Certain guitars bring so much more to the table than guitars from legacy brands - and this Schecter is one of them! Tones @ 5:10 Guitar link - sweetwater.sjv.io/LXaZMa Enjoy :)
You should definitely a PHX TL1 Telecaster. I have fenders and Gibs and that one is way, waaay better constructed and playable than the big ones (and costed me around 170 bucks, really).
I bought my first Schecter (Omen Elite) a year ago after watching many of your videos on the brand. You really do get a lot of bang for the buck with Schecter.
Thanks for another great video. Wow Cort has massive bot spam on a video that doesn't have a guitar from Cor-Tek - so many comments about PRS guitars when it's a Schecter demo lol. Schecter Diamond Series, if they're built in Korea, are built at World Music (WMIC). ESP, a privately held company owned by Hisatake Shibuya, brands are: ESP (now USA), E-II (Japan built, previously ESP), LTD, Edwards, Grass Roots, Navigator...and...Schecter. So Schecter instruments are built at ESP-contracted or owned factories, and you'll never see a guitar from any ESP brand built at Cor-Tek. Ever. Honestly, I have wished a long time for ESP to buy up Dean's brand and bring Dean Zelinsky on board for refreshed/new lines with the same awesome treatment Schecter has had since they were picked up. Schecter PT models were the company's first fully built production guitars - the brand has existed since 1976, beginning as repair and OEM Fender replacement body/necks; PT is their first model and it's a signature model - Pete Townshend.
I don't think you can go wrong with the made in Korea or Japan models. China and Indonesia do some good work too. I have two tiers of guitars, the good quality USA and Canadian made (Godin) or the high quality Asian imports. I skip the in-between USA stuff, usually eclipsed by the Asian imports.
Thanks to your review of the Schecter Solo ii, Darrell, I picked one up (same gorgeous black and gold finish you showed us) a couple years ago and I absolutely love it. So playable and great value. Thanks, Darrell!
From Leo: That Schecter looks like a nice guitar, I have a G&L tele with a humbucker and single pickups. I added the coil split. It is a very versatile guitar.
Schecter does it again, DARRELL. Love their innovation, quality, features and price points! Over the years, truly never got a dud from Schecter. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I own a 3 pickup Tele that Dave Schecter hand-made for me in 1982. Solid Koa body with a Pao Ferro neck. It sustains forever. There is a separate on/off switch for each pickup giving a full range of both Tele and Strat sounds. And, it has a whammy bar too. I lucked out that I met Dave through my git teacher.
Hi Darrel, you Always do an amazing and thorough job of critiquing a guitar in ways most of us would not think of, and I am in awe at your playing ability, especially your clean playing, you encourage me to want to try, even at 65 and battling a rare form of Parkinson’s, I will keep watching my friend !!!
Thanks making great videos. Tried watching some other channels and I had to come back here for some good content. No rambling. No annoying voice. Great playing. Getting to the meat of the guitar with great editing.
Gretsch and G&L also. Those two are more my style but Schector is branching out from the nu metal company they were known for and I appreciate that. I haven’t played any of their newer guitars
Reminds me of a G&L Blues Boy. For alternate Tele neck pickups, Mini-Humbucker (I put in one from Rio Grande with a custom pickguard to mount it to)really works great, (I put in a higher output stacked bridge pickup from Seymour Duncan to better balance the volume, and split both of them for single coil mode.)
This guitar is top notch, I’m blown away by those pickups and it looks so beautiful. I’m not a big Telie fan but I love the value proposition. I mean the design is so beautiful, really exquisite, The fact that it’s a schecter is really the biggest plot-twist. They did an amazing job 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Last year I got the Nick Johnston HSS “Strat” version of this guitar, and it is stellar! But…. my fret ends were nothing like the ball ends shown in this video. I had watched a LOT of reviews of the guitar before I bought it, and one of the many items that everyone raved about were the frets. Mine were level, smooth, and polished, but I certainly wouldn’t consider the ends smooth. In fact they are just a straight bevel with obvious tooling marks. I must have gotten a “Covid era” fret-end dressing on this one. That being said, the rest of the guitar is flawless and I would do it again in a heartbeat!
The single coil neck pickup on Telecasters is a big reason why it’s my main guitar. I usually put a humbucker in the bridge position on most mine (got one with a DiMarzio Super Distortion, one with a Seymour Duncan Little ‘59 and others with budget parts) but I love being able to switch to that neck pickup that I consider one of the cleanest sounds.
Fender did make one of these years ago. I've got a 1996 Mexican Fender telecaster special which has the same spec. It has a 5 way switch instead of the push pull pot but you get the same split coil on the humbucker. It also has a TBX tone control,21 frets, maple board.... cos I'm a traditionalist.
The Schecter PT is on my want list. Very high quality and features exceed Fender. Nice review. Kerp up the great videos and demos. One note, Pau Ferro really is a great wood. I have a custom bass with a Pau Ferro neck and fretboard. A raw Pau Ferro neck really feels great, and its more stable than my roasted maple neck.
Great video as always! I checked out the Strat variant at Andertons and I loved all the specs you highlighted here which were great to see. I was somewhat disappointed that the fretboard edges were quite hard. Would have been nice for them to be slightly rolled. Still a great guitar for the price point, and rolling the edges is an easy enough mod to do at home, but just something that I thought was odd. Roasted maple is such a trendy appointment I would have thought that rolled edges would have been a natural partner to that.
Hey Darrell, I saw this while looking to buy an Epiphone something. I'm not great at playing but learnt to buy the best I can afford if I want to enjoy the thing. I can't put this down!! I don't need or want a Fender or Epi or Gibson from now on. Great and accurate review. Thanks heaps.
