kind of like,”I have this high performance part for a Chevy that I’m gonna put on my Ford. The bolt pattern doesn’t line up so I’ll just use duct tape and zip ties”. Basically a cautionary tale of buying something used that has passed through many owners and was internally screwed up.
About the JT6. If properly set up it is fine, not great but fine. Personally I wanted this guitar all original because of the story about how this guitar in this color played such a roll in my life at 18 years old. This Charvel properly set up and all original is really a joy to play. However, if I could have only one guitar it would be an Ibanez RG550. I like everything about that guitar much more, including the original Ibanez edge and the fact that it is recessed. But when you have as many guitars as I do you start getting nostalgic and want the stuff you never had.
Were I to swap the JT6 with anything it would be a gotoh 1996. Just like Schaller makes the original Floyd Rose and their own version of the ofr gotoh makes the edge and their version of a double locking vibrato in the 1996. In my opinion it is the best aftermarket upgrade for any double locking vibrato system that can be upgraded with a Floyd.
Just my opinion.
Duncan’s are totally a great way to go with any upgrades in pickups so congratulations on that! I’d love to see what you have done with your model 6 so if you have a video of it put it in the comments.
Lastly, I am about to start a video series on all the different variations of locking vibrato systems I can get my hands on. It will be in-depth and I already have a bunch of them. I hope you subscribe so you don’t miss it.
Thanks for commenting and watching my video! I really appreciate it.
@@REXYLAB for sure, parts are costly here in Australia, so im getting them overtime.
I have thought about the 1996 except my Model 6 holds alot of sentimental value so its the type of guitar i wanna go all in on 😂.
Pretty much all the pickups are gonna be white, i like that look and ive had a white emg 81 in it for about 10 years.
The OFR is definitely a great choice and if your heart is set on it then that’s a great way to go. The gotoh 1996 is not a compromise by any means though. I really do feel it is the best vibrato system out there. But if the Floyd is what you want then go for it! Either one would beat the JT6 and I am keeping that on mine so to each their own.
It’s too bad you are in Australia as I am a Duncan dealer. But after shipping something to a guy I n Scotland I know now you are better off getting your money arts from a place that has already dealt with customs and all that other stuff.
@@REXYLAB yeah my only hesitation is that i know i can re-use the studs with an OFR not sure on the 1996, plus i like the screw in collar, not sure if the gotoh has that?
Also bloody hell $500 or so for a RG550 🤤 they're around AUD$1800 here now, i wanna try one bad, im hankering for a maple fretboard.
@@AussieTerry the gotoh does not thread in the same way as an OFR so if that is important to you then you are making the correct choice.
Have you never played a 550? That is down right heartbreaking! My absolute desert island guitar without a doubt. I hope one day you get a chance to check one out. In fact, when I do the setup on a original edge I will do it with a 550 in your honor.
An emg 81 and a pair of emg sa's. In that would be my perfect set up.
I have that setup and it’s great but the stock pickups and electronics in my opinion are better.
The last knob is a mid boost that is very useful.
@REXYLAB try the 18 volt mod. It opens them up so much more. If u know what ur listening for
@@joshuaberthelot I have both 9 and 18 volt.
EMG is great and I love them but the stock setup is amazing and really underrated.
I have a model 4 that also has this setup.
Tomorrow I have a video coming out about 2 basses that were in a fire. One had EMGs until the client had me swap it back to stock and it was a smart move on his part. The stock electronics just had more tonal variation and way more headroom.
Don’t get me wrong, I really do love EMG and I have 5 or 6 guitars and 2 or 3 basses with them. They are fantastic.
However, a lot went into designing these pickups and electronics at the absolute hight of Jackson’s popularity and they nailed it. It’s a truly outstanding system.
If you want to see a classic 83 Ibanez Roadstar 2 , let me know , I'll send you photos of my Ibanez that I bought New in early 84 .
Hell yes I want to see it. If you have instagram that’s an easy way to share photos.
I have a yellow 1984 RS135 that I absolutely love! That thing is awesome.
I should do a video on it.
@@REXYLAB I just did a restoration , changed the finish , tuners , I'm happy with the finish as it is but I think it will look really cool after it has been used after a while to distress it , then seal it again , I was even able to find the copies of the headstock decals.
I don't have Instagram , I only have Facebook or email .
@@johnnie3Chords there is a Rexylab Facebook group. It’s very small but we could share pics of our favorite gear there and grow it.
