Wayne Guitars Rock Legend

On top of owning just about every cool guitar ever made, I just acquired a Wayne Rock Legend. By far, this is THEE guitar to have if you're tastes are 80's rock, metal, 70's classic rock, with some gain on your amplifier! 22 massive jumbo frets make up the neck, profile is a flat radius fretboard with some really nice birdseye figuring. Some of the best birdseye I've ever seen, honestly. The body is alder, with the best hardware you can buy. I have a hot rod flame, and I feel very lucky to have found this guitar, thanks to ebay. I have a Duncan JB, happens to sound great in this guitar. Doesn't over distort the original tone. I have grown into the 1-11/16 neck profile. I was 1-5/8 for years. Nice action, almost right on the fret.-all the way to the nut! NO fancy flame top on mine, trust me, you won't miss it once you start playing on this neck, it's THAT comfortable. Body is a vintage strat style, what more do you want!?

Sounds are truly amazing. guitar absolutely does not compromise it's tones. They are all in there. This guitar breathes life into a players talents. The electronics are shielded, which makes this ax so quiet, even on very loud gainy amp settings. A plus if you are in a rock band. I use Marshalls, and 6505's. These amps seem to make the guitar come alive!! When you turn down the volume knob, the guitar seems to clean up. Helps for the rhythm tones, and cleaner sounds. Makes any effect sound cool.

Holy moly, what a set up!! There is no question about it, the BEST setup guitar from the factory ever. You can tell as much work goes into this part of the guitar as well. No flaws on mine, all the alignments were right on, and everything was tight. The pickup is the real deal, no corners are cut, and the finish is immaculate. Once again, no complaints.

Live situation's is where this ax comes alive! I can't feel more confident playing this on any stage. Which is where this guitar was designed to be. I feel this is all I need.

Michael is a good honest guy, won't steer you wrong. He called me back one day I remember last year and we talked for about 20 minutes. Real great guy, likes to talk shop. Any good guitarist likes to talk shop. Easy to talk to, makes good customer relations.

I've been playing for about 30+ years. Owned plenty of guitars, some were good, others weren't. Don't really know until you try them out. ON stage is best place for this one. I would like another one someday, maybe 2 pickups. Great case too.

Not sure about the year It's SN# 55 .
22 jumbo frets nice work.
Red and white bullseye real nice paint job first class work.
One Volume with a 3-way
two H/H Dimarzios or how ever you spell that they sound real good.
Alder body with a rock Maple neck with a skunk strip.
1 3/4 nut with A CUSTOM FIXED BRIDGE
String-thru

country/metal mixed up
I play a Ampeg 50w tube with a Cool Cat and a Fab tone
The clean is real nice the dirty is well fun What can i say The volume controls the whole deal nice no unwanted noise. If it sounds bad it's my playing not the guitar.

Good guitar very nice it will tune up nice
trust me you will be able to just play

This is the secound time I filled out a Review here. The last time was about I want to say four or five years ago.
anyway this guitar gets played hard all the time sweat drips on it beer is drank and smoke is smoked the guitar can hang it's a good axe.

Well wayne and Mike will talk to ya friendly ya when i talked to them
I never needed this guitar fixed
Warrenty ah I don't know But if I ever have a problem I'll tell ya

I've been playing a few years,I have a fender Strat and a few krammers. I'm glad i got this guitar I almost passed it up because of the price tag glad I got this guitar.
favorite feature? it plays when your ready to play
Did you compare it to other guitars? Ya i did the feel of the wayen is well nice
Which ones? Fender strat Why did you choose this one? The neck it's that killer feel ever pick up a guitar and say to your self if only it had a better feeling neck or the trim pot could be replaced or with new Pickups it would sond ok . well My guitar is five years old now and it's just fine the way she is ready for sweat beer and smoking some magic herb

This guitar is made by the man , or sould I say the founder of custom guitar's Wayne Carvel . Try to get a PRS made by Paul Reed Smith . The Legend I have is a 2004. 1 p/u ,floyd rose,alder body red with black hardware, flame maple neck, this guitar has the new head stock . You can order these guitar away you want for your playing style . The fret work done on this guitar is unbelievable . Fast playing neck etc .

The way that I order my Wayne is to fit my playing style , an that is Rock n roll . I've used it playing throught a 5150,Marshall, and a triple XXX .The alder body give's the guitar a brighter sound , Thatz the way I wanted it .Bottom line the guitar is a screamer (p/u is a JB).

These guitar's on set up are flawless . They play themself's .

This guitar is concert ready . All the hardware , set up etc is top notch ,you pay for what you get . Always have a back up .

Michael Charvel is a great , guy his been around guitar's most his live he know's them inside out .He's alway's returned my calls . If there is something wrong I'm sure the Charvel's would take care of it , but it's a great guitar so I'm stright .

I've been playing the guitar for many year's now . I would have to say this is the best guitar I've owned .I've had EVH musicman , wolfgang's ,gibson les paul's-flying V,Vai Jem 2000.00 dollars , fender's ,G&L .... I've got to tell ya there's something about the Wayne Legend , but everyone has there own take on there guitar's , but for me this is it . Shit , after writing this I think it's time to order my next Legend with 2 humbucker's . Take care .

Mine is a 2002 Wayne Rock Legend, Alder body, rosewood board, birdseye neck, black & white bullseye finish. It's got a JB in the bridge and an Alnico II in the neck, 3-way toggle and single volume, non floating Floyd Rose and a D-Tuna. The paint job is great, its got that old school metal vibe, Zakk Wylde meets Twisted Sister, needless to say I don't take it many auditions cause it looks so crazy. I waited almost 2 full years to review this guitar I wanted to be fair and out of the "honeymoon" phase. I've played this guitar at alot of gigs and done a/b comparisons with my 2 Tylers, a PRS and 2 Andersons. Not alot of features. It's a rock guitar but it's not meant to be a jack of all trades.

