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Uploaded by on Dec 11, 2009

Wayne Charvel has been building and designing and Guitars for over 49 years.
He started working for Fender Guitars in the early 1970's, and later started his own company in the mid 1970's, called Charvel MFG , located in San Dimas Ca. Soon after he opened his shop, he got so busy that he hired Grover Jackson to take care of the office work, so Wayne Could focus on after market parts and building custom guitars, for artist like Billy Gibbons of ZZ-Top, Eddie Van Halen, of Van Halen Eddie and Billy were some of Wayne's early customers. He later sold the company and went on to design guitars for B.C. Rich and Gibson Guitars.For a short time after that he made guitar 's under the name WC, Ritz, and for the the last 10 years, Wayne has building guitars with his son Michael Charvel under the name of Wayne. www.wayneguitars.com

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  • Wayne is the man!!! way cool, great craftsmanship

  • Mr. Charvel and Mr. Fender, the guys that changed the industry.

    Deep appreciation for your work. My 27 year old Charvel guitar still sings.

  • Yes, he's using templates, 0:50, at the bottom. And yes, this guy is a legend :-)

  • wow........that is way too cool.

  • Legend

  • @MrDeffmonkey

    He does use a template, it is on the underside. I know that sounds weird but that is his method of doing.

    Everything above actually cutting is being controlled by the template underneath as far as location.

    Wayne has a long history of knowing how to set up shop for builders of all levels. He is to guitars what the Dodge brothers were for the Ford Motor Company.

  • 1:09 wtf without templates???wow this guy is a legend....

  • Wayne rocks!

  • I'm so proud that having the Wayne guitar. It made of Top-notch quality wood by the world famous maestro Mr Wayne and his son. It just like having a Fender Stratocaster made by Leo Fender himself, and the sound is......just crazy. I know what really makes the guitar sound great. It's the builders skill and the best wood and components, and the Wayne guitar has both of it.

  • Since you guys obviously have tons of experience with guitars, would a guitar body with a 2-piece body with 2 different woods be practical? I don't mean just a top or veneer, I mean 2 full pieces of wood glued together as one body. I know you couldn't do 2 totally different woods like maple and basswood, but what about 2 similar woods like swamp ash and alder?

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