ciphers7n's Reviews

Great and comfortable!

I wanted a new Stratocaster to replace the crap Starcaster by Fender one I had growing up. My GF bought me this one for Christmas and it's amazing. The body and neck is quite thin in comparison to a regular Strat but I think that helps make it easier to just pick up and play whenever! Definitely a great pick for someone who doesn't want a guitar that's very heavy. I don't even have problems with the tuning machines. The only thing I could say negatively about this is that the pickups aren't the greatest. THEY'RE NOT THE WORST BY ANY MEANS, but a lot of people would like that strong "Fender Player" level of sound which would be attainable by swapping in Fender Tex Mex's or similar for about $100 more.

On the subject of modding this guitar, I opened up the pickup cavity to see what I could do, and as far as how my Strat body was made, I had 2 large cavities under the pickguard. This will allow you to install any pickup arrangement you want! The neck will take a humbucker, and the even larger cavity in the back will let you install a humbucker at the bridge or even allow you to do an HSH config!

Great guitar overall. Very big bang for your buck at $249 (the price that I purchased the guitar). Excellent mod platform to throw in new pickups!

A reliable, go-to guitar.

I picked this up because I needed a guitar that was more comfortable to carry around than my Epiphone Les Paul and it became my all -around workhorse! The finish on my guitar has a particular brown/yellow that comes through that looks like sand just beneath the water. It catches everyone's eyes the first time! It doesn't have Seymore Duncans or EMG pickups that you CAN find on other Schecters near this price range but they're still hot and sound great. MSRP at the time of purchase was $449, got it on sale for $349 during Labor Day weekend. At around $350 it's a steal for sure.

If on a very tight budget and a beginner it does the job

I received this in a kit with an amp, gig bag, and other things in 2010 (now out of print) as my very first guitar. For a new guitar player at $150 MSRP it was a steal. In this day and age for $50-$100 more there's better options from brands like Squier, even $150-$200 to get a better guitar brand new off the shelf. Waiting to or stretching your budget to buy a cheap $50-$100 amp with said $150-$200 guitar is of a greater value if a Squier kit is not available to you. If you DO buy this used the best use out of it is using it as a cheap base to upgrade and mod off of.