As a preeminent modern virtuoso, U.K. guitar master Guthrie Govan dazzles all who hear his playing. Charvel spent two years of meticulous development with Govan to first introduce his Guthrie Govan signature model in 2014, and it's the ultimate ultra-pro guitar. Loaded with special features and high-performance appointments, it's truly the ideal expression of Govan's artistry rendered in distinctive Charvel form. For 2017, Charvel is offering new incarnations of Govan's models, including the Guthrie Govan Signature HSH Caramelized Ash. This 25.5" scale guitar offers a caramelized ash San Dimas body with a thin satin lacquer finish and a specially contoured heel (sans neck plate) for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The bolt-on neck is two-piece flame maple with a "caramelized" heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, with graphite reinforcement, hand-rubbed urethane gel on the back of the neck and a convenient trussrod adjustment wheel at the body end. Most unusually for a San Dimas model, the compoundradius (12"-16") flame maple fingerboard spans two octaves, with the same caramelized treatment as the neck, 24 jumbo stainless steel frets and special maple dot inlays with ebony borders, as well as Luminlay side-dots that emit light for the darkest of stages. Other premium features include three speciallywound Charvel custom MF pickups arranged in a versatile HSH configuration with five-way switching for the expansive tonal openness and dynamic sensitivity that Govan demands, a 2-way mini toggle switch to engage single coil simulation in bridge and neck humbucker positions, two Luminlay numbered dome control knobs (master volume, master tone), U.S.-made recessed Charvel locking tremolo bridge with Tremol-No unit, oversized brass block, bone nut and chrome hardware.

Specs
Series:Artist Signature
Body Material:Caramelized Ash
Body Finish:Satin LacquerNeck: Caramelized Two-Piece Flame Maple with Graphite Reinforcement
Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Urethane Gel
Fingerboard:Caramelized Flame Maple, 12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8mm to 406.4 mm)
Frets:24, Jumbo Stainless
Position Inlays: Ebony Ring with Maple Dot Center
Tuning Machines:Sperzel® Locking
Scale Length:25.5" (64.8 cm)
Bridge: U.S.-Made Recessed Charvel Locking Tremolo Bridge
Pickups:
Charvel Custom MF Humbucking (Bridge)
Charvel Custom MF Single-Coil (Middle)
Charvel Custom MF Humbucking (Neck)
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Pos 1. Bridge Full Humbucking Pickup,
Pos 2. Bridge Pickup Stud Coil and Middle Pickup, Pos 3.
Neck Pickup Screw Coil and Bridge Pickup Screw Coil, Pos 4.
Neck Pickup Screw Coil and Middle Pickup, Pos 5. Full
Humbucking Pickup (2-way toggle engaged) Pos 1. Bridge
Humbucker Single Coil Simulation, Pos 2. Bridge Pickup Stud
Coil and Middle Pickup, Pos 3. Neck Pickup Screw Coil and
Bridge Pickup Screw Coil, Pos 4. Neck Pickup Screw Coil and
Middle Pickup, Pos 5. Neck Humbucker Single Coil Simulation
Special Electronics: 2 Mini-Toggle to Engage Single-Coil Simulation in Bridge and
Neck Humbucker Positions
Controls:Master Volume, Master Tone
Control Knobs:Dome Style Luminlay Numbered Knobs
Hardware Finish:Chrome