Charvel has always been an aspirational brand for shredders. This was name behind the original hotrodded electric guitar movement, a brand that evolved out of the need for repairs and go-faster updates to classic Fender designs. It was the guitar to get when you got serious.
But today you don’t need serious money. Charvel has unveiled the Standard SD Series. And for £499/$569 street, players can get their hands on an T-style electric that’s built for speed, equipped with a pair of high-output humbuckers, and with a spec sheet that honours the Charvel logo we see the headstock (speaking of said logo, we have the old-school ‘Jackson font’ or ‘toothpaste’ Charvel branding that is rarely spotted these days).
