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The formula for Charvel’s Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HSS FR Sassafras is simple yet explosive. Hot-rodded for full-throttle performance, this superb solidbody electric guitar rocks a curvaceous sassafras body with comfortable contours that will feel instantly familiar; it’s outfitted with premium appointments such as a maple speed neck with graphite reinforcement and a silky-smooth compound-radius fretboard with rolled edges and jumbo frets. For ultra-stable pitch expression, this San Dimas features a Floyd Rose double-locking vibrato bridge system that lets you flutter, warble, and dive-bomb with impunity. A trio of Seymour Duncan pickups complete the setup, turning this guitar into a sonic flamethrower with amazing playability and an enormous tone arsenal that deploys everything from chimey cleans to blistering high gain. The Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HSS FR is a serious guitar for demanding guitarists.





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Premium tone from Seymour Duncan pickups





You play the note, and Seymour Duncan pickups take it from there. A player favorite for decades, the JB TB-4 humbucker is an ideal bridge pickup for blues, fusion, country, hard rock, thrash, punk, and grunge. The low end is full and beefy, and the highs are crisp and detailed. An upper-midrange bump adds chunk and crunch to heavy chords, which translates to a singing, vocal-like character when you solo ? all while the hotter output pushes your amp just a bit harder for increased sustain and harmonics. For sonic contrast, a pair of Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 single-coil pickups deliver beautifully clear and articulate tones.





Maximize sonic aggression with the no-load tone control





On the Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HSS FR, the no-load tone control functions like a standard tone pot from positions one through nine and, for sonic transparency, removes itself from the circuit at position 10, letting the full natural voice of the instrument shine through. A common mod for guitarists looking for maximum tonal tenacity is to remove the tone control from the signal path completely ? the no-load tone control on the Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HSS FR gives you the best of both worlds.





The Pro-Mod story





Charvel’s Pro-Mod series guitars rock classic Charvel style, born in Southern California more than three decades ago. These axes are packed with the hot-rodded, high-performance features artists rely on: classic body styles, premium tonewoods, fast necks, smooth, rolled fingerboard edges, scorching pickups, rock-solid bridges, and more. Take it from the guitar aficionados at Sweetwater: get your hands on a Pro-Mod, and you won’t let go.





Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 1 HSS FR Sassafras Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Curvaceous sassafras body with comfortable contours


Bolt-on maple speed neck with graphite reinforcement for long-term stability


Compound-radius fretboard (12-16 inches), optimized for technical fretwork


22 jumbo nickel frets, dot inlays


Heel-mounted truss rod adjustment wheel


Seymour Duncan Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 single-coil pickups plus a JB TB-4 bridge humbucker


No-load tone control completely removes itself from the signal path when engaged


5-way blade pickup selector switch


Floyd Rose 1000 series double-locking recessed vibrato bridge system for extreme expressive potential


Sealed die-cast tuners