I have no idea why I haven’t tried to grow my Facebook stuff on here. I really should.
Been thinking of spending $1200 on one. Does it play good enough for that price?
$1,200 for a 1988 model 6 in burgundy mist is a steal!
That being said I love the way this guitar plays but they aren’t for everyone. I have a USA, pre Fender Jackson soloist with an actual German Floyd and it feels completely different.
Also, I have a model 4 that has the same hardware and electronics but it’s a bolt on neck with 22 frets instead of a24 fret neck through like the model 6.
That one plays completely different too.
My recommendation would be to play it and see how you like it personally.
I will say this, $1,200 for an all original model 6 is a fair price.
You had me at marijuana
Nice to know we speak the same language.
I have a fire crackle model 4 from I believe 1989 on the bench now.
It’s a mess, there will totally be a video on that one. I hope you subscribe and check it out.
@@REXYLAB ill be watching
Can you tell me what an appropriate replacement jack would be? I plugged mine in, it was very loose. When i opened it the jack plastic was in pieces
Any stereo jack will do. I recommend pure tone or switchcraft.
@@REXYLAB thanks dude, i appreciate you!
can you tell me which wires goes to TRS? somehow i forgot to get this fixed and just tried to play it.....i may smoke too much my self.
So did you sell many Charvels after the deal was made to carry them? Sorry if I missed that part in the story.
We never sold even one!
The base plate on the Korean Floyd Rose Special and 1000 are slightly smaller than a genuine German made Floyd I don't know if you noticed.
Yep, I make it a point when it comes to Floyd to only do OFR.
I miss the days when a Floyd only came from Germany and you didn’t have to worry about what one you were getting.
@@REXYLAB Even the Schaller... made right on the same tooling in Germany. I have one marked ESP on one of my M-ll Deluxe.
Yeah, I have a Schaller that is branded Hamer myself.
I have so many locking vibrato systems that other people call “Floyd Rose” that I am preparing a series on them all so that there is a place people can see how different they all are.
@@REXYLAB Greatest battle implement ever devised
I totally agree.
i had a black 87 6 that was stolen in 89, i just got a Blck cherry 87 6 the pre amp has been changed to a bartolini, sounds anemic....it does have the JE1200 in the case , the pots are stuck, i am hoping it was changed for that and some deoxit will get them working...if so i hope the preamp still works. fingers crossed......any idea how i would test it without ripping out the installed guts now?
Good question.
I would definitely try deoxit and see if the pots will even move. If they won’t then I’d replace the pots.
After all that hook it up to a pickup you have just laying around. If it gives you sound your a good way there.
If none of that works there is a guy on eBay selling reproduction JE-1200 preamps for $45.00. If the original works, awesome! If not you have an alternative.
www.ebay.com/itm/Jackson-Guitar-Preamp-JE-1200-Charvel-Mid-Boost-wired-/313028389737?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
@@REXYLAB having a strong urge to mouth kiss you, thanks a lot! my limited searches were coming up with 275.00 used might be functional options! again thank you deoxit is on...the...way
No need to mouth kiss me but if you haven’t subscribed I would appreciate it if you did. You can tell your guitar playing friends about my channel too, that would help me out.
I’m trying to grow my little empire and I’ll have a bunch more classic 80s stuff coming up.
And if I didn’t say it before it sucks that your first Charvel got stolen. I’m glad you got one to replace it.
I’ll have videos coming up on how to set up a JT6, Kahler, and Floyd as well as even more locking vibrato systems.
@@REXYLAB liked and subbed, I will ✔️ out your other videos, on dig 80's vintage I still have a MIJ strat with system one trem. Remember the n the 80's used her was just used gear? I once traded a 73 sunburst Les Paul for a pink RG Ibanez...even had to kick in a couple shekels....then ....Slash brought them back .....
So, I have the replacement circuit, in my mind's eye I should use the stock pots and caps ..I have not deoxed them yet, mechanically if it turns and the insides of the pots are not damaged they should work ..right? Other than getting dirty they don't usually go "bad" right? My intent is to just copy the wiring on my original guts and reinstall them. Sound smaat? Or should I buy new posts?
Here we are in 2022, and charvel absolutely destroys Ibanez. And honestly, they always have.
I used to feel the opposite way but with perspective my feeling now is that if you are in the same general level of quality they are equally as good just in different ways.
One caveat, there are way jankier Ibanez models than ever before and fender has all but destroyed Jackson and dropped the quality of Charvel significantly. It makes me sad but what ya gonna do?
