lolzgreg
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Where is all the Schecter love around here?
As a studio engineer and gear head, I am very fortunate to have a lot of friends and artists who bring a lot of axes through here. I have recorded and played Dean, Paul Reed Smith, Gibson, Jackson, Charvel, Bernie Rico, Guerilla, Suhr, GJ2, Fender, Ibanez, Yamaha, G&L, Parker, Peavey, Fernandes, Caparison, Stinnett, and many other guitars.
One of my musical partners in crime, Rodney of Voice of Dissent (http://www.vodmetal.com) turned me on to Schecter Guitars earlier this year, and I have not looked back since.
The guitar in front, a Schecter Solo-6 Custom is the Les Paul killer in my book. The fret access and comfortable heel feels great in the hands. The Duncan Custom Custom in the bridge and '59 in the neck compliment the axe perfectly; I actually don't even want to try anything else in there.
The second guitar in, a Schecter Shaun Morgan Signature is a homage to the Mosrite guitars of the past, but with some modern appointments like a larger neck radius, a longer scale length, and a kill switch. I have a Motor City Pickups Hellbaby in there, and it is a mean sounding axe.
The one in the back is a Schecter Stiletto Elite-5. There is a huge span of tonal options on this baby with the pickup blending control and the active preamp rocks.
Every one of the instruments has phenomenal fretwork, was intonated properly from the factory AND was affordable. Their most expensive non custom shop model ranks in at $1200, which is what many other manufacturers's mid or even base models cost.
Quality control is really for the birds with many popular companies nowadays. I played TWO high dollar USA Jacksons, a Soloist, and a Kelly, that both had sharp fret ends that dug into your hand on both the treble and bass sides of the neck. On a $3000 instrument, is this acceptable? I tried three new Gibson Les Pauls at Guitar Center last month that wouldn't stay in tune for shit due to how poorly the nut was cut and those horrid Kluson tuners they use on half of the models they sell.
Out of new manufacturers aside from Schecter, I've found Fender/Charvel (yes, I'm aware they make Jackson too, but I've had poor experiences with their guitars), PRS, and Suhr are really doing a great job in terms of quality control, but you are going to be paying a good deal more for a high quality instrument from them.
I own guitars other than Schecters that I really enjoy too, but I figure since this is a community of guitarists supporting guitarists, I would turn a few of you on to a company that has been doing some great work as of late
Cheers,
Greg
