CHARVEL GUTHRIE GOVAN SIGNATURE MJ SAN DIMAS SD24 CM £2,449
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Charvel has been owned by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation since 2002 and it’s been a good fit, sitting between the more-rock aimed Jackson line and the modern fringes of Fender, such as the Ultra range. In fact, if you simply consider Charvel to be the ‘modern’ Fender, you’re just about there. Another way to view the brand, particularly this latest Guthrie Govan signature, is a souped-up and pimped version of what once may have been a Stratocaster.
Whichever way you view it, the GG is built for pro-level use and, as Guthrie himself tells us, despite having another pair of