Dammit Mr.B...I took the pledge...no more guitars in 2023!! But I do lurv my Teles....got a great deal on one at GuitarGuitar in the UK, had to have it!!! (Good job I'm single....ok, maybe it's this sort of thing that's the reason I'm single!!!)😃
Instead of a push pull switch, a 5-way master switch is also good. 1st position bridge, 2nd position bridge+ neck HB(humbucker), 3rd position bridge + Neck SC(single coil), 4th Neck SC, 5th Neck HB.
Bought one of these after taking the tour at Sweetwater. Tested it back to back with player series tele and it was a no brainer! This guitar is so much better sounding!
Im doing the same right now and i actually feel that the player tele's pickups are better balanced together.. But the Schecter is a firebreather. It growls and screams without barely touching it and the playability and quality of the intrument itself is way better then the Fender.. My biggest issue with the Schecter is that i find that neck pick up to be ridiculously dark.. Im not sure why it didnt sound that way in this demo.. But yea, im very torn. The Schecter is almost like a hybrid of a metal guitar with a tele where the Fender is just a classic and awesome Fender tele.
That is really a sweet looking guitar with some great specs. I love the 14" neck radius. I find the Fender radius uncomfortable to play anymore. Looks like an Indonesian Cort build.
I have never wished I had locking tuners. I can't understand why all tuners don't have split shafts. To me, the best functional tweak here is the truss adjustment. Sounds great. I've had an early Schecter S style since 1984.
Split shafts are great. On bass that's the standard, we just insert the string and tune, string locks itself. Yeah, I don't know why that's not normal on guitars.
Remember the American fender fat telecaster, I bought one years ago, around when they were discontinued. It became my number one, after I added a middle pickup. I ordered one of these, for a backup, and more specs that I like, namely the flatter radius.
I have a Fender Fat Tele which was part of their short lived California Series from about 1997/98, and is similar to this Schecter except that it has a maple f'board and non-locking tuners. It does have a 5-way switch though which is very useful. It weighs only 7.4lb.
Dang, wish I knew about this guitar when I bought my first one (Fender Player Telecaster). If I was buying today, I'd happily grab one of these instead.
Schecter makes great stuff. I have one of their original made in Korea 2004 Classic models. Precursor to the C-1. Just amazing. Has the Seymour Duncan USA Hot Rod pups set (Jazz SH2 neck and JB SH4 bridge) with a five way pups selector switch, like a Strat. Looks like a PRS, has that crazy vine of life inlay though the whole fingerboard (sometimes I get lost in it, ha). Neck through, 24 frets, plays and sounds like a dream. It was only $380 at my local GC in very good to excellent condition with the OHSC, so I jumped on it a couple years ago. Steal, esp. since I could slam it on the GC Gear Card with six months to pay. It's alway interesting what might turn up at your local GC. Hope they survive the current debt/interest situation, or get sold to better management. Hate these big slash and burn Corporations that ruin the good stores.
Agreed. Had a top-line Schecter Stiletto 5-string bass about ten years ago. The workmanship, overall quality, fretwork and playability were only a tick below my Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature Standard. It was a fantastic instrument and sounded excellent.
I got mine several months ago. It’s a fantastic guitar. The front pickup is a tad dark and the electronics are a little noisy. But, overall, it’s twice the guitar than any Fender in that price point. It’s a keeper.
The weird thing about Fender is that they often release squires with novell or unconventional layouts like this, with lower quality parts at affordable prices. At the same time, they dont offer the same setup on Fender branded guitars without requiring you to sell an organ to the custom shop. They appear to, on one hand make cool distinct things at the budget level then give you the option to spec a guitar accordingly at the super expensive level.
Off topic: It was largely based on your review that I bought a PRS Paul's Guitar SE last year. It may not be the best guitar ever made, but it's a damn good one and the best value I could have hoped for. Thanks!
I just got an American pro Ii and the schecter Nick Johnstown for $899 beats the $1699 strat by leaps and bounds. It’s insane the quality and tone. Lol
SOLD! I bought the NJ Strat recently bcoz I always hated where the volume knob is on a traditional Strat. I can’t stop playing that guitar now! It’s exceptional! Getting this one this week!
Dude your interpretation of Sweet Home Nova Scotia on that tele was super authentic. As a Jacksonville, FL, home of Skynyrd, area resident, it gave me shivers.
Thanks for another great video. Wow Cort has massive bot spam on a video that doesn't have a guitar from Cor-Tek - so many comments about PRS guitars when it's a Schecter demo lol. Schecter Diamond Series, if they're built in Korea, are built at World Music (WMIC). ESP, a privately held company owned by Hisatake Shibuya, brands are: ESP (now USA), E-II (Japan built, previously ESP), LTD, Edwards, Grass Roots, Navigator...and...Schecter. So Schecter instruments are built at ESP-contracted or owned factories, and you'll never see a guitar from any ESP brand built at Cor-Tek. Ever. Honestly, I have wished a long time for ESP to buy up Dean's brand and bring Dean Zelinsky on board for refreshed/new lines with the same awesome treatment Schecter has had since they were picked up. Schecter PT models were the company's first fully built production guitars - the brand has existed since 1976, beginning as repair and OEM Fender replacement body/necks; PT is their first model and it's a signature model - Pete Townshend.
Great review as always Darrell. I love the combination of elements on this guitar. The riff you played at 8:39 was awesome. I'd like the tabs/notation.
Why does everybody think tapped humbuckers are some new big miracle? They've been around forever and they've always been half-assed. Ebony isn't any better than pau Ferro, just darker, more endangered and they're both very bright. and it's "full sized pot" not "pots". Your pull pot is a smaller one, looks like a Mouser (good stuff) The size doesn't make any difference anyway, it's the quality.