I hope we can all agree that when this guitar was new it really was the golden age of guitar. Lots of innovation and options out there. Whatever your preference someone made something to fill it. Even the stuff we thought was not so good was amazing by comparison to the cookie cutter CNC stuff being churned out today. Of corse there are those who have progressed with their production methods but for the most part it got cheaper and you get what you pay for.
For example, I don’t remember seeing fret sprout on anything in the 80s. Now it’s even on top, $2,000 plus models.
@@REXYLAB when did the Jackson's start going to shit? I'm not arguing with you, I've heard much the same sentiment all over the place. I was able to get a made in Japan DK2m off of Craigslist for $300. It is from 2008. The guitar shop that did my set up said it was real hot shit, better than most of the shredders he was seeing on the market lately. Anyhow, he messed it up, dicked up the floyd. He ran the strings BALL and attached through the headstock machine heads. Like a lazy 10 year old. So I have since blocked the trem, but lately I've been feeling adventurous. Think I want to actually use the trem.
I am going to be doing a series on how to set up the Floyd Rose and all the other bars people call Floyd Rose but are not actually a Floyd.
But first I got some other things that need to be done.
It’s coming soon though!
My friend chris bull has a red pre satch
Ibanez saber?
@@REXYLAB i think it is . I told him it looked like the one satch painted silver. Is that a sabre?
You cant mistake that rounded over body shape it wasnt a satch model it was before. Is that what satch used on not of this earth?
@@hadleymanmusic you know what, my mistake. Satch’s guitar evolved from the radius.
But the radius, saber, and power were all designated RG540 and came out at the same time.
The power is what he is holding on the cover of not of this earth. It got discontented pretty quickly. The saber became the S and the radius became the JS.
who has parts for my 88 Charvel Ltd Edition Black Silver Crackle finish.... need some bridge parts and a new wiring loom
Try eBay, reverb, and Charvel groups on Facebook.
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jt 6 trem bar is horrible. do yourself a favor and get a schaller arm holder, you won't regret it.
I agree that the JT6 has some real extreme flaws in it but when set up properly it’s ok. Besides, I have a ton of guitars with German Floyd’s, the Schaller version of a Floyd, Ibanez edge in many varieties, gotoh 1996, etc.
Rexylab is even a Floyd dealer so I am well aware of how easy it is to swap the arm with a whole new assembly.
But I like this one original so I can play it and time travel back to 1988 on occasion.
I feel cheated! I wanted to hear that bad boy!
I will make a note of that. It is in the arsenal now so it will make its way into some recordings, I guarantee it.
Check out the latest video about the Kramer I’m currently working on. I have a feeling that one will be an absolute barn burner.
Hey mate, i stumbled across your video by chance. I have a Japanese only HSH Model 3A in burgundy mist . The JT6 is giving me trouble and you sound like you may know how to sort it out.
Cheers
What trouble are you having?
I will be doing setup videos for different vibrato systems and the JT6 is on the list.
That will be a while though, perhaps I can steer you in the right direction sooner.
Incredible story. I'd feel bitter about Charvel after that intro. The new Charvel DKs are nice though. Subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing!
I’ll have another Charvel video in the future. I have a 3DR waiting to go. It is in way rougher shape than this model 6.
There are other 80s classics on here as well as stuff I do for The Squishy Guitar Project, a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases.
Great to have you and once again, thanks for subscribing.
beautiful guitar！I wonder how much this guitar is worth now
That is a very good question.
I certainly overpaid for it because of the color and how good it looked in general. Sadly it took several hundred more to get it where it is now.
But, as I said in the story the rep said it was the rarest color model 6 they made that year and he wasn’t kidding. Since about 2005 I had been looking for a 1988 burgundy mist Charvel model 6. In that time I only ever saw 4 go up for sale and I thought they were all way too much.
But if you want something it’s with whatever you are willing to pay. I’m not happy about overpaying for a internally damaged guitar but in the end I feel it was worth it.
I do have things that are even more rare. Check back or better yet subscribe to see some neat stuff in the future.
@@REXYLAB Thanks very much! I bought a nice black charvel model6 for 8000 RMB a few days ago. and I really like it
Yeah, if it wasn’t for wanting m specific color I’m sure I would have paid about half.
lofl the 550 beats a model 6, the 550 cant even compete with the XLs and a model 5 lays WASTE to it.. go make the purchase and find out for yourself, not to mention is it a FAR better but instrument the M5 has a AAA figured maple top, BLOWS the Ibanez out the water no two ways about it, pus the M5 has a real neck on it, a genuine C shape not some thinned out whatever its supposed to be I dunno don't play on em.. I'll take a model 1 over ANY ibanez you have... TY
As I said in the video, I was pretty close minded in my youth.
