Come see the "SOFTER SIDE" of SCHECTER! (PT Fastback II B REVIEW and DEMO)
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- This guitar pretty much sums up everything I love about Schecter. I know that I sound like a broken record, but I truly believe that Schecter guitars are the best value in the industry. I'm not sure how they can make such high quality guitars for such a reasonable price. For more information or to make a purchase, check out the link to this guitar below:
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This is my workhorse. A gorgeous T-Deluxe style guitar. And it almost never goes out of tune!
It's a player's guitar. Not a showpiece. Not a collector's item. A tool, in short. Built for one reason- to play.
And that's why I'm going to buy one.
Sure is a pretty tool though
There's something about a tele deluxe with a bixby soaked in reverb that I just love listening to.
Dang Dan, this vid hits another level. The camera movements and editing are noticeably smoother and really different to me than past vids, and it was a very nice and seamless touch where you punched in the audio clicks for those pull pot close ups. I feel like you have really upped your game here, and in so doing you've actually caused me to reconsider Schecter guitars a little bit. Good job, dude!
Going on10 years with a used C1+ . Still happy with it as my go to hum-bucker guitar. It was my only electric guitar for two years in Panama. Thanks for the videos on bass pedals.
Thank you for these videos! Im about to buy one of these today and I'm pretty satisfied with the reviews
Hey, Dan! I have an idea for a build. HSS strat with coil split, two volume knobs, and a master tone. The neck and middle pickups share the first volume pot and the bridge pickup has the second volume pot that's also a push pull. Here's the challenge I have for you:
1. Add a mini spst switch that toggles the middle pickup.
2. Wire up the neck and bridge pickup to an LP style three way toggle switch.
3. Wire both switches to the 5 way strat style switch.
The idea here is to be able to shut off and toggle between any pickup like how tom Morello does but also be able to use all three pickups if I so choose.
Nice demo. Really nice licks and cool tone. You having me considering a guitar model I wouldn't normally look at twice.
20 seconds in and I knew I was in the right place. Subscribed. Excellent video.
I completely agree. It was the traditional stuff that drew me to Schecter as well. Ive got a dark blue C1+ with a beautiful flame top and cream binding, with a set of Seymour Duncan's in it. It is my favorite guitar to play. Even more so than my 1970 gold top Les Paul deluxe.
Awesome playing, great demo thank you!
I already bought my PT Special because of your review on it... Looks like I'm getting another Schecter guitar.
Real pleasure to see your video during this apocalypse. Enjoyed it very much
Getting closer to my neck of the woods. Welcome to Texas!
Dude. I love it here.
Not sure what part of the lake you were at, but I grew up in Sherman, TX just down the road.
Rad. We were in Gordonville, but we went to Sherman to go to Walmart!
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It's certainly hard not to. Glad to have you.
05/27/2020: I am looking forward to seeing how you refinished this guitar.
That is. One of the nicest looking guitars I have seen. I wouldn’t change a thing.
No disrespect’ I love your work but it made me cry when you striped the paint off at the end
I am going to build a telly to look exactly like this
Easily the most versatile and playable guitar I own. I don't understand how I don't see more of them around. I swapped out the tuners for some Hipshot locking tuners (makes string changing on a Bigsby so much easier), also had to replace the switch after a student knocked it over, but other than that I have no compulsion to change anything about it. Glad to see I'm not alone
Great demo, in depth and honest. Are the schecter necks similar to telecaster’s or slightly thinner?
I have this guitar for about one month, and I really love it
Are the tuners rotomatic?
Can’t wait to see it redone Dan, and
WELCOME TO TEXAS!
Dan! That's the stuff I play!! Or try. That opening was beautiful and the playthrough. Great to see others enjoying the Atmospheric blues etc!
Definitely agree Dan, I fall into the broken record camp as well when it comes to Shector. However, I think that does speak to the consistent quality that they've produced over the years; as opposed to other distributors who've fallen down or off recently.
Word of mouth is a powerful thing.
I really love the calm song you where playing at the beginning, can I see the tabs somewhere I would like to learn how to play it. Great video’s btw!
Schecter, Reverend, and the old USA Peaveys can stand along guitars 3x their price range.
