Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR CM – Chlorine Burst – Open Box

Quick Product Summary

The Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR CM in Chlorine Burst takes the classic hot-rodded San Dimas formula and pushes it further with premium modern ergonomics, versatile Seymour Duncan electronics and serious double-locking tremolo hardware.

Its alder body is topped with a striking quilt maple veneer, allowing the Chlorine Burst finish to make the most of the figured grain. A graphite-reinforced caramelized maple neck and matching caramelized maple fingerboard provide the fast, direct playing feel expected from Charvel, while a 12"-16" compound radius, rolled fingerboard edges, 22 jumbo frets and Luminlay side dots make it equally comfortable for hard rhythm playing and technical lead work.

A Seymour Duncan JB TB-4 bridge humbucker is paired with a Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1N neck humbucker, giving you a proven combination of aggressive rock tone and warmer vintage-inspired humbucker character. Charvel's five-way switching adds useful inner and outer coil combinations alongside the full humbuckers, considerably expanding what might otherwise be a straightforward HH guitar.

The recessed Floyd Rose 1500 Series double-locking tremolo provides the pitch range and tuning stability required for expressive vibrato, dives and pull-ups, while chrome hardware and the dramatic Chlorine Burst finish complete the modern San Dimas look.

This individual guitar is offered in Open Box condition and includes the Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag.

At A Glance

Feature	Details
Brand	Charvel
Model	Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR CM
Model Number	2965031321
Finish	Chlorine Burst
Condition	Open Box
Body	Alder with quilt maple veneer
Neck / Fingerboard	Caramelized Maple
Pickups	Seymour Duncan JB / '59
Bridge	Floyd Rose 1500 Series
Frets	22 Jumbo
Included	Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag
Main Appeal	Premium hot-rodded San Dimas with versatile HH switching
Best For	Rock, metal, hard rock, shred, fusion and high-performance playing

Open Box Condition Report

Condition: Open Box

This guitar is offered as Open Box rather than factory-sealed new stock.

No specific cosmetic marks, faults, repairs or modifications have been supplied for this listing, so none have been assumed.

The guitar is checked by Fair Deal Music before leaving us so that its controls, electronics, tremolo system and general playing condition can be assessed before dispatch.

If you would like to see the exact guitar in greater detail before ordering, ask our team about a video demonstration.

What's Included?

• Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR CM in Chlorine Burst

• Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag

Condition Notes

No individual cosmetic marks or wear have been supplied for this Open Box example.

No faults, repairs or modifications have been supplied for the listing.

Fair Deal Quality Control Assessment

Before leaving Fair Deal Music, this Charvel is checked for general playing condition and correct operation.

Our assessment includes:

• Neck relief and string action

• Fret condition

• Pickup output and balance

• Five-way pickup switching

• Volume and tone operation

• Output socket

• Floyd Rose locking nut

• Tremolo operation

• Bridge balance and intonation

• Tuning machine operation

• General tuning stability

• Overall structural condition

• Visual condition

As with any wooden guitar, setup can shift slightly during transport because of changes in temperature and humidity.

Service / Setup Work

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

Neck relief, action, intonation, tuning operation and Floyd Rose function are assessed before dispatch.

If you plan to make a major change to string gauge or tuning, the Floyd Rose spring balance and overall setup may need to be adjusted accordingly.

Why Choose The Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas?

Premium Hot-Rodded San Dimas Design

The San Dimas is one of Charvel's defining high-performance designs, taking a familiar double-cutaway platform and concentrating on the features that matter to players using faster techniques, higher gain and expressive tremolo systems.

The Pro-Mod Plus version adds modern refinements without losing the straightforward character that makes the San Dimas so appealing.

Caramelized Maple Neck And Fingerboard

Both the neck and fingerboard use caramelized maple, giving this model a distinctive feel and appearance.

The bolt-on neck is reinforced with graphite and finished with hand-rubbed urethane for a smooth playing surface, while rolled fingerboard edges reduce the sharp new-guitar feel along the sides of the neck.

12"-16" Compound Radius

The fingerboard is rounder towards the nut and becomes progressively flatter as you move towards the upper frets.

That allows lower-position chords to remain comfortable while giving bends, legato and faster lead techniques more space higher up the neck.

Seymour Duncan JB Bridge Pickup

The JB TB-4 is one of Seymour Duncan's most established rock humbuckers.

It combines strong output with prominent upper mids and enough definition for driven rhythm playing, making it particularly effective through high-gain valve amplifiers and modern amp modellers.

Seymour Duncan '59 Neck Pickup

The '59 SH-1N gives the neck position a warmer and more open personality.

It provides a useful contrast to the hotter JB, working particularly well for smoother lead tones, cleaner passages and more traditional humbucker sounds.

Five-Way Pickup Switching

Rather than limiting the guitar to bridge, both and neck humbuckers, Charvel uses a five-way blade selector to access additional coil combinations.

