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Charvel Desolation DX-1 ST Soloist Electric Guitar Trans Red

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    A classic body profile with flame maple top, EMG pickups and deluxe details.

    The Desolation Soloist DX-1 ST sports Charvel’s classic Soloist body profile, with features including a flame maple top (on trans finishes), multi-ply binding (body, neck and headstock; single-ply on Satin Black finish), through-body maple neck with scalloped heel and scalloped upper horn, compound radius (12”-16”) rosewood fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and Charvel “shark tooth” inlays, EMG® 85 (neck) and 81 (bridge) humbucking pickups with black bezels and three-way toggle switching, single domed metal volume control knob, “football” jack plate, adjustable string-through-body bridge, locking tuners and black nickel hardware.

    Dependant on stock, the DX-1 ST is available in Flat Black, Black, Snow White, Cherry Sunburst, Trans Black, Trans Red and Trans Blue gloss finishes with matching headstock.

    Features

    • Beautiful flame maple top
    • Through-body neck for improved tone and sustain
    • Comfortable compound radius fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets
    • Eye-catching shark tooth inlays
    • Precision sealed die-cast tuners
    • Dual EMG humbucking pickups with straightforward controls
    • Strings-through-body bridge

    Choose your color and enjoy the sweet sounds of this beauty for yourself. Order today.

    Desolation DX-1 ST Soloist Electric Guitar Specifications:

    • Body
    • Body: Mahogany
    • Neck
    • Number of Frets: 24
    • Fret Size: Jumbo Frets
    • Position Inlays: Abalam Shark Tooth
    • Fretboard Radius: 12” to 16” Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
    • Neck Material: Maple
    • Neck Finish: Oiled
    • Nut Width: 1.6875" (43 mm)
    • Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
    • Fingerboard
    • Fretboard: Rosewood
    • Electronics
    • Pickup Configuration: H/H
    • Bridge Pickup: EMG® 81 Humbucking Pickup (Bridge)
    • Neck Pickup: EMG® 85 Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
    • Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
    • Hardware
    • Hardware: Black Nickel
    • Bridge: LP Style Adjustable Strings-Through-Body Bridge
    • String Nut: Black Plastic
    • Miscellaneous
    • Unique Features: Compound Radius Fingerboard with Jumbo Frets, Flame Maple Top, Multi-Ply Binding (Body, Neck and Headstock; Single-Ply on Satin Black finish), Through-Body Neck and Single Domed Metal Volume Control Knob
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    5.0

    woah!!!

    By NICHOLASHAPPENS

    from Kansas City

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    Pros

    • Fun To Play
    • Good Feel
    • Good Pick Up
    • Good Tone
    • Silky
    • Solid Electronics

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Flaunting
      • Jamming
      • Making The Metals
      • Practicing
      • Recording
      • Wooing The Opposite Sex

      Comments about Charvel Desolation DX-1 ST Soloist Electric Guitar:

      Get real?!?!? this thing plays like an ibanez with a super fast flat prestige neck and sounds like a flipping GIBSON with beautiful high mids and gut punching chug... woah... i have a new 2013 gibson SG and an Ibanez 1570 prestige and this thing is a cross between the two... gnarly.. yes indeed..

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