NAMM 09: Charvel Builds Custom Guitars Live

Charvel set up a full workbench in their booth this year and actually built some custom guitars from start to finish live and without commercial interruption. They all wore oil finishes, since it would be impossible to spray paint in their NAMM booth. There was one in particular we really dug, and are bringing it home. It had a real rosewood neck and a birdseye fingerboard:

The Music Zoo’s owner, Tommy Colletti and Charvel’s Mike McGregor with the NAMM Show-Built San Dimas Custom:

Let it be known: Tommy can really shred. We all really liked the way that guitar sounded through the EVH halfstack: