Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E – Snow White

Quick Product Summary

The Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E in Snow White is a premium high-performance electric guitar that takes Charvel's classic hot-rodded San Dimas formula and updates it with modern ergonomics, sophisticated pickup switching and serious tremolo hardware.

Its solid alder body is paired with a graphite-reinforced caramelized maple neck and fast ebony fingerboard, giving the guitar a responsive, precise playing feel. A 12"-16" compound radius, 22 jumbo frets, rolled fingerboard edges and Luminlay side dots make it particularly well suited to demanding rhythm and lead work.

A proven Seymour Duncan JB TB-4 bridge humbucker and '59 SH-1N neck humbucker provide a versatile combination of powerful rock tones, articulate cleans and fluid lead sounds. Charvel expands the traditional two-humbucker setup with a five-way selector that accesses useful inner and outer coil combinations without adding unnecessary controls.

The Floyd Rose 1500 Series double-locking tremolo, locking tuners, low-friction Bourns volume pot and no-load tone control complete a guitar designed for players who want expressive tremolo performance and fast modern playability without sacrificing classic passive pickup character.

Finished in crisp Snow White with contrasting black hardware and a matching painted headstock, this Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas is equally suited to stage, studio and technically demanding everyday playing.

At A Glance

What's Included?

• Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E in Snow White

• Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag

• Floyd Rose 1500 Series tremolo arm

• Factory-fitted .009–.042 nickel-plated steel strings

Fair Deal Quality Control Assessment

Every new guitar sold by Fair Deal Music is checked before leaving us so that obvious functional or setup issues can be identified before dispatch.

For the Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas, our assessment includes:

• General playability

• Neck relief and string action

• Fret condition

• Pickup output and balance

• Five-way pickup switching

• Volume and tone controls

• Output connection

• Locking tuner operation

• Floyd Rose locking nut

• Tremolo operation

• Bridge balance and intonation

• General visual condition

The guitar is checked and set up to a suitable playing condition before leaving Fair Deal Music.

As with any wooden instrument, setup can shift slightly during delivery because of changes in temperature and humidity. Minor adjustment after arrival can therefore occasionally be required as the guitar settles into its new environment.

Service / Setup Work

The Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas is checked before dispatch for suitable neck relief, string action, intonation, tuning operation and general playability.

The Floyd Rose 1500 Series double-locking tremolo is also checked for correct basic operation.

If you intend to make a substantial change to string gauge or tuning, the tremolo balance and overall setup may require adjustment.

Why Choose The Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas?

Premium San Dimas Playability

The San Dimas has long been associated with straightforward high-performance electric guitar design, and the Pro-Mod Plus pushes that idea further with improved upper-fret ergonomics and a carefully refined neck.

The sculpted hand-shake heel and recessed neck screws reduce bulk where the neck meets the body, making access to the highest frets noticeably more natural.

Caramelized Maple Neck

The bolt-on caramelized maple neck is reinforced with graphite rods for additional stability and finished with hand-rubbed urethane for a smooth playing surface.

Rolled fingerboard edges help the guitar feel comfortable immediately rather than overly sharp or clinical along the sides of the neck.

Compound-Radius Ebony Fingerboard

The ebony fingerboard moves from a 12-inch radius near the nut to 16 inches higher up the neck.

The slightly rounder lower section remains comfortable for rhythm playing and chords, while the flatter upper register gives lead players more room for large bends and faster technical passages.

Seymour Duncan JB And '59 Pickups

The JB TB-4 bridge humbucker is one of Seymour Duncan's best-known rock pickups, combining strong output with pronounced upper-mid attack and enough clarity for articulate rhythm playing.

The '59 SH-1N neck humbucker provides a warmer and more open contrast, making it particularly effective for fluid lead sounds, cleaner passages and classic humbucker tones.

Together they give the San Dimas a much broader voice than a guitar fitted with two similarly aggressive high-output pickups.

Clever Five-Way Switching

The pickup selector goes beyond the normal bridge / both / neck arrangement.

Positions two and four combine individual coils from the two humbuckers to give you brighter, leaner options for cleaner rhythm work and layered studio parts.

It increases versatility without adding push/pull pots, additional mini switches or active electronics.

Floyd Rose 1500 Series

The Floyd Rose 1500 Series double-locking tremolo is built for players who use the tremolo arm as an important part of their technique.

The locking nut and bridge help maintain tuning through aggressive dives, pull-ups, vibrato and repeated pitch manipulation when the guitar is correctly set up.

Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas vs Popular Alternatives

Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas vs Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1

Both guitars share Charvel's high-performance DNA, but the presentation is different.

The So-Cal typically uses a pickguard-based layout that visually references a modified traditional S-style guitar, while the San Dimas keeps the body face cleaner and more stripped back.

Choose the San Dimas if you prefer the classic rear-routed hot-rod look.

Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas vs DK24

The DK24 is the better choice for players who specifically want 24 frets and the more compact Dinky body shape.

