Schecter V/XPL/FB Shaped Guitars

It has a Solid, Basswood Body, a Maple Bolt-on Neck, and Rosewood Fretboard. It uses Grover Tuners, a Licensed Floyd Rose trem and locking nut, EMG-HZ H4(bridge) and H4A(neck) pickups. Both pickups are passive pickups. It has one volume and one tone control, and a 3-way pick-up selector. The options for the selector are Bridge pickup, Both Neck and Bridge pickups, and Neck pickup. It has 24 Extra Jumbo frets and is inlaid with Schecter's Flying Bat inlays. UTILIZATION It is very easy to play. The neck is thin and comfortable. It's fast and smooth, and fun to play on. The Licensed Floyd Rose doesn't do the best job at keeping it in tune though, and can be a bit hard to set up. As with all V-style guitars, it's difficult to play while sitting down. It you play in the classical position (like I normally play in) it's no problem though. It's not that heavy of a guitar to be honest. Being Basswood, it's relatively light, which is a plus, but, at least in my opinion, makes it feel cheap. SOUNDS This guitar sounds average at best. The EMG-HZ's give lackluster cleans and harsh distortion that can get muddy fast. With the right amp and EQ settings, you can make the guitar sound decent, but it's not worth it when there are guitars in the same price range that sound better and are built better. It makes a good guitar for a beginner, or a metalhead on a budget, but the sounds coming from it are a HUGE turn off for me. OVERALL OPINION This is an Average at best guitar. It's average quality and below average sounding. They seemed to have cut corners a bit on quality with the Licensed Floyd Rose. It feels and looks cheap, and doesn't stay in tune very well at all. All in all, this guitar is good, but not worth the price because I can find better guitars for the same price, or even cheaper than this one. It can be a pain to keep in tune, and it's hard to make it sound good.

The Schecter Ultra is the first model in a line of awesome electric guitars. The guitar has 22 jumbo frets, along with two Seymour Duncan pick ups. You've also got a single tone and volume knob, as long as a standard pick up selector switch. I don't know where this guitar is made and I'm also not sure what the neck is made out of... UTILIZATION Overall, playing and using the Schecter Ultra has presented no problem for me at all. I find it easy enough to switch between all different tones and playing it is even easier. The neck has a great feel that makes it easy to play up and down the neck. I found it especially impressive that I was able to reach all of the top frets without any problem whatsoever. While the guitar is a bit heavier than most electric guitars, it isn't like it is hard to hold or anything like that. Getting a nice sound is an easy task if you can play as getting a number of different sounds between the pick ups is easy... SOUNDS The Schecter Ultra is an extremely versatile guitar, which is probably the best was to describe it. While not as versatile as the Ultra II or III, I still find that I'm able to get all sorts of cool sounds from the original Ultra, as there is plenty to work with between the pick ups and setting controls. I've used the guitar with a '76 Fender Twin Reverb which is my main amp, and a slew of effects, notably an Ibanez Tube Screamer for some overdrive. I've found that the guitar is capable of getting both great lead and rhythm tones suitable for all sorts of genres. Even though I play mostly rock and folk music, I can definitely see this guitar working for jazz as well. OVERALL OPINION The Schecter Ultra is no longer being made, but the guitars that Schecter has made after this one in the line of Ultra guitars are comparable as well. However, if you're looking for the original Ultra, a good amount of them do show up on eBay if you're looking for one. Beyond the make up and the great tone quality, it is also a beautiful guitar to look at, which definitely counts for something especially if you're playing live shows with it. If you're in the market for a great electric guitar, definitely check out the Schecter Ultra and all of the guitars in the Ultra family.