Hello again. I have one or my buddy does actually and jt used to be mine. I habe one from 1990. It was purchased by a guy I know. It has the Schaller bridge and tooth paste logo though. Crackle finish. I updated the trem to accept a floyd bar and adjust easy. It doesnt have the original pickups though. I wish I had the wiring diagram for it so I can wire it the same with the spliting, etc. I would just use dimarzios though. ❤❤ Great video. ❤❤... Thanks man. They are killer ❤❤
One of my fav guitars. I have two Rainbow Crackle Predators and a Lava Crackle 3DR. That is my fav pickup config. I have 30+ Jackson and Charvel guitars overall. Oh, I also have one Kramer Focus 1000.
Nice - I have a Rainbow Model 4 but would love to get my hands on a lava crackle of some kind one of these days. I've also seen a rainbow crackle fusion that had a lot of black - the crackle was really "spaced out" if that makes sense, really cool variation.
Dude. I just scoped your channel. You're a good player too. You have lots of videos you should for sure make this dude. You'll get views. Theirs a lot of us out here
I purchased a used 3DR off of reverb 4yrs ago before the huge spike in prices. Previous goofball owner added a mini toggle a tone pot and maybe another volume pot, wtf? I replaced the trem for a shaller and they are sweet. Going to mod it with a 3 way toggle and 1 vol pot. Keep rocking
I hear what your saying about these years of guitars, I picked up an old Peavey V-type exp which is the off shore version of the Vandenberg, the neck is amazing! It sat in storage for 20+ years because he never learned how to play. I swapped all the hardware, the Peavey licensed tremolo was trash, installed a Schaller tremolo system and Schaller locking tuners and new pickups. One of the original pickups was microphonic So in the bin it goes lol. One of my go to guitars now. I have an original 1989 Kramer Nightswan Aztec that I absolutely love, 1996 Hamer Californian and a Kramer Dave Sabo signature model. I'm definitely always looking for more of these, but limited myself to ones with reverse headstock, I just prefer them lol.
@@totallyradguitars959 actually been looking for a Robin since Tim Kelly in Slaughter was using them, never found one for sale unfortunately, took me 20 plus years to find the Peavey guitar lol. That's a big reason why I won't sell my 1989 Kramer Nightswan Aztec, I'd regret it the rest of my days lol
It's all personal preference, but there's a reason I sold almost all of my Charvels including this one, but kept my Kramer Pacer Deluxes. I wouldn't say no to either guitar though! And I do miss this one the most of my Charvels.
Good presentation of a nice guitar, i have one to but i dont think it is wired like your desqription, do you have original wiring diagram cause when i tap the pickups in all positions i get it another way
Hey, sorry I don't have the diagram and I sold the guitar a while back. If you go to the page on my website, there is a catalog page that describes what the positions are supposed to do, it could probably be reverse engineered with a multimeter. This is what it says in the catalog: 1) Neck 2) Both Parallel 3) Both Series 4) Both Parallel with "Filter circuit" 5) Bridge Series *it doesn't specify if the neck rails pickup is wired series or parallel when selected alone, but mine was series when I got it Whoever owned mine before me obviously messed around with it a bit and this is the only one I've ever had. I know it *can* be set up to run a single pickup in split mode with the super-5-way switch. Sorry I'm not much more help I don't own any other guitars with this configuration anymore. Good luck! Catalog page, scroll all the way down to the very bottom: totallyradguitars.com/charvel#/1990-charvel-predator-335093/
I own black, firecrackel, cobalt blue, white , and a supposed friend Barrow ed my magenta one got on a plane and left never to be heard from again i was going to make an offer but I see you sold it if the deal falls through hit me up . That's my all time favorite Charvel no middle pickup in the way .
Damn man, sorry to hear about that, what a crappy situation. Deal went through and this one is already in the new owner's hands but I hope you come across another one someday - awesome guitars. I personally would love to have one in the fire crackle someday.