The San Dimas retains a more traditional 22-fret layout and familiar full-size S-style proportions while still delivering modern compound-radius playability and high-performance hardware.

San Dimas HH vs HSS Performance Guitar

An HSS guitar is useful if dedicated neck and middle single-coil sounds are essential.

The San Dimas HH offers stronger full humbucker tones at both ends of the selector, while its coil-combination positions still provide brighter options when you need less output and greater clarity.

Floyd Rose San Dimas vs Fixed-Bridge Guitar

A fixed bridge is easier for players who frequently change tunings or string gauges.

The Floyd Rose-equipped San Dimas is the better option if dramatic vibrato, dives and pitch manipulation are a genuine part of your playing style.

Who Is The Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas For?

This guitar is particularly well suited to:

• Rock and hard-rock players

• Modern metal guitarists

• Shred and technical lead players

• Fusion musicians

• Guitarists who use Floyd Rose tremolo extensively

• Players who prefer passive Seymour Duncan pickups

• Musicians wanting a premium 22-fret superstrat

• Studio guitarists needing several useful pickup combinations

• Players upgrading from an intermediate performance guitar

• Guitarists who like traditional hot-rodded styling with modern ergonomics

Playing Styles & Applications

The Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas naturally excels at rock, hard rock and modern metal, where the JB bridge pickup provides strong attack and enough output to push an amplifier or modeller confidently.

For lead work, the combination of jumbo frets, compound-radius ebony fingerboard and sculpted heel makes moving into the upper register particularly comfortable.

The '59 neck pickup gives the guitar a smoother alternative for sustained solos, blues-influenced phrases and cleaner melodic work.

Positions two and four become especially useful when recording or covering a wide set. Their leaner response helps rhythm parts sit alongside fuller humbucker layers without everything occupying the same frequency space.

How Does The Five-Way Pickup Switching Work?

The San Dimas uses the following switching arrangement:

• Position 1: Bridge humbucker

• Position 2: Bridge outer coil and neck inner coil

• Position 3: Bridge and neck humbuckers

• Position 4: Bridge inner coil and neck outer coil

• Position 5: Neck humbucker

Positions one and five give you the full individual humbuckers.

Position three combines both full pickups for a bigger, broader sound.

Positions two and four create more focused coil combinations that are useful when you want additional clarity, reduced density and a more single-coil-like response.

This makes the Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas unusually versatile for a guitar with such a straightforward control layout.

What Is A No-Load Tone Control?

A normal tone control still places a small electrical load on the pickups when it is turned fully up.

The no-load tone control effectively removes itself from the circuit at its maximum setting, giving the pickups their most direct response.

Turn the control back and it behaves like a conventional tone control, progressively reducing high frequencies.

This gives you full tonal control when needed while allowing maximum openness when the knob is set all the way up.

Looking for advice on choosing between Charvel San Dimas, So-Cal and DK24 models? Our experienced team of musicians can help by phone, online or in-store.

Floyd Rose 1500: Who Is It Best For?

A double-locking Floyd Rose is particularly useful for guitarists who use the tremolo aggressively.

The strings are secured at both the bridge and locking nut, reducing the amount they can move through traditional contact points when the arm is used.

This gives you access to:

• Deep pitch dives

• Upward pitch movement

• Harmonic dives

• Wide vibrato effects

• More dramatic tremolo techniques

The trade-off is that tuning and string-tension changes require more care than on a fixed bridge.

If you mainly remain in one tuning and actively use the tremolo, the Floyd Rose is an excellent system. If you frequently move between dramatically different tunings, a fixed bridge may provide a simpler workflow.

Story & Context

Charvel's identity grew from the Southern California hot-rodded guitar movement, where players wanted familiar electric guitars modified for louder amplifiers, higher-gain pickups, faster necks and more extreme performance techniques.

The San Dimas design remains one of the clearest expressions of that philosophy.

Rather than adding unnecessary decoration or complicated electronics, the basic idea is simple: take a familiar double-cutaway platform and optimise the parts that directly affect performance.

The modern Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas develops that approach with contemporary features including caramelized maple, graphite neck reinforcement, compound-radius ebony, Luminlay markers, upgraded ergonomics and Floyd Rose 1500 hardware.

It still looks recognisably like a classic Charvel hot rod, but the details are firmly aimed at today's working player.

Technical Specifications

Specification Note

Individual guitar weight can vary naturally between instruments and has not been supplied for the specific guitar.

If exact weight is important to you, contact our team and we can advise on the individual instrument available.

Compatibility & Recommended Pairings

The Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas works particularly well with:

• High-gain valve amplifiers

• Modern amp modellers

• Overdrive and clean boost pedals

• Noise gates

• Delay and reverb

• Chorus and modulation effects

• Pedal tuner

• Quality instrument cable

• Secure guitar strap

The Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag is included, so suitable everyday protection is already supplied with the guitar.

Power Requirements

The Seymour Duncan JB and '59 pickups are passive, so the Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas requires no battery or external power supply.

