GUTHRIE GOVAN USA SIGNATURE HSH FLAME MAPLE
2865434701 / NATURAL
As a preeminent modern virtuoso, U.K. guitar master Guthrie Govan dazzles all who hear his playing. Charvel spent two years of meticulous developmental work with Govan to originally introduce his signature model, and it’s the ultimate ultra-pro guitar that’s only gotten better with time. Loaded with special features and high-performance appointments, it’s truly the ideal expression of Govan’s artistry rendered in distinctive Charvel form.
A 25.5” scale guitar, the Guthrie Govan USA Signature HSH Flame Maple offers a caramelized basswood San Dimas® body topped by gorgeous flame maple with a thin satin urethane finish and a specially contoured heel (sans neck plate) for easy access to the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The bolt-on flame maple neck has a “caramelized” heat and drying treatment that makes it sound and feel much older, along with graphite reinforcement, hand-rubbed urethane finish on the back of the neck and a convenient heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel. Most unusually for a San Dimas model, the 12”-16” compound radius flame maple fingerboard spans two octaves, with the same caramelized treatment as the neck, 24 extra jumbo stainless steel frets and special maple dot inlays with ebony borders, as well as Luminlay® side-dots that emit light for the darkest of stages.
Other premium features include three specially wound Charvel custom MF pickups arranged in a versatile HSH configuration with five-way switching for the expansive tonal openness and dynamic sensitivity that Govan demands, a two-way mini toggle switch to engage single coil simulation in bridge and neck humbucker position, two Luminlay numbered dome control knobs (volume, tone) with a brass pin locator, U.S.-made recessed Charvel locking tremolo bridge with Tremol-No™ unit and oversized brass block, bone nut and chrome hardware.
- Model: Charvel Guthrie Govan USA Signature HSH Flame Maple Caramelized Flame Maple Fingerboard Natural
- Builder: Charvel USA
- Year: 2024
- Body Type: Solid Body
- Top Wood: Flame Maple
- Body Wood: Caramelized Basswood
- Finish Type: Satin
- Finish Color: Natural
- Neck Wood: Caramelized Flame Maple
- Fingerboard: Caramelized Flame Maple
- Neck Carve: Speed Neck with Rolled Fingerboard Edges
- Scale Length: 25.5″ (64.77 cm)
- Neck Radius: 12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Frets: 24 – Jumbo Stainless Steel
- Nut Width: 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
- Nut Material: Bone
- Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
- Inlays: Ebony Ring with Maple Dot Center
- Headstock: Licensed Fender® Stratocaster®
- Neck Pickup: Charvel® Custom MF Single-Coil
- Middle Pickup: Charvel® Custom MF Humbucking
- Bridge Pickup: Charvel® Custom MF Humbucking
- Hardware: Chrome
- Bridge: Recessed Charvel® Locking Tremolo Bridge
- Tuners: Gotoh® MG-T Locking
- Controls: Volume, Tone, 5-Way Blade Pickup Selector, 2-Way Mini-Toggle to Engage Single Coil Simulation in Bridge Neck Humbucker Position
- Case: Charvel Molded Hardshell Case
- Weight: 7.20 Pounds (7 lbs 3 oz)