Charvel Green Glow and Aqua Flake Pro-Mod San Dimas models
Two new San Dimas Style 1 models
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Charvel has now officially released the Pro-Mod San Dimas Green Glow and Aqua Flake models. These are both pretty full-on finish options and will possibly divide opinions.
Pro-Mod San Dimas
The Charvel LE San Dimas Style 1 Ash in Green Glow and the San Dimas Style 1 HSS in Aqua Flake are both new models, with the former actually a limited-run guitar.
Green Glow
Green Glow
First up is the limited-run Charvel LE San Dimas Style 1 Ash in Green Glow and this model features a very green and black sandblasted ash body.
This finish is paired with a set of bright green Seymour Duncans, with a JBTM TB-4 in the bridge and ‘59TM SH-1N in the neck. These are wired via a single volume and tone control, with a push/pull coil split on the volume control.
All the hardware is in black and includes a Floyd Rose 1000 Series locking tremolo and a set of Charvel branded tuners.
It has a bolt-on Charvel Speed Neck made of maple and an ebony compound radius fretboard that is fitted with 22 Jumbo frets.
The finish looks a little like the beginning of The Matrix when all the computer code drops down, or maybe that is just me.
Anyway, we have seen a previous incarnation of this model in pink and I actually think the green looks a lot nicer.
Aqua Flake
Aqua Flake
Next up is this Aqua Flake HSS model, officially called the San Dimas Style 1 HSS in Aqua Flake and it has a very sparkly flake finish indeed.
The specifications include an alder body paired with a maple bolt-on neck outfitted with 22 Jumbo frets. It has the same Charvel Speed Neck with rolled fingerboard edges and graphite reinforcement, as the model above.
This model has a recessed Floyd Rose 1000 Series locking tremolo, though all the hardware is chrome for this model.
The HSS pickup configuration consists of a Seymour Duncan JB TB-4 bridge humbucker, a Seymour Duncan Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 middle single-coil, and a Seymour Duncan Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 RWRP neck pickup.
It has a single Volume and a No-Load Tone control, along with a five-way blade pickup selector switch.
Verdict
Both models have nice specifications and include some useful modern features aimed at modern guitarists.
I think that the two colours will either be loved or hated, depending on your personal preference.
Though the HSS Aqua Flake model is slightly cheaper and should, in theory, have more tonal options due to the HSS pickup layout it could be the better buy of the two for some players.
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- Green Glow: Charvel
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