It’s a great guitar. I love the t shape with the arm contour and belly carve
Awesome video. I was interested in this guitar and I saw this video. Great review, keep it up 👍🏽.
Man your playing has come a long way! Great guitar. The best guitar i've ever played is a $400ish Schecter at my local guitar center. I was in the building for 3 hours and almost all of that time was spent playing that guitar
Nice demo Dan ! I love Schecter PT Fastbacks ! 🎸👍
Thanks for this video! Comes in Green too! my favorite color!
Thanks for this. I've got a G&L ASAT but I've always liked the look of the Schecter PTs. Didn't realise they were contoured. That's a big plus IMO. (Fun fact: PT stands for Pete Townshend 👍🏽)
Fantastic vid. I'd love to try some of Schecter's other models. I've been playing on my C1 elite for over ten years now, and it's still my favorite guitar I've ever owned.
Great video Dan! Awesome Riffs!!! You rock that SCHECTER! Have to agree with you on their guitars. Quality. Best set up guitar straight out of the box that I’ve ever played and owned. SCHECTER does a better job with their set up for playability than Gibson and Fender! IMO. Well I can say that since I also have Gibson and Fender! 😇
Can’t wait to see what you do with this, really nice sounding instrument.
Hey Dan! How about a short (or maybe not so short) tutorial on how to remove paints (like the Candy Apple Red from your Shecter) from different kinds of guitars, bolt ons, glued necks, glued necks with binding. Would really appreciate it!
Love the guitar. I personally prefer the one without the front pickguard and bigsbyy though. I love the two humbuckers on a tele type thing. Schecter is a really good company. Great guitars for the money..
Thinking about picking up the PT Special. Schecter seem such value for money. Great stuff
Lookin forward to seeing your put your special touch on this one!👍😎🎸🎶
Have the likes of Dragon Fire pickups ever been on your radar for an endorsement / promo deal? Dirt cheap and decent "inspired by" versions of well known pickups. I recently dropped some of their gold covered "Gate Buckers" (pearly gates)like pickups ($53 brand new, $13 of which is the upcharge for the covers) into a guitar of mine - and I have to say, I'm properly impressed with them.
my friend own one of these guitar and i had a chance to play it at his house. honestly this guitar is amazing, i dont mind with the weight but its probably gonna be a problem once you used it on tour or gigs especially if you only playing one guitar. the one i really wanted to get my hands on with schecter is the diamond series of nick jonston signature strat.
i love schecter too man, ive had a hell raiser for years and it hasnt done me any wrong. one day i hope to be schecter artist.
Looking forward to the refinish video.
Nice playing, still love their metal looking guitars more myself, but still very cool! Looking forward to seeing what you can accomplish on it!
Good review!! Great video. Beautiful guitar!
Durant checking in! Welcome to our neck of the world!!
If I was in the market for a new guitar, I would definitely consider this one. I love the red and classic binding and pickguard.
They do make great instrument...great video and great playing
I had that same guitar several years ago. Had to sell it for health reasons. Great guitar.
3 Card Monty I hope your feeling better
I love my schecter solo. It plays and feels amazing.
Nice playing - I've been jonesing for one of these
Left handed Lady Liberty!
Can't wait to see what you do with it, Dan!
You put this Fastback and the Nick Johnston HSS in your kit and you'll have SO MANY TONES in beautiful, very high quality packages for a fantastic price. I'd include the Yamaha Revstar RS820CR as another remarkable guitar that plays well above the price point (like these).
Hey man I love your channel. I have a bunch of questions.
1. Do you have a video on finishing the stains diy kits you build?
2. Do you have any 5 string bass builds? I met a guy on talk bass that converts 4 string basses to 5 actually.
3. Would you ever do a Languedoc style kit (like the kind Trey Anastasio plays) and explain what’s different about how the pups are wired?
4. Finally a gun/knife question: Does anyone ever carry a knife on an arm band? I think it would be better for wilderness walks and trail running.
Thanks Dan, keep up the good work
Can't wait to see what mods you do to an already awesome guitar
Just bought this guitar on Reverb because of your review.
