“The Charvel is something Mike had at the house. The idea was to be able to cover pads, synth sounds and faux acoustic sounds”: From Raphael Saadiq to Mk.gee, Andrew Aged is on a quest for guitar reinvention – one guitar mod and off-kilter pedal at a time

Andrew Aged playing a modded Charvel guitar on stage, with a microphone stand in front of him.

One fine morning, Team GW spotted a mysteriously-spec’d Charvel on SNL, which, for guitar aficionados like us, scratched an itch – and led us to track down the player wielding this left-field guitar while accompanying one of the most talked-about guitar acts of 2024: Mk.gee.

Lo and behold, our search engine rabbit holes led us to Andrew Aged, who, in his own words, describes his role within the Michael Gordon a.k.a. Mk.gee universe as “co-soldier on a mission – a friend and a brother.”