Darrell... love your channel and love your reviews because you’re one of the most thorough when it comes to breaking down a guitar. With that being said, all of those things don’t mean a thing when the company sends you the guitar. I know a lot if not most of your reviews don’t fall into this category. Do your followers a favor and only review guitars that are picked randomly and not ones that are given the “100 point” inspection by the manufacturer and then sent to you. Thanks.
I bought this from Sweetwater and returned it. The neck was amazing and the fret work was great. From there the electronics felt super cheap, the tuner ratio was poor, and the pick ups were dull and muted. The upgrades would have cost more than the guitar. To me there are better T style tele’s for the same price. The Pete Anderson Eastsider T from reverend is way better.
Not to get toxic. Truth is it’s a good guitar not a great guitar. I would consider many upgrades before gigging. However, any at home player or beginner would love this guitar. For me it lacks everything but the neck and frets.
I had to pinch myself , I thought I had drifted off and gone to guitar heaven ! Thank you Darrell for highlighting the superb features with attention to detail. I have Suhrs which I love, but this Schecter is all class and cheaper. Will buy one asap.
Definitely a great Tele Style guitar. I have 3 Schecters and each one has had great necks and fretwork. I have a Fender Player series Stratocaster which is a great guitar but It needed some fret end dressing and polishing. Its neck is great and has a beautiful Pau Fero fretboard but not ebony! Schecter continues to impress me. Great video and playing. Will you be keeping this guitar?
I have to say your channel is one of my favorite ones! Great Playing and good explanations. Greetings from Switzerland. My Name is Braun as well due to German Relatives...
It's kinda interesting, because for all intents & purposes it's not a "traditionalist" guitar. The neck, the pickup config, the locking tuners, roasted maple, radius.. and etc. Yet at the same time they kept the heritage body with no cutaways or chambering. For me it's a bit of a letdown, since i like my guitars to weigh nothing and be as comfy as possible. But on the other hand -i totally get it. It's still packed with great features and this way they don't totally alienate the traditional Tele crowd. Awesome review, cheers!
The one thing I personally don’t like about most modern guitar brands is that they use the push-pull knob to split the coils, and that’s not how I’d prefer it, especially when it comes to the issue of dealing with abuse/long-term use. I’d much prefer a single switch that is just “split coil on-off.”
Yeah, Fender would never make it, so I built one myself. Mini-humbucker in the neck, I used a RockRabbit angled mini-toggle switch aluminum Telecaster control plate, a 4-way pickup selector switch for added series/parallel, a push-pull pot for phase switching and the mini-toggle switch to split/tap the mini-humbucker. I also did the "partial coil-split" wiring, using a resistor and capacitor to keep the split position from sounding too thin and weak. I'm really pleased with the way it all came out. There is a very discernable difference between all of the settings, which I had not always experienced before. I also opted for a Warmoth modern construction neck with a compound radius. No more strings choking out when I bend.
My only US made guitar is a mid priced Martin acoustic. I have the PTB, and a 23 year old C1+ Diamond Series. Everyone should have at least one Schecter. My only dislike is the neck width is narrow at the nut. The fretwork is high end. Great presentation DB!
I doubt I have as many guitars as some, but I’ve got Gibson and Fender and Schecter. And the two that I pick up most often are the Schecter and my Fender FMT HH Tele. Both great value and play great. Thanks Darrell. Always good stuff.
Watched this review, bought the Atomic Ink (black) version of this guitar, it's fantastic, first T-style guitar I've ever owned, plays amazingly and sounds great. Thanks for the video.
I took a leap of faith and ordered this NJ PT based on this (and other) reviews. I'll comment on my purchase next week, but I must say I'm a bit nervous about buying without trying.....because I found no retailer stocking these...gulp
@@holmvik11 I ordered from Amazon and received the "Strat"model, not the "Tele" model I ordered. I returned it and then ordered from Sam Ash. I'm happy with this guitar although I did lower the action to make it more comfortable;. This was easy and painless to do, took about five minutes. It sounds very good and plays better than many fender teles I've tried in music stores it is a solid guitar, well made, and stays in tune I am an amateur player and use it with my practice amp for a clean sound, I also bought a used Squire Strat that I like better than more expensive fenders..
8:07 RIP Gary Rossington... I think it's funny how Schecter is making metal machines like the Sun Valley Super Shredder and also making these traditional designs...
That’s a wonderful sounding and gorgeous guitar. Unfortunately, I play left-handed, and I doubt that Schecter makes anything for me along these lines. Can you tell me what amp you did the demo through? The reverb sounds digital, and the overall sound of the guitar on the amp is very pleasing to the ear.😊
Hey Darrell, just a few questions: -Does the coil split lose volume? -Does the coil split sound meaty and full, almost P90 ish? (I don't like Fender USA telecasters b/c the neck is too chimey and scooped) -Is the bridge pickup overly bright? I don't want to switch between neck/bridge and always need to touch the tone control, you know?
Quacks real nice on single-single/both mode or single/neck, but as you say can emulate a bigger LP kind of sound with the neck switched to full humbucker. I like everything about this guitar specwise but would probably opt for a different color, although this baby blue is actually not bad. I have a standard Tele that I love but I learned and grew primarily on Gibson and Epi 12" radius necks so Schecter's flatter neck and fretboard feel natural to me. No argument whatsoever with folks who feel differently but it's a valid consideration when buying. I have an old Schecter PT Saturn HH/trem in my collection that is still good as new, never a problem of any kind. Jammed a couple hours on it last night in several styles, still in love after 30 years. Nice review Darrell, this is the kind of stuff I'd like to see more of on your channel. Keep this up and I may have to get over myself and resub. Peace!
