Features
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All Wayne guitars are shielded and
concert-ready right out of the case. I personally wire, dress frets
and assemble all Wayne guitars. It takes me from one to two days
to complete this process. Most guitar manufacturers assemble 3-7
guitars a day, with many people working on one guitar. It's always
better to have one person build your guitar! |
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Paint, graphics, clearcoat and final rubout are
done by Michael
Charvel. He has been painting for about 15 years. Our finishes
are second to none. Options include nitrocellulose lacquer, polyester
or polyurethane. We can also relic our guitars or your guitar!
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Our guitar bodies are available in premium-grade
alder, swamp ash or mahogany. |
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We shield the entire control cavity, the control
plate and tremolo cavity for even less noise and a cleaner look.
We use braided, shielded wire along with a high-quality potentiometer
and the highest quality Switchcraft jack. These components are more
reliable, and have less noise. |
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We use the original Floyd Rose bridge, available
in chrome, black or gold. This is the most expensive bridge on the
planet. We do not use the cheaper, licensed by Floyd bridge. Hardtail
string through the body, or vintage non-locking tremolo bridges
are also available in brass, gold, chrome or black. |
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We use USA made Seymour Duncan pickups as standard
equipment. We can also install Dimarzio or EMG pickups. We route
the pickup cavity in the sweet spot of all our guitars. This really
makes them sing! |
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All newer Wayne guitars come with a top-adjust
truss rod. This eliminates removing strings and neck from the body.
This also eliminates chipped-out neck pockets. All of our necks
have a straight, string pull headstock. The strings will not bind
up on non-locking nuts, therefore, the guitar stays in tune better. |
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As an option, we offer original brass strap buttons
designed by Wayne Charvel in the mid 70s. |
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We offer high-quality AAA flame maple or birdseye
maple necks. The back of our necks have a hand-rubbed oil finish.
All of our necks have 22 jumbo frets and are a 25-1/2" scale
length, with a 1-11/16" nut width. We offer maple, rosewood
or ebony fingerboards. Tuner keys are Gotoh and we offer Sperzel
locking tuners as an option. |
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We painstakingly round off the edges of the fingerboard,
dress and polish the frets. This gives our guitars that worn in
feel right out of the case. Most big guitar manufacturers also claim
they round off the fret board, but they just put a slight angle
on the edge of the board because they can do it faster, but it just
doesn't have the feel of doing it by hand! |
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As a body option, we offer a contoured heel for
better access to the higher frets. |
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All Wayne guitars include a USA made hard-shell
G and G wood case. They are identical to the cases Wayne used in
the 70s and early 80s. |
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After many requests to build an oil-finished guitar that really kicked
butt, we decided to add to our line of great guitars, the monster series.
Here's why we call it the monster series:
1) We just oil the body. It resonates and vibrates more freely, giving
the guitar a warmer, more natural sound.
2) By mounting the pickups directly to the body, the body's vibrations
are transferred to the pickups, giving you more sustained than conventional
mounted pickups.
3) We use real Floyd Rose, not a licensed Floyd for our locking bridges.
These are more expensive, but better. For our non-locking trem bridges
we use steal saddles, graphite nut and locking keys.
4) We direct mount the pickups in the sweet spot.
The following is an explanation of the thick poly-type finish verses the
oil finish:
Approximately 90% of guitar manufacturers use polyester or polyurethane.
This paint is very thick, kind-of like honey. This mutes the natural vibrations
of the wood. Depending on how many coats are used, large manufacturers
use a lot more coats. So, their non-skilled workers won't sand through
the finish. If they sand through even one little spot, the whole guitar
has to be re-painted, adding more finish to the guitar. Have you ever
wondered why vintage guitars sound so good.
Well, I'll tell you! The paint on those guitars is either nitrocellulose,
lacquer, or acrylic lacquer. Both lacquers are much thinner when applied,
as most of the thinner are used to reduce the thickness of the paint evaporates
as the lacquer is drying, leaving a much, much thinner layer of paint
on the body.
Why don't modern manufacturers use lacquer anymore?
Here's why. It's more prone to cracking. It shrinks showing the grain
of the wood. It scratches more easily. And, it is not as durable as poly.
It is also much harder to find quality lacquers today. Most players would
agree that the following artists and their guitars sound great.
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Finish
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