“The broken-in feel of an instrument with plenty of playing miles on it”: Charvel brings relic’d and nitro finishes to its standard range for the first time

Charvel's Pro-Mod Relic San Dimas Style 1 model.

Charvel has unveiled five new additions to its Pro Mod and MJ series, including two 24-fret Pro-Mod Dinky builds and three new Japanese models. Both are notable for different reasons. 

First up, the Pro-Mod Relic San Dimas Style 1 catches our eye for bringing relic’ing to the firm’s core line-up. It seems that Evergrey guitarist Henrik Danhage’s signature model was the test bed for the technique and now it’s been rolled out in the Pro-Mod series.