CHARVEL Pro-Mod San Dimas PJ IV and JJ V

$899

$999

Without diving completely into a nostalgic and rabbit-hole, let’s just say that these vivid, almost day-glo basses from the most Eighties bass brand of them all, Charvel, take us instantly back four decades. That is, let’s be honest, a huge part of their attraction, just as it was for all those lime-green BC Rich and Jackson basses that infested MTV back then. Presumably Fender—Charvel’s owners since 2002—are aware that nostalgia doesn’t