All user reviews for the Schecter Omen-6

I bought this guitar without playing it first and found it to have an amazing action for a guitar of the price. I paid $800 australian.

It plays very well, a great action and a great feel to the neck. Looks awesome, feels solid and is well constructed. The pickups are very versatile and sound really good for a guitar in this price range. Holds tune for days aswell.

In the last few months I have found a few frets higher up on the neck that fret out on bending the 1st string, but I think this may just be due to the weather. I also run the action low, not very low but lower than most other guitars. It was perfect when I first got it... so I think I will take it in and get it looked at. Otherwise nothing... this is an all round fantastic guitar. One thing that would make it better would be a push/pull pot to split the pickups, that would really add to the range of sounds that you can get out of it.

As I said a really well constructed guitar, with many things you would only get with a more expensive guitar. Things like grover tuners, good pickups and a great playing neck make this a fantastic guitar.

A really good guitar. I recommend it to anyone who needs a guitar better than a beginner's model, but doesn't want to spend too much but still get a much better guitar.

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$299 at Guitar Center, Memphis TN.


This is by far the best bolt on I have ever played. Great for a distorted sound and rock/metal, but could be used for anything. The neck is great, and there are 24 frets. Wood is awesome, ive dropped it and ran into many things and still have no dings or scratches on it. It is light weight.

There is one flaw on this guitar, and that would be he tuning. It will stay in tune, but the high E string will occasionally go down to Eb.

Quality is beyond high, aside from the tuners.
Body: Basswood
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Scale: 25-1/2"
Inlays: Dot
Hardware: Chrome
Bridge: Tune-o-matic
Tuners: Chrome
Frets: 24 Jumbo


For the money, this is the best guitar you can buy. I would reccommend it to anyone.

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I bought this guitar at Crazy Horse Music for $300.00 US. I wanted a no nonsense hardtail guitar with dual humbuckers, and this was perfect.

The construction is super. Neck joint is super tight, fretwork is great, finish is flawless. The bridge had to be raised a little to get rid of the fret buzz, but the intonation is perfect. The pickups produce a nice warm jazzy tone, but will shred it up when cranked.

I don't have any gripes about the guitar yet.

Like I said previously, the construction of this guitar is super.

This guitar plays great for the price. If it wasn't basswood or made in Korea, I'm sure it could easily sell for twice the price. Don't get me wrong, though, as I love this guitar as is.

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I got this off eBay for $230US including a bag and strap. I heard very good things about Schecter Omen 6s (and other Schecter guitars for that matter) from my friends and tons of other guitar reviews, so I got one myself.

It kicks ass. It's great in dropped tuning, can play anything from clean to heavy metal. Except Indian and cult music. It has great playability, pretty good pickups (H-H configuration), great looking satin black finish. The tuners are excellent as well. I can play for days without tuning it. I mean her.
It sounds excellent for music like Metallica, Blink 182, Sum 41, Disturbed and bands like that. Since it has 24 frets, you can play many solos other 21 or 22 fret guitars can't.
I raised my bridge pickup with those to height adjustment screw things (those who know what they are will know what I'm talking about) and ever since then, I have loved my guitar more than ever. And I didnt think that was even possible.

Without raising the pickups, they are a bit weak, but still sound great. Since the body is made of basswood, it is pretty heavy compared to most guitars. Also, as cool as the satin black looks, it's also kinda bad because fingerprints show very easily on the finish. Nothing really "bad" about this guitar.

Schecter is known for good construction and quality. The finish holds up pretty well. I've had my guitar bumped around a bit, and little or no damage has been shown.
However, since it was shipped, the idiot post office people were probably playing catch with it or something, so I had to fix some of the wiring when I got it.
Anyway, all in all, it's great quality and construction. It should outlast me.

This is a great guitar. It sells at $300 at musiciansfriend.com, why not buy it? It costs around the same as a Fender Strat, and hell of a lot better. There's a reason why Terry Corso from Alien Ant Farm, Tommy Lee, Rob Zombie's bassist, the bassist from Stone Temple Pilots, Jerry Horton from Papa Roach and many others play Schecter.
Great guitar, great price. What more could you ask for?