Amazing what a person can find if they ignore the name on the guitar. It's hard for an individual to find a similar quality guitar, as the Schecter, to even add a split pickup and locking tuners to...much harder for the price of the Schecter. Thanks for the review.
I see some indents in the fingerboard around the fret ends. Is it possible someone got too aggressive with a fret file? Also, where is this guitar made?
Some really good points here! The Schecter PT is a great value if you like the more modern features. Locking tuners are always good but I prefer vintage tuners on my Fenders anyway and they’re just as good and lock too. However, as good as it is I don’t care for the pups on many of the Schecter PT guitars. They sound good but it all comes down to what you’re looking for I guess. I just had a Fender Tele Ultra and sold it for the same reason. I was sucked in by the look and It was loaded but I just can’t bond with their noiseless pups. As a Tele guy, I love Fenders when I find one that I like. Like Gibsons, they are not all equal! I do have a Tele Custom Shop Esquire that is my main thing but that was costly and still took some tweaking to get “perfect” which is nuts for any guitar at that price. The bottom line is that it’s a great time to be a player as they’re so many great finds out there that just didn’t exist 20 years ago! Great review and tasty chops Darrell. 👍🏻
The closest Fender would be the player plus at 1099 so about $300 more. It has locking tuners, belly cut, noiseless pickups with S1 for parallel/series, comes with a gig bag, made in Mexico. I love my Nick Johnston Strat so if it's similar it's a nice guitar for one made in Indonesia. I will say if the particular specs of the roasted neck, ebony board intrigues you then this is a good option. My only concern would be resale value over time. But my experience with Schecter guitars is great (I own 2).
Thanks for the video. I'm putting this guitar on my potential buy list, along with the Schecter PT Special. Darrell endorsed that one for the same reasons listed here. The main difference, as far as I can tell, is that the PT Special has a P90 (a V90, if you will) in the neck position, rather than a humbucker. My questions to anyone who has an opinion: what are the differences in sounds between the two? Are there any other key differences between the two that I don't know about? If it makes any difference, I want to play, rock and roll, country rockabilly and some blues.
I've always been a Fender girl, but I picked up a second hand Schecter C6 Pro a couple of weeks ago (for not much money at all), to play while my Strat is in the luthier's for some work, and to say I'm blown away by it is an understatement! I adore everything about it. My Strat is now back but I just can't seem to put the Schecter down. It's an absolute dream of a guitar. Sorry, Fender, I think my allegiance has changed.
I sprang for one on Reverb ($667 total, shipping and all) and I'm looking forward to getting it. I'm going to actually play SONGS on mine. Ed Bickert played a tele with a neck humbucker-all the endorsement I need.
Darrell nice review. Schecter has really been a solid performer for many years now. Always will get a lot for your money. One disappointing aspects is that Schecter used to put out serveral types of necks (radius), but now they seem to almost fully concentrate on putting thin necks on everything. Since I can't play these it is disappointing that with each new guitar they market I have to pass on.
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Certain guitars bring so much more to the table than guitars from legacy brands - and this Schecter is one of them!
Tones @ 5:10
Guitar link - sweetwater.sjv.io/LXaZMa
Enjoy :)
Yes! I love PRS guitars! Great video!
You should definitely a PHX TL1 Telecaster. I have fenders and Gibs and that one is way, waaay better constructed and playable than the big ones (and costed me around 170 bucks, really).
Hey i'm starting to like this channel.
I bought my first Schecter (Omen Elite) a year ago after watching many of your videos on the brand. You really do get a lot of bang for the buck with Schecter.
Thanks for another great video.
Wow Cort has massive bot spam on a video that doesn't have a guitar from Cor-Tek - so many comments about PRS guitars when it's a Schecter demo lol.
Schecter Diamond Series, if they're built in Korea, are built at World Music (WMIC).
ESP, a privately held company owned by Hisatake Shibuya, brands are: ESP (now USA), E-II (Japan built, previously ESP), LTD, Edwards, Grass Roots, Navigator...and...Schecter. So Schecter instruments are built at ESP-contracted or owned factories, and you'll never see a guitar from any ESP brand built at Cor-Tek. Ever.
Honestly, I have wished a long time for ESP to buy up Dean's brand and bring Dean Zelinsky on board for refreshed/new lines with the same awesome treatment Schecter has had since they were picked up. Schecter PT models were the company's first fully built production guitars - the brand has existed since 1976, beginning as repair and OEM Fender replacement body/necks; PT is their first model and it's a signature model - Pete Townshend.
Fender and Gibson are great for name recognition, but so many other companies are making great instruments for a lot less cash.
Exactly!
Schecter really is an established brand too, it's not like Sire being a newer brand.
I don't think you can go wrong with the made in Korea or Japan models. China and Indonesia do some good work too. I have two tiers of guitars, the good quality USA and Canadian made (Godin) or the high quality Asian imports. I skip the in-between USA stuff, usually eclipsed by the Asian imports.
The Player series is just under, and for some models now over, $1000.
Yes indeed. Check out a Cort G290. Insane guitar.
Thanks to your review of the Schecter Solo ii, Darrell, I picked one up (same gorgeous black and gold finish you showed us) a couple years ago and I absolutely love it. So playable and great value. Thanks, Darrell!
From Leo: That Schecter looks like a nice guitar, I have a G&L tele with a humbucker and single pickups. I added the coil split. It is a very versatile guitar.
Schecter does it again, DARRELL. Love their innovation, quality, features and price points! Over the years, truly never got a dud from Schecter. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fully agree PRS make the best modern guitars!
I bought a Schecter diamond series guitar from a pawnshop. I love it its beautiful an plays an sound's awesome .
In Australia there's about $800 difference in price between the player series and this one. Close to $2000 over here..
