Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal St.2 HH 2PT BKA

Incredible how much the quality/hype of Charvel instruments has increased significantly in recent times, and the Pro-Mod So-Cal St.2 series is the absolute proof of this.
I was incredibly surprised how light is this instrument, although it is still very well built, a sign that it is well distributed over the entire surface of the guitar. The guitar is aesthetically beautiful, with beautiful wood grains poppin out throug matt finish. The feeling is amazing, fluid and "thin" fret, perfect for lead performances as well as for rhythm parts. Baked maple neck/fretboard is a beautiful wood of excellent quality, you can hear tele spank through the entire fretboard. Locking charvel stock tuners are a really good quality and tunning stays in place.
Pickups and coils split options are endless so it is a guitar that can be preferred even by professionals for any purpose!

PRO:
- Well built instrument with great ergonomic shape;
- Variety of sounds, from extreme metal to funky (possibility of splitting the pickups or changing the sound paste of the same from Modern to Vintage);
- Modern options in clasicc shape
- Great pickups - giant sound, well defined and powerful.

CONS:
- Nothing else to report, time will decide.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Beside its beauty, this guitar is packed with great hardware! It is very playable, and Fishmans sound great for any type of music. This is the second one I ordered, because the first one that came was poorly finished. I guess that QC in Mexico isn't what it used to be. The second guitar came great (fret could use a bit of maintenance, but it's not a big issue), but the first had the bridge pickup placed a few millimeters off, pickguard was also not aligned as it should have been, one of the bridge posts was also poorly assembled - so, yes... QC is bad. Thankfully, Thomann is here to step in and to relieve us of any stress caused by the lousy workmanship ;)