Great video! I love that bridge tone - would you recommend something like this for pop punk? Story So Far, All Time Low, Blink-182?
Wow. I was wondering what you doing reviewing guitars :) But I like how it turned into a guitar review the Dan Thompson way. (They'll never send you anything again. LOL.)
Only $600? Whoa.
I'd totally pair this with a Boss/JHS Angry Driver and a nice open reverb.
That one has everything you need to reduce a Tele, LP and Gretsch to one guitar. The nut might need a slight lowering....
Mine is in green and it is a monster finger style machine. It can definitely hang with my Gretsch.
I have a PT black and it outplays my Strat, Tele, JEM, and LP
I love this guitar and have been wanting to buy one for a long time but I am always gun shy. I do own 3 schecters though! I own the Ultra III, Damian and the Cloud from Schecter and want a few more guitars from them as well.
I have this guitar in green. I love it so much
dan looking forward to your upgrades and mods
Hey, nothing wrong with modding stuff out -- nor in starting with a good basis in the first place. Be it guitars, Mausers, old cars, old motorcycles, you name it. It's all good.
I've got a Schecter S -1 custom lll Diamond series great looking and great sounds come out of her ,I call her Betty B . I love it
Killer review that's not a axe many are aware they make. If I hadn't caught the namm shows I wouldn't of myself . I love Schecter though mine was a Satin finish Daimon 6 with EMG passive H buckers. I got it used but it was not wore out and played great. The quality was what got me The neck just felt awesome. I'm a SRV blues kinda guy so I wasn't in love with it and the bat inlays just seemed wrong for my style. A guy offered me more than I could pass up after playing it and being spoiled by it. So it's got a great home Dudes shredding his bloody fingers off on it. That pick guard and the routing means anyone with a drimel can order the pickguard material pots and wires and go Strat single coils or P90s heck make a few with different set ups with qwick connect for the ground and out put Jack wires and in a few minutes you can change the whole sound. The control cavity also looks big enough to go with some onboard effects preamp midrang and distortion push pulls on the volume and still do a coil split on the tones. Sink some stout magnets into the wood for holding power and ya don't even need to screw the guard down just epoxy some washers that fit in the hole to make contact with the magnet. They are for sure a company to consider by more traditional players. I'll be going to pick one when this mess is over if I'm not over. Thanks Brother stay safe out there.
Amazing tones!
I wish I coulda met and played guitar with you while you were in Texas!
I'm excited to see that all stripped down!
So I just picked up this guitar used at GC for a really good price , but it has an EMG-60 in the neck, and a EMG-81 in the Bridge, so it is Active now and has all the new electronics for that - No coil splitting though. I am trying to determine if that was an upgrade for the Pups or not, and if I should keep it or return. I don't know much about EMGs but it appears the 60/81 combo is mellower than the typical Metal/hard rock combos. They sound good to me and the 60 in the neck can get pretty clean and notes seem to be clear all around. I usually play modern worship so alot of top 40 type rock sound with OD, Delay and reverb and some Ambient stuff. Curious to your thoughts on those EMGs if you are familir with them and how you think it would compare overall to the original pups quality/soundwise just in general. Im okay with the EMGs if it is considered an improvement on what was in there originally. Thanks, Michael
Dan you don't sound like a broken record what you sound like to me is a very sincere person who wants to give his fans good advice. If the guitar is a turd I know you will either politely call it a turd or we just might not see a review on said turd.
I'll take one with out the bigsby and a fender style hardtail bridge.
Cool riff!!
I need me this beauty! I hope they ship to Canada..
Looking forward to see how it comes :) 🤟
I think I've already said I have an older tempest. I really only use it for clean or with a bit of grit. I want an older s1
Beautiful guitar, i love schecter they are well built and offer lots at there price point
Thing is i used to have schecter exceed iv.
Not many knows they still did those super strat just not in usa but esp japan
Please build a fretwire resonator? I’m in the market for a blues guitar and the first one I saw was a National 1934 steel
Maybe Schecter should release a line of unfinished bodies and necks under your inspiration. Guitarist can get creative with their own custom finish, or have a line of ‘guns and guitars’ transparent finishes choosen by you.
