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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The Star guitar was named after Eddie Van Halen. One day Eddie came to
my shop in Azusa, Ca with a copy of a new Explorer guitar. He wanted me
to refinish it in black. I was really busy at the time and told him it
would be a month or so before I could paint it. He came back in a week
with this guitar. He had drilled a series of holes, about 1 inch in diameter
along the back side of the guitar, and then cut through half of the holes
with a saw. This gave the guitar the look of a mouth being opened, with
teeth showing. I liked the shape of this guitar and we made one (without
the teeth). We all hoped that Eddie would be famous, so we named this
guitar the Star guitar after Eddie. We are now reintroducing this wild
looking guitar.
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Finishes/Graphics
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