My one beef (two actually) is that the neck heel is enormous, they should sculpt them so you can up to high frets without contortion maneuvers, and two, the truss rod access point is under the neck pickup. That is bullshit, I know the old charvels were done that way, but come on guys....it's the year 2000, times change and I don't want to have to take my damn neck off everytime I need to adjust the truss rod.

This guitar is the best sounding one of the bunch. Better than my PRS, Les Paul, James Tyler and Anderson. I know that might sound like hype, and no the Wayne can't cop any strat tones, it's a full out rock machine. But for rock, no other guitar I've had can best it. Compared to my Tyler, which also has a JB in the bridge, the Wayne just has more balls. It's hard to describe but you can hear it. The guitar is just louder, more resonant, meaner...

Guitar was set up perfect, the neck playes like butter. It's a shredder neck but doesn't get anoying like an Ibanez neck. It's the real deal old Charvel vibe. The guitar had a few spots on the finish where it looked like the paint got under the masking tape, hard to see but present. This is a hand painted finish and I'd rather have a small blem than a perfect graphic that was a decal.

This guitar is built like a tank, enough said. Only tried and true components were used. Built to last

I've spoken to Michael a few times about getting a new neck, he mentioned he'd do it in 6 months....never happened. I can't get them to return my calls, to be fair though, I haven't really called them thayt much and they are busy guys.

This is my best sounding rock guitar....PERIOD. I can't use it at all my gigs cause it doesn't cover all the bases. I do some session work, can you imagine me pulling out the Bullseye Wayne backing up a girl pop singer...me neither. But when I do a rock gig this thing SLAYS! They build something special into these guitars, it's not something you can see (like a Tom Anderson) or feel (like a Tyler) but you can HEAR it on a Wayne...moreso than the others. True, it's not versatile, if you want that buy an Anderson. But versatility is itself a compromise. When you need a NO COMPROMISE rock monster get a WAYNE!

ordered in 2001,delivered in june 2002. seriel #184, demartini gold snakeskin dinky/villain alder body.one duncan jb, one s.coil, floyd d-tuna, 3 way toggle selector, one volume knob. AMAZING birdseye 22 fret all maple neck with waynes signature on back of headstock.retail value was 3400.00-i paid 2000.00.

sound is great, great for 80's metal- also top pickup is stratlike-just like i specified.

flawless craftsmanship,great balanced lightweight body. I did send a pic of demartini's charvel for them to copy-they came close but not 100%like the pic.

i've been playing it steady for 18 months, and it just seems to get better.

wayne and michael are great guys-very friendly and helpful.this is my second guitar from them and i've never had an issue.

overall i continue to be amazed by #184. I have an esp jake e lee custom on its way now from japan that i'll compare to it. Iwent with esp because wayne wouldnt do a one piece neck, and wouldn't use custom fretwire. but if the quality,feel and sound is the same as the wayne i'll definetly be happy

2001 Wayne Rock Legend. Not sure of the body wood, but it has a maple on maple neck (birdseye, of course), and junbo frets. This is the killer Charvel neck, that destroys everything else. Mine has the hot-rod flame finish. When I was looking into the Waynes, I talked to Mike Charvel (super nice guy), he said he had a piece he was making for himself, but he didn't know if he was gonna keep it or not. Well, thank God he decided to sell.

Him and Jim O'Conner, hand painted the pin-stripes around the flames......very cool.
This one has all the trimmings us hair-metal guys like......you know, 2 Seymour Duncan hums, original Floyd Rose, no tone knob, super fast action and killer set-up. Blah, blah, blah......you know what we like. It's your typical heavy-metal guitar, but of extremely high quality.

For what I play, (mostly hair metal, old school thrash or New Wave Of Swedish Melodic Death Metal), it does every sound I need. With the bridge hum, you can do all the Lynch/Van Halen/Timmons you want to. But when you add in the neck hum, it gets really fun. Kinda' hard to believe, but you can do some cool jazzy stuff, and top 40's radio rock too.

When I first got it, I was exclusively using the JB in the bridge. Just shredding away on all this Dimebag stuff. I didn't even want to toggle up into the other pickups. But then I thought, what the hell, I might as well just try it. Whoaaa......I was knocked back. It really sings w/ the neck pup going. Now I play all my scales, w/ the neck pup.
There is just WAY to many varieties of sounds you can get out of this, for me to list them all.
The tone wood used, is also excellent. Really bright, and resonant w/ the maple neck. And I have always loved the original Floyds.
But, when the day is done, there is no doubt that this guitar is made for heavy metal/rock-n-roll. Don't expect to get country and hip-hop and all that other bunk out of it. It truly harkens back to the hey-day of the shredder, when the Jacksons, Kramers, and Charvels ruled the scene.

I just have to give this a 10. This bitch was made to shred on, straight out of the case.
Wayne takes his time, and truly babies each and every piece that he touches. This bodes well for anyone who is looking into buying a Wayne.
He sets them up himself, and makes sure they are all perfect before they leave the shop. Mine was no exception. The string heighth was almost exactly how I like it. The trem was evenly balanced, and didn't need touched. The action was nice and low, just how I like it. Of course, this was also due to me keeping in touch w/ Mike, and letting him know how I like my guitars set-up.
Over all, I didn't need to touch a thing, when I got it. I just pulled it out of the case, plugged it in, and played all day and night.

Like I said, everything on this guitar is of the highest quality. I don't see me having any problem w/ it lasting.
I also take care of my stuff......that helps. But I think guitars are meant to be played, and not just pined over. And when I pay this much for a guitar, you better believe I'ma play the shit out of it. I've had it for over 6 mos. already, and no problems.

9, I hope.

I came into this guitar half way through it's birth, so I kinda' had the chance to spec it out, how I wanted it.
I worked w/ Mike on it, and called and e-mailed him several times.
Absolutely wonderful. No hiccups at all.

I've been playing for around 13 years. I've always had a weakness for the custom "super-strats". I've owned several U.S.A. guitars. Everything from B.C. Riches to Hamers, to Jacksons and Kramers and this is truly the crown jewel of them all. I can honestly say, this is the best guitar I've ever owned.
I like it so much, I just ordered a Monster from Guitar Asylum. It should be in my hands in about a week. I can't wait.