I own a 3 pickup Tele that Dave Schecter hand-made for me in 1982. Solid Koa body with a Pao Ferro neck. It sustains forever.
There is a separate on/off switch for each pickup giving a full range of both Tele and Strat sounds. And, it has a whammy bar too. I lucked out that I met Dave through my git teacher.
that is super cool!
would be lovely if You post playing it on Your channel, I would love to see and hear it :)
Hi Darrel, you Always do an amazing and thorough job of critiquing a guitar in ways most of us would not think of, and I am in awe at your playing ability, especially your clean playing, you encourage me to want to try, even at 65 and battling a rare form of Parkinson’s, I will keep watching my friend !!!
Thanks making great videos. Tried watching some other channels and I had to come back here for some good content. No rambling. No annoying voice. Great playing. Getting to the meat of the guitar with great editing.
Schacter makes the best guitars for the money.
Schacter's pretty good fr
Gretsch and G&L also. Those two are more my style but Schector is branching out from the nu metal company they were known for and I appreciate that. I haven’t played any of their newer guitars
I really like Schachtore guitars
Check out a top of the line Agile
I’m a Fander man myself.
This is the first time I have heard a very distinct tone from 1 guitar, and it sounds BEAUTIFUL!!! It's totally worth the price !!!
Reminds me of a G&L Blues Boy. For alternate Tele neck pickups, Mini-Humbucker (I put in one from Rio Grande with a custom pickguard to mount it to)really works great, (I put in a higher output stacked bridge pickup from Seymour Duncan to better balance the volume, and split both of them for single coil mode.)
I bought a Squire T-style with humbuckers and installed PAFs and coil spits. Great guitar.
This guitar is top notch, I’m blown away by those pickups and it looks so beautiful. I’m not a big Telie fan but I love the value proposition.
I mean the design is so beautiful, really exquisite, The fact that it’s a schecter is really the biggest plot-twist. They did an amazing job 🔥🔥🔥🔥
the reverend gristlemaster is a great Tele too
Last year I got the Nick Johnston HSS “Strat” version of this guitar, and it is stellar! But…. my fret ends were nothing like the ball ends shown in this video. I had watched a LOT of reviews of the guitar before I bought it, and one of the many items that everyone raved about were the frets. Mine were level, smooth, and polished, but I certainly wouldn’t consider the ends smooth. In fact they are just a straight bevel with obvious tooling marks. I must have gotten a “Covid era” fret-end dressing on this one. That being said, the rest of the guitar is flawless and I would do it again in a heartbeat!
Is that the guy from The Jonas Brothers? :-p
@@standinsilence If he is, he's got the wrong last name!
Schecter always makes great stuff. I owned a c1-blackjack back in the day and loved it.
The single coil neck pickup on Telecasters is a big reason why it’s my main guitar. I usually put a humbucker in the bridge position on most mine (got one with a DiMarzio Super Distortion, one with a Seymour Duncan Little ‘59 and others with budget parts) but I love being able to switch to that neck pickup that I consider one of the cleanest sounds.
Fender did make one of these years ago. I've got a 1996 Mexican Fender telecaster special which has the same spec. It has a 5 way switch instead of the push pull pot but you get the same split coil on the humbucker. It also has a TBX tone control,21 frets, maple board.... cos I'm a traditionalist.
I had one, too! Black, with maple fretboard. I liked it.
The Schecter PT is on my want list. Very high quality and features exceed Fender. Nice review. Kerp up the great videos and demos.
One note, Pau Ferro really is a great wood. I have a custom bass with a Pau Ferro neck and fretboard. A raw Pau Ferro neck really feels great, and its more stable than my roasted maple neck.
got my eyes on the PT Special that has a P90 in the neck, plan to grab one in the next month or two
@@enderman_666 the p90 looks nice.
This is why we love Schecter 😍
Thanks Darrell. That Tele knocks it out of the ball park. That’s a “boutique” spec guitar.😀
The black one (atomic ink, which seems to be a little different than normal black) looks incredible. The Strat version as well!
Great video as always! I checked out the Strat variant at Andertons and I loved all the specs you highlighted here which were great to see. I was somewhat disappointed that the fretboard edges were quite hard. Would have been nice for them to be slightly rolled. Still a great guitar for the price point, and rolling the edges is an easy enough mod to do at home, but just something that I thought was odd. Roasted maple is such a trendy appointment I would have thought that rolled edges would have been a natural partner to that.
Which do you prefer, Darrell? The PT Tele with the P90 or this one?
Hey Darrell, I saw this while looking to buy an Epiphone something. I'm not great at playing but learnt to buy the best I can afford if I want to enjoy the thing. I can't put this down!! I don't need or want a Fender or Epi or Gibson from now on. Great and accurate review. Thanks heaps.
Dammit Mr.B...I took the pledge...no more guitars in 2023!! But I do lurv my Teles....got a great deal on one at GuitarGuitar in the UK, had to have it!!! (Good job I'm single....ok, maybe it's this sort of thing that's the reason I'm single!!!)😃
Instead of a push pull switch, a 5-way master switch is also good.
1st position bridge,
2nd position bridge+ neck HB(humbucker),
3rd position bridge + Neck SC(single coil),
4th Neck SC,
5th Neck HB.
We did that on our PT Van Nuys. It also has a trem. This is a signature model so it’s spec’d to Nick’s liking
Bought one of these after taking the tour at Sweetwater. Tested it back to back with player series tele and it was a no brainer! This guitar is so much better sounding!
Im doing the same right now and i actually feel that the player tele's pickups are better balanced together.. But the Schecter is a firebreather. It growls and screams without barely touching it and the playability and quality of the intrument itself is way better then the Fender.. My biggest issue with the Schecter is that i find that neck pick up to be ridiculously dark.. Im not sure why it didnt sound that way in this demo.. But yea, im very torn. The Schecter is almost like a hybrid of a metal guitar with a tele where the Fender is just a classic and awesome Fender tele.
