Charvel Joe Duplantier Pro-Mod SD S2HH

Being a complete Gojira fanboy, I bought this guitar 8-9 months ago and after using it every day for that duration, this guitar hasn't let me down once. I am honestly surprised that you're able to get this quality for about 500 euros.

Pros:

Duncan Designed pickups sounds absolutely huge, great dynamics and clarity. I wouldn't be able to distinguish these from "real" Duncans in a blind test. Lots of bite, but a warm and full sound.

The build quality is up there with guitars at double the price. Sustains really well and has a really nice tone. A really solid instrument that doesn't move an inch even in climates with seasons.

Locking tuners and neck heel truss rod adjustment are features you normally find on guitars that cost a LOT more. The guitar stays in tune forever and if you have to adjust the neck it's done in a minute.

Cons:

No tone pot can be a deal breaker for some, but for most metal players this is just a bonus, since it is all the way up all the time anyway.

Minor finish blemishes can be expected at this price point, but not really notisable until you give it a really close look.

The tune-o-matic bridge sounds great and feels comfortable, but is more difficult to set up than a string-through hardtail.

This guitar really is a work horse. No extra bling, only what you really need to get a really great sound and an instrument that doesn't let you down. Almost impossible to find more value for the money.

A must-have for heavy rhythm players. This has replaced a super-Strat (that cost over twice as much) as my main instrument for punk and metal. They could charge double the cost for this instrument and I would still buy one. The pickups carry a lot of punch and work very well with my Marshall DSL and Peavey 6505. The neck pickup is also surprisingly rich and clean going into a Vox AC15 and Fender Twin, although some players may find the lack of a tone knob discomforting.
The only drawback for me is that there was a slight blemish on the neck and headstock finishing.

I bought this guitar more than one year ago and this is what I can tell you after playing it almost every day during that year:
The guitar sounds very good, it's suitable for metal. So if you want a heavy and fat sound it's for you. Idk what else to say about advantages, but basically I like it very much, and don't regret about this purchasement.
However there are some disadvantages and they are related to the quality of assembly:
1. After about 9 month the volume potentiometer died.. it started to crunch and I even couldn't disable the volume... so I have to buy a new one and to change it.
2. One of the locking washer on the bridge that is used for adjust the scale length somehow felt down and got lost, so I had to but a new one and change it as well..
3. and there are some minor visualisation things, like paint drip, but they are not well visible, so I don't think it matters a lot.

purchased this guitar about a month ago, really suprised with charvel's features (compound radius, neck graphite reinforcements, locking tuners, great sounding bridge PU although is a duncan designed ) in a 500 euro guitar. But when I played open strings (B,D,A) , there was a strange metal buzz/rattle (not fret buzz , I checked it).Turned out to be the nut (cheapish- generic material from the factory) that caused all this horrible noise (note: I play with daddario xl 11 to 49) ... So strongly recommend swapping this out for a tusq xl one from graph tech