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I bought this guitar at a local Guitar Center for $300. Once I tried it out I liked the sound.

The bridge pickup is amazing when distorted, even though it is a "no name" pickup. When you use both the neck and bridge it give you a deep yet high quolity distortion. The neck has a bass like kind of feel to it. Overall I think this is a good guitar for metal or rock players, beginner or pro, but I still think this guitar needs some killer pickups. This guitar looks like its really outta hell, whoever named it was right. The neck is kind of big, if you have small fingers you have to reatch to go to E. The tuners are great, stable, smooth, nice looking. Only thing about this guitar I didnt like was If you get it in black it gets very dirty easily and shows all the finger prints.

Should have better pickups and maybe some matte colors.

Well put together. String through body is great and gives it a nice look.

Great sounds for "no name" pickups, great looks, awesome feel. GET ONE!

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I previously bought a jackson dinky ds1($199.99 before discount) and a marshal MG15CDR($129.99 before discount) and wasn't happy with the guitar at all. I'm just starting out and had to tune the guitar alot and even then the guitar just didn't sound that clean. I knew someone that happend to have last years omen 6 and I used it a few times. I loved the guitar but didn't want to pay the $100.00 price difference. So I went back to Guitar Center and returned the guitar with no hassle at all. I ended up buying the Omen 6 for $70 bucks more. After all was said and done I ended up paying $249.99 for the guitar $109.99 for the amp. In the deal I got a gig bag, guitar stand, 20 foot cable, extra strings, 3 free lessons, dozen picks, polishing cloth, string winder, and a chromitc tuner(Korg CA-30) for $460.00 out the door. Nothing was on sale they work with your budget and I went in telling them what I could spend and I came out without spending an extra penny.

I can play it day after day and it stays in tune. Sounds like what you would expect from a $700.00 Electric guitar. A friend of mine has played for 20 years been in a few bands. He owns about 30 guitars ranging from $600-4,000 and he says that he likes the guitar so much he is looking to add it to his collection. The sound is very clean. Price is great. The strings are now threw the body. Chrome setup with the blue color looks clean.

The only thing I didn't like on the new model are the tuners. They were all chrome on the last model and this model they are chrome and a white color.

The unit is a little heavy feels very sturdy. Dual Humbuckers, chrome knobs for volume etc. 24 Jumbo Frets, Basswood Body, Bolt-On Maple Neck, & rosewood finger board.

For beginner and intermediate players this guitar is a best buy. I wouldn't by anything less for my children. Especially after playing the last guitar it would be a waste of money. Sounds great, cost is minimal. You could go and buy the $199.99 guitar deal but you'll regret it. It was actually frustrating. I didn't want to pick it up because everything I played sounded like crap. It actually made me feel like practicing was a chore. Made me feel like I was 12 again and my mom was saying I bought that thing for you and your going to learn how to play it. Except this time it was me saying this thing was $200 bucks and I'm going to play it. The minute I played the same stuff on the Omen 6 it was like night and day difference. Now I really enjoy picking up the guitar just to try new things because everything sounds good. Practicing is fun now because I can hear the progress. $100.00 dollar difference is alot of money but anything less and your wasting at least $100.00 on something that will sound terrible and you won't want to play.

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I purchased this guitar at a music store in Pittsburgh, PA, for $300 (money well spent).

This guitar is not only a real bargain, offering such features as Grover brand tuners, a 24- fret fretboard, and Duncan-designed humbuckers, but it has a beautiful action which is perfect for playing lead riffs (this guitar is also capable of playing great rhythm parts- the primary use I have it for is playing rhythm). It is also equipped with a tune-o-matic bridge and stop-bar tailpiece, and for controls it offers a three way toggle switch and one tone & one volume potentiometer. Finally, to top it all off, this guitar comes with a lifetime waranty.

There is not much that this guitar is lacking, but if I had a say in redesigning it, i would have an individual volume and tone pot for each pickup.