That is really a sweet looking guitar with some great specs. I love the 14" neck radius. I find the Fender radius uncomfortable to play anymore. Looks like an Indonesian Cort build.
I have spent many days learning the piece starting at 5:15. It has taken a while, but has improved my playing. Thanks.
I have never wished I had locking tuners.
I can't understand why all tuners don't have split shafts.
To me, the best functional tweak here is the truss adjustment.
Sounds great. I've had an early Schecter S style since 1984.
Split shafts are great. On bass that's the standard, we just insert the string and tune, string locks itself. Yeah, I don't know why that's not normal on guitars.
Remember the American fender fat telecaster, I bought one years ago, around when they were discontinued. It became my number one, after I added a middle pickup. I ordered one of these, for a backup, and more specs that I like, namely the flatter radius.
I just bought a beautiful Fender Tele with Black block inlays, a maple fretboard and neck. And i started watching your videos again and i’m glad i did
I have a Fender Fat Tele which was part of their short lived California Series from about 1997/98, and is similar to this Schecter except that it has a maple f'board and non-locking tuners. It does have a 5-way switch though which is very useful. It weighs only 7.4lb.
Dang, wish I knew about this guitar when I bought my first one (Fender Player Telecaster). If I was buying today, I'd happily grab one of these instead.
Schecter makes great stuff. I have one of their original made in Korea 2004 Classic models. Precursor to the C-1. Just amazing. Has the Seymour Duncan USA Hot Rod pups set (Jazz SH2 neck and JB SH4 bridge) with a five way pups selector switch, like a Strat. Looks like a PRS, has that crazy vine of life inlay though the whole fingerboard (sometimes I get lost in it, ha). Neck through, 24 frets, plays and sounds like a dream. It was only $380 at my local GC in very good to excellent condition with the OHSC, so I jumped on it a couple years ago. Steal, esp. since I could slam it on the GC Gear Card with six months to pay. It's alway interesting what might turn up at your local GC. Hope they survive the current debt/interest situation, or get sold to better management. Hate these big slash and burn Corporations that ruin the good stores.
Agreed. Had a top-line Schecter Stiletto 5-string bass about ten years ago. The workmanship, overall quality, fretwork and playability were only a tick below my Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature Standard. It was a fantastic instrument and sounded excellent.
Thank you for the high-quality informative video. Every time you present on Schecter, I find myself asking why I don't own one...
I ask myself the same question. They are very nice guitars.
I got mine several months ago.
It’s a fantastic guitar. The front pickup is a tad dark and the electronics are a little noisy.
But, overall, it’s twice the guitar than any Fender in that price point. It’s a keeper.
The weird thing about Fender is that they often release squires with novell or unconventional layouts like this, with lower quality parts at affordable prices. At the same time, they dont offer the same setup on Fender branded guitars without requiring you to sell an organ to the custom shop. They appear to, on one hand make cool distinct things at the budget level then give you the option to spec a guitar accordingly at the super expensive level.
Off topic: It was largely based on your review that I bought a PRS Paul's Guitar SE last year. It may not be the best guitar ever made, but it's a damn good one and the best value I could have hoped for. Thanks!
I just got an American pro Ii and the schecter Nick Johnstown for $899 beats the $1699 strat by leaps and bounds. It’s insane the quality and tone. Lol
I have an Am Pro II Tele and its neck feels the best out of all my guitars. But then again, I bought what I liked.
Love the blue and the cream pick guard... Roasted neck..
Totally digging this guitar. The specs make me think the guitar was designed by players for players. Cool.
SOLD! I bought the NJ Strat recently bcoz I always hated where the volume knob is on a traditional Strat. I can’t stop playing that guitar now! It’s exceptional! Getting this one this week!
Dude your interpretation of Sweet Home Nova Scotia on that tele was super authentic. As a Jacksonville, FL, home of Skynyrd, area resident, it gave me shivers.
I've always wanted one NJ signature (for 1, it's a great guitar and 2, I'm a huge NJ fan), but this Tele... It's just amazing. I must have one.
Thanks for another great video.
Wow Cort has massive bot spam on a video that doesn't have a guitar from Cor-Tek - so many comments about PRS guitars when it's a Schecter demo lol.
Schecter Diamond Series, if they're built in Korea, are built at World Music (WMIC).
ESP, a privately held company owned by Hisatake Shibuya, brands are: ESP (now USA), E-II (Japan built, previously ESP), LTD, Edwards, Grass Roots, Navigator...and...Schecter. So Schecter instruments are built at ESP-contracted or owned factories, and you'll never see a guitar from any ESP brand built at Cor-Tek. Ever.
Honestly, I have wished a long time for ESP to buy up Dean's brand and bring Dean Zelinsky on board for refreshed/new lines with the same awesome treatment Schecter has had since they were picked up. Schecter PT models were the company's first fully built production guitars - the brand has existed since 1976, beginning as repair and OEM Fender replacement body/necks; PT is their first model and it's a signature model - Pete Townshend.
Great review as always Darrell. I love the combination of elements on this guitar. The riff you played at 8:39 was awesome. I'd like the tabs/notation.
Just by watching you should be able to get it. Drop D tuning and you’re set!
I'm saving money atm, but the amount of great guitars coming out under 1000 is torturing me.
Why does everybody think tapped humbuckers are some new big miracle? They've been around forever and they've always been half-assed. Ebony isn't any better than pau Ferro, just darker, more endangered and they're both very bright. and it's "full sized pot" not "pots". Your pull pot is a smaller one, looks like a Mouser (good stuff) The size doesn't make any difference anyway, it's the quality.
