A signature fit for the genre-bending virtuoso
Charvel has unveiled its new collaboration with PFM and Icefish guitarist Marco Sfogli with his signature Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSS FR CM QM.
What you need to know:
- Charvel has unveiled its new collaboration with PFM and Icefish guitarist Marco Sfogli.
- The axe is his signature Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HSS FR CM QM.
- Its price is currently set at $3,499.
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The Italian virtuoso is known for his progressive and genre bending take on heavy metal, and his influence has rippled far and wide throughout the guitar playing community.
Given Sfogli’s propensity to cut across genres ranging from progressive metal to jazz, he selected an EMG ’89 for the bridge, which houses separate preamps and coils to deliver that warm and powerful humbucker punch along with that bright and chiming single-coil sound.
A pair of active EMG SA single-coil pickups in the middle and neck positions bring even more of that unmistakable Strat sound – bright and airy with rich low end. To get the most out of these, there is a five-way blade pickup switch, tone control, and volume control with push/pull coil splitting for the bridge pickup.
The signature model’s bolt-on maple neck has received a “caramelised” heat and drying treatment that permeates the wood with a warmth and comfort that is usually unique to expensive vintage instruments.
The instrument’s resonant alder body is capped with a rippling quilt maple top and features a scalloped lower back bout and sculpted shredder’s cut heel for comfortable and unencumbered upper-fret access.
Other features include rolled fingerboard edges, 22 jumbo frets, skirted Strat-style control knobs, Luminlay side dots, heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel, and a Floyd Rose 1000 Series double-locking tremolo bridge system.
In terms of the finish, it is available in Transparent Purple Burst with a black pickguard and chrome hardware.
Its price is currently set at $3,499.
Head to Charvel for more information. For local enquiries, reach out to Fender Music Australia.
