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Charvel (/ ʃ ɑːr ˈ v ɛ l / shar-VEL) 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 .
In 1978, he started working at Wayne Charvel's guitar repair shop in Covina, California (while using a PO Box in neighboring San Dimas). Since Charvel's shop was almost bankrupted, Charvel eventually sold his interest to Grover Jackson on November 10, 1978, which gave Jackson control of the business and the Charvel brand.
Wayne Charvel eventually filed bankruptcy and sold his interest to Grover Jackson on November 10, 1978, which gave Jackson control of the Charvel name. [ 2 ] Jackson Guitars originated in 1980 when guitarist Randy Rhoads approached the company with an idea for an individualized guitar.
The Gibson Victory Bass was an electric bass guitar designed by Wayne Charvel and produced by Gibson Guitars from 1981 until 1986. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was a bass guitar variant of the Gibson Victory.
Charvel Guitars have also produced some model of star profile, for example the star model of the Charvel Desolation series. [1] The Dean ML is a similar design to the star, but differs in having symmetrical tail horns (or wings as they are known in Flying V and similar designs).
Charvel, just prior to the departure of its founder Wayne Charvel, produced what was essentially a professionally made copy of the Frankenstrat Van Halen built himself, but with a yellow and black motif and a body with the electronics loaded from the rear, as opposed to being suspended by a pickguard.
Randy Rhoads' first Jackson prototype was the white, pinstriped, asymmetrical Flying V-inspired model built by Grover Jackson, Tim Wilson, and Mike Shannon of Charvel Guitars. [1] The guitar featured a maple neck and body (neck through body), ebony fretboard, medium frets, Stratocaster style tremolo, and Seymour Duncan pickups. The prototype ...
The Jackson and Charvel brands were bought by Fender in 2002. [18] Ibanez suffered heavy losses in 1991–1993 and had to undergo a major restructuring of its model lineup, adding such series as the GR ("Ghostrider"), Blazer, TC ("Talman"), RT ("Retro") guitars, and TR ("Traditional") and ATK basses. The older Iceman model and Gibraltar bridge ...