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The Southern California Superstrat Just Got Better





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If you’re in the market for a guitar that perfectly suits your personality, look no further than a Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 3 HSH FR. It’s no secret that this solidbody electric guitar takes design cues from the Superstrats of yore. The comfortably carved alder body comes loaded with three Seymour Duncan pickups in an HSH configuration for ripping tones fit for any occasion. Players at Sweetwater love this axe's lightning-fast maple neck and compound-radius fingerboard. What’s more, this So-Cal comes with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking tremolo bridge and tailpiece. Now, you can bomb, squeal, and knock your axe around without going out of tune. Seeking high-octane tone and playability? You can’t go wrong with a Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 3 HSH FR.





Seymour Duncan HSH pickups pump out flexible, hot-rodded tones





Charvel knows that your tone is cruicial. That’s why their hybrid team of musicians and instrument designers loaded the So-Cal Style 3 HSH FR with a trio of Seymour Duncan pickups. The HSH-configured pickups comprise a TB-6 Distortion in the neck, a Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 in the middle position, and an SH-6N Distortion in the bridge. With the 5-way switch, you have access to tonal options for every playing situation. Whether you need fire-breathing leads, chiming single-coil melodies, or heavy humbucker riffs, the So-Cal Style 3 HSH FR can do it all.





You’ll love this neck





With the right neck, a guitar transforms from an instrument into an extension of yourself. And when you play, it encourages you to reach new musical heights. If you ask guitarists at Sweetwater, the Pro-Mod the So-Cal Style 3 HSH FR has one of those necks. The maple neck and fingerboard feature a hand-rubbed urethane finish for breezy playability. Another feature we love is the compound-radius fingerboard (12-16 inches). The fingerboard steadily flattens and widens as you work up the neck, which is perfect for technical playing and solos. Finally, the neck features graphite reinforcement, which helps your setups last longer.





Get creative with the Floyd Rose 1000 Series tremolo





The Pro-Mod the So-Cal Style 3 HSH FR is primed to unlock even more creative potential. It’s equipped with a dependable Floyd Rose 1000 series locking tremolo bridge. It can be used for subtle vibrato to full-blown dive-bombs with the same response and tuning stability that you’d expect from a Floyd Rose. Whether you use it or abuse it, you’ll have trouble knocking the Floyd Rose tremolo bridge out of tune.





Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 3 HSH FR Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Stylish alder body offers a balanced foundation for your sound


Comfortable contours prevent playing fatigue


Compound-radius maple fingerboard gets flatter up high for blistering solos


Graphite reinforced maple neck holds its setup for longer


Seymour Duncan TB-6 (bridge) and SH-6N (neck) pickups deliver hot-rodded tones


Seymour Duncan Custom Flat Strat SSL-6 (middle) pickup provides classic single-coil sounds


5-way switching system gives you tons of useable tones


No-load tone pot won’t color sound when run wide open


Recessed Floyd Rose FRT-01000 double-locking tremolo lets you perform squeals and dives while preserving your tuning


Chrome hardware adds an eye-grabbing visual effect