Bought from Guitar Center in Columbus Ohio for $299.99 The guitar has a beautiful finish and solid construction. It's not too heavy and the neck thickness and fret size allow for great playability. The dual humbuckers sound great... deep rich clean tones on through to a heavy metallic crunch! I don't have a single complaint... it's worth much more than what I paid for it. Solid feel and weight... smooth action on the neck. Beautiful body style and color (red satin). Holds tuning for a long time. The bottom line... get this guitar if you're a beginner who wants something you won't have to replace. Get it if you're an intermediate who wants something solid. Get it if your a pro... just get it! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The quest began 3 weeks ago to aquire a new bass. On going aroound my usual stores in the North West of England I stumbled upon a brand I was not familiar with. After some surfing of the web I found a full run down on Schecter Basses. Not well known in the UK but Sound Control (based around the UK) are comprehensive stockists. 3 hours of bass plucking later and the Elite 004 was my weapon of choice at the bargain price of £499.99 What do I like about this bass... Quite simply everything. The quality of this bass must be seen to be belived. The depth and veriety of sound of the guitar is amazing and after trying Music man, Fender, Ibanez and Warwick there was still no comparison to the Schecter. I have to be honest and say that there is not one thing that I would change about this bass with a price ticket that reads about half of what I would have paid for this bass. Buy this bass or miss out. CONSTRUCTION: Set-In BODY: Mahogony/Figured Maple NECK: Maple FINGERBOARD: Rosewood SCALE: 34" INLAYS: Diamonds on 12th BRIDGE: Diamond Custom TUNERS: Grover BINDING: Creme on neck FRETS: 24 Medium ELECTRONICS: EMG Hz w/2-Band Active EQ FINISH: Black Cherry w/Black Hardware The depth of the finnish on the body is just amazing with the shape beig a perfect blend of modern with a hint of retro beveling over the fingerboard area. Just picking up this bass lets you feel the craftsmanship and quality of the materials used. Having played and owned numerous bases on the last 20 years it is safe to say that from this point on Schecter will be my first point of call for any purchases in the future. The feel and playability of each of the basses in the range is quite different so try the Stiletto Deluxe, Custom, Elite and Studio along with the 004 Elite. For me the 004 was perfect but as we al know it an individual thing so get down and try them all becuase there will be one that feel great for you. This will be the best bass you have ever played. I love this bass and want it to have may children, need I say more! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Bought it at Guitar Center in Phoenix.Paid $519.00 When I was out shopping, I spent almost half of a day going between guitars. I tried all from the high end models to some of the lower end models, but kept coming back to the Elite 006. Two things ..... I do wish it had a tremelo. I don't use the whammy bar, but with a few deft gestures of the palm, you can squeeze a little extra milage out of the note. One other caveat- I usually try to buy American. This is made in Korea, but "set up" in the United States. I would feel a little bit less queasy if I knew all my money went to Americans. Whatever they are doing however, they are doing it right. The visual aspect of this guitar is impressive. Fine lines and careful attention to detail. Beautifully endowed in a see through Black Cherry finish polished to a mirror shine. Black hardware adds a classicly tasteful ambience. It has a Duncan Design single coil pickup at the neck, and a Duncan design Humbucker at the bridge. It comes furnished with a Tune-o-matic bridge, and Grover tuners. These Grovers are a Godsend to those of us inclined to "smear" the strings. (Hendrix woulda' loved it) This guitar is solidly built with quality being paramount in implementation. The humbuckers can scream with the best,deep and fat in tone, and seem to enjoy it the more you push 'em. The single coil purrs sweetly or trills brightly according to which end of the spectrum you are inhabiting at that musical moment. The main word that comes to mind sonically is presence. This guitar doesn't mumble. For the price, nothing can approach this guitar in substance. I own an American Standard Strat, and a "Big Apple" Strat. Both quality instruments. I would put this guitar, quality wise, (sound and construction), right up there with them. For the price, you just can't do better. This guitar is a quality instrument. I am thrilled with mine. I feel like I've swindled someone. It's that sweet This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Shecter guitars are a guitar company that prides itself in the budget friendly guitar instruments but also the playability factor is highly usable. They've really been able to meet a market that needs a good workable recording and gigging instrument that has budget friendly prices. Many of their guitars look pretty funky and the cosmetic design of this is a guitar really goes in line with the other products that this company produces. UTILIZATION Construction: Bolt-On Body: Basswood Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood Frets: 22 Jumbo Scale: 25 1/2 in. Inlays: Dot Bridge: Tune-O-Matic w/Thru Body Tuners: Diamond Deluxe Hardware and Finishes: Satin Black w/Satin Chrome Hardware, Vampire Red Satin w/Black Hardware Pickups: Diamond High Output Electronics: Vol / Tone / 3-way SOUNDS The 006 Deluxe guitar features to humbucker pickups with a volume control knob and a tone control knob. The one thing I hate about this guitar is that it features basswood on the body. I've never like the tone of the basswood because it just doesn't right. Something about it just seems off. If you've ever played a mahogany, alder, or an ash wood guitar in the basswood is going to feel tremendously different. The shape of the guitar is somewhat of a super strat, but the curvature of it is pretty peculiar. The color of this guitar is somewhat at a red and black mixture of the paint. It has a bolt on neck which allows it to be pretty strong. Overall this is a decent guitar for the money but I certainly would buy this guitar primarily because of the basswood feature. OVERALL OPINION These guitars have been discontinued for a while now but you can find them somewhere online new for right around $600. You can cut that in half if you find one on the used classifieds section. This is not that great of a guitar in my opinion and I would pretty much bypass it altogether. Schecter does make some good guitars for the money and this is not really one of them. I would suggest going with an Ibanez or another Schecter guitar for the money.
