2007-03-06 05:44:02 · 2 answers · asked by JESSICA B 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Wayne Charvel originally developed replacement parts and provided repair and modification services replacing electronics, installing hardware upgrades, and customizing stock instruments. One of the first products Charvel Mfg. developed under Wayne was a metal Les Paul jack-plate designed to replace the weak plastic stock Gibson jackplates. Later products included brass nuts, bridges, knobs & switches made specifically for the most popular instruments on the market: Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Stratocasters. Wayne would soon find a trend developing with customers requesting heavier gauge frets, more powerful pickups, heavy duty hardware, and better quality tuners. Customers would bring in off the shelf Fender and Gibson guitars to have upgraded before the instruments could be ready to play and meet their specific requirements. In other words, Fender and Gibson manufactured guitars "as-is" with no custom options available and Wayne capitalized on this weakness and made a business out of improving these manufacturers' products. This was key to the "custom-shop" philosophy that made Charvel Mfg. famous.
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2007-03-06 07:02:00 · answer #1 · answered by Batman Simon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-06 14:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by lilpinay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