Mailman..

Dear Guitar Dude,

Charvel guitars will always be badly made. They might look good to the eye (your relic), but their quality has always (at best) been acceptable. If you are EVH, he probably has to have his tech 'finish them' for him. The frets can be in bad shape (coming loose), the intricate Floyd Rose bridges not properly set up... and people have complained about breakages of the Jackson Floyd Rose bridges. The Fender custom shop currently turns out top quality guitars... without any of these problems. As for Gibson... I just bought a black Les Paul that had no shielding in it, a sharp (literally) fret job, and a poor set up (so ayou are right about them). The manufacturers say they leave the set up for the buyer... but that, for my mind, is a cop out. The best quality right now is the Fender Custom shop.... and Fender, who just took over Charvel/ Jackson... is well aware of their quality problem, and apparently trying to bring them up to speed.
Sincerely,

Dirk

Dear Dirk,
Thanks... I love my new Charvel... but it did require a $300 fret/ truss rod/ bridge set up.