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Other Stuff => Guitars => Topic started by: Ritchie200 on April 17, 2017, 11:21:40 pm
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Have not bought a guitar in ages. Wanted to get something PRS'ish 24 fret with humbuckers but I'm not one to follow the crowd. Took a leap of faith and broke the cardinal sin Ed rule of buying an Ebay guitar without playing it! Got it about a month ago, but have been so busy I've just only recently been able to wring it out. Did some research and found everyone loved this one... Schecter Guitar Research C-1 Platinum FR-Sustaniac Satin Crimson Red Burst. It plays like a fricken dream. Set neck and it weighs a ton but holy crap it sings. Active EMG pups have seemingly endless tones from taps and also has the Sustainiac. The Sustainiac has three settings as it adds fundamental and additional overtones depending upon the setting. My only complaint is it goes to overtones almost immediately so it is not like the ebow - kind of like standing in front of a blazing stack. Sustains forever if you hold a string on a fret, pretty cool though. What is really impressive is it sounds amazing unplugged acoustic. It has .012's on this and my fingers are not quite up to that yet. I'll be changing them out soon. The build quality on this is flawless, probably the best of any guitar I've ever owned. I remember buying Schecter repair parts for my banged up Strats back in the late 70's. It's almost like coming home!
Jim
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:icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin:SWEET ! Schecter C1 Hellraiser here :)
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Those are great guitars. We both come from a time where there were some really badly made guitars. My struggle with buying without playing is part of my insanity. I really do have a feeling attached to each instrument and this feeling is not caused by the type of guitar or whatever. I even have it with amps and pedals.
Just like Suhr guitars. I have played quite a few of them and if the specs are the same, they play the same technically. Strangely enough, I will prefer one over another even it all things are equal.
Congratulations and welcome to the darker side. Great access to 24 great is nice. Some will say the neck pup on a 24 fret is not far enough forward to get that violin tone, but I have found this not to be any problem. It sure does make playing fret 17 to 20 easy, don't it?
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Congratulations Jim Bob! :icon_biggrin:
Looks beautiful!
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Looks nice! I guess it would be great for starting explosions on stage too! :)
~Phil :l2:
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Thanks guys!
Timbertoes - the Hellraiser is a beautiful guitar and more than I wanted to pay! :worthy1: Glad to be part of the Schecter army!!! More to this story...!
Ed - Haha you are not the only one who would have liked to have played it before I plunked down the $... I actually talked to the seller on the phone and asked a bunch of questions. I told him if there were any issues it would be back on his doorstep! He laughed and said, "I completely understand but I think you will like this one!" He has been a player for over 30 years and gave the right answers to my questions. This one popped up as a buy it now for half the going price. That was the only reason I was considering it as the normal pricing was more than I wanted to spend. Of course that also sent up the red flags... Turns out the sustainiac switch had been broken and he had a new one sent to him from Schecter. He soldered it in and insisted on full disclosure and sent pics. There is no way to tell that anything was done so I appreciated the honesty. Heck even the plexi access panels still have the protective film on them. He just said he wanted to move it fast so I jumped on it. Even came with a hardshell case.
Ed, I don't mind crappy guitars. If they play too smooth it's too easy to wiz around and lose what you are trying to say. I think that's why I was drawn to the strat. You have to work harder and it slows you down to make every note count. OK, here is everyone's chance to make fun of me yet again (SG).... Back in the 70's I went from a LP jr to an SG to an LP to a Strat. I would then go to the Sears catalog and buy Strat and LP copies that I would bang around at the end of the shows. Yup, Sears.... I would change out the cheap pups to make them playable and if something broke, I harvested parts and moved on. Made for a good show. I picked up a no name strat from, yes, Sears and it played better than my real Strat. I scalloped the fretboard per pics I had seen of Ritchie's strat (this was before Malmsteen was out of diapers) and that became my go to guitar for years. I also had a black LP copy (yup Sears) that I had a Dimarzio super distortion pup in that played great as well. Probably my best score was from a fuzzy catalog pic (yup Sears) of an offset headstock guitar for like $189. It was a fricken DEAN! There was a small crack in the routed out body where the neck bolted on (it was where it flared in and wasn't a structural defect) but I sent it back for an exchange. A few weeks later I got a refund saying they were out of stock! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I should have kept it! :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead: :cussing: When I told Jojo I got a new guitar, he said, "I thought Sears went out of business?" My good buddy...... :think1: I was never really a brand hound. If it played good, fit my hands, and didn't go out of tune after every song, I was good. I remember playing in a bar that was a converted grain mill where they would not turn on the heat in the winter until about an hour before the people came in. We literally set up and did our sound check in winter coats. You could see your breath and we were constantly retuning through the night as it got warmer. Or outside shows in the middle of summer with the heat and humidity. Not for the faint of heart cork sniffer guitars.... And if they went out of tune you just turn it up louder, that's how Jimi played Wild Thing at the Montery Pop!
Jim :icon_biggrin:
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That's a very cool guitar! I like it! Love the figured wood and dark cherry/burgundy finish on it.
Congrats! Best regards, Jeff
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Well, she is a bute!...no denying that :thumbsup:
There really is something to that figured wood look :huh:
I am jealous of that Sustainiac!
Couldn't buy anything close to this at Sears in the 70's (or ever)
I had suggested one of these for a buddy who wanted a decent guitar for under 5...came with Duncan's and plays like a dream. I got lucky because if it was awful I'd still be hearing about it.
Have fun, but not too much, and try to leave that wanker bar alone, it's 2017 for goodness sake!...and you're no spring chicken!
I mean,,, it's ok....it's not a TELE,,, but it's ok
http://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?topic=21854.0 (http://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?topic=21854.0)
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Sustainiac for a maniac oh my. And a wang that's insane in the nembrane, he's insane got no brain! Okay come clean Mr Hyde I just picked myself up off the floor, "played better than my real Strat" 😱 Real Strats are not from third world countries. Unless you are from one? :think1: Sears geetars?! No way! Say it aint so! (Actually I still have a Harmony mandolin that sings from several decades ago). But they can't possibly have elfs making stuff anymore? They're going out of biz just like Radio Smack and all the others? Weren't their guitars just as cheap and dangerous as those cheesy 3-watt death trap amps running without iso trannies?
Okay seriously it only counts if we get to see and hear it being played...by YOU?! Otherwise it's like a tree that falls in the forest. It doesn't exist if it doesn't make any sounds that we don't get to hear! And no chick opera metal please... 😳
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Jojo,
I figured out how Sears lured him into buying guitars....
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:laugh: :laugh: That is awesome! I also discovered something personal about him and how he actually found some lady to marry him? :dontknow:
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:l2:
Now he's got me looking at DIY sustainer drivers for the Tele. :rolleyes:
See, this is why I can't hang around you guys...
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=70431.0 (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=70431.0)
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Eeeek! 😱 Don't do it! Close that browser and run! Do not walk away slowly OR look back! It is the voices of the sirens luring you into the rocky reef to plunge your teleship down to Davey Jones' locker for a meeting with King Neptune to decide your fate?!
(Sustainers are a gimmick for those with no chops) 😳😈
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Gentlemen (and I use that term VERY loosely...), I have no words! Brilliant! I will go quietly into the west.....
Jim :l2: :l2: :l2: :l2:
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Jim you so funny. That happens to be a respected brand. And since when has silvertone not been a brand?
Page liked his.
I will have to let you have your if it is harder to play you play better. Not me. I prefer slick, low action and 9 on everything. Can i play 12,s ? You bet your ass, but if 9 s are good for Billy they are good for me.
Love your new lotus guitar.