SeriesSchecter S

im turning 14 later and ive played guitar for a couple of months and everybody said i was doing good so my dad desided to buy an electric for me. We went inside the store and i was drawn immidiately to a guitar with a distinct black-cherry burst. i picked it out and tried it and long story short its now in my bedroom. I play anything like GnR AC/DC Santana as long as it has classic rock im playing it. If you want a guitar I can guarentee you that youll be more pleased with it than a gibson or fender. it sounds great for anything. I got it at a music store that was going out of buissness. it was cheap, beautiful, sounds, good, i highly prefer this guitar. I like the style for one. easy string change, beautiful finish, the mother of pearl inlays, thefret inlays, the tuners even. now the sound. it can have a sweet clear tone,or a crunchy tone or a beautiful distortion tone. do not attempt to put a tremolo arm on this guitar! nothin much. Id like to put zakk wylde emg's in but thats not because of the seymours being bad they're great too! quality is great. bottom line is you cant get a better guitar and i totally agree with the last poster and more. he knows a good guitar. ROCK ON!!!!!!!! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I have been playing for about 47 years. I used to play professionally until about 10 years ago, but I still like to play along with CD's and jam with other musicians. I sit-in with a local group once in a while. Of course I play a lot of oldies rock but my favorites are late 60's and 70's rock. I play for my pleasure. Paid: A total of $445 which included sales tax, gig bag and a stand. My wife gave it to me as a Christmas present, but only after I singled it out after hours of trying out other guitars at the Guitar Center in New Orleans. I still own an American Fender Strat and a Gibson SG. Over the years I have owned a number of Strats, Teles, Epiphones and Gibsons. This S-1 is the guitar I have been searching for all my life. I like everything about it, particularly the neck and the full sound. I have small hands and bar chords have always been a little difficult. I have tried guitars with fast necks like Ibanez and although fast, the too small necks tend to tire my hand when chording because there isn't enough 'meat' in them for leverage. I liked the Strat's neck because the 9.5" radius was more comfortable than my SG's. I didn't think I would like anything with a flatter fretboard until I played the S-1. This thing chords like a dream and the neck is plenty fast. I like the 24.75" scale rather than the 25.5" on the Stat too. I can do things on the S-1 better than I ever could on the Strat or SG. I like the white binding on the neck and the sexy inlays in the neck. The sound it full and rich with the mahogany body. It sings. For me and what I play the pickups are fine. Just as good as my SG and with a lot more power than my Strat. Only the Tone/Coil Tap control. Something is wrong with it internally. The coil tap works fine but the pot part does change the tone at all. I am going to get it repaired rather than swap it out for another S-1. I am already in love with it. I heard it was slightly neck heavy but with a leather strap, I can let go of the S-1 and it stays put. Perfect except for the tone/coil tap control. Mine is the see-thru cherry finish and it is flawless. Like the Grover tuners. I normally have a lutier check out a guitar and fine tune it, but this one came perfect needing nothing (except for the pot). No flaws in the fit and finish. This is a quality made guitar, regardless of cost. It beats out guitars in playability, sound and appearance of guitars costing much more. This is simply the best guitar I've ever laid my hands on. If anything ever happened to it, I would buy another and Lord help anyone who ever hurt or stole it. It isn't the flashiest or most radical in looks but I recommend it highly. Try one out. You may be shocked by it's sound, playability and how much guitar you'll get for your money. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I purchased this bass brand new, February 14, 2003 , in an online auction, from a reputable dealer. (Long live vohnjamm!) I was apprehensive of purchasing a bass without playing it first, but no one around here had one and I needed the low end capability, but didn't want to resort to playing a five string bass. I'm playing in a doomcore band with a downtuned (AEAD) Peavey T-40, and while I could fight and die with the T-40, in a severely downtuned state my good ol' Peavey was not an effective weapon. I'd read about the Schecter Scorpion and it appeared to be just what I was looking for. I paid about $500 for it. $500 WELL SPENT! I am totally impressed with this bass. It looks cool as hell, (mine's grey) and it is truly an implement of wanton destruction. It was well set up right out of the box. The first time I played it at band practice I was very pleased to be in tune and not have my strings flopping all over the frets. Nice, tight B string; really breathes new life into my parts. The difference between the Scorpion and the tortured T-40 is night and day. I've found my new bass. I'm going to buy another one as a spare. DISCLAIMER: I love my Schecter Scorpion! OK, every rose has it's thorn. When I put a strap on it, the neck dove straight to the floor. I almost gave up on it right then and there, but it felt so good to have strings under my fingers that weren't flimsy feeling from being detuned, that I decided to work with it. A big wide leather strap helped a little, and now I'm starting to get used to it, but I'm thinking about adding some weight in the body to balance it a little better. Does anybody play these things before they approve them for production? Prototype anyone? Then there's the bridge, which will be replaced as soon as I get a chance. It's a generic bridge which apparently was not made especially for this bass. It's the kind of bridge where you have to stuff the string thru the little hole and then guide it up over the saddle. Well the .125 B string does not go thru the little hole very easily, and once thru, has to make a steep rise to the saddle, and then bend over the saddle at an extreme angle. I am breaking B strings at an incredible rate, even for me. If I had my druthers, I would also druther have a stainless steel or brass nut, instead of plastic. The volume knob worked loose (cheesy fix) and last but not least the top strap screw pulled out from the body. It had three "SchecterUSA" stickers and tags on it and one tiny little one the back of the headstock that said made in Korea. Made me go "Hmmm....." Aside from the minor issuse that I mentioned, so far this bass has not let me down. I've benn gigging with it without a backup and I'm not paranoid at all. It stays in tune, even here in Iowa, with our extreme temperature and humidity fluctuations. It's not a heavy bass, but it sounds like it weighs a ton. The active EMG's make sure of that. I'm not sure what kind of wood it's made of, really don't care. The grey finish looks nice with the white binding around the neck and headstock. There are position markers only at the 12th fret, which is very entertaining, when trying to teach someone a new riff. Rosewood fretboard, nice. Bottom line, I'll be buying another one to have as a spare. When people ask me what I'm playing these days, I tell them the Schecter Scorpion! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com