high output p/u. Bright body with burst of attack. Harmonics jump off neck

Everything it should have. It's an EVH replica

Screw on the trem arm, turn the volume (tone) knob and go.

Top notch. Very nicely done. Typical J/C custon shop quality.

Overpriced at $2640 well worth $2000. How bad do you want it?

Don't buy a guitar for customer service, but theese guys are pitiful

Stripes. If your an Eddie fan this is a must have

Player

Anything

the sound is very nice. good sustain. The tone is a bit limited due to having just the one pickup.

I like the D tuna and Floyd Rose

The truss rod insert on the back of the neck is not flush with the neck. This does not affect performance, but for $2,639 I would expect much better quality. The finish and everything else seems to be good.

Great guitar, but way over priced in my opinion. I think you are basically paying $1,000 for the Eddie Van Halen paint job, which you could do yourself.

hobbyist

Rock

I am a HUGE VH fan,especialy the earier DLR era, so naturaly I couldn't wait to buy this(blk/ylw). I rated it an 8 becase though I have not played any guitars that sound as nice, I am sure they exhist. I play through a TSL100 head with 2 Peavey 4x12 cabs. I use the EVH Phase 90, a BOSS Flanger, and the Bad Horsie 2 for Wah. No distortion pedals. I play alot of VH covers at home and alot of heavy metal in the band I am in. This guitar sounds great for both, as it has a cleanly defined sound and tone and a nice bottom end for metal. However, even the best guitar in the world will sound like crap through a crappy rig, so invest your money wisely and get a nice stack.

The features left something to be desired as far as quantity. Quality, however, is very present. Though it only has 1 humbucking pick-up, the one it has does sound beautiful. The Floyd Rose with D-Tuna is awesome as well for switching back and forth between songs, or even during a song. I love the maple fretboard and I always try to get maple fretboards on all my guitars. I wish it had a neck pick-up and/or a tone knob.

I think that this product is made of great materials. The neck feels great, as does the weight of the guitar. However, the clear coat seems to be fragile. I have had mine for about six months and am VERY careful with it, yet I have found to identical blemishes on the bottom wing. They resemble the effect you get if you hit a plexiglass window with a hammer just light enough to not break the glass. I think the hardware of the guitar will last for years to come, but I fear the clear coat may be short lived.

The price is a bit high even for a collectors piece such as this. If it had a nekc humbucker and the usual assortment ov volume and tone knobs, it would be much more valuable in my opinion. The guitar costs much more than your average Charvel San Dimas, which is really all this is, except your average San Dimas has to pick-ups.

This guitar has alot of "sex appeal" as you say. but only for a real VH fan and/or collector. If you are not a fan, then this is just an overpriced San Dimas with half the features and a funky paint scheme.

Active Musician

Rock and Metal

The tone and sound are there in regards to the vanhalen style sound.

Components are as they are, one pick up, one locking tremlo system. Nothing fancy about this one.

Doesn't appear to have had any real time or thought put into the production of this. Low end in general, except for the Floyd Rose.

Inflated price. I feel your paying for the name only- I've played low end Fenders that played just as well.

No

Graphics are the only appeal and their not all that great.

Musician

Heavy Rock

No allen wrench was included with the Floyd Rose, wrong tool for the trust rod. The least useful feature is that you cannot access the trust rod unless you take off the neck. Very poor design for this era, we're not in the 1950's anymore. Taking off the neck to adjust the trust rod is not the correct way to make adjustments. The pickup was good, the Floyd Rose sits on the guitar body and will cause damage to the finish after a period of use. It is also so stiff it to use the bar that you almost need two hands to do a dive.

The product is of poor quality. At least the one I purchased. (Red, Black, White), the hardest to get, the longest to wait for, and was the biggest dissapointment to date. The finish has making marks all over it. You can see the black lines through the red paint, manufacturer states this is normal? Normal for $2600 guitar!? The neck is of poor quality. Glue marks all over the frets from fret #14 to #21. I didn't keep it long enough to see if it would last. Had it two days, took 30 minutes to evaluate that this was the worst purchase out of 44 plus Jackon/Charvel guitars in my collection. Hard to believe that any artist would have stamped their name on this one. Very disappointing. Buyer

20 years Active Musician

Rock

10 - classic van halen tone. could not have any better tone. very versatile

10 - everything you would need or expect from an evh replica

10 - playability is a 10, you can pull out any kinds of tone effortlessly.

10 - hand made, finish is top notch original floyd rose, schaller tuners. i have the yellow and black model.

10 - very valuable collecters item. its price will only increase in time, it is no longer made.

estimated 10 - i got it from guitar center but i heard charvel is great. i have asked them questions about the product, they answered in a quick matter so i would estimate a 10.

10 - looks phenominal, i would do anything for this guitar if i did not already own it.

active musician

hard rock