Hi Man and greetings from the UK . . . I have this exact guitar / colour. . .but . . . 5 way switch, guitar shaped logo, 323 starting serial number , Texas plate on back . . . I believe 88/89 year build. . . I always thought it was a 3dr. . . But now I'm not sure 🤔 I'm selling it and just doing some research and wanted to get my facts right before she goes Ebay. Cheers, mark
Hey Mark, this one also had the 5-way switch. Easiest way to tell to me is if it has the rails neck pickup, it’s a predator, if it’s a single coil with pole pieces, it’s a 3DR. That said, I would title the listing something like “3DR Predator” that way you get the searches for either model, since most buyers are probably looking for both anyway. Cheers!
@@totallyradguitars959 hi , thanks for the reply. It has Pole pieces not a hot rail . . . .so I'm more inclined to think it's 3dr . . .one more thing. . . As it has a 5 way switch. . .does that mean it will not split on this guitar. And yes , when I list it I will title it 3dr and predator. Mark
@@markhealey3831 That is quite strange, I'm not sure what the other positions could be then. A stock 3DR should have a J90C bridge humbucker and a J100 single coil in the neck... maybe it's a parts-transition situation? Is there an audible difference between the various positions for the neck pickup?
@@totallyradguitars959 ok. . .so in position 1 its Main bridge humbucker, 2 is very strat sounding , 3 I assume is both , 4 again strat sounding, 5 noticeable increase in umph and volume. So I'm thinking yes it has same layout as the predator. Having played it for an hour I'm not sure I want to sell it tbh !. . .it sounds great through my marshall . I am selling it and Money is being donated to for my friends son who was involved in a car accident. . . electric wheelchair purchase. Any way. . . keep up the good work. . Peace ✌️
Thick fretboards (Jackson) and big frets are the best (imho) for any kind of playing, except maybe slide. Predators were really playable and sounded good too. Just maybe a different bridge pickup. I know, personal preference.
Bought a predator couple years ago. One of the most amazing guitars I've bought in years. Plays vantastic sounds so good. If anyone gets a chance get one if you can find it. Totally worth 1k.
@@totallyradguitars959 They got me through until I got my first USA BC Rich Gunslinger and Warlock. They quickly became back ups. Good times the 80s were
Fender Japanese guitars are expensive, I had a P-Bass and a strat in the 90s and I came across a p bass like the one that I had and it was going for a thousand bucks I got mine for about $500 new in 1995, the Strat I got used so I don't know what it cost new. everywhere I see them in person they are really expensive like American fenders prices
Values are all over the place for sure - I wanted a Contemporary strat or tele (MIJ, 80s) and even those have climbed up a lot in price, not to mention the more special ones like the Performer. HM Strats had a price spike too when the reissues came back but they seem to be settling down a bit. This particular guitar is from before Fender bought charvel/jackson of course.
I sold this one too and already miss it - I'm trying to downsize and it's very difficult but ultimately I decided to keep two Model 4's out of the whole bunch (at one point I had 10 or 12 MIJ Charvels at the same time).
10 or 12!? I was a working guitarists for 2 decades and I have never had more than 4 at any one time. Just seemed superfluous to have any more to me. A Les Paul, my Explorer and a couple of super strats and Im good. Right now Im down to a cutom paint model 6. A Standard, my origial Explorer and an EII Horizon III. And my 70s Martin D18.
@@NitroModelsAndComics I know it's absurd - I have about 80 guitars right now. My goal is to narrow it down to about 20 but it's difficult to decide what to sell. Honestly I think I was a better musician when I only had one or two, because I focused more on the playing than the gear!
the 3DR is a dinky and not a rail, the sRD is also a quartersawn fingerboard, some are brazilian.. if you didn't get the quartersawn fingerboard you got the quartersawn maple neck one or the other, there may be a few with both?
