blockaid40409's Reviews

Best guitar on the planet.

Some backstory before I get into the guitar; I hit a super rough spot in my life was insanely depressed and wasn't getting out of bed at all type shit. One day went into the local guitar center and found this guitar for $380 my buddy helped me get the guitar and it literally changed my life. I was constantly playing this guitar, and I got better at guitar because of it, I have a band now because of this guitar, and I'm able to play so much better because of this guitar, and I feel like I genuinely owe it all to Schecter for making this guitar.

What I love about this guitar is the way it plays, and the way it feels. It's probably the best guitar I have literally ever played. The neck isn't super thin, but it's also not a baseball bat like some Gibson guitar necks get, for me, it's perfectly in the "in-between" and I couldn't be happier with a guitar neck honestly. The scale length sits at 25.5" which coming from constantly playing an Epiphone Les Paul was a change and I embraced it, the strings have so much nicer tension and I can hit lower tunings without the guitar losing its clarity all that much. The pickups the guitar shipped with her were fantastic as well (EMG81TW/89R) It was really nice having pickups that were just out of the box amazing, and having the added benefit of being able to "coil split" they helped me get tones I wasn't able to get with ANY guitar till I got this guitar. The weight of the guitar is perfect, I'm not sure how heavy it is, but it's not Les Paul heavy, and it's definitely not Headless guitar ergonomic light either. I can play this guitar for HOURS without my back hurting, unlike my Les Paul. The tuners are Schecter branded locking tuners and by far this guitar holds tuning better than every guitar I own, it's an insane monster for me only getting it for just under $400.

What I dislike about this guitar;

Gloss Neck: Like most guitars from this era glossy finished necks are the bane of my existence. But I was able to rectify that by taping off the fretboard and binding and taking a scotch Brite pad to the neck and was able to get the neck super smooth and haven't regretted it since. Sure the finish is a bit duller on the neck now, but I do not care. The pros to doing that outweigh the cons.

The specific EMGs this guitar shipped with: So, for me after about a year of using this baby with its stock EMG 81tw and 89r pickups, I started noticing I wasn't a fan of them which is strange cause I love my EMG 81 and 60 that's in my Les Paul, but for some reason wasn't vibing with these. Well after looking into it and reading some forum posts I realized I'm not alone. It feels like the 81tw trying to do two pickups at once with how they're designed, the 81 side of the pickup isn't as tight, isn't as hot, and just sounds like an old-school pickup which it shouldn't in my opinion. The 89r I just wasn't a fan of after a few months of having the guitar, not a big fan of the sound, not a big fan of the single coil sound either. However, these pickups are still great in their own right I'm just being nit-picky. I recently upgraded this guitar to have Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-3s which are the Mick Thomson of Slipknot pickups and I haven't looked back since. So keep that in mind if you want a guitar with these specific types of pickups, they're still great but just didn't work for me personally, who knows you may love them!

With all this being said this guitar has become my favorite guitar, It's become my number one and I plan to be buried with this damn thing the day I kick the bucket. It's the guitar I have since getting it compared to every guitar I've played since, if the guitar can't even reach the ballpark of what this hellraiser can then I don't want it. I've made mock-ups of semi-custom guitars basing them entirely on this guitar. Would love to try out more Schecters for sure in the future!

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