Charvel launches its new flagship USA Select series with the San Dimas® Style 1 HSS HT. This hardtail model taps straight into original-era Charvel DNA for a sleek, ferocious model with
“old-school throwback” specs our high-performance players have been clamoring for, such as ’80s-style body perimeters, finely shaped neck profiles, fast compound radius fingerboards with rolled edges, and more.
The alder San Dimas® Style 1 HSS HT body is complemented by a one-piece quartersawn maple neck with one-way vintage-style bullet truss rod, and a 22 jumbo fret rosewood (white dot inlay) compound radius fingerboard with rolled edges and a bone nut. Pure tone pours from a DiMarzio® DP100 Super Distortion bridge pickup and DiMarzio® DP-116 HS2™ neck and middle pickups, with five-way “super” blade pickup switching that delivers the bridge pickup only (position 1), bridge pickup inner coil and middle pickup (position 2), bridge pickup inner coil and neck pickup (position 3), neck and middle pickups (position 4) and neck pickup only (position 5). Other premium features include a single control knob (master volume), side-mounted “football” output jack, black hardware, string-through-body bridge, and more.
Body
Body Shape: |
San Dimas® |
Body Material: |
Alder |
Body Finish: |
Satin Polyurethane |
Neck
Neck Material: |
1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck (Maple and Rosewood Fingerboard Options) |
Neck Binding: |
None |
Scale Length: |
25.5" (648 mm) |
Fingerboard Radius: |
12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm) |
Number of Frets: |
22 |
Fret Size: |
Jumbo |
String Nut: |
Bone |
Nut Width: |
1.6875" (42.86 mm) |
Neck Plate: |
Charvel® chrome plate |
Neck Finish: |
Satin Hand-Rubbed Polyurethane Gel |
Fingerboard: |
Rosewood |
Position Inlays: |
White Dot |
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: |
DiMarzio® DP100 Super Distortion Humbucking |
Middle Pickup: |
DiMarzio® HS-2™ DP116 |
Neck Pickup: |
DiMarzio® HS-2™ DP116 |
Controls: |
Master Volume |
Pickup Switching: |
5-Position Blade, Pos. 1. bridge only, Pos. 2 bridge inner coil and middle pickup, Pos. 3 neck pickup and bridge inner coil, Pos. 4 middle pickup and bridge outer coil, Pos. 5 neck pickup only |
Pickup Configuration: |
HSS |
Hardware
Bridge: |
Charvel® Hard Tail |
Tuning Machines: |
Charvel® Branded tuners |
Orientation: |
Right-Hand |
Pickguard: |
None |
Control Knobs: |
Black Dome Style |
Miscellaneous
Strings: |
NPS, .009-.042 Gauges |