I play through a Laney VH100R w/ a few effects. It's really a nice pile of gear, and works well together. But, I would like to get a hold of a Mesa triple or a Bogner XTC, and see what it would do through those. But I'm happy w/ what I've got.
If it were stolen or lost (how the f**k would you lose it???), I would freak out. I don't know what I would play, while I was waiting for a new one to come.
Let me just say, I have no regrets at all, about purchasing a Wayne Rock Legend.

2002 WAYNE "ROCK LEGEND" BULLSEYE GRAPHIC(BLACK AND YELLOW)GUITAR.22 INCREDIBLE JUMBO FRETS-AWESOME BIRDSEYE MAPLE NECK-SOLID ALDER BODY-ROSEWOOD BOARD-SEYMOUR DUNCAN SCREAMIN'DEMON BRIDGE PICKUP & JB JR. NECK PICKUP-1&5/8 NUT WIDTH-ORIGINAL FLOYD ROSE(BLACK)W/D-TUNER-ONE VOLUME CONTROL-3 WAY TOGGLE SWITCH.PERFECT!!!

I PLAY ALL STYLES OF MUSIC FROM METAL TO JAZZ, IF YOU ROLL BACK ON THE VOLUME A TOUCH, YOU CAN GET JUST ABOUT ANY TONE YOU WANT OUT OF THIS BEAST!THE PAIRING OF THE DUNCANS COULDN'T BE BETTER.TONS OF SUSTAIN(SMOKES MY FENDER STRAT)GREAT HARMONICS,GREAT CHUNK,INCREDIBLE DEFINITION AND CLARITY(YOU CAN HEAR AND FEEL THE STRINGS RESONATING)THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE SOUNDING GUITAR-HANDS DOWN!
I PLAY THROUGH '73 MARSHALL SUPERLEAD(NO-MODS)W/A BOSS SUPER OVERDRIVE AND A TURBO OVERDRIVE(TURBO TURNED OFF)BOTH DRIVE SETTINGS @ ABOUT 12 O'CLOCK.ABSOLUTE KILLER TONE-VERY RICH SOUNDING-EVERY NOTE IS STRONG-EVERY CHORD IS HUGE!!!

STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY,PERFECT ACTION,PERFECT INTONATION,VERY FAST PLAYING GUITAR(SMOKES A LES PAUL AND CRUSHES A STRAT)THE FRET WORK THAT MIKE DID IS AMAZING, YOU BARELY HAVE TO TOUCH THE STRING,ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!AS FOR THE CONTROL CAVITY SHIELDING,WIRING,SWITCH,VOLUME,PAINT JOB,ACTION,FLOYD,NECK JOINT ETC. ALL IS JUST FRIGGIN' PERFECT!"WAYNE" GUITARS ARE THE CREAM OF THE CROP!!!

THIS GUITAR IS BUILT LIKE A FRIGGIN' TANK-SOLID AND VERY TIGHT-EVERYTHING IS PUT TOGETHER VERY WELL.I AM VERY IMPRESSED W/THE QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT WENT INTO MY GUITAR AND THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS FLAWLESS.I COULD TELL THE MINUTE I PLAYED THE GUITAR THAT IT WAS DEFINATLEY NOT JUST THROWN TOGETHER IN A DAY.IT JUST HAS A CERTAIN FEEL TO IT THAT NO OTHER GUITAR EVEN COMES CLOSE TOO.WELL WORTH THE $$$$.THE GUITAR CASE IS A FRIGGIN' TANK TOO!NICE JOB MIKE AND WAYNE!!

I HAVE DEALT MOSTLY W/MICHAEL AND HE IS AN INCREDIBLE PERSON.I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE GUITAR W/A 1&11/16 NECK AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS A BIT TOO WIDE FOR MY HANDS.MIKE WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTIVE W/MY ISSUE.I SHIPPED THE GUITAR BACK AND MIKE MADE ME A NEW 1&5/8 NECK FOR THE GUITAR AND OF COURSE, RE-ASSEMBLED THE GUITAR AND SET IT UP PERFECTLY FOR ME.
MIKE AND WAYNE ARE GREAT TO DEAL WITH AND GREAT TO TALK TO,THEY ARE VERY COOL PEOPLE.I KNOW IF I EVER HAVE A QUESTION OR PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE, THEY WILL BE THERE FOR ME AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR ME IN THE PAST."WAYNE GUITARS" IS AN AWESOME COMPANY.

ABSOLUTE PERFECTION ALL ACROSS THE BOARD!!!!!!!
I AM SAVING $$$$ FOR ANOTHER ONE!!!!
IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY A WAYNE GUITAR,GET OFF YOUR ASS AND PICK ONE UP!!!!WAYNE GUITARS ARE WORTH EVERY PENNY!!
A BIG THANKS TO MIKE AND WAYNE!!!

As far as solid body rock guitars go, the Wayne is like the Jaguar of the guitar world. Everything about this guitar speaks of a meticulous attention to detail and painstaking quality control. The body is solid alder, and the pickups are Seymour Duncan. The pickup configuration is H/S/S, with the bridge being a JB, and the other 2 being Hot Rails. It has a 22 fret fingerboard, with "jumbo" frets, although the frets don't seem as big as the ones in my ESP George Lynch. The finish on the frets themselves is amazing. The neck is lightly oiled birdseye maple, with an incredible feel to it. The neck radius is wide and flat, perfect for shred guitar playing. Also included is an EVH D-Tuna; I do not play in dropped D tuning, but this device makes it so easy to do, that I will begin experimenting with it. Bridge is a chrome orignal Floyd Rose. The feel of the trem is a little stiff compared to what I'm used to (ESP and Ibanez Jems). The most astonishing feature of the guitar is, of course, the hand painted graphic. This one is a wrap-around python skin graphic painted on top, sides, and back, and is nothing short of breathtaking! My only quibble with this guitar is that I would like to have seen routing under the bridge. As it is, the trem can only go down; you cannot pull up on the trem. Price included a hardshell case with keys and basic hex key set.

This guitar is most definitely a rock/metal guitar, if the paint job and pickup choice don't say it, then the neck radius and Floyd trem do. I play guitar in the New York City based progressive band Twilight Odyssey (www.twilight-odyssey.com), and the sound is a blend of progressive rock and European hard rock/metal. Influences include Iron Maiden, Fates Warning, Rush, Rainbow, Blind Guardian, Genesis, etc. My basic guitar rig is a Fulltone Full-Drive 2 (see review elsewhere on this site) going into a Rivera Knucklehead K-100 stack w/Rivera cabs(review also on this site). This guitar has a warm sound with a LOT of sustain! The pickups are mounted directly to the body of the guitar, which I suppose adds to the sustain. There is a nice percussive "chunk" when you play that adds that "baseball card in a bicycle wheel" effect to your playing that makes shredding sound great. There is an even balance in volume between all of the pickups, which rest kind of high. Getting screaming pinched harmonics out of the guitar is pretty easy, although the basic tone does not seem to be rich in harmonics when you are playing riffs. With the mids slightly boosted on my head, I got a great super-high-gain distorted sound. Clean, the guitar sounds great as well. NOTE ABOUT WAYNE GUITARS: Like any other hand-built guitar, each Wayne guitar sounds and plays a little different, even tho 99% of them have the same body material, neck, bridge, and bridge pickup. I cannot explain this phenomenon, but the guitar I purchased sounded way better than the other Waynes I played in the same shop at the same time through the same amp. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!! I fell in love with this guitar the second I picked it up, and the sound was better than other Wayne guitars on the same wall (in my opinion).

Guitar Asylum makes sure every Wayne guitar is set up at the shop, so it played like a dream the second I picked it up. As a curteousy, Rob even double checked the action before I packed up the guitar and took it home. There is the slightest buzzing at the top of the neck, but you cannot hear it through the amp, and you are gonna get some buzzing when you have really low action and jumbo frets. It does not inhibit the sustain or playability of the guitar at all. The fit and finish of this guitar borders on the psychotic!

Ths guitar seems utterly reliable and of extremely high quality. The only thing I will be changing on it are the strap locks to the Dunlop locking kind. I would never ever play a gig with only one guitar, too much can go wrong, and they all sound different, but this guitar is quickly becoming my main axe.

WAYNE CUSTOMER SUPPORT: I called them a couple of times when I was deciding which guitar to buy, and found them to be wonderful. Even spoke to Mike Charvel a couple of times, and found him to be curteous, helpful, and very interested in my music and playing style, making sure that his guitar was right for my needs. The Warranty is one year, and I have no worries about any gliches in the guitar; I own several high end guitars, and have not doubt they will do the right thing should something go wrong.
GUITAR ASYLUM SUPPORT: Both Rob and Gary were super-nice guys and were great sources of information. Of course, there is no way to determine how "real" a potential customer is, and they did not know me, but they were very helpful in any case. I only visited the shop once, and bought the guitar right on the spot. They are a high end shop and understand how to treat the high end customer with the proper amount of guidance, freedom , and respect. Rob let me play every model of Wayne several times, except for one already sold, which shows a great loyalty to their customers. He could've let me play the one sold to see how it sounded, but it was reserved for another customer, and Rob was clearly concerned about keeping the guitar in the same coniditioni it was purchased in.

I have been playing guitar for 18 years. My other guitars include a 1979 Strat w/Joe Barden pickups, an ESP George Lynch, an Ibanez Jem, Fender Roland Ready Strat, Roland GR-30 and VG-88, AKG wireless sytem, and a Marshall EL-34 100/100 power amp. Thats' my MAIN GEAR.
This guitar is a classic and I hope Wayne has much success with it, while keeping the same level of quality, and NEVER going production on this guitar!!
If you are interested in hearing some cool progressive metal, please check out my band at www.twilight-odyssey.com.

2002 Wayne Rock Legend; USA made (The only Way), Alder solid body with 22 fret 25.5" scale thin AAA Birdseye maple neck. Duncan JB Bridge & Alnico-II Neck pickups, one volume knob and Floyd Rose w/EVH D-Tuna. Black Snake skin paint with matching headstock (Blows Jackson's out of the water (is the nicest I've ever seen!! Gotoh tuners and a 3-way pickup selector. Beautiful Vintage hard case included.

This guitar will do any tone I'm looking for! Very defined, with great sustain and incredible chunk! Play it through a Rivera Fandango 100 watt 2x12 combo with a MXR Micro Amp, Boss Super-Overdrive, Line-6 MM4 pedal and a Boss DD3 delay. This guitar is thicker and sustains more than my White 2000 Les Paul Custom w/ the same pickups!

The factory set up the guitar but Rob from the Guitar Asylum in Hauppauge did an ass kicking setup for me before I bought it! He dressed the frets and made it play like butter!! I did a quick setup on the EVH ?D-Tuna? when I got it home and it now goes from "D" to "E " like nothing! Action feels like a Les Paul with more room! No flaws in the guitar period!!!

My band played a 40-plus-song gig last night with no glitches whatsoever! I didn't have to retune once other than drop "D" songs and back, which was simply awesome with the D-Tuna! The finish is unbelievable that I can tell will never be a problem. The only change I made was installing Dunlop strap-locks. I had my Les Paul Custom that I have to retune during every song with me at the gig last night and never picked it up except to put it in the case at the end of the night!!

Wayne Guitars Customer Support is unbelievable and Rob at the Guitar Asylum is even better!! Simply put, the best guitar buying experience I've ever had!!

I've been playing for 18 years and I've had many guitars. My current arsenal is as follows; a 1971 Les Paul Standard, a 2000 Les Paul custom and a Martin alternative-X acoustic. I would gig with the Rock Legend before any of the above!!! Enough Said!!

This Guitar (the Rock Legend) is like a Rolls to a USA made strat which is like a Yugo....It is like a strat on steroids...just kiddin...It is just a really great solid playing guitar...This one I picked up has 22 JUMBO SMOOTH frets....Beautiful birdseye maple neck ..I have big fat fingers and this neck did not take long to get used to....It has 1 Seymour humbucker...

I play Rock and Blues...Through the hot rodded plexi it is quite scary. Through the fender amp it has that good punchy steel twangy....(you know the sound)...pots are smooth...I have not opened it up to veiw the inside but I can tell there are no crap parts inside.

Great set up...I like them strings a bit lower so I did it myself with no problems and had no funny fret buzz anywhere....The finish is black w/blue and red tip flames....It also has a hard as rock clear finish.....

Seems to be a rock solid axe ready to gig....I picked it apart with my playing hands and eyes and I can not really find any weird things to say about this particular guitar made by Wayne...I have played some of the early Charvels and they played Great! but this one is better by far.............

Nothing to support.....Im not sure about my warranty but im sure If I have a problem It will get handled....This is a hand made guitar by an American Co...............God Bless America!!!!

Been playing 22 years.....Tons of gear (comes and go's)...
If it got ripped off or burnt up in a fire I would get another....
Thanx for letting me share.....Dont get me wrong. There are many great guitars out there, But I prefer to play this one......

USA made
Awsome birds eye maple neck
1 JB Zebra
Eddie VanHalen Black and Yellow Striped paint job
Very heavy for a bolt-on
Jumbo frets

This guitar sound great
I play through a JCM900 with a line 6 POD

Action is awsome
The setup from Waynes factory is perfect

I have yet to have any trouble and Mike and Wayne are great to deal with

Great answered all questioned i had asked them

I've been collecting Charvel's since 1983 and I have probably
played over 100 to 200 hundred of them. I still own over 30 charvels. I just can't get enough of them. Till now. Since Wayne and
Mike have started Wayne Guitars I have bought 3 of them
and 1 more is on the way. They play,sound,look and feel incredible.
The way I am with buying guitars I'll probably own another 10 by the end of the year!!! The best thing about them is now I can get
a guitar any way I have imagined with the best guy making them Wayne.
Ok as for the details of the guitars.
Here goes:

First Guitar
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Rock Legend
Black with blue pinstriping outlining yellow flames(front and back).
Rosewood neck
1 hum
1 volume
Crome floyd

Second Guitar
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Rock Legend
Bright orange with wayne logo's all over it.
Ebony neck
1 hum
1 vol
Black floyd

Third Guitar
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Exotic Wood
It's all made from Zebra wood neck and body. Really heavy guitar
Ebony neck
1 hum
1 vol
black floyd

The guitars sound incredible. I'm playing thru a hafler triple
giant to a soldano 100watt power amp with marshall half stack
cabinet. The sound is to say the least FULL, BALLZY and they
Sustain for ever. I can go out and get a bite and the guitar is
still humming. Especially the Zebra wood!!

Each guitar was setup so perfect that when I got them
the only thing I had to do was open the case and plug them
in. All in tune and ready to go!!! The workmanship is flawless!!
You can tell when someone takes pride in his workmanship.
The product comes out perfect.

These guitars are solid. There is no skimping on material. Mike
and Wayne use the best materials available. Beside you
can pick whatever materials you want. Wait till you hold
one and you will feel the quality of workmanship.

I have spoken to Mike and Wayne on numerous occasions and
have never had any problems with them. They are a Team that
will give you the shirt off their backs!!!! For a price of course!! Never had any problems with the guitars either. The only
problem is that it's a long wait to get one. Unless you are
lucky. BUT IT IS WORTH THE WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One Seymour Duncan humbucker.
Real Floyd Rose bridge.
AAA Bird's Eye maple neck.
One volume.

I've played a lot of guitars, and this is in my opinion the ferrari of electric guitars. It's very organic feeling, and not sterile like a lot of other guitars. You can tell it's a hand built guitar.

This guitar has hot rod flame graphics. This guitar looks awesome - everyone I show it to can't believe how great it looks.

I've only had the guitar for a few months, but so far it seems really durable. So far so good.

I haven't talked to customer support yet.

Very impressed! I wish I had found out earlier about these guys building guitars again.

I got lucky and bought one of the first 10 Rock Legends Wayne built a couple years ago , i guess the guitar was a '99 model. I have had three strats over the years , and wanted something more for the tones you just can't get any other way . My Guitar has the most amazing black and white checkerboard paint job , you could just get lost in the clearcoat .You won't see this level of excellence in the finish work on this type of guitar from anyone else .Just perfect.The paintjob made you want to play better! The neck finish , carve and fretwork are superior to any I've found in 30 + years of playing , and gathering guitars , I hate to call it collecting .Even the case is gorgeous .

I play the Rock legend thru a Johnson Millenium 150 , a Paevey Delta
Blues with the 15" speaker and believe it or not a '49 Fender Princeton .Teh Seymour Duncans combined with the Alder body and Maple neck give you a strong clear tone you can flavor any way you want , depending on your pick attack and available wattage .On the back pickup with the tone pot rolled off you can even get some smokey Jazz tones that will surprise you .All in all the guitar has a strong sonic personality that anyone can work with .No surprises , and that's a good thing !

My Legend was set up ( as they all are ) by the Man Himself , Wayne Charvel . I know it sounds corny , but it just doesn't get any better than that .Again , no surprises , just a simple rock and roll machine ready to go right out of the box.

No trouble so far....I think these guys have been at this long enough to build a near bullet proof guitar for people who play hard .RealHard.I would certainly depend on this axe for a stage guitar, and so would my kid , if I would let him .

I've had the pleasure of visiting the shop where they build these beasties many times , since I live in the same town .I have had other guitars set-up and gotten alot of good advice from these people on how to bet the best from my other guitars .There's not much they don't know , and they'll tell you .Excellent , friendly ( good sense of humour , too ) service.I haven't had any problems , so i can't say about the warranty , but I think you can count on Wayne and Mike to do right by you .

I've been playing guitar and playing with guitars since 1966...way tooo long to screw around with boring guitars .I confess I am more of a set-neck freak..but when it comes to a durable , dependable rock& roll machine ...you can't beat the fundamental strength of the Strat design , and Wayne just goes the extra mile to make it better .Would I buy another ? Certainly .What do I love about it ? I love that neck and the frets...they just suck you into playing that leetle bit better than you thought you could .The finsh is great , and there's no un-neccesary junk to go wrong . Just a great American Made electric guitar .

I just got this fabulous guitar from Wayne Charvel "the rock legend" it is amazing because I have been playing a strat for like 25 years then a tele for the last two years, then i decited to try out this guitar only because i was up at his shop and saw the peice of wood before it was finished. it is very lite so its easy to hold up for the whole evening, but what really suprised me was the floyed it really does stay in tune! i had them paint it in a translucent red flam job over a beautiful maple body, everywhere i play it people just go crazy over it. It was a little hard to get use to at first cause the ebony neck seemed a little wide but after a few days i must admit that once agin I really like it! In my opinion no one on this earth can set up a guitar like wayne charvel, he spends an intire day doing just one guitar, sometimes taking it apart 3 to 4 times before he gets it right, I guess thats why they are so expensive, but i would buy another one if i for some reason lost this ax! theonly bad things i can say about it is... the charvels are very slow so if you intend on buying one of these guitars be patiant!also i keep breaking strings down at the saddle but after having a conversation with micheal about it i have come to the conclusion that it very well could be my fault for making them a little to tight! if you have any questions or would love to see this beautiful instrament i will be more than happy to send you pictures just email me thanks ... rshalita@pacbell.net

sound is incredible....sustains for ever..it whistles like a siren then i drop the wammy down and hit bass E then it sounds like a bomb this is a great affect on the old song "eve of destruction" which is quit timely if you think about it?

like i sais up there ^ set up perfect finish great,i really dont see any flaws.....

once again like i said up there im really not sure about the floyed rose? i have to put a new set of strings on it and maybe use a little less pressure on them but other than that nothing is wrong with the guitar

the company is a small family owned unit and yes they are very friendly i never asked about a warranty? what really can go wrong with a guitar? i played my strat since 1970 every night and it is finally worn out. hmmmm i wonder if there is a warranty?

im really not sure but i think i did put all of this up there ^ i have been playing 40 some odd years almost 30 as a pro, no i asked everything i needed to,yes i defenatly would buy another one, i love the sound, the weight, the wammy is my favorite feature, yes i compared it to other guitars, i really chose this one because wayne the man! lives up in my area and i have done busness with him when he had a retail store and after years of talking to him i thought he new what he was talking about, and he did! anything else? hmmmm i dare you to go out and get a wayne guitar yes they are pricey yes they take a while to complete, but after all it is an extension of what you feel! I really wouldnt have botherd to take the time to write all of this if I hadnt wanted to share my great reward of owning this fine instrament!

AAA maple neck and fretboard. Original Floyd w/ D-tuna. Van Halen II black with yellow stripes paint job. DiMarzio Evolution in the bridge and a Duncan Hotrail in the neck. Made just the way I asked. I guess that makes it a 10.

I ordered it with a JB Jr. in the neck and a JB in the bridge. After a while I decided I wanted a less polished sound with more growl so it slaped a Duncan Custom in the bridge (my normal setup). Pretty close. Finally, I installed a DiMarzio Evolution in there and now it screams bloody murder! I always considered myself a Duncan man but, oh well.

The sound of this guitar is SO ALIVE it makes my other axes sound kind of like they have dead strings on them. I think the biggest contributing factor is the unfinished neck. I sounds like it "breathes" more and resonates better than a guitar with a finish on the neck. Not steril at all. Very organtic sounding.

The only bummer was that one of the locking nut screws were stripped causing some tuning problems. I emailed Mike and he gave me some advice. Five cents later and the problem was solved (screw with bigger threads).

The finish on this thing is SO deep. Nice job. Very rich looking. Thick clear coat.

After I had it for six months I decided it was time to reshape the neck to fit my hand. Yeah, I know it's not a normal thing to do to a $2800 guitar but hell, it is supposed to be a "custom" guitar so I customized it some more. It's not like I'm ever going to sell it and the damn thing is ment to ROCK not collect dust.

I took my time, removed the neck a total of four times sanding and reshaping it. Besides making the neck thinner (yeah I know this makes it weaker) the most important mod it did was to remove the slope of the neck right up to where it meets the heel of the body. Now I have a super comfortable neck all the way up to the 17th position. I'm currently toying with the idea of scolloping the fretboard from the 15th fret on up. We'll see.

Every thing about this guitar is well made and rock solid. It's made by the man himself. Not some big company that is trying to cut corners to save a few bucks.

I'm always bugging Mike (Charvel). He's good people.

Been playing for 18 years. I wouldn't mind having 24 frets (rather than the 22) and I wouldn't mind having better upper fret access (like a more extended cutaway and sculpted neck/heel joint) but the whole point of the Rock Legend is to create a guitar that is a return to the San Dimas strats of the Late 70's. I could always do the Steve Vai thing and use a drum sander to make the cutaway deeper like on his old Charvel Green Meanie. JUST KIDDING!!!

Thanks for a great guitar Wayne. I love it.

Made 2001, USA (california). She has 22 Jumbo frets on a highly figured Birdseye Maple board and neck, solid Alder strat style body with Pewter (metallic grey) finish, . She is equipped with 2 Seymour Duncan humbuckers (Jazz for the neck and JB for bridge) with 1 volume and 1 tone control (tone for neck pickup only), 3 way toggle selector. Bridge is an original Floyd Rose locking tremolo system. Gotoh non-locking tuners (all chrome hardware). Came with a "Fender" style case, allen wrenches, case key, anti-moisture packett. If it had came with the "candy sack" with cables, strap, etc. like Custom Shop Fenders, this category would have received a 10.

I picked her up today and plugged her in as soon as i got home. I use a Soldano SLO-100 and Mesa Boogie Mk IV (2 of the best amps in my opinion) with a Boogie half back 4x12 Cabinet (I switch amps depending on my mood - but mostly use SLO). She sounds fantastic through the SLO with no effects needed, pure sonic pleasure. For effects, wah pedal, TC Chorus/Flander, and Boss Delay Pedal. This guitar is excellent. It fits my style very well since I'm into strat style guitars, so I feel at home with this neck (it's more of a thicker neck than a typical USA Jackson neck). The neck is unfinished which makes it smoother and quicker (in my opinion that is). On the SLO's Overdrive Channel, she was clear and sparkled, every note in the chord was defined. Magnificent tone which is clearly defined from my other 3 guitars. I like buying guitars that each have different tonal characteristics - for reasons of wide open spaces. Dislikes? yeah, I wish I had this guitar years ago!

The guitar was set up nice. I ordered the guitar to have a recessed cavity for the Floyd Rose so pull backs can be achieved, so the trem was adjusted evenly with plenty of room to play with. The action is just right where there is no buzzing, fretting-out, etc. The pickup height seems normal (no problems there). The finish was congruent, even, no smudges, no scratches, bumps or bruises, or cracks at the neck joint. I do have a bit of a scratchy volume pot but that problem was rectified right away with some electronic cleaner. The 3-way toggle is tight, so it has to be worn in.

I do intend playing gigs with this guitar. For what I paid for this guitar, everything had better last. I would depend on this guitar to go through an entire set without any problems, but would still gig with a backup as this guitar is Floyd equipped and those who use Floyds know what happens when strings break. I also use a Jackson USA Custom Shop Soloist, Jackson USA RR-1, and Fender Relic 50's Strat. One of the guitars may go but not the Wayne.

I never dealt with the factory, but the salesman I bought from has informed me that they are good and trying to keep up the best they can with the orders. It has a one year warranty that I will examine later but chances are that it may never need to be used. Since I dealt with the salesman, Rob, and he has always provided me with an answer and no bullshit and with great service on my other guitars. I inquired on a price from another local NY dealer, described on paper everything I was looking for and the DICKHEAD never got backed to me and from I understand, he turns off interested parties and they all find Rob. This category gets the rating it deserves because I wasn't fed BULLSHIT (even though I never dealt with Charvel and Son). Thanks Rob!!!

I've been playing for about 14 years. I wouldn't mind picking up one of those other Rock Legends on display at the Shop, hell I would buy them all if I won that $300 million dollar Power Ball. I would definitely purchase another one, I would sell a couple of guitars to accumulate funds. To date, this is the best sounding guitar played through my SLO-100 in comparison to my other axes. Love or Hate? Nothing I hate about it. I hear players critique the headstock design and dub it as "bottle opener". Look! Jackson headstocks were "queer" when they were first introduced. I have no opinion of it other than that I like. If Charvel & Son products catch on, I'm sure players' opinions on the headstock would become a negligible factor since they would be so enchanted by the feel and tone of these fine instruments. I was in the midst of purchasing a custom shop guitar about 8 months ago, particularly interested in a Jackson, but they had hiked their prices up and the wait period was ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, a custom Jackson is worth the wait and price (I'm positive on that) but I personally want my demands met in the shortest amount of time (I'm picky which is typical of the engineer that I am). So Rob had some Wayne Guitars on display, I tried a few and I was SOLD - END OF STORY, P.S. I'm going to play my new ROCK LEGEND some more~~~

My rock legend was made in 2001 in paradise, CA. It has 22 frets w/1 volume knob,strat style body, 1 dunkin humbucker,chrome floyd, body is made of alder wood and neck is a very fine high quality birds eye maple the best I have ever seen, gohto tuners, jumbo frets. came with a good qaulity case

My wayne guitar fits my style very very well. I like guitars w/ cool grapics and to me this guitar is the real deal. I use a three way system starting w/a soldono SLO-100,HH power amp,ibanez-SDR-1000,TC electronic 2290,BBE-482,mxr-90,mxr-flanger,X-wire,rane-EQ,3-soldono cabs, rocktron patchmate w/ foot controler for effects. its is not noicey what so ever. this guitar has the best tone and sustain I have heard in a long time and fantastic tone, its that 80s thing for me. I am convinced that the wayne guitars are the best guitars made today!!

The action on my wayne guitar is... We'll lets this say this " it doesn't get any better than this" The neck I beleive is the same feel as the old charvels from the late seventies which to my understanding is the " most sought out necks in the word " wayne & micheal really know how to make perfection on these guitars. The paint jobs are the coolest I've seen as well. They can do anything you want even something they haven't done ,they have some real artist working for them!

As far as reliability goes I believe that a truck can run over this thing and It will stay in tune. I have done everything I could to get this thing to go out of tune and it right on, thats cool!! I feel confident that were ever I play I wont have to keep tuning through out a gig. You also can just feel that this guitar is solid and high qaulity.

I have delt w/both wayne & micheal and I can honestly say they are the most down to earth guys I have ever met,sometimes when the phones aren't ringing off the hook they sit there and chat which I think thats neat!! If you have a problem or question about your guitar they are very very helpful. You always don't get that. warrenty is good and fair but do to the qaulity I wouldn't worry about it

I have been playing for 18 yrs and I also own all jackson/charvels guitars. If this thing were to get stolen I would be pissed but yes I would defently get another one! What I really like about this thing is the feel,sound,look and especialily the quality. There is no comparison to other guitars made today, to me wayne is the only one that is still sticking to his guns and believes in quality not quanity and means alot. He did it back in the late seventies and he is doing it again, I really respect that and really hope that he never changes. We all should be grateful that these guitar are available but don't take my word " just play one and you will know what I mean "

i bought a rock legend in june of 2000, one hmbkr one single coil.
the color was a custom metallic silver.The seriel number is 52.duncan pickups, and an eddie van halen d tuna floyd.1 3/4 inch neck with maple fretboard,one volume control.

sound is excellent, jeff beck in bridge position.

i've owned many customs,jackson, esp etc.all facets of the action and looks were FLAWLESS.

guitar has been 100% reliable.its taken a couple of good knocks to the neck and not even gone out of tune.

i did leave some unanswered e mails.so support could have been a little better. i believe the axe came with a 1 year warranty.

ive been playing over 20 years.i've since sold most of my other gear and ordered another wayne strat.i highly recommend wayne {and michael}charvels guitars.My latest order is due in dec. and the wayne's are the only electric guitars i can see playing, they are the ultimate.

The guitar was made in the USA last year (2000) by Wayne Charvel. It has 22 jumbo frets, ebony fretboard on a 1 5/8" nut width birdseye maple neck. Machineheads are by Gotoh. The premium alder body is strat style with the usual elegant Wayne Charvel contours. Pickups are two Seymour Duncan humbuckers- Jeff Beck Zebra at the bridge and Alnico II at the neck. Single volume control with three-way selector switch.The bridge is a Floyd Rose Original double locking trem in chrome. Finished in high gloss white with custom Hot-rod flame graphics by Jim O' Connor (I've never seen such high quality graphics before this!!) It came with a hard case.

The sound is amazing!! Full-bodied with just the right amount of top end. I'm playing it through a Boogie Tri-axis with effects from Rocktron's Intellifex. Sustains like a banshee with PMS!! Sound ranges from jazz thru to the dirtiest metal you can imagine

The guitar was set up perfectly out of the case with the razor action I requested when I placed the order.

As far as I can tell the guitar would stand as much abuse as you could throw at it. I don't need a back-up for a gig with this. I haven't even had a string break yet.

Michael Charvel was really helpful when it came to placing the order, nothing was too much trouble.

I've been playing for 15 years and I've tried most of the major guitar companies Fender, Gibson, Charvel/Jackson but there always seemed to be something missing, if the action was good there would be something I didn't like with the sound etc. The Rock Legend was built to my own spec and I just can't find any fault with it. It took me 3 years to track Wayne Charvel down and this guitar has made it all worthwhile.

USA made by Wayne him self # 55 Rock Legend Guitar
22 jumbo frets Gotoh Keys
1 3/4 nut made of bone one volume Knob
Gold hardware Pickups two Seymours
and a non trem hard tail custom made !
my guitar is a red and white Bulls Eye.
the neck is Mapel with a Rosewood finger board

I tuned it up, plugged it in, and wow the tone was alive with color the bridge pickup sounds custom
Flip it to the neck pickup for the leads and hang on, never before have I played a guitar with it?s own
Sound, this guitar doesn?t just growl it roars to life. I?ve had a lot of guitars fenders etc, this one kicks their ass.

When I picked the guitar up right away I know this was going to be good one it really feels as good as it looks.
it was perfect right out of the box.

You can see the quality as soon as you pick it up every part on this guitar is top of line this guitar was built to be played hard.

real hard hard as you can
the guitar says come on give it to me. !!!!!!

Wayne him self will help you no problem
he will even talk to he is so cool.

If you?re looking for a hot rod guitar this is it.
Looks hot, and plays even hotter.
Just play one once and your hooked!

I BOUGHT A WAYNE GUITAR (ROCK LEGEND)MODEL. MADE IN THE U.S.A. THE BODY IS MADE OF PREMIUM GRADE ALDER WOOD. 22 FRETS. 3 WAY VOLUME WITH FLOYD ROSE TREM AND SPECIAL D-TUNA INVENTED BY EDDIE VAN HALEN. IT HAS THE MOST BITCH PAINT JOB, WHITE WITH FLAMES/ MAPLE NECK!!!CHROME KNOBS.THE NECK IS JUST SO COMFORTABLE, IT FITS IN THE PALM OF MY HANDS. JUST THE MOST AWESOME CUSTOM GUITARS I HAVE EVER SEEN AND PLAYED!!!!

THIS GUITAR HAS SUCH A POWERFUL CLEAN SOUND THAT IS IMMACULANT!!! A RICH FULL SOUND. IM USING IT WITH A MARSHALL STACK, IT JUST KICKS MAJOR ASS. THE TONE IS INCREDIBLE, VERY CRISP!! EASY TO SET VOLUMES, THE VOLUME KNOB JUST SETS PERFECTLY. THIS GUITAR LOOKS HOTT AND THE SOUND IS SO POWERFUL, EVEN HOTTER!!!

THE ACTION IS RIGHT ON TARGET!!! THE QUALITY IS THE BEST!!! THE WEIGHT IS PERFECT!!! NO FLAWS AT ALL!! YOU CAN TELL THIS IS A CAREFULLY BUILT CUSTOM GUITAR!!

THIS GUITAR IS SOLID!!! THE BEST QUALITY GUITAR I HAVE EVER HAD BY FAR!! THE STRAP BUTTONS ARE A SPECIALTY, THEY ARE ORIGINAL STRAP BUTTONS BY WAYNE CHARVEL HIMSELF,I PREFERED THE CHROME. CAN I DEPEND ON IT, UNLIKE MOST OF THE CRAP GUITARS OUT THERE, THIS IS THE BEST INVESTMENT IVE MADE IN A GUITAR!!

I FOUND WAYNE GUITARS THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, THEY BUILT STUFF FOR MAJOR ROCK STARS!! THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. TOTALLY KIND AND RELIABLE COMPANY!! JUST THE ULTIMATE PRODUCTS!!!

IVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL GUITAR PLAYER FOR 15 YEARS. I HAVE HAD ALL THE MAJOR NAME BRAND GUITARS AND THEY SUCK, BELIEVE ME, DONT WANNA MENTION NAMES. IVE BEEN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR 10 YEARS, AND KNOW MANY MAJOR ARTISTS, I RECOMEND THESE GUITARS TO THESE ARTISTS, AND THE PUBLIC. NEXT IM GOING BUY THE HYDRA MODEL, IT KICKS MAJOR ASS!!