This makes the San Dimas considerably more useful for clean rhythm work, layered recording and songs where full humbuckers sound too dense.

Floyd Rose 1500 Series

The recessed Floyd Rose 1500 Series double-locking tremolo is designed for players who genuinely use the tremolo arm as part of their technique.

With the strings locked at the nut and bridge, the system provides a wide pitch range while helping maintain tuning stability through aggressive tremolo use when correctly set up.

Comparison Against Popular Alternatives

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

Both models share Charvel's hot-rodded performance DNA, but the So-Cal typically uses a pickguard-based layout while the San Dimas has the cleaner rear-routed appearance.

Choose the San Dimas if you prefer a stripped-back body face and classic performance-guitar presentation.

Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas vs Charvel DK24

The DK24 is the stronger option for guitarists who specifically want 24 frets and the smaller Dinky body.

The San Dimas retains a more traditional 22-fret double-cutaway feel while still giving you compound-radius playability, serious upper-fret access and modern tremolo hardware.

Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas vs HSS Charvel

An HSS guitar gives you dedicated neck and middle single coils for more traditional clean sounds.

This HH San Dimas is better suited to players who primarily want powerful humbuckers but still appreciate access to brighter coil combinations through the five-way selector.

Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas vs Fixed-Bridge Superstrat

A fixed bridge is easier if you regularly swap between substantially different tunings.

The Floyd Rose-equipped San Dimas is the stronger choice for players who actively use dive bombs, pull-ups, wide vibrato and other expressive tremolo techniques.

Who Is It For?

The Charvel Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas is particularly well suited to:

• Rock and hard-rock guitarists

• Modern metal players

• Shred and technical lead guitarists

• Fusion musicians

• Players who regularly use Floyd Rose tremolo

• Guitarists who prefer passive Seymour Duncan pickups

• Musicians wanting a premium 22-fret performance guitar

• Studio players needing multiple pickup combinations

• Players upgrading from an intermediate superstrat

• Guitarists attracted to classic Charvel hot-rod styling

Playing Styles & Applications

The San Dimas naturally excels at rock, hard rock and metal, where the JB bridge pickup provides the attack and midrange presence required for powerful rhythm sounds.

Switching to the '59 neck pickup produces a warmer response for sustained leads, blues-influenced phrases and cleaner melodic playing.

The intermediate coil combinations become particularly valuable for studio work and live sets where one guitar needs to cover more than high-gain sounds. Cleaner rhythm layers can be made leaner and more focused without changing instrument.

Its compound-radius neck and Floyd Rose also make it a natural platform for technical lead playing, tapping, legato, wide bends and tremolo-heavy techniques.

How Does The Five-Way Pickup Switching Work?

The switching arrangement gives you:

• 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 1 and 5 give you the individual full humbuckers, while position 3 combines both.

Positions 2 and 4 provide brighter coil combinations that are useful for clean sounds, lower-gain rhythm work and recording layers.

This gives the guitar substantially more flexibility than a conventional three-way HH setup without adding complicated additional switches.

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: Is It Right For You?

A double-locking Floyd Rose is built for players who want substantial control over pitch.

It can handle deep dives, upward bends, harmonic effects and repeated vibrato while offering excellent tuning stability when correctly set up.

The trade-off is that changing tuning or string gauge is more involved than on a fixed bridge because the tremolo balances string tension against its rear springs.

If you mainly stay in one tuning and make regular use of the tremolo arm, the Floyd Rose is an excellent choice. If you constantly switch between substantially different tunings, a hardtail may be more convenient.

Story & Context

Charvel became closely associated with the Southern California hot-rodded guitar movement, where players took familiar electric-guitar designs and modified them for louder amplification, faster playing and more aggressive performance techniques.

The San Dimas name became central to that identity, representing guitars built around fast bolt-on necks, powerful pickups and performance-oriented hardware rather than traditional vintage specifications.

The modern Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas continues that philosophy with graphite reinforcement, compound-radius fingerboards, sophisticated switching, Luminlay markers and upgraded Floyd Rose hardware.

The result remains recognisably Charvel: direct, performance-focused and designed for players who expect their instrument to keep up with demanding technique.

