The Charvel Desolation DC-2 is a double cutaway that brings you great, hard rocking features at a surprisingly low price for your hard earned cash. Featuring a mahogany body, carved top, Charvel active humbuckers and a fast thru-body style neck for great sustain, the DC-2 is a metal monsterhouse!
Here's what Charvel say about the Desolation DC-2 ST
Magnificent Desolation. The Charvel Desolation series introduces entirely new designs not previously seen in Charvel's 30-year history, offering more tonal and stylistic options for discerning players everywhere. Devastating tone, killer looks and high-performance playability separate the Desolation series from all others. It's a whole new series of Charvel guitars for a whole new world of players.
The Desolation DC-2 ST has a double-cutaway mahogany body with a carved top and a bound mahogany set neck with scalloped heel. Features include a compound radius (12"-16") rosewood fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and pearloid inlays, pearloid body and headstock binding, dual Charvel active humbucking pickups with three-way toggle switching, Charvel bridge specially designed for compound-radius fingerboards, black nickel hardware, three-on-a-side locking Charvel tuners, and solid and trans finishes (flame maple veneer on trans finishes). Available in Flat Black, Trans Black, Trans Red and Trans Blue Smear.
Specifications
General
- Model Name: Desolation DC-2 ST
- Model Number: 2931121
- Series: Desolation
Neck
- Neck: Through-Body Fast Neck with Tilt-Back Scarf Joint Head Stock
- No. of Frets: 24
- Fret Size: Jumbo
- Position Inlays: Abalone "Keystone" Position Inlays
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Finish: Oiled
- Width at Nut: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Fingerboard
Electronics
- Pickup Configuration: H/H
- Bridge Pickup: Active Desolation Humbucking Pickup (Bridge)
- Neck Pickup: Active Desolation Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Hardware
- Hardware Finish: Black Nickel
- Bridge: Charvel - Jackson Compound Radius Compensated Bridge
- Nut: Plastic
Miscellaneous
- Unique Features: Neck-thru, Active Charvel Desolation Pickups, Modern and Light Wt