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Re: good guitar for around $500-$700?
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There is alot of misinformation in Niccolai's post.
There is at least one neck thru Schecter model I know of (C-1 Classic) I am sure there is more. Like ESP most of their guitars are set neck or set thru (from what I understand the set neck all access is the same as a set thru). They use EMG's on quite a few of their models. The Hellraiser series is EMG's as well as some of the others. Not to mention I'd take a Duncan over an EMG any day (thats a personal preference though).
Haven't had or know of anyone who has had problems with Schecter electronics beyond the usual dodgyness of import electronics in general. Both of my current import guitars have had to be resoldered in some way or another, it just happens and for those curious thats a Jackson and a BC Rich. ESP is notorious for it though, and my personal experience with them has been mostly in the way of bad fretjobs (sharp frets, not level, not seated properly etc). But when your dealing with imports this happens to any company because you don't have the level of QC that you do with a US smaller production facility.
Basically play the Schecter, play an ESP and anything else in the price range and let your fingers tell you whats best.
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The post your refering to wasn't Shecter in comparison to ESP, just specific generalizations Shecter is related with. Not to say ESP doesn't have similar problems in some cases.
I too have had sharp frets on virtually every ESP Bass I own. I haven't seen the problem on thier import guitars though. Never sloppy electronics, fret leveling, or fret seating though; but none of those three are beyond possability.
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There is alot of misinformation in Niccolai's post.
There is at least one neck thru Schecter model I know of (C-1 Classic) I am sure there is more. Like ESP most of their guitars are set neck or set thru (from what I understand the set neck all access is the same as a set thru). They use EMG's on quite a few of their models. The Hellraiser series is EMG's as well as some of the others. Not to mention I'd take a Duncan over an EMG any day (thats a personal preference though).
Haven't had or know of anyone who has had problems with Schecter electronics beyond the usual dodgyness of import electronics in general. Both of my current import guitars have had to be resoldered in some way or another, it just happens and for those curious thats a Jackson and a BC Rich. ESP is notorious for it though, and my personal experience with them has been mostly in the way of bad fretjobs (sharp frets, not level, not seated properly etc). But when your dealing with imports this happens to any company because you don't have the level of QC that you do with a US smaller production facility.
Basically play the Schecter, play an ESP and anything else in the price range and let your fingers tell you whats best.
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The post your refering to wasn't Shecter in comparison to ESP, just specific generalizations Shecter is related with. Not to say ESP doesn't have similar problems in some cases.
I too have had sharp frets on virtually every ESP Bass I own. I haven't seen the problem on thier import guitars though. Never sloppy electronics, fret leveling, or fret seating though; but none of those three are beyond possability.
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