Darrell... love your channel and love your reviews because you’re one of the most thorough when it comes to breaking down a guitar. With that being said, all of those things don’t mean a thing when the company sends you the guitar. I know a lot if not most of your reviews don’t fall into this category. Do your followers a favor and only review guitars that are picked randomly and not ones that are given the “100 point” inspection by the manufacturer and then sent to you. Thanks.
Great video. "I'm a traditionalist....these locking tuners are awesome" 🤣
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"Fender could never make this guitar"
The guitar: A 6 saddle Telecaster with neck humbucker
I bought this from Sweetwater and returned it.
The neck was amazing and the fret work was great. From there the electronics felt super cheap, the tuner ratio was poor, and the pick ups were dull and muted.
The upgrades would have cost more than the guitar. To me there are better T style tele’s for the same price. The Pete Anderson Eastsider T from reverend is way better.
The guitar is about $980 with tax USD. Upgrades wouldn't cost as much the guitar lofl
@@davidkastin4240 for sure, decent pick up, new tuners and pots is an easy $500-600 plus install… the neck is nice though
This is an ad so he makes it sound better that it is. I have two teles one MIM and one MIA. I would not trade them for this.
@RJ Fender is doing fine, man...they don't need you white-knighting for them on TH-cam.
Not to get toxic. Truth is it’s a good guitar not a great guitar. I would consider many upgrades before gigging. However, any at home player or beginner would love this guitar. For me it lacks everything but the neck and frets.
This SCHECTER sounds Fantastic and looks Phenomenal
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I had to pinch myself , I thought I had drifted off and gone to guitar heaven !
Thank you Darrell for highlighting the superb features with attention to detail.
I have Suhrs which I love, but this Schecter is all class and cheaper.
Will buy one asap.
Definitely a great Tele Style guitar. I have 3 Schecters and each one has had great necks and fretwork. I have a Fender Player series Stratocaster which is a great guitar but It needed some fret end dressing and polishing. Its neck is great and has a beautiful Pau Fero fretboard but not ebony! Schecter continues to impress me. Great video and playing. Will you be keeping this guitar?
Man the fret looks pretty good on this one . This guitar seems to have about all the bells and whistles
Not playing like a traditional/vintage style Fender is a huge bonus
I have to say your channel is one of my favorite ones! Great Playing and good explanations. Greetings from Switzerland. My Name is Braun as well due to German Relatives...
It's kinda interesting, because for all intents & purposes it's not a "traditionalist" guitar. The neck, the pickup config, the locking tuners, roasted maple, radius.. and etc. Yet at the same time they kept the heritage body with no cutaways or chambering. For me it's a bit of a letdown, since i like my guitars to weigh nothing and be as comfy as possible. But on the other hand -i totally get it. It's still packed with great features and this way they don't totally alienate the traditional Tele crowd. Awesome review, cheers!
Schecters are so nice! I would like to see brass saddles, but the quality likely makes up for that issue.
They have models with brass saddles too.
Sure, Made in Indonesia
The one thing I personally don’t like about most modern guitar brands is that they use the push-pull knob to split the coils, and that’s not how I’d prefer it, especially when it comes to the issue of dealing with abuse/long-term use.
I’d much prefer a single switch that is just “split coil on-off.”
Yeah, Fender would never make it, so I built one myself. Mini-humbucker in the neck, I used a RockRabbit angled mini-toggle switch aluminum Telecaster control plate, a 4-way pickup selector switch for added series/parallel, a push-pull pot for phase switching and the mini-toggle switch to split/tap the mini-humbucker. I also did the "partial coil-split" wiring, using a resistor and capacitor to keep the split position from sounding too thin and weak. I'm really pleased with the way it all came out. There is a very discernable difference between all of the settings, which I had not always experienced before. I also opted for a Warmoth modern construction neck with a compound radius. No more strings choking out when I bend.
The commercial just killed this. Goodbye.
My only US made guitar is a mid priced Martin acoustic. I have the PTB, and a 23 year old C1+ Diamond Series. Everyone should have at least one Schecter. My only dislike is the neck width is narrow at the nut. The fretwork is high end. Great presentation DB!
Sounds great. Tasty playing, as always Darrell,
I doubt I have as many guitars as some, but I’ve got Gibson and Fender and Schecter. And the two that I pick up most often are the Schecter and my Fender FMT HH Tele. Both great value and play great. Thanks Darrell. Always good stuff.
I have a US made Fender Tele. It came with a Shawbucker neck pickup which has coil tapping via the push/pull tone knob.
Andy Taylor from Duran Duran introduced me to the brand in the 80s
Watched this review, bought the Atomic Ink (black) version of this guitar, it's fantastic, first T-style guitar I've ever owned, plays amazingly and sounds great. Thanks for the video.
I took a leap of faith and ordered this NJ PT based on this (and other) reviews. I'll comment on my purchase next week, but I must say I'm a bit nervous about buying without trying.....because I found no retailer stocking these...gulp
Update?
@@holmvik11 I ordered from Amazon and received the "Strat"model, not the "Tele" model I ordered. I returned it and then ordered from Sam Ash. I'm happy with this guitar although I did lower the action to make it more comfortable;. This was easy and painless to do, took about five minutes. It sounds very good and plays better than many fender teles I've tried in music stores it is a solid guitar, well made, and stays in tune I am an amateur player and use it with my practice amp for a clean sound, I also bought a used Squire Strat that I like better than more expensive fenders..
Hey Darrell, I picked up a PRS SE McCarty 594 Singlecut Standard and love it!!! Thanks for the review a little bit back.
8:07 RIP Gary Rossington... I think it's funny how Schecter is making metal machines like the Sun Valley Super Shredder and also making these traditional designs...