I'm a little too old and bitter for that noise. Kurt Gobang and his buddies came along and destroyed music and ushered in the garage we have today. After a moment of clarity, and the realization of what he'd done to the greatest music and guitar playing in our history, he grabbed his keys and raced to the nearest sporting goods store. The rest is tragic history. I get it. If I caused the demise of Dokken, Ratt, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Maiden, and Head banger's Ball, I may have done the same thing. The damage was done. Now, we have drop C. I just cannot forgive that. 😩😭😠 😁
I love my 80s hair metal, feels like home to me, but I like Nirvana and newer stuff too. Also, Black Sabbath tuned down to C# standard as far back as '71, the band Death used drop C, Van Halen used Drop C#... this was all in the 70s and 80s. Kurt Cobain did not invent or popularize Drop C so I feel like your blame is a little misplaced. Anyway, nothing wrong with enjoying hair metal and disliking newer stuff, I get that. Other people like different types of music, nothing wrong with that either. Cheers
The problem is the logo. It's like a BC Rich with the script logo instead of the R logo. The R logo BC Rich guitars are the high end models. The Japanese made guitars are outstanding. I started playing hair guitar in 1985. Lynch, Randy, Eddie, Demartini, etc. Guitars from the 80s were outstanding. All the iconic shapes came from the 80s. The 80s was the Golden Age of Gunslingers. Nothing current, or since the schitt band Nirvana came out with their garbage has compared to the 80s playing. The drop C is horrific.🙆😵😩😬💩
That is a great axe! Criss Oliva man!
There’s nothing better than 80s guitars man. That one’s a beauty.
Hello again. I have one or my buddy does actually and jt used to be mine. I habe one from 1990. It was purchased by a guy I know. It has the Schaller bridge and tooth paste logo though. Crackle finish. I updated the trem to accept a floyd bar and adjust easy. It doesnt have the original pickups though. I wish I had the wiring diagram for it so I can wire it the same with the spliting, etc. I would just use dimarzios though. ❤❤
Great video. ❤❤...
Thanks man. They are killer ❤❤
Great presentation! I have this same Model! Keep up the good work 😎👌
One of my fav guitars. I have two Rainbow Crackle Predators and a Lava Crackle 3DR. That is my fav pickup config. I have 30+ Jackson and Charvel guitars overall. Oh, I also have one Kramer Focus 1000.
Nice - I have a Rainbow Model 4 but would love to get my hands on a lava crackle of some kind one of these days. I've also seen a rainbow crackle fusion that had a lot of black - the crackle was really "spaced out" if that makes sense, really cool variation.
@@totallyradguitars959 I also have a Rainbow Crackle Spectrum. One of only 4 made.
You should make a video of your collection. I collect as Charvels of this Era also
Dude. I just scoped your channel. You're a good player too. You have lots of videos you should for sure make this dude. You'll get views. Theirs a lot of us out here
Beautiful guitar, and my favorite pickup configuration 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Same - there just aren’t enough cool H/S guitars around these days
I purchased a used 3DR off of reverb 4yrs ago before the huge spike in prices. Previous goofball owner added a mini toggle a tone pot and maybe another volume pot, wtf? I replaced the trem for a shaller and they are sweet. Going to mod it with a 3 way toggle and 1 vol pot. Keep rocking
I hear what your saying about these years of guitars, I picked up an old Peavey V-type exp which is the off shore version of the Vandenberg, the neck is amazing! It sat in storage for 20+ years because he never learned how to play. I swapped all the hardware, the Peavey licensed tremolo was trash, installed a Schaller tremolo system and Schaller locking tuners and new pickups. One of the original pickups was microphonic So in the bin it goes lol. One of my go to guitars now. I have an original 1989 Kramer Nightswan Aztec that I absolutely love, 1996 Hamer Californian and a Kramer Dave Sabo signature model. I'm definitely always looking for more of these, but limited myself to ones with reverse headstock, I just prefer them lol.
Very nice collection! I like reverse headstocks too - check out Robins if you feel like adding another. I have a few Medleys and they are incredible.
@@totallyradguitars959 actually been looking for a Robin since Tim Kelly in Slaughter was using them, never found one for sale unfortunately, took me 20 plus years to find the Peavey guitar lol. That's a big reason why I won't sell my 1989 Kramer Nightswan Aztec, I'd regret it the rest of my days lol
I’m impressed! Such a great guitar
You’d pick this instead a Focus 3000?