The construction and quality can be defined in one word: excellant. No complaints about how it is put together, from the bolt-on satin-finished neck to the beautiful carved top on the body. (The body of the guitar has a Stratocaster-like outline; but a Les-Paul like carved top, dual humbuckers, three-way switch, and stop bar/ tune-o-matic setup.)

It is overall a very well-built and well-designed guitar. From punk to vintage tones, this guitar is capable of it all.

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I got this guitar at Guitar center for about 320 and and i got it because out of many offordable guitars there, this was by far one of the best ones.

well for starters the satin finish is awesome and it gives it a nice vibe. The pick-ups are a bit wobbly but they absorb sound really well. Also the uneven double cut-out is pretty cool. The bass setting works great and you can actually tell what happens when you switch it unlike that shitty ass squier strat! It an overall awesome intermediate/beginner guitar and i recommend it for everybody that is deciding to puchase a guitar, it also stays in tune for a while without having to retune the thing. I used to have a shitty squier strat, it pretty damn good...FOR MASTURBATING!!!

Well i dont really think there is anything to not like about it...sounds great...lasts a long time...nice colors...
and everything else you can think of is good about it.

Great, the neck is awesome how it opens up, and the strings dont go into the guitar, they float above it, its anuique design but its sweet ass.

Great guitar...i recommend it.

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Got it at guitar center in Seattle, Wa, for around 300...

Great playability. Very versatile. Metal to rock to alt. to jazz... anything goes.. the Duncan in the bridge gives you amazing punch, and the Duncan in the neck gives you some ubelievable warmth. Slick neck, but not slippery. All in all, a very tightly knit guitar.

No slope on the upper back end of the body. I don't know about you, but I like a spot to rest my fore-arm when playing. The washburn bt-2 is a very good example of this. Other than that, I can't find any issues with this one.

Very tightly made. Schecter obviously took alot of different variable into consideration when making this axe. Definately good for ANY style or skill level.

It's a kick ass guitar. Drop tuned, standard, it's all very clean. I've been as far as Drop Ab on this with very minimal buzz, if any at all. Solid body build, solid neck build, it's just a solid guitar. I'd swear by it.

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I got it at my local music store for about 300 dollars with a spiffy gig bag and all.

This is in my opinion the best guitar at its price. Im not rolling in the cash yet so musicians in independent bands (such as myself) often find themselves strapped for cash and thus losing quality. This guitars dual duncan design humbuckers (hum-hum) crank. With the right amp (im pushing a crate glx 65)you have the potential to sound huge. The 25 and a half inch neck scale lets me downtune (a must in heavy rock)safely without worrying about me bending my neck.It has the right amount of action,so that means there are NO buzzing frets or "hot spots" on the fretboard. Perfect.

Nothing at all. This is my primary guitar. I use it to record,gig,whatever. This piece of sonic excellence shouldnt be used by beginners though. Get some expreience then upgrade. Besides that Its awesome.

Visually appeeling (i have mine in "gothic" black finsh)and sonically unmatched.It looks good,plays well, sounds great,and thats all that matters.

The fact of the matter is this guitsr is the best deal for its price. There is none better that i have played on. I can maybe compare it so some of the high end epiphones or some of the nicer esp's but at a fraction of the cost. Bueatiful finish to complement the instrument. its a best buy at 699 and i got it for 299.

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I bought this guitar at Guitar Center in Westminster, CO for about 300 bucks. I actually walked in intending to buy a Fender Stratocaster, but this guitar caught my eye, I played it for a while and just fell in love with it

The first thing to catch my eye was its very pretty walnut stain body. Not as beautiful as a PRS finish, which, in my opinion, are some of the best looking guitars made short of some custom shop. That said, it still a beautiful finish. I happen to prefer hardtails and I also like my guitars very simple. This guitar has a tone knob, a volume knob and a selector switch. I am not all that great a player, and the last thing I need in this stage of my playing is a bunch of junk to have to fiddle with. Looks aren't everything obviously, but this guitar played and souded great! I am very, very happy with it!