Such an awesome guitar. I only wish it would have a forearm comfort cut.
You don't have to be a master wood worker or luthier to put a belly relief
Me too. It restricts blood flow to the hand. So fingers get tired more easily.
New Title: Schecter $#!t's on Fender
"Schecter $#!ts on Fender via paid shill who plays Fender when not making videos."
So the neck profile/contour is a shallow C? or D?, the radius at 12 " and are the frets stainless steel?
thank you for doing this video!
That’s a wonderful sounding and gorgeous guitar. Unfortunately, I play left-handed, and I doubt that Schecter makes anything for me along these lines. Can you tell me what amp you did the demo through? The reverb sounds digital, and the overall sound of the guitar on the amp is very pleasing to the ear.😊
Hey Darrell, thanks for the fun video, by the way, you're looking great, take care.
Ive been looking to purchase a schecter, possibly a demon or omen but this guitar has changed that. I will be purchasing this thing very soon
I'm all in on Schecter. I have a Hellraiser Extreme which I love, and I'm eyeballing a Jack Fowler HT as we speak. This may be the 3rd.
I love the grit of higher gain Tele. Looks like Schecter made a killer option for $899.
I have a lot of guitars, never had a Schecter. Very tempted to pick one up now...
Hey Darrell, just a few questions:
-Does the coil split lose volume?
-Does the coil split sound meaty and full, almost P90 ish? (I don't like Fender USA telecasters b/c the neck is too chimey and scooped)
-Is the bridge pickup overly bright? I don't want to switch between neck/bridge and always need to touch the tone control, you know?
Quacks real nice on single-single/both mode or single/neck, but as you say can emulate a bigger LP kind of sound with the neck switched to full humbucker. I like everything about this guitar specwise but would probably opt for a different color, although this baby blue is actually not bad. I have a standard Tele that I love but I learned and grew primarily on Gibson and Epi 12" radius necks so Schecter's flatter neck and fretboard feel natural to me. No argument whatsoever with folks who feel differently but it's a valid consideration when buying. I have an old Schecter PT Saturn HH/trem in my collection that is still good as new, never a problem of any kind. Jammed a couple hours on it last night in several styles, still in love after 30 years. Nice review Darrell, this is the kind of stuff I'd like to see more of on your channel. Keep this up and I may have to get over myself and resub. Peace!
Amazing what a person can find if they ignore the name on the guitar. It's hard for an individual to find a similar quality guitar, as the Schecter, to even add a split pickup and locking tuners to...much harder for the price of the Schecter. Thanks for the review.
I love Schecter. Thanks again Darrell.
I see some indents in the fingerboard around the fret ends. Is it possible someone got too aggressive with a fret file? Also, where is this guitar made?
Some really good points here! The Schecter PT is a great value if you like the more modern features. Locking tuners are always good but I prefer vintage tuners on my Fenders anyway and they’re just as good and lock too.
However, as good as it is I don’t care for the pups on many of the Schecter PT guitars. They sound good but it all comes down to what you’re looking for I guess.
I just had a Fender Tele Ultra and sold it for the same reason. I was sucked in by the look and It was loaded but I just can’t bond with their noiseless pups.
As a Tele guy, I love Fenders when I find one that I like. Like Gibsons, they are not all equal! I do have a Tele Custom Shop Esquire that is my main thing but that was costly and still took some tweaking to get “perfect” which is nuts for any guitar at that price.
The bottom line is that it’s a great time to be a player as they’re so many great finds out there that just didn’t exist 20 years ago! Great review and tasty chops Darrell. 👍🏻
Pt special, pro, hybrid, classic… schecter is killing it!
The closest Fender would be the player plus at 1099 so about $300 more. It has locking tuners, belly cut, noiseless pickups with S1 for parallel/series, comes with a gig bag, made in Mexico. I love my Nick Johnston Strat so if it's similar it's a nice guitar for one made in Indonesia. I will say if the particular specs of the roasted neck, ebony board intrigues you then this is a good option. My only concern would be resale value over time. But my experience with Schecter guitars is great (I own 2).
Thanks for the video. I'm putting this guitar on my potential buy list, along with the Schecter PT Special. Darrell endorsed that one for the same reasons listed here. The main difference, as far as I can tell, is that the PT Special has a P90 (a V90, if you will) in the neck position, rather than a humbucker. My questions to anyone who has an opinion: what are the differences in sounds between the two? Are there any other key differences between the two that I don't know about? If it makes any difference, I want to play, rock and roll, country rockabilly and some blues.
I've always been a Fender girl, but I picked up a second hand Schecter C6 Pro a couple of weeks ago (for not much money at all), to play while my Strat is in the luthier's for some work, and to say I'm blown away by it is an understatement! I adore everything about it. My Strat is now back but I just can't seem to put the Schecter down. It's an absolute dream of a guitar. Sorry, Fender, I think my allegiance has changed.
do you have any equipment that sports a roller nut? just bought a guitar with an LSR roller nut and am looking to learn about it!
I sprang for one on Reverb ($667 total, shipping and all) and I'm looking forward to getting it. I'm going to actually play SONGS on mine. Ed Bickert played a tele with a neck humbucker-all the endorsement I need.
So why is a standard retail in stores not hinted at?
Love it! I've got 3 telecaster style guitars all with the same setup. Can't go wrong with a humbucker in the neck, best of both worlds!
a humbucker and an ebony board? I'm in. Those frets look great too...fat and nicely polished.
Darrell nice review. Schecter has really been a solid performer for many years now. Always will get a lot for your money. One disappointing aspects is that Schecter used to put out serveral types of necks (radius), but now they seem to almost fully concentrate on putting thin necks on everything. Since I can't play these it is disappointing that with each new guitar they market I have to pass on.