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Charvel is a brand of electric guitars founded in the 1970s by Wayne Charvel in Azusa, California and originally headquartered in Glendora, California. Since 2002, Charvel has been under the ownership of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
Apr 1, 2014 · The success of Charvel in the 1980s led to Grover's planning to mass-produce popular configurations in Asia. Whereas each Charvel guitar produced in California was essentially a hand built, custom instrument, the Japanese assembly line versions that appeared in 1986 would be categorized into model numbers.
Mar 7, 2024 · Charvel and Jackson are two brands with a tightly entwined history. The Charvel brand started out 50 years ago in 1974. Wayne Charvel quit his job at Fender and started his own repair and refinish business, earning a name for himself with his custom finishes and aftermarket modifications.
May 5, 2010 · Guitar World celebrates the storied history and glorious renaissance of Charvel. Wayne Charvel unwittingly spawned a guitar custom shop revolution when he opened Charvel's Guitar Repair in 1974, in Azusa, California.
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Mar 8, 2022 · Players can be traced back to the mid 70’s, where the first few sightings of superstrats appeared in the hands of Richie Blackmore and Michael Hampton of Parliament Funkadelic, but it was truly popularised by the one and only EVH in the form of his Frankenstrat… and the rest, was history. Who are Charvel?
Apr 8, 2021 · It had all begun in humbler circumstances when Wayne Charvel opened Charvel’s Guitar Repair, a small shop on East Arrow Highway in Azusa, California, in 1974. Wayne had been playing guitar in nightclub bands for 15 years, but on the birth of his first son he decided it was about time he tried something with more family-friendly hours.
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May 17, 2023 · This spelled doom for ‘performance’ brands like Charvel, whose instruments were too wild for traditionalists but too conservative for the full-on metallers like Metallica and Sepultura. Charvel disappeared for a while, until the brand was bought and resurrected by Fender in 2002.
