Schecter CS

[Flatpicker]

Anybody know who is heading up the new Schecter CS in CA?

I have it stuck in my mind that there is a connection to J/C there but I'm not sure.
Anybody have any inside info?

[toejam]

I thought Schecter was owned by ESP.

[Rich#6]

not owned but same parent company.

[Flatpicker]

I thought Schecter was owned by ESP.

More or less.
But they have opened the CA Custom Shop this year. Now I know the old ones were Tom Anderson era stuff, but I know shit bout the new company.
Now, somebody had mentioned a few months ago at another forum that the staff working there are from the San Dimas guitars team, but do they mean Charvel or Lloyd Prins' shop?

[Venomboy]

The've been doing USA customs for years and have regularly had them at NAMM. Shigeki Aoshima is the guy who heads up the shop. Chris Compston has painted some of their custom finishes. He's done painting and graphics for all the big companies and does a lot of work for ESP and Pat Wilkins.

http://www.schecterguitars.com/blog/20110119/27/Behind-the-Checkerboard.aspx

Shigeki also does some of the paint work as well as seen in the post above. I know people who know him and say he's a class act and a great builder. Don't know who else works in the custom shop.