Connect the guitar to a suitable amplifier, pedalboard, modeller or audio interface using a standard ¼-inch instrument cable.

Fair Deal Music Expert Verdict

★★★★★ 5/5

The Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR E in Snow White is a strong choice for players who want classic Charvel hot-rod DNA with a genuinely modern specification.

The JB and '59 pickup combination is proven for good reason: the bridge has the punch required for serious rock playing, while the neck is smoother and more open. Charvel's five-way switching then extracts considerably more flexibility from the two-humbucker layout than you might expect.

The caramelized maple neck, compound ebony board and sculpted heel give it an excellent playing feel, while the Floyd Rose 1500 makes sense for players who actively use the tremolo rather than treating it as decoration.

Best suited for: Rock, metal and technically minded players wanting a premium 22-fret Charvel with Floyd Rose performance and versatile passive humbuckers.

Customers usually upgrade from: Intermediate superstrats, standard Pro-Mod guitars or performance instruments with simpler tremolo hardware and pickup switching.

Most commonly paired with: High-gain amplification, overdrive or boost, noise gate, delay and reverb.

Our tip: Explore positions two and four before assuming this is simply another HH rock guitar. Those coil combinations make the San Dimas much easier to use for cleaner passages and layered studio arrangements.

Showroom feedback: The Pro-Mod Plus updates are practical rather than gimmicky. The neck feel, upper-fret access and switching give the guitar a premium performance feel while retaining the direct character that players expect from a San Dimas.

Want a closer look before ordering? Ask our team about a video demonstration and we'll be happy to help where possible.

Why Buy From Fair Deal Music?

When you buy from Fair Deal Music, you're choosing one of the UK's most established, independent family run music retailers since 1987.

Based in Birmingham, our experienced musician-led team can help whether you're choosing your first Charvel, upgrading to a higher-spec performance guitar or comparing San Dimas, So-Cal and DK24 models.

Buying from Fair Deal Music gives you:

• Expert advice from knowledgeable musicians

• Carefully checked new and pre-owned musical equipment

• A large Birmingham showroom

• Friendly support before and after your purchase

• Secure online ordering

• UK delivery options

• Decades of experience supplying musicians

• Help choosing suitable amplifiers, pedals, strings and accessories

• New and pre-owned instrument expertise

Trade In. Trade Up. Save More.

Thinking about upgrading? Your next piece of gear could cost less than you think.

We're always happy to consider part exchanges and trade-ins on a wide range of musical instruments and equipment. Whether you're looking to upgrade your guitar, keyboard, amplifier, drum kit or studio gear, your existing equipment could help reduce the cost of your next purchase.

Simply get in touch with our team for a no-obligation valuation, and we'll be happy to discuss the options available.

It's an easy way to unlock the value of the gear you no longer use while making your next instrument even more affordable.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between the Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas and a standard Pro-Mod?

The Pro-Mod Plus adds a more refined performance specification, including a caramelized maple neck, improved heel design, Luminlay side markers, sophisticated five-way switching and premium Floyd Rose 1500 hardware.

What pickups are fitted?

The bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan JB TB-4, while the neck uses a Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1N.

This gives the guitar a powerful bridge sound alongside a warmer, more vintage-influenced neck voice.

Does the guitar have coil splitting?

The five-way selector accesses individual inner and outer coil combinations in positions two and four.

This gives you brighter alternative sounds without requiring a separate push/pull coil-split control.

Is the Floyd Rose fully double locking?

Yes. The Floyd Rose 1500 Series uses locking saddles at the bridge and a locking nut.

Can the Floyd Rose raise pitch as well as lower it?

Yes. Its floating setup allows both downward and upward pitch movement when correctly adjusted.

Does the guitar have locking tuners as well as a locking nut?

Yes. Charvel fits sealed die-cast locking tuning machines, which also make string installation more straightforward.

Does it have stainless steel frets?

No. This model uses 22 jumbo frets. Stainless steel fretwire is found on some other current Charvel models, including selected DK24 variants.

What is the benefit of the caramelized maple neck?

Caramelization alters the wood through controlled heat treatment. On this guitar it is combined with graphite reinforcement to create a stable modern neck construction with a smooth hand-rubbed finish.

What do Luminlay side dots do?

Luminlay markers improve fret-position visibility in dark stage environments.

Is the guitar suitable for clean sounds?

Yes. The '59 neck humbucker and coil-combination settings provide several useful lower-gain sounds alongside the guitar's obvious rock and metal capabilities.

What does the Bourns low-friction volume pot do?

It turns particularly freely, making rapid volume adjustments and volume-swell techniques easier than with a stiffer conventional potentiometer.

Can I change to heavier strings?

Yes, but a major string-gauge change alters the tension acting against the Floyd Rose springs. The bridge balance, neck relief and intonation may therefore need to be adjusted.

Is a gig bag included?

Yes. A Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag is included with this model.