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The Charvel Ronnie James Dio Custom Guitar is a tribute to the legendary metal vocalist, offering a powerful blend of style and performance. Designed with input from Dio's team, this solid body electric guitar delivers both the aesthetic and sound that defined an era of rock. Crafted with a mahogany body and maple neck, it provides a rich and resonant tone perfect for hard-hitting riffs and solos. The ebony fingerboard features custom inlays that pay homage to Dio's iconic imagery, giving this guitar a unique visual flair.

Equipped with high-output humbucker pickups, the Charvel Ronnie James Dio Custom Guitar ensures a versatile sound suitable for both studio sessions and live performances. Its double-locking tremolo system offers exceptional tuning stability and expressive playability. The smooth neck profile and rolled fingerboard edges make for comfortable playing, whether you're shredding at lightning speed or laying down melodic lines.

For the serious player looking to channel the spirit of Dio, this guitar is a perfect blend of artistry and functionality, embodying the essence of a rock legend.

Key Features:

  • Mahogany body with a maple neck and ebony fingerboard
  • Custom inlays inspired by Ronnie James Dio's imagery
  • High-output humbucker pickups for versatile sound
  • Double-locking tremolo system for tuning stability
  • Comfortable neck profile with rolled fingerboard edges

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Ronnie James Dio

Singer, Bassist

Black Sabbath

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In this photo, Dio can be seen with a Custom Charvel Guitar (possibly playing fingerstyle).

This guitar is equiped with three single-coil pickups (with a hot-rail in the bridge position), a Floyd Rose Tremolo and a Custom graphic of a Wizard. The guitar also seems to bare a certin resemblence to Ritchie Blackmore's Stratocasters, as it has a white finish with a whiter-yet pickguard, black pickups and knobs (as was Ritchie's style).

This Guitar was later put up for auction on September 13, 2017, the Guitar had an estimated value of $3000-$5000 and sold for $10,240.

The discription for the item read:

Featuring a Strat style body with custom paint depicting a wizard on white background, the guitar also has a bolt-on bird’s-eye maple neck with 2 1/2-inch Charvel decal logo to the headstock and an unserialized brass neckplate. A DiMarzio potentiometer for tone control bears the code 1348431. Accompanied by a vintage photo of Ronnie James Dio playing the guitar in his home.

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