I was also wrong, this Charvel is amazing. I absolutely love it.
I did just restore a fire crackle model 4. It’s currently my go to guitar.
That one had a hard life and I’m glad I found it. The thing took 2 videos to do. They will be up in a few weeks.
After that I still have 2 more 80s Charvels you can see me restore.
It’s safe to say I saw the error in my ways.
I still love Ibanez but I now know you can love more than one guitar brand.
What a weird kid I was.
I have a 3DR in that color.
I have a 3DR in white. It is way more beat up than this model 6.
you hit all right on the head and i bet it played like crap to. after you get done it will be amazing i bet. i love your wire spool with the helping hands it is genius. i guess i should of added i just found you and i loved the video
You got that right, this thing was a nightmare when I got it! Fortunately I have the the ability to put it back like it was new, and now it is.
And it really does play like a dream… now!
Thanks so much for the awesome comment. I really love sharing my love of guitars.
Please check out my other stuff, I’m sure I have more you will like. Also, I have two other 80s Charvel guitars coming up as well as a bunch of other 80s classics!
Hit the notification bell so you don’t miss any of them , and thank you again. I love sharing stories about guitars!
The color might be rare but the other stuff he mentions isn’t rare. They came with the JT-6 from 87-89. You could order any of the top of the model series in Burgandy Mist. Arguably firecrackle is just as rare of a color
Fire crackle was not offered in 1988. This is the rarest color offered that year. That is the only thing I said was rare about it.
@@REXYLAB I have a model 5FX in firecrackle from 88
@@REXYLAB I misheard when talking about the jt-6. Still enjoy your videos and want the burgandy mist really bad. Have a model 6 in white but it has a kahler
It is always great to meet a fellow guitar aficionado and I by no means know everything about everything. So did they offer fire crackle in 1988, the short answer is… maybe?
I was a dealer and had their catalogs and price lists in 1988. I did not recall them offering fire crackle, so I looked it up. After finding the old 1988 stuff on line I recognized it as the stuff I had and found no fire crackle as an option.
However… as someone that dealt with Ibanez a lot I do know that there are lots of ways they did stuff that wasn’t in the catalog and technically doesn’t exist. Plus there is japan only, grey market, prototypes, etc. So, 1988 fire crackle? While I don’t remember it and couldn’t order it for my store it very well could be a thing. I’m just a guitar nerd and don’t have all the answers (even though my girlfriend would tell you I think I do).
The cool thing is if you have one then it exists. With all the looking I have done online (and all I do is look stuff up about guitars online because I’m a big guitar nerd) I can’t find anything before 89 that had crackle anything by Charvel. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t out there. They could have done it for NAMM or any other reason. They could have only offered it to specific dealers. Or I could just be missing a huge chunk of Charvel history.
Either way welcome to my channel of obsessive guitar nerdyness. I’m overjoyed to have you and hope you chime in, keep me in check if you see something you know better about, and just celebrate all things guitar.
Here is a link to the 1988 Charvel catalog I had as a dealer. Just click the cover to look at it.
www.vintagejapanguitars.com.br/en/charvel-1988-pricelist/
@@REXYLAB I like that site. I use it all the time. Especially cause of the ones that were only in the Japanese market. I think you have probably one of the only Charvel reviews I think worth watch cause you actually talk about the history and are knowledgeable and talk about what parts go on them. Since you were a dealer I have a question. We’re you still dealing when they released the Model 8 and then released the Spectrum?
Lol burgundy mist isn't a rare color anymore
You’re right about that.
I haven’t
Haven’t what? I said lots of stuff in this video.
Btw, Iron Maiden kicks fucking ass!
@@REXYLAB I don’t know how that came up? I must’ve pushed the microphone button as I was watching your show lol.
@@ironeddie9917 I have done such things myself.
May I recommend this one next. I think you’ll appreciate the end.
No peaking!
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Hahaa
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My newly restored Charvel Model 6 in Burgundy Mist. Through a PRS MT15 drive channel, vol on guitar backed off and it chimes like a Klon. The high gain sounds are insane.
That sounds great. I love my old Charvel model series guitars. They feel so great to play, wouldn’t you agree?