Great video! Thanks
It's all personal preference, but there's a reason I sold almost all of my Charvels including this one, but kept my Kramer Pacer Deluxes. I wouldn't say no to either guitar though! And I do miss this one the most of my Charvels.
@ Thank you!!
I had one like that and a model 2. Great guitars.
Good presentation of a nice guitar, i have one to but i dont think it is wired like your desqription, do you have original wiring diagram cause when i tap the pickups in all positions i get it another way
Hey, sorry I don't have the diagram and I sold the guitar a while back. If you go to the page on my website, there is a catalog page that describes what the positions are supposed to do, it could probably be reverse engineered with a multimeter.
This is what it says in the catalog:
1) Neck
2) Both Parallel
3) Both Series
4) Both Parallel with "Filter circuit"
5) Bridge Series
*it doesn't specify if the neck rails pickup is wired series or parallel when selected alone, but mine was series when I got it
Whoever owned mine before me obviously messed around with it a bit and this is the only one I've ever had. I know it *can* be set up to run a single pickup in split mode with the super-5-way switch. Sorry I'm not much more help I don't own any other guitars with this configuration anymore. Good luck!
Catalog page, scroll all the way down to the very bottom:
totallyradguitars.com/charvel#/1990-charvel-predator-335093/
I love your guitar
I own one, a d a lot of other old charvel, this guitar is a beast. I personally love that bolt on 22 frets neck, ni need anything.
Nice video👍
I own black, firecrackel, cobalt blue, white , and a supposed friend Barrow ed my magenta one got on a plane and left never to be heard from again i was going to make an offer but I see you sold it if the deal falls through hit me up . That's my all time favorite Charvel no middle pickup in the way .
Damn man, sorry to hear about that, what a crappy situation. Deal went through and this one is already in the new owner's hands but I hope you come across another one someday - awesome guitars. I personally would love to have one in the fire crackle someday.
That is indeed a totally rad guitar
Hi Man and greetings from the UK . . . I have this exact guitar / colour. . .but . . . 5 way switch, guitar shaped logo, 323 starting serial number , Texas plate on back . . . I believe 88/89 year build. . . I always thought it was a 3dr. . . But now I'm not sure 🤔 I'm selling it and just doing some research and wanted to get my facts right before she goes Ebay. Cheers, mark
Hey Mark, this one also had the 5-way switch. Easiest way to tell to me is if it has the rails neck pickup, it’s a predator, if it’s a single coil with pole pieces, it’s a 3DR. That said, I would title the listing something like “3DR Predator” that way you get the searches for either model, since most buyers are probably looking for both anyway. Cheers!
@@totallyradguitars959 hi , thanks for the reply. It has Pole pieces not a hot rail . . . .so I'm more inclined to think it's 3dr . . .one more thing. . . As it has a 5 way switch. . .does that mean it will not split on this guitar. And yes , when I list it I will title it 3dr and predator.
Mark
@@markhealey3831 That is quite strange, I'm not sure what the other positions could be then. A stock 3DR should have a J90C bridge humbucker and a J100 single coil in the neck... maybe it's a parts-transition situation? Is there an audible difference between the various positions for the neck pickup?
@@totallyradguitars959 I will check it out today
@@totallyradguitars959 ok. . .so in position 1 its Main bridge humbucker, 2 is very strat sounding , 3 I assume is both , 4 again strat sounding, 5 noticeable increase in umph and volume. So I'm thinking yes it has same layout as the predator. Having played it for an hour I'm not sure I want to sell it tbh !. . .it sounds great through my marshall . I am selling it and Money is being donated to for my friends son who was involved in a car accident. . . electric wheelchair purchase. Any way. . . keep up the good work. . Peace ✌️
Thick fretboards (Jackson) and big frets are the best (imho) for any kind of playing, except maybe slide. Predators were really playable and sounded good too. Just maybe a different bridge pickup. I know, personal preference.
