Before mass production, Wayne Charvel's shop built custom Strat-style guitars for SoCal shredders, culminating in the San Dimas Style 1 in 1979. Modern recreations keep the graphite-reinforced necks, compound radii, and Floyd systems that made these originals legendary.
- Introduced: 1979 custom shop roots; USA reissues in 2008
- Signature traits: Alder body, compound-radius maple neck, Seymour Duncan pickups
- Notable players: Jake E Lee, Guthrie Govan, Warren DeMartini
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