@@REXYLAB best neck I ever played. Make me an offer if u want the JT6 and pickups. Although shipping to the states may cost a bit 😂
guitar surgen lol
Ok
Spectacular axe! I have a reverse headstock 3DR (pre "Predator" toothpaste logo) in the same "burgundy mist" and that one is like my "unicorn" axe . Loving the brass block. I have 5 JT-6 equipped Charvels and the original block is tiny, so I made a titanium block for my main working guitar. I'm in Scotland too!
I have a 3DR as well! It has a JT6 and the guitar logo. There will be a video on that one too one day.
As for the brass block, if it fit it would have been a much better thing. That being said I wanted this one all original so I would have probably changed it back.
But… I kept the brass block and have plenty of guitars with Floyd Rose vibratos that it will fit on.
One day I’ll figure out where that thing needs to go. And maybe one day I’ll make it to Scotland. I was supposed to go there on business a few years ago and it fell through. I had a couple hundred in pound sterling for years in a drawer.
Walked into a Guitar Center neat me a year and a half ago. They had one hanging on the used wall for $550 and I didn't get it. I don't know why
If you ever see a 1988 model 6 I n burgundy mist that isn’t all jacked up for under $1500 buy it!
In any other color that is too much but you almost never see that year in that color on that model.
But any color 1988 model 6 under $1,000 is a good deal. They are only going up in price. Just remember, condition is everything.
YESSSSS!
I hope you like the story.
Just wait for the fire crackle video. That one is gonna be epic, I can tell.
The 3DR should be cool as well.
I got my hands on a Dean eighty eight In a very similar color a few years back. Remember those? It had an ebanol fingerboard. It was actually kind of awesome. It was an HSS configuration. My buddy asked me to give his kid guitar lessons, so I sold it to her for 100$. Ouch. A couple of years later, I figured she probably gave up on it so I tried to feel out if I could buy it back. Nope. Sold it already.
That ethanol fretboard. My friends and I had a snarky " what the hell is that?" Laugh about it, but I think it worked really well. Dean eighty eight. Dont see em everyday.
Dean’s are pretty cool depending on the Dean.
Love the vid and channel. You earned yourself a new follower.🤘😝🤘
Dude, thank you so much! I have a ton of stuff coming up so if love to t it you hit the notification bell so you don’t miss anything.
If you dig the 80s classics may I suggest this.
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@@REXYLAB Ya know, as soon as I saw the thumbnail for this video, the first thing that SCREAMED out to me was...Aldo Nova. Same make and model. I wanted this as well back in the day. FYI...Bell has already been tapped.
I truly appreciate the support!
I love the modern stuff too but all the 80s stuff is from when I was a kid so it has a special place in my heart.
You might also notice videos on here about The Squishy Guitar Project. That is a a nonprofit organization that gives guitars to children with rare and terminal diseases started by a friend of mine to honor her daughter.
It’s just me and her and so far we have given two guitars to two kids. We have gotten Seymour Duncan, Hipshot, graphtech, the D’Addario Foundation, and many more to help us with the project.
It warms my heart to know all the products I insisted on since I was a teenager have a heart.
All of them were in board from the word go! I’m very proud of the work we have done together and the guitar community has been amazing as well.
Check out the video part 10 of this autistic kid is getting a guitar. It wraps up the whole series.
Or… watch the whole playlist. I’m very proud of the work my friend and I do for these kids.
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The kalhler was only on the 86
I work for Kahler, I am at Kahler International right now.
I know when the Kahler was on the model series and why it was changed to the JT6.
Don't you love when you finally pin down that elusive guitar? I spent 10 years searching out Guild Bladerunners and one day I was able to purchase one. My dad had one in 96 or 97 but pawned it needing money. Unfortunately whether it was lack of knowledge or the market being soft, he got little for it and it sat in the music store window a long time at $450. I love that Charvel.
Indeed I do! As you can see from my guitar room (I call it the Guitarmoury) I have spent a lifetime doing just that.
I have a bunch of videos both about acquiring guitars and fixing them as well as modifying a few for children with rare and terminal diseases.
Guitars are my passion, I hope you check it out.
P.S. I have a few Yamahas that will be getting videos in the future but one is a mangled SGX. I haven’t figured out quite what to do with it yet but it should be interesting.
Guilds from that era are a dang delight , I had white X80 ....one of my search for grail guita s now. A big day had a X79 yellow and black with the 3x3 headstock my 80 had 6 in line.