FS - Charvel USA Select San Dimas Style 2

[LucSulla]

Having to clear a few things out, which has meant making some tough choices. First up is a Charvel USA Select that I own. Description from Reverb:

$1300 Shipped CONUS PayPal F&F, Zelle, or Venmo. 

Up for sales is a Charvel USA Select San Dimas Style 2.

I'm going to post the stock specs from Charvel at the end, but this guitar was modified apparently by someone who knew what they were doing. The electronics are all still factory (which is good - I love the DiMarzio combo in these). However, the previous owner replaced the nut clamps, nut clamp screws, saddles, string lock insert blacks, and string lock screws with titanium equivalents. They also replaced the trem block with a larger, brass trem block and what I believe are heavy duty silent springs. There is also a tremolo stop back there - one of those that uses a screw and nut so it actually works (looking at you Tremol-No). It also has Schaller-style locking strap buttons.

I'm not pricing these as "upgrades." I feel like that is a bit of a weasel word, but I do think these were smart aftermarket additions that make a lot of sense and also wanted to be transparent about them. They also give the guitar a titanium-on-black look that I think is pretty cool.

The backplate, screws, and original string buttons are all included, along with the hang tag and allen wrenches. I do not have any of the other original hardware.

The only cosmetic defect on the entire guitar is one ding on the upper bout. Please see in pictures. Otherwise, it's very clean.

Having owned one of the original USA Pro Mod San Dimas Style 2 runs from 2008, I frankly think these USA selects are better guitars, and those were great. It has an absolute slab of rosewood for the fingerboard, and you don't have to loosen/remove the neck to make truss rod adjustments.

Now for the original specs from Charvel's website:

The USA Select San Dimas® Style 2 HH FR HSS HT features an alder body paired with a quartersawn maple neck with one-way vintage-style bullet truss rod, and a 22 jumbo fret maple (black dot inlay) or rosewood (white dot inlay) compound radius fingerboard with rolled edges and a bone nut.

Pure tone pours from a DiMarzio® DP100F Super Distortion bridge pickup and DiMarzio® DP-151 PAF PRO neck pickup, with five-way "super" blade pickup switching that delivers the bridge pickup only (position 1), bridge pickup inner coil (position 2), inner coils of both pickups (position 3), neck pickup outer coil (position 4), neck pickup only (position 5).

Other premium features include a single control knob (master volume), side-mount "football" output jack, black hardware, Floyd Rose® Original non-recessed bridge with 37mm block, and more.

https://reverb.com/item/83293352-charvel-usa-select-san-dimas-style-2-hh-fr-2016-present-snow-blind-satin

 

[LucSulla]

Second up is a Line 6 HX Stomp XL.  SOLD

After a fit of frustration with a pedalboard, I bought this as a more reliable alternative for a tone of pedals.

It's super cool - You can use it straight into an amp, four-cable-method with a fully assignable loop path, or access tons of amp models. The software works great, and it's pretty intuitive as these things go.

That being said, I just cannot break my habit of using pedals, problematic as they are. I'm just can't get past wanting a physical knob to tweak, though this thing is surprisingly easy to navigate with your feet for making edits on the fly. Be that as it may, this eventually ended up being used only for acoustic shows, which is actually a fantastic use for this as well. Even that usage ended up being pretty limited in the end, so I decided to move it on.

The unit is in really great condition. It was never mounted to a board, and I never even removed the screen protector film from the front. All the original manuals, USB cord, power supply, and packing materials are here as well.

 

 

[LucSulla]

[LucSulla]

Post air travel apocalypse bumb.

[LucSulla]

Price drop bump.

[LucSulla]

Final Price drop to 1300.

[RobB]

6 hours ago, LucSulla said:

Final Price drop to 1300.

😲

[LucSulla]

8 hours ago, RobB said:

😲

I'd rather eat it here than on Reverb. 

It's one helluva guitar. I just have four Charvels, including another USA Select. This one actually plays better than the Style 1, but that damn Satin Plum color is so fire.