Honestly, there isn't really anything I dislike about it. My other guitar is an Epi Les Paul, and I like the crunch I get out of the two humbuckers, but had I wanted that same sound, I would have bought another epi or a gibson! Maybe sometime down the road there will be a pickup change, but thus far, I like everything about this guitar.

I have read on other review sites that certain Omens are poorly made, and certain Omens aren't. This may be true, but mine is built very well. My only bitch about quality is that on occasion my selector switch doesn't work properly. It "sticks" a little. Other than that (which is a fairly minor complaint), I have been very happy with the overall quality and construction!

Bottom line is simple. I would buy another Schecter without thinking twice about it. I recommend Schecter guitars, and the Omen in paricular to people I meet that happen to ask my opinion. The Omen is a superb value by any measure, to the extent that I would think it a fair deal at double its price (which would be about 600 bones, about the price I was going to pay for a Strat). I have a Epi (also very happy with that guitar) and I am going to buy a Strat someday, but my Schecter is my prize possession!

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I bought this guitar from eBay, from a guy with the username 'Vohnjamm' He operates a store, and I got the guitar for $279, almost $100 off the list price...anyone looking for a good deal should check him out.

This is a great guitar. The body is solid, and awesome looking. It has 24 jumbo-frets, and the neck is slightly fatter than other guitars I've played, which makes it alot easier to play. It also has dual humbuckers, which sound just as awesome clean as distorted. This guitar has one of the smoothest, warmest tones to it while clean, but also has the ability to crunch with the best of 'em when you wanna rock out. Another suprising thing was the lack of feedback the pickups have. It's almost silent when not playing, even when plugged through a distortion box.

Honestly, there isn't anything that comes to mind I don't like. It is a little on the heavy side, so make sure a comfortable strap is used.

It has a basic strat-shape to it, but it's got enough width to it to make it obviously different. It's well-made all around, the neck is solid, and even the string that came on it were great. I haven't had any problems with it at all so far...it hardly even goes out of tune!

Basically, this is a great mid-range guitar. It's versatile, and solid...well worth the money. Schecter is also known for having great customer service, and the guitar is backed by a lifetime guarantee. You really can't get anything better for the money.

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Asian certainly is a guitar 24 cases in HH (microphones schecter diamond). It has a fixed bridge with strings through body in basswood, but exists in floyd. For knobs, there have two, one volume and one tonalitée ally has a 3 position selector style handle is a gibson.Le is the head and one near the corp.C u 'which is simple and effective!

UTILIZATION

The handle is a regal, very comfortable and not too bad rules of origin (4.5mm at 12th fret) a little bit of the key trussrod and it's perfect, access to treble is very good (it would put to three frets more The weight is correct, even my girlfriend can play with little tiring, more importantly it is very well Blancing (format requires strato). A void instrument is full of sustain and tonal balance is a good omen ...

SOUNDS

... But the mic is still slight, it is besides a very big problem, this lack of precision in the bass, in fact, it reminds me of the gax 70 ibanez my debut, normal, same price range but hey, a 300 euros, must not abuse, the saturation (at this level range) is correct and clear cool especially micro grave.detail cool too, as there is not a sound, a distortion Basically, when you cut the volume, not a hum that remains as yet on my G400 epi 100 euro more expensive!

EDIT: then, nothing to see, faith micro changed is limited too good, with a sh4jb seymour in bridge and a Di Marzio humbucker from hell (twice that sounds simple), nothing to do, guitar trenscende and is equally at home PRS Singlecut is a friend, like what!

OVERALL OPINION

I have this guitar for 7 months and I am crazy, it also my Fender Esquire celtic in terms of fun game but is so much polivalente (normal marcel, the celtic have a microphone ...) after micro asking she became my No. 1. She's very animal to play, great sustain, look terrible (mine is very dark tone wood, the bottom of the picture) For the price of a squier standard, you have a guitar that is perfect for beginners but is also extremely good base to get a violin to guitar pro performance without breaking the bank! Of course I remake that choice and I would not trade against the PRS buddy!

Rectif 03/09/07, I now have a PRS SE Singlecut, I persist, it is worth once the changes made!