Bought a predator couple years ago. One of the most amazing guitars I've bought in years. Plays vantastic sounds so good. If anyone gets a chance get one if you can find it. Totally worth 1k.
I did a lot of gigs with a Predator and a Model2
Great combo! I had an electric blue Model 2 as well. Great guitar.
@@totallyradguitars959 They got me through until I got my first USA BC Rich Gunslinger and Warlock. They quickly became back ups. Good times the 80s were
Fyi... switch positions are backwards. Position 1 is bridge...5 is neck
predator is my favorite guitar. mine has a 3 way switch.
Fender Japanese guitars are expensive, I had a P-Bass and a strat in the 90s and I came across a p bass like the one that I had and it was going for a thousand bucks I got mine for about $500 new in 1995, the Strat I got used so I don't know what it cost new. everywhere I see them in person they are really expensive like American fenders prices
Values are all over the place for sure - I wanted a Contemporary strat or tele (MIJ, 80s) and even those have climbed up a lot in price, not to mention the more special ones like the Performer. HM Strats had a price spike too when the reissues came back but they seem to be settling down a bit. This particular guitar is from before Fender bought charvel/jackson of course.
I had a toothpaste logo 3D in orange as a 3rd guitar years ago. Real Floyd and EMG swap in it. Kinda wish I still had it. Sold it cheap locally.
I sold this one too and already miss it - I'm trying to downsize and it's very difficult but ultimately I decided to keep two Model 4's out of the whole bunch (at one point I had 10 or 12 MIJ Charvels at the same time).
10 or 12!?
I was a working guitarists for 2 decades and I have never had more than 4 at any one time.
Just seemed superfluous to have any more to me. A Les Paul, my Explorer and a couple of super strats and Im good.
Right now Im down to a cutom paint model 6. A Standard, my origial Explorer and an EII Horizon III.
And my 70s Martin D18.
@@NitroModelsAndComics I know it's absurd - I have about 80 guitars right now. My goal is to narrow it down to about 20 but it's difficult to decide what to sell. Honestly I think I was a better musician when I only had one or two, because I focused more on the playing than the gear!
If it had a toothpaste logo, it was a Predator. 3DR's had the Charvel logo in the shape of the guitar.
Im always learning..
the 3DR is a dinky and not a rail, the sRD is also a quartersawn fingerboard, some are brazilian.. if you didn't get the quartersawn fingerboard you got the quartersawn maple neck one or the other, there may be a few with both?
You should cover long tall sally. Preferably in a chopper before a special ops mission.
Last time I did that, things did not go well.
@@totallyradguitars959 Let me guess, Dillon set you up.
I'm a little too old and bitter for that noise. Kurt Gobang and his buddies came along and destroyed music and ushered in the garage we have today. After a moment of clarity, and the realization of what he'd done to the greatest music and guitar playing in our history, he grabbed his keys and raced to the nearest sporting goods store. The rest is tragic history. I get it. If I caused the demise of Dokken, Ratt, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Maiden, and Head banger's Ball, I may have done the same thing. The damage was done. Now, we have drop C. I just cannot forgive that. 😩😭😠 😁
I love my 80s hair metal, feels like home to me, but I like Nirvana and newer stuff too. Also, Black Sabbath tuned down to C# standard as far back as '71, the band Death used drop C, Van Halen used Drop C#... this was all in the 70s and 80s. Kurt Cobain did not invent or popularize Drop C so I feel like your blame is a little misplaced.
Anyway, nothing wrong with enjoying hair metal and disliking newer stuff, I get that. Other people like different types of music, nothing wrong with that either. Cheers
The problem is the logo. It's like a BC Rich with the script logo instead of the R logo. The R logo BC Rich guitars are the high end models. The Japanese made guitars are outstanding. I started playing hair guitar in 1985. Lynch, Randy, Eddie, Demartini, etc. Guitars from the 80s were outstanding. All the iconic shapes came from the 80s. The 80s was the Golden Age of Gunslingers. Nothing current, or since the schitt band Nirvana came out with their garbage has compared to the 80s playing. The drop C is horrific.🙆😵😩😬💩