Technical Specifications

Specification	Details
Model	Pro-Mod Plus San Dimas Style 1 HH FR CM
Model Number	2965031321
Series	Pro-Mod Plus
Orientation	Right-Handed
Number of Strings	6
Finish	Chlorine Burst
Condition	Open Box
Body Shape	San Dimas
Body Finish	Gloss
Body Material	Alder
Body Top	Quilt Maple Veneer
Neck Material	Caramelized Maple
Neck Construction	Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
Neck Finish	Hand-Rubbed Urethane
Fingerboard	Caramelized Maple
Fingerboard Radius	12"-16" Compound
Fingerboard Edges	Rolled
Scale Length	25.5" / 648 mm
Number of Frets	22
Fret Size	Jumbo
Nut	Floyd Rose 1500 Series Locking
Nut Width	1.6875" / 42.86 mm
Position Inlays	4 mm Pearloid Dot
Side Dots	Luminlay
Headstock	Licensed Fender Stratocaster Shape
Bridge Pickup	Seymour Duncan JB TB-4
Neck Pickup	Seymour Duncan '59 SH-1N
Pickup Configuration	HH
Pickup Colour	Parchment
Volume	Bourns Low-Friction Pot
Tone	No-Load Tone
Pickup Selector	5-Position Blade
Bridge	Floyd Rose 1500 Series Double-Locking Tremolo
Tuning Machines	Charvel-Branded Gotoh Die-Cast
Hardware Finish	Chrome
Pickguard	None
Control Knobs	Dome-Style
Factory Strings	Nickel-Plated Steel .009–.042
Gig Bag	Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag Included

Specification Note

Individual guitar weight has not been supplied for this Open Box example.

No specific cosmetic marks, repairs or modifications have been supplied, so none have been assumed.

If exact weight or a closer inspection of this individual guitar is important to you, contact our team before ordering.

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, phaser and modulation effects

• Pedal tuner

• Quality instrument cable

• Secure guitar strap

The Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag is included, providing suitable everyday protection from the outset.

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 CM in Chlorine Burst is a strong example of what Charvel does best: familiar hot-rodded guitar DNA refined into a genuinely modern performance instrument.

The JB and '59 pairing gives you two distinctly useful humbucker voices, and the five-way switching extracts much more versatility from them than the simple HH layout suggests.

The caramelized maple neck and fingerboard provide a fast, direct feel, while the Floyd Rose 1500 Series makes this a particularly capable choice for guitarists who actively use tremolo techniques.

As an Open Box example, it is especially attractive for players looking for the full Pro-Mod Plus specification while considering an alternative to factory-sealed stock.

Best suited for: Rock, hard rock, metal, fusion and technically minded players wanting a premium Charvel with Floyd Rose performance.

Customers usually upgrade from: Intermediate superstrats, simpler Pro-Mod guitars or performance instruments with less versatile electronics.

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

Our tip: Spend time with positions 2 and 4 rather than treating this solely as a twin-humbucker rock guitar. Those coil combinations add useful cleaner sounds and make the guitar considerably more flexible in the studio.

Showroom feedback: The combination of the caramelized maple board, compact controls and Floyd Rose makes this feel immediately performance-focused, but the additional pickup combinations stop it becoming a one-purpose shred guitar.

Ask our team about a video demonstration of this exact Open Box guitar if you'd like a closer look before ordering.

Why Buy Open Box From Fair Deal Music?

An Open Box guitar can be an excellent way to access a desirable instrument while considering an alternative to factory-sealed stock.

At Fair Deal Music, Open Box instruments are checked before leaving us so that their operation and general playing condition can be assessed before dispatch.

You also have access to our experienced team if you need advice about condition, setup, Floyd Rose operation or whether the guitar is right for your playing style.

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, moving into a Floyd Rose-equipped 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, Open Box 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

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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 does Open Box mean for this guitar?

This individual guitar is being sold as Open Box rather than factory-sealed new stock. No specific cosmetic faults, repairs or modifications have been supplied for the listing.

What pickups are fitted?

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

The JB offers a stronger, more aggressive rock voice, while the '59 provides a warmer and more open neck tone.

Does it have coil splitting?

The five-way selector accesses individual inner and outer coil combinations in positions 2 and 4, giving you brighter alternatives to the full humbuckers.

Is the Floyd Rose fully double locking?

Yes. The Floyd Rose 1500 Series locks the strings at both the bridge and nut.

Can the tremolo raise pitch as well as lower it?

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

Is the fingerboard ebony?

No. This specific CM model uses a caramelized maple fingerboard, matching its caramelized maple neck.

What does the compound radius do?

The fingerboard progresses from a 12-inch radius near the nut to a flatter 16-inch radius higher up, balancing comfortable rhythm playing with greater freedom for bends and lead techniques.

Does it have stainless steel frets?

No. This model uses 22 jumbo frets.

What are Luminlay side dots?

Luminlay markers help make fret positions easier to see in low-light stage environments.

Is the guitar suitable for clean sounds?

Yes. Positions 2 and 4 provide brighter coil combinations, while the '59 neck pickup also works particularly well for lower-gain and cleaner playing.

Can I change to heavier strings?

Yes, but changing string gauge affects the tension acting against the Floyd Rose springs. The bridge balance, neck relief and intonation may therefore require adjustment.

Is the gig bag included?

Yes. A Charvel Multi-Fit Gig Bag is included.