Building a XGP Telecaster Deluxe HH, using Babicz FCH-Z Series Hardtail Bridge, Plate Waves Trim Lock Tuners, and SH8 Bridge ,SH6 Neck Pickups and want to use a PRS 5 way Rotary Switch to see how many Tricks I can make this pony Do, Any interesting suggestions? It has no pickguard, and is drilled for 3 holes, One Tone, One Volume and One for PRS 5way
Whatever happened to that diy rickenbacker thing in the background of your tube shootout video that has the slanted j pickup on the neck and split p pickup?
please, make a video about cheap bigsby alternatives
I love Schecters, even though I haven't even seen one xD My dream is to have a custom bass build by them, I'm gonna call it Jenny ahahaha
PS I can't wait to see what you do with this one
All it takes is a drive to guitar center to play one for yourself
... 03/21/2020: Seems like a great guitar. Question: I do not know much about pickups, so why do these pickups have three pole screws to one side of the pickup, and on the other side of pickup it has three screw poles to the other side? Also, I am subscribed to your channel, so I am anxiously waiting to see your refinish paint job.
I seem to remember Pete Townsend playing a black Schecter tele style with white binding in the 80's. Yeah, take off that candy apple red finish and slap on some tung oil and replace that pickguard with the lid of a vintage Winchester or Remington ammo box and it's totally you.
Enjoying the vids, I have a question mark guitar (Fender 3 pu tele 50th Japanese) I’ve unfortunately abused. Still love but don’t know if I should refit and wire it. Looking for advice and ideas.
Thanks again
I too am a fellow Schecter player of over 15 years, but they really need to do something to re-establishment themselves, because they have seriously fallen out of the limelight in the last 5+ or so. You really don’t even hear much about them anymore, which is incredibly sad. Keep up the good work though bro, cause we need to keep them making quality products
It doesn't help that they moved production from S Korea to Indonesia. $800-1500 for Indonesian guitars with mostly average components is way too much.
@@ThePokeCzech I wholeheartedly agree, which is why I don’t even mess with any of their newer guitars. The move to Indonesia was career suicide for them, as far as I’m concerned, because I’ll never buy another one. For me, if a guitar doesn’t come from the USA, Japan, S. Korea or Mexico, I’m not interested…
@@The2ndProtectsTheRest I'm not totally opposed to owning a guitar made in Indonesia, the quality is actually quite good. I'm just not going to pay $1,000 give or take for one. Especially when they still save on some components like pots, fret wire, wood quality, etc.
@@ThePokeCzech exactly, which is why I won’t buy one. Why spend that kind of money and have to upgrade everything?! I’ve been hearing the new Schecter’s aren’t even coming with stainless frets anymore… that a deal breaker for me, especially with how long they used stainless frets for.
The Schofter side. Very nice.
I wish bigsby bridges weren't so spendy, I was wanting to put one on my destroyed telecaster, i was planning to restore it, but idk if I'll put a bigsby on it or not
Use a cheap knock off one! If you like it and want to replace it with the real thing down the road, you certainly can
You could also try something like the gfs xtrem, I hear it's pretty good
It's not so much about the shape of the guitar, but functionality. Does the Teleclone twang, or bounce off the fretboard like a Fender?
The new Nick Johnston models are really intriguing me tbh
That's why I like the Ibanez Talman T303 cause it don't look like a metal thrash monster but more traditional;
Do a double neck kit
What song are you playing first?
Are those pickups standard humbucker sized or larger? I'm also super curious about the newer fastbacks because they look great but the pickups may be a bit niche in their sound
how did you get that tone?
maybe im wrong but it sounds like a clean sound blended with a light creamy distortion
Pretty guitar. How much was it?
Dan, what are schecter neck profiles like? Thin and wide like an Ibanez? Modern fender-ish? Are they all the same? Or do the more classic shaped guitars like this have a slightly fatter rounder shape?
I own this same guitar and i really love it!!! The neck feels much more comfortable and easier for me to play than the neck of my American Pro Telecaster. Both guitars sound great through my Spark 40 Amp but very different from one another. Truthfully, the pricing of the two guitars should be reversed.
Could I get your opinion on the Guyker 1:21 locking tuners?. What you think?