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A San Dimas Fit for an Aristocrat





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Whether he’s tearing it up onstage with the Aristocrats, lighting up his fretboard on YouTube, or injecting Hans Zimmer’s compositions with 6-string muscle, Guthrie Govan is in a league of his own. And there’s only one solidbody electric guitar that can handle his virtuosic playing: the Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM. The Guthrie Govan SD24 is centered around an ash-topped basswood San Dimas-style body, with a graphite-reinforced maple neck, a sculpted shredder’s heel, and a compound-radius fingerboard to ensure maximum playability. You can wheedle an endless array of tones from this guitar’s custom-wound HSH pickup set, while its 5-way blade switch and mini toggles unlock additional sonic textures. Beyond that, a recessed locking tremolo, Gotoh die-cast locking tuners, and a Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut ensure rock-solid stability ? even after serious whammy bar exploitation. The Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM also features choice creme dot fingerboard inlays, Luminlay side dots, and Luminlay numbered dome knobs.





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Fast-playing compound-radius fretboard





If complex, virtuoso-level shredding is your bag, you’ll appreciate the Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM. This solidbody electric guitar’s curvilinear San Dimas-style body is a wonderful slippery thing with a sculpted shredder’s cut heel, which makes accessing upper frets effortless. Its caramelized, graphite-reinforced maple neck offers rock-solid stability with a built-for-speed satin finish. Beyond that, the Guthrie Govan SD24 boasts an easy-playing compound-radius fingerboard with 24 jumbo stainless steel frets. With a 12-inch radius at the nut that flattens to 16 inches at the 12th fret, you’ve got the just-right feel you need to grab chords in lower positions, while the flatter upper registers enable blazing-fast fretwork.





Versatile HSH configuration of custom-wound pickups





Versatile doesn’t even begin to describe Guthrie Govan. He’s a true virtuoso’s virtuoso, with the ability to nimbly morph between jazz comping, blues-tinged slides, and full-blown metal shredding without so much as a pause. Boasting a versatile HSH configuration of custom-wound pickups, the Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM was built to keep up with Mr. Govan’s eclectic playing. This solidbody electric guitar includes a 5-way blade switch, which unlocks a bevy of sonic textures with coil-splitting for achieving classic Strat-style in-between tones. You also get a 2-way mini toggle to engage single-coil simulation in positions one and five (full-on bridge and neck humbucker positions, respectively).





Rock-solid locking tremolo





The Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM is primed for shameful whammy bar abuse, thanks to its locking tremolo. Designed to work in conjunction with this electric guitar’s Gotoh die-cast locking tuners and Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut, this single-locking trem provides tuning stability that rivals double-locking designs. This tremolo includes a convenient pop-in arm and a sustain-enhancing brass block. The guitarists here at Sweetwater are blown away by this trem’s recessed design ? it sits nice and flush with the Guthrie Govan SD24’s body to provide texture when you need it and a relatively low profile when you don’t.





Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature MJ San Dimas SD24 CM Features:


Curvilinear San Dimas-style body provides exceptional playing comfort


Caramelized, graphite-reinforced maple neck offers rock-solid stability


Sculpted shredder’s heel and satin finish enable unrestricted fretting


Compound-radius fingerboard makes chords and soloing easy and comfortable


Versatile custom-wound HSH pickup set was tailor-made for eclectic players


5-way blade switch unlocks a myriad of sonic textures with coil-splitting for classic in-between tones


2-way mini toggle engage single-coil simulation in positions 1 and 5


Recessed locking tremolo texturizes without detuning


Heel-mounted spoke wheel facilitates speedy truss rod adjustments


Super-stable Gotoh die-cast locking tuners and Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut


Eye-grabbing creme dot fingerboard inlays, Luminlay side dots, and Luminlay numbered dome knobs