Charvel honors the inimitable guitarist with the stunning all-new Prashant Aswani Signature Pro-Mod So-Cal PA28. The PA28 is designed to deliver next-level performance and an incredibly versatile and ideal studio tonal range - from lush sound designs to crushing riffs and memorable melodies.
Crafted from alder for full and balanced tone, the body features a scalloped lower back bout and sculpted shredder's cut heel for enhanced comfort and unencumbered upper-fret access. The graphite-reinforced bolt-on maple neck is rock-solid, and has a 12"-radius rosewood fingerboard with comfortable rolled edges, 22 jumbo frets and 42mm Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut. The heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel and Luminlay® side dots are additional game-changers for all touring musicians.
A big fan of vintage PAF pickups, Aswani worked with the Charvel product team to design the all-new Charvel PA28 humbucking pickup set. Featuring alnico 3 magnets for evenly balanced tone, these dynamic and touch-sensitive pickups sound equally impressive both clean and distorted. Glassy, chiming cleans with woody undertones are ideal for single-note R&B funk lines, while added delay or reverb churns out lush chords. With gain, these pickups soar with rich overtones and harmonics while remaining articulate yet smooth - perfect for the modern- high gain players and vintage players for keeping dynamics and articulation for rhythm and lead playing alike.
Flexible tonal command is at your fingertips with a five-way blade pickup switch and skirted Strat®-style volume and tone knobs, with Dunlop® Super Pots for smooth volume swells and accidental tone shifting prevention.
For fluidly dynamic and soulful tremolo action with superior tuning stability, Aswani has chosen a Wilkinson® WVS1302P 2-point bridge with locking saddles and pop-in tremolo arm.
Decked out in a mesmerizing Inca Silver thin-skin nitro lacquer finish with matching headstock, the Prashant Aswani Signature Pro-Mod So-Cal PA28 also features a parchment pickguard,"PA28" signature on the back of the headstock and all-chrome hardware, including the staggered Charvel-branded locking tuners.
Features
- 25.5" scale length
- Alder body with scalloped lower back bout
- Shredder's cut heel
- Bolt-on maple neck with graphite reinforcement and hand-rubbed satin urethane back finish
- 12"-radius rosewood fingerboard with rolled edges, 22 jumbo frets and cream dot inlays
- Luminlay® side dots
- Heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel
- 42 mm Graph Tech® TUSQ® XL nut
- Charvel® PA28 humbucking pickups with white covers
- Five-way blade pickup switch and skirted Strat®-style volume and tone controls with Dunlop® Super Pots
- Wilkinson® WVS 130 CR 2-point locking tremolo bridge with pop-in arm
- Charvel-branded sealed die-cast staggered locking tuning machines and standard strap buttons
- Inca Silver thin-skin nitro lacquer finish with parchment pickguard, chrome hardware and licensed Fender® Strat® color matched headstock with his PA28 signature on the back
Specs
Type |
Solid Body |
Colour |
Inca Silver |
Orientation |
Right Handed |
Number of Strings |
6 |
Body Shape |
So-Cal Style 1 |
Body Material |
Alder |
Body Finish |
Thin-Skin Lacquer |
Neck Material |
Maple |
Neck Shape |
Speed Neck with Rolled Fingerboard Edges |
Neck Finish |
Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane |
Fretboard Material |
Rosewood |
Number of Frets |
22 |
Fretboard Inlays |
Cream Dot with Luminlay® Side Dots |
Fret Size |
Jumbo |
Fretboard Radius |
12" (305 mm) |
Nut Material |
Graph Tech TUSQ XL |
Nut Width |
1.650" (42 mm) |
Neck Pickups |
Charvel® PA28 Humbucker |
Bridge Pickups |
Charvel® PA28 Humbucker |
Controls |
1 X Volume, 1 X Tone, 5-Position Pickup Selector |
Pickguard |
1-Ply Parchment |
Bridge |
Wilkinson® WVS 130 CR 2-Point Locking Tremolo (Recessed) |
Tuners |
Charvel®-Branded Die-Cast |
Strings |
Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |