I think that notion is challenged each year. Of course a Made In Japan will be pristine but whether it be Indonesia, Korea or China, it all comes down to QC of the company that makes or breaks it.
I echo your sentiments on Schecter being my favorite guitar manufacturer currently. I recently purchased a Reaper 6 FRS, Reaper 7 MS, and a Banshee GTFR. Each have a unique tone profile due to their unique pickups and I absolutely adore them all.
My Sun Valley Super Shredder FRS has been my go-to for leads since '17, this'll definitely be my rhythm machine! They really just outperform in terms of quality for the price range every time.
I used to have Schecter 'shade' when they came out but man they're looking good lately. I probs won't get one since I still haven't collected all my dream brands but I have been considering them and your reviews have certainly been swaying my opinion.
Ive being eyeing the Tao signature and Keith Merrow signature for some time, now this guitar makes me reconsider, this has everything I want from the signature models but half the price. Tone wise I bet everyone notices a difference when they’re looking at the guitar 😂.
I love the look of the sunset and the price is crazy, but I wish Schecter would not place the bridge pickup so close to the bridge. I own 5 Schecter’s and barely play them anymore as they are quite harsh sounding. The bridge pickup is so much closer to the bridge than my Jackson, Solar and Ibanez guitars.
I see your point. Bridge pup position is def a thing. However I haven’t noticed either of these sounding too bright. Check out my Charvel dk24 vid for that “way too bright” sound. 😂
I totally agree. I love my km-7 for how it feels, but the pickup routing makes everything, regardless of pickup sound a bit shrill with a very strong cocked wah tone that you can’t dial out.
Man, you've played both guitars that I'm looking at. The Sunset-6 Extreme here and the LTD M-1000HT with the Fishman Fluence Moderns. I think I'm gonna go with the Schecter, partly because of what you said about the necks and also because I don't want to have to keep the gloss finish on the LTD clean 😂. Thanks bro 👍
I listened to both guitars, and I have to say that there is quite a difference; The Schecter Tao-6 sounds so much better! Better tone and better output from the pickups. Tom Sisson
Thanks for the reviews 🙏 Would you mind weighing the Sunset Extreme? I'm torn between the SE and the C1 SLS Evil Twin. The Evil Twin is swamp ash and pretty light which I prefer. Kind regards
Nice vid, def agree with the ibanez love i was a firm believer nothing could touch a prestige, fast forward bought a import banshee mach 7 and the quality was 100% there. I'm disappointed Jackson isnt in the same playing filed with their imports, i bought a misha model and couldnt stand that the guitar felt better than it sounded.
Great video my man! Schecter makes great guitars but the sunset extreme is not one of them. I bought one last week (the red one). Played it though multiple amps EVH, Mesa, Engl. I'm sorry but it doesn't sound like a $899 guitar. More like in the $500 range. The pickups are underwhelming at the least. This guitar is just all hype and that's why I returned it after a few days. Have a good one and keep up the great content!
Unfortunately, haven't been able to play any Schecter yet, but always wanted to buy one from Apocalypse series (Red Reign) with floyd and sustainer :) Andertons from UK also had unique Purple Reign finish, very beautiful :)
The Apocalypse looks awesome too. I like that Schecter offers a few guitars with the Sustainiac. I also like that they make the 7 string version at 26.5” rather than 27”.
@@digital360 That's definitely a very cool feature that sadly is hard to find on guitars these days! And modding with aftermarket sustainiac involves additional drilling in body, additional risks of finish chipping off etc :\ Yeah, 26.5" is like a good middleground for a 7 string, I was not happy with Amarok-7 and it's 25.5", so returned that :)
@@LandsOfDespair My Ibanez is also 25.5" scale and anything below its current B♭tuning (with 10-62s) is not practical even with heavier strings. :( Mayones offers 26" 6-string scale length which sounds awesome, but who has $5K+ to spend on one guitar?
@@digital360 That's why I bought 6 string Baritone 28" - to handle everything from B and lower with ease :) Yeah, 28" feel a bit different than 25.5"... xD But I can't say it's like another instrument :) Oh, Mayones is built in country I live in! I can't justify this price as well, there are so many inexpensive guitars out there nowadays.. I'd better have several for different tunings than one custom :)
Hm, I had my eye on a Charvel Pro Mod DK 22, but I’ve heard good things about Shecter. The stainless steel frets are a step up. How do you feel about the neck comfort and quality for the price between the brands?
From my experience, neck comfort is comparable on both brands. I really enjoy SS frets much more as they and for the price the Sunset 6 is a lot cheaper than a DK22. Keep in mind that the Charvel is a sup'ed up fender Strat essentialy, while these Schecters are more modern shredders. Overall: quality is on par for both brands. I haven't touched any of my Charvels in months since I started playing Schecters (not sponsored).
@@digital360 Thanks. I’m leaning towards strat. Already have an Epiphone LP Custom Pro, and the Strat is probably what I’m more interested in. I do see that Shecter has some sales on right now, but I’d have to look into shipping to Canada, and return policy. Could be tricky.
@@aquaticborealis4877 Go with your gut. I will just say this - I have three Schecters now and I love them all. More of a modern hard rock/metal vibe though. Good luck with your ultimate decision!
Ah man, im so glad ive found this video. I think you are on Brownes platform? I really want the Tao but just dont knownif i can justifiy the price shen the sunset extreme is so similar for 700 less
Yes indeed I’m on there as well. Love the community! Yeah honestly the Sunset works great for me but you should try them both if you have the chance to.
@@digital360 yeah, I’m gonna find one to try, just incase I don’t get on with that neck. I’m used to a more traditional shape. Subbed, best of luck with the channel!
Well imo, I'm not much of a single cut guy, so I would definitely go with the Tao even at $300 more. This could be someone's last guitar its that good! Plus I haven't checked out any of the Evil Twins yet. Maybe down the road.
Thank you for the input that’s great to hear! I bought the ESP faded black after watching some vids and yours and mine had blemishes in multiple spots so trying to find a suitable replacement now. It will likely be a Schecter. These pickups sound great. Hard to decide between this guitar and one with fishmans.
@@KB-uw6zv glad to help my man! I personally found the Fishmans to be a bit too compressed and to much high end information. I might be in the minority here, but they aren’t my favorite. I also loved the Schecter sunset extreme.
Thanks dude ended up picking one up, love it!! Azure is beautiful. Only comment I’d have to make and maybe because it’s I haven’t bought a guitar in a while and the market prices are up there now. I dont believe it’s the fit and finishing of a $1600 guitar. Still looks stunning, I’m talking just the fine details on the finishing. We are here to play though and it kills that!
Too funny you always seem to be thinking what I'm thinking and do a video about it the next day. Been eyeballing both of these and the KM sig for a while now. So hard to tell the specific details in tone with TH-cam compression and using fx on an amp sim etc but is the Tao a little more full sounding? The Sunset sounded a little more "bitey" for lack of a better term? Thank you brotha 🤘🤘🤘
Yes the Tao has a warmer sound overall and just a tad more output according to the wave files. The Sunset has a bit more presence. However if you like the sound of the split coils and that spanky bite, opt for the Tao. Then again, for $700 less, you get true five way selector switch and can get a similar tone on positions 2 and 4. Tao has the more open pore wood feel on the neck and Sunset feels like smooth glass in the hand. Not sure if any of that helps. Lol
@@digital360 Def helps, thanks! I have an Ormsby Hype Elite 6 with that open pore neck and it feels great. I"m def more of a swamp ash guy, I like the single coil spanky djenty vibe too and I'm a huge Browne fan...but trying to not let that influence me in spending $700 more than I have to if the Sunset will satisfy the itch lol.
@@mhoff7722 That's interesting...you're interested in the Schecter KM which I just bought 2 months ago (the mark III Artist version), and I am interested in the Ormsby Hype Elite myself! Actually I'm looking at the 8 string version of the Ormsby as I don't have an 8 string yet. The version II of the Hype Elite has one of the nicest looking natural wood tops I've ever seen on a production guitar. I'm sure it would be incredible quality and the neck seems almost as slim as Schecter's ultra-slim which I really like. But ultimately I'm not sure I'd get on with the feel of the Ormsby. The only multiscale I've played so far is the Cort KX507 which I still have despite the KM being a big upgrade, the Cort is such good value it would be silly not to keep it as I'd only get around £200 selling it. It's a 25.5" - 27" 7 string. I've found the higher frets that angle towards the bridge are really comfortable but the lower frets that angle the opposite way seem to make barre chords more difficult. Ormsby have quite a long scale for the 8th string, 28.3" I believe so the fan angle will be even more extreme. Perhaps I would get used to it, Tosin Abasi can play like a god on his multiscale. I watch Andrew Baena's channel and he has a Hype GTR; he's mentioned it feels very different to play than most other guitars and appears to have sold it recently. I really liked the sound of its pickups in his demos though. I love the single coil spanky sound for low-tuned metal and djent too! I seem to like Ormsby's 'Hot Rock' humbucker in any demos I've watched as it seems to have that spanky tone, which becomes even more pronounced with the coil split. No idea if the 'Blizzard' that's in the Hype Elite can sound similar though, I haven't found many demos of that guitar or pickup. On the topic of single coil sounds for low-tuned guitars, I have an Ibanez AZ24047 atm and that is a 7 string with HSS pickups. It sounds great with the middle or neck single coils but the humbucker doesn't really do it for me and the neck isn't slim like my Schecters. So probably gonna sell that but if I do I will miss having a trem on a 7 string. ESP recently released an 8 string with HSS Fishman pickups and a Floyd Rose! Now that is a pretty crazy spec. It's a signature model for Javier Reyes from Animals as Leaders. Definitely a guitar I would love to try but its pricey, and I don't think my skills are any where good enough to justify getting something like that yet! Whilst I love the look of the Hype Elite II I think the 8 string that would make most sense for me knowing that I like the feel of Schecters and their slim necks would be the Tao 8. The Ormsby would be a gamble as to whether I'd get on it with or not but I'm certain the Tao would feel right. John Browne's signature pickups seem cool too, the bridge sounds incredibly agressive, again with the single coil-like percussiveness and the neck sounds nice and fat wherever I've heard it demoed. The finishes don't seem as exciting, I usually love woodsy finishes, and I like the colours red & purple, but the reddy colour of the Tao doesn't jump out to me as a stunning shade and seems to cover most of the wood grain so I think I would actually go for the blue; a pastel blue for an agressive metal 8 string is kinda cool! I didn't actually know who John Browne was until looking into his sig guitar, he actually seems like a really chill guy. Peach Guitars here in the UK have one each of the 6/7/8 strings signed at no extra cost which is tempting. Realstically I don't think I'll get an 8 string for a while though, can't really justify spending the money whilst I'm still exploring everything I can do with 7 strings, plus plugins are getting better with pitch shifting effects so I can just use that for now. Although the Hype Elite II is a limited edition so I doubt there will be any opportunity to buy it new in the future. With your own search for a decent value 7 string, try checking out Schecter's Sunset Triad. It has a triple-coil bridge pickup and a single coil in the neck. The triple-coil can be split to effectively a middle single coil. Its like an HSS setup squashed together, which gives more space for picking (I found the two single coils being close together on my Ibanez can get in the way of picking). The Sunset Triad is pretty much the same as the Sunset Extreme demoed in this video just with those unique pickups and a black finish (and a tone pot). And like the Sunset Extreme, it is a lot cheaper than the Tao models. No bridge single coil option on the Sunset Triad though, you'd have to modify the wiring for that but the middle coil split may be sufficient for djent spankiness. The KM model I have has just been discontinued actually as Keith has switched from Fishman pickups to Lundgren. So if you wanted a KM it would have to be one of the new releases unless you look for pre-owned. And the KM Artist & Legacy models are a similar price to the Tao, if not a little more. I do love the feel of mine, and the versatility of the Fishman pickups. The coil split mode sounds fantastic, all the vibe of a single coil but with less noise and more clarity than splitting any normal humbucker. Not sure you'd like the bridge humbucker though, that's the only thing I've found I dislike about the KM Fishman set...the bridge pickup can compress quite a bit when you really dig in. So you can never really get the proper low-mid growl you'd get from a high output passive like those in the Tao.
@@mhoff7722 Ahh cool, hope you enjoy the Tao-6! For some reason I thought you were looking at the 7 string version. I'm actually thining of getting John Browne's signature bridge pickup (the Colossus) for my Schecter Reaper-6. I'm very happy with the way that guitar plays so can't really justify the cost of upgrading to a Tao-6 but I do find the bridge pickup of the Reaper-6 a bit muddy in humbucker mode. It sounds great in coil split so most of the time that's how I use it but then you get some unwanted noise. So I'm thinking the cost effective way to get better 6 string sound is to drop in the bridge pickup used in the Tao, sounds like it is incredibly clear and agressive.
The sound difference between the two is minimal. Maybe in person and through a real tube amp you could get a better representation but I doubt it'd justify the price difference still. Both beautiful guitars either way.
I agree they do sound quite similar. Really it's a difference between price, neck profile and country of origin (if that matters at all). I love both of these personally.
Does price or country of origin substantiate conventional thought that more expensive equals better quality in 2023?
I think that notion is challenged each year. Of course a Made In Japan will be pristine but whether it be Indonesia, Korea or China, it all comes down to QC of the company that makes or breaks it.
I echo your sentiments on Schecter being my favorite guitar manufacturer currently. I recently purchased a Reaper 6 FRS, Reaper 7 MS, and a Banshee GTFR. Each have a unique tone profile due to their unique pickups and I absolutely adore them all.
My Sun Valley Super Shredder FRS has been my go-to for leads since '17, this'll definitely be my rhythm machine! They really just outperform in terms of quality for the price range every time.
My Schecter is not my most expensive guitar, but it’s my most played. The neck is awesome. Super Shredders have the 6 in a side headstock.
I used to have Schecter 'shade' when they came out but man they're looking good lately. I probs won't get one since I still haven't collected all my dream brands but I have been considering them and your reviews have certainly been swaying my opinion.
Welcome to the club. I became a Schecter fan 20 years ago. It's what I've mostly owned.
Ive being eyeing the Tao signature and Keith Merrow signature for some time, now this guitar makes me reconsider, this has everything I want from the signature models but half the price. Tone wise I bet everyone notices a difference when they’re looking at the guitar 😂.
Thank you for your review.
Se agradece la demostración y lo divertido q es probar ambas guitarras .. increíble trabajo para nosotros! Schecter rules😊
Gracias por tu amable comentario! 😎
Hey man! Any riffs you’re playing in particular? Are they your own or specific songs?
@@Games4two_ all my own.
I love the look of the sunset and the price is crazy, but I wish Schecter would not place the bridge pickup so close to the bridge. I own 5 Schecter’s and barely play them anymore as they are quite harsh sounding. The bridge pickup is so much closer to the bridge than my Jackson, Solar and Ibanez guitars.
I see your point. Bridge pup position is def a thing. However I haven’t noticed either of these sounding too bright. Check out my Charvel dk24 vid for that “way too bright” sound. 😂
I totally agree. I love my km-7 for how it feels, but the pickup routing makes everything, regardless of pickup sound a bit shrill with a very strong cocked wah tone that you can’t dial out.
Man, you've played both guitars that I'm looking at. The Sunset-6 Extreme here and the LTD M-1000HT with the Fishman Fluence Moderns. I think I'm gonna go with the Schecter, partly because of what you said about the necks and also because I don't want to have to keep the gloss finish on the LTD clean 😂. Thanks bro 👍
@@Phil.Goodwin glad I could help out brother. I’d picked the Schecter over the Ltd as well honestly.
I listened to both guitars, and I have to say that there is quite a difference; The Schecter Tao-6 sounds so much better! Better tone and better output from the pickups.
Tom Sisson
love that clean riff)
Thanks mate!
Thanks for the reviews 🙏 Would you mind weighing the Sunset Extreme? I'm torn between the SE and the C1 SLS Evil Twin. The Evil Twin is swamp ash and pretty light which I prefer. Kind regards
No prob! This one weighs 7lbs even. Of course every one will vary slightly. Overall this is pretty light.
@digital360 REALLY appreciate it, thanks a lot!! 🙏🙏
@stephanpetersen8386 happy to help, and good luck with your ultimate decision! Cheers
Nice vid, def agree with the ibanez love i was a firm believer nothing could touch a prestige, fast forward bought a import banshee mach 7 and the quality was 100% there. I'm disappointed Jackson isnt in the same playing filed with their imports, i bought a misha model and couldnt stand that the guitar felt better than it sounded.
Great video my man! Schecter makes great guitars but the sunset extreme is not one of them. I bought one last week (the red one). Played it though multiple amps EVH, Mesa, Engl. I'm sorry but it doesn't sound like a $899 guitar. More like in the $500 range. The pickups are underwhelming at the least. This guitar is just all hype and that's why I returned it after a few days. Have a good one and keep up the great content!
Sorry for your experience on that Sunset. Thanks for watching though! More Schecter content coming soon.
Unfortunately, haven't been able to play any Schecter yet, but always wanted to buy one from Apocalypse series (Red Reign) with floyd and sustainer :) Andertons from UK also had unique Purple Reign finish, very beautiful :)
The Apocalypse looks awesome too. I like that Schecter offers a few guitars with the Sustainiac. I also like that they make the 7 string version at 26.5” rather than 27”.
@@digital360 That's definitely a very cool feature that sadly is hard to find on guitars these days! And modding with aftermarket sustainiac involves additional drilling in body, additional risks of finish chipping off etc :\
Yeah, 26.5" is like a good middleground for a 7 string, I was not happy with Amarok-7 and it's 25.5", so returned that :)
@@LandsOfDespair My Ibanez is also 25.5" scale and anything below its current B♭tuning (with 10-62s) is not practical even with heavier strings. :(
Mayones offers 26" 6-string scale length which sounds awesome, but who has $5K+ to spend on one guitar?
@@digital360 That's why I bought 6 string Baritone 28" - to handle everything from B and lower with ease :) Yeah, 28" feel a bit different than 25.5"... xD But I can't say it's like another instrument :)
Oh, Mayones is built in country I live in! I can't justify this price as well, there are so many inexpensive guitars out there nowadays.. I'd better have several for different tunings than one custom :)
Stainless steel frets on the John Browne, yes? Thanks for the video. 🤘🏼 🎸
Yes indeed! SS frets fo sho.
Thanks for watching!
Hm, I had my eye on a Charvel Pro Mod DK 22, but I’ve heard good things about Shecter. The stainless steel frets are a step up. How do you feel about the neck comfort and quality for the price between the brands?
From my experience, neck comfort is comparable on both brands. I really enjoy SS frets much more as they and for the price the Sunset 6 is a lot cheaper than a DK22. Keep in mind that the Charvel is a sup'ed up fender Strat essentialy, while these Schecters are more modern shredders.
Overall: quality is on par for both brands. I haven't touched any of my Charvels in months since I started playing Schecters (not sponsored).
@@digital360 Thanks. I’m leaning towards strat. Already have an Epiphone LP Custom Pro, and the Strat is probably what I’m more interested in. I do see that Shecter has some sales on right now, but I’d have to look into shipping to Canada, and return policy. Could be tricky.
@@aquaticborealis4877 Go with your gut. I will just say this - I have three Schecters now and I love them all. More of a modern hard rock/metal vibe though. Good luck with your ultimate decision!
Ah man, im so glad ive found this video. I think you are on Brownes platform? I really want the Tao but just dont knownif i can justifiy the price shen the sunset extreme is so similar for 700 less
Yes indeed I’m on there as well. Love the community! Yeah honestly the Sunset works great for me but you should try them both if you have the chance to.
I Love John Browne , but that Sunset 6 is righteous looking and sounding.
Yeah man the Sunset is a killer too! Thanks for the feedback brother! 🤘
Sweet tone! Indonesian model sounded a touch better to me!
Beautiful clean music my dude!
Sunset 6 might be my next buy
Thank you broski!
I would highly recommend one and I’m not sponsored in any way, just sayin.
@@digital360 yeah, I’m gonna find one to try, just incase I don’t get on with that neck. I’m used to a more traditional shape.
Subbed, best of luck with the channel!
@kris955i2 you rock!!
Funny cause I love the Schecter headstock.
All personal preference my man. My favorite is the Ibanez headstock but the Dchecters are growing on me.
Would you recommend the Tao-6 or solo II evil twin?
Well imo, I'm not much of a single cut guy, so I would definitely go with the Tao even at $300 more. This could be someone's last guitar its that good! Plus I haven't checked out any of the Evil Twins yet. Maybe down the road.
Thank you for the input that’s great to hear! I bought the ESP faded black after watching some vids and yours and mine had blemishes in multiple spots so trying to find a suitable replacement now. It will likely be a Schecter. These pickups sound great. Hard to decide between this guitar and one with fishmans.
@@KB-uw6zv glad to help my man! I personally found the Fishmans to be a bit too compressed and to much high end information. I might be in the minority here, but they aren’t my favorite. I also loved the Schecter sunset extreme.
Thanks dude ended up picking one up, love it!! Azure is beautiful. Only comment I’d have to make and maybe because it’s I haven’t bought a guitar in a while and the market prices are up there now. I dont believe it’s the fit and finishing of a $1600 guitar. Still looks stunning, I’m talking just the fine details on the finishing. We are here to play though and it kills that!
Too funny you always seem to be thinking what I'm thinking and do a video about it the next day. Been eyeballing both of these and the KM sig for a while now. So hard to tell the specific details in tone with TH-cam compression and using fx on an amp sim etc but is the Tao a little more full sounding? The Sunset sounded a little more "bitey" for lack of a better term? Thank you brotha 🤘🤘🤘
Yes the Tao has a warmer sound overall and just a tad more output according to the wave files. The Sunset has a bit more presence. However if you like the sound of the split coils and that spanky bite, opt for the Tao. Then again, for $700 less, you get true five way selector switch and can get a similar tone on positions 2 and 4. Tao has the more open pore wood feel on the neck and Sunset feels like smooth glass in the hand.
Not sure if any of that helps. Lol
@@digital360 Def helps, thanks! I have an Ormsby Hype Elite 6 with that open pore neck and it feels great. I"m def more of a swamp ash guy, I like the single coil spanky djenty vibe too and I'm a huge Browne fan...but trying to not let that influence me in spending $700 more than I have to if the Sunset will satisfy the itch lol.
@@mhoff7722 That's interesting...you're interested in the Schecter KM which I just bought 2 months ago (the mark III Artist version), and I am interested in the Ormsby Hype Elite myself!
Actually I'm looking at the 8 string version of the Ormsby as I don't have an 8 string yet. The version II of the Hype Elite has one of the nicest looking natural wood tops I've ever seen on a production guitar. I'm sure it would be incredible quality and the neck seems almost as slim as Schecter's ultra-slim which I really like. But ultimately I'm not sure I'd get on with the feel of the Ormsby. The only multiscale I've played so far is the Cort KX507 which I still have despite the KM being a big upgrade, the Cort is such good value it would be silly not to keep it as I'd only get around £200 selling it. It's a 25.5" - 27" 7 string. I've found the higher frets that angle towards the bridge are really comfortable but the lower frets that angle the opposite way seem to make barre chords more difficult. Ormsby have quite a long scale for the 8th string, 28.3" I believe so the fan angle will be even more extreme. Perhaps I would get used to it, Tosin Abasi can play like a god on his multiscale.
I watch Andrew Baena's channel and he has a Hype GTR; he's mentioned it feels very different to play than most other guitars and appears to have sold it recently. I really liked the sound of its pickups in his demos though. I love the single coil spanky sound for low-tuned metal and djent too! I seem to like Ormsby's 'Hot Rock' humbucker in any demos I've watched as it seems to have that spanky tone, which becomes even more pronounced with the coil split. No idea if the 'Blizzard' that's in the Hype Elite can sound similar though, I haven't found many demos of that guitar or pickup.
On the topic of single coil sounds for low-tuned guitars, I have an Ibanez AZ24047 atm and that is a 7 string with HSS pickups. It sounds great with the middle or neck single coils but the humbucker doesn't really do it for me and the neck isn't slim like my Schecters. So probably gonna sell that but if I do I will miss having a trem on a 7 string. ESP recently released an 8 string with HSS Fishman pickups and a Floyd Rose! Now that is a pretty crazy spec. It's a signature model for Javier Reyes from Animals as Leaders. Definitely a guitar I would love to try but its pricey, and I don't think my skills are any where good enough to justify getting something like that yet!
Whilst I love the look of the Hype Elite II I think the 8 string that would make most sense for me knowing that I like the feel of Schecters and their slim necks would be the Tao 8. The Ormsby would be a gamble as to whether I'd get on it with or not but I'm certain the Tao would feel right. John Browne's signature pickups seem cool too, the bridge sounds incredibly agressive, again with the single coil-like percussiveness and the neck sounds nice and fat wherever I've heard it demoed. The finishes don't seem as exciting, I usually love woodsy finishes, and I like the colours red & purple, but the reddy colour of the Tao doesn't jump out to me as a stunning shade and seems to cover most of the wood grain so I think I would actually go for the blue; a pastel blue for an agressive metal 8 string is kinda cool! I didn't actually know who John Browne was until looking into his sig guitar, he actually seems like a really chill guy. Peach Guitars here in the UK have one each of the 6/7/8 strings signed at no extra cost which is tempting.
Realstically I don't think I'll get an 8 string for a while though, can't really justify spending the money whilst I'm still exploring everything I can do with 7 strings, plus plugins are getting better with pitch shifting effects so I can just use that for now. Although the Hype Elite II is a limited edition so I doubt there will be any opportunity to buy it new in the future.
With your own search for a decent value 7 string, try checking out Schecter's Sunset Triad. It has a triple-coil bridge pickup and a single coil in the neck. The triple-coil can be split to effectively a middle single coil. Its like an HSS setup squashed together, which gives more space for picking (I found the two single coils being close together on my Ibanez can get in the way of picking). The Sunset Triad is pretty much the same as the Sunset Extreme demoed in this video just with those unique pickups and a black finish (and a tone pot). And like the Sunset Extreme, it is a lot cheaper than the Tao models. No bridge single coil option on the Sunset Triad though, you'd have to modify the wiring for that but the middle coil split may be sufficient for djent spankiness.
The KM model I have has just been discontinued actually as Keith has switched from Fishman pickups to Lundgren. So if you wanted a KM it would have to be one of the new releases unless you look for pre-owned. And the KM Artist & Legacy models are a similar price to the Tao, if not a little more. I do love the feel of mine, and the versatility of the Fishman pickups. The coil split mode sounds fantastic, all the vibe of a single coil but with less noise and more clarity than splitting any normal humbucker. Not sure you'd like the bridge humbucker though, that's the only thing I've found I dislike about the KM Fishman set...the bridge pickup can compress quite a bit when you really dig in. So you can never really get the proper low-mid growl you'd get from a high output passive like those in the Tao.
@@mhoff7722 Ahh cool, hope you enjoy the Tao-6! For some reason I thought you were looking at the 7 string version.
I'm actually thining of getting John Browne's signature bridge pickup (the Colossus) for my Schecter Reaper-6. I'm very happy with the way that guitar plays so can't really justify the cost of upgrading to a Tao-6 but I do find the bridge pickup of the Reaper-6 a bit muddy in humbucker mode. It sounds great in coil split so most of the time that's how I use it but then you get some unwanted noise. So I'm thinking the cost effective way to get better 6 string sound is to drop in the bridge pickup used in the Tao, sounds like it is incredibly clear and agressive.
What is the song you are playing for the clean tone? It sounds amazing
Just something I wrote but never developed into a full song. Like most of my stuff lol. Thanks for the compliment my guy!
@@digital360 please release it! It sounds so good brother
Totally agree on Schecter's headstock. It practically screams "I'm Gumby, dammit".
Lmao
i wanna get the Schecter Sunset - 7 but sadly it costs 1.2k euro to order to my country :c
Comparison: 9:53 10:29
Schecters are really great guitars with killer value.
Agreed 👍
Hi I'm new to schecter, does anyone have experience with a hotrod 39. I have a opportunity to get one.was there any issues with them?
The sound difference between the two is minimal. Maybe in person and through a real tube amp you could get a better representation but I doubt it'd justify the price difference still. Both beautiful guitars either way.
I agree they do sound quite similar. Really it's a difference between price, neck profile and country of origin (if that matters at all). I love both of these personally.
What is the riff that starts at 1:24 i have heard so many people olay it especially dean guitars reviews?
Thats just something i made up for this demo.
I'm telling you schecter is the best guitar brand I've ever played. Best in the game right now.
I believe you. I believe you! 😁
I have more Schecter demos on the way too. 👍
Heard great things about Schecter but there's something about the aesthetic of the brand that just turns me off of them 😂
I bought a Schecter in the early 2000 and it was total garbage. I haven't touched one since. The bad taste that one left just ruined the brand for me.
I heard that quality was not up to par back then. It’s a new era now. Maybe take a second look.