Any opinions on Schecter guitars?

ICBM

Schecter will always mean these, to me…

http://www.mk-guitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/schecter-red-1980-2.jpg

I had one exactly like that except it was Lake Placid Blue. The best-sounding Strat I've ever played, I think - but it had a neck the size of a tree and weighed as much as a house.

And the similar Teles - he had a red one and I think a bound black one, although I might be remembering that wrong.

I don't like any modern Schecters.

UnclePsychosis

grungebob said:

Ive always wanted one of thos corsairs!

Its pretty sweet! The coil taps make it nice and flexible. I need to fiddle with the electronics a bit (the switch and output jack have gone a bit iffy) but I still really like it. 

Dave_Mc

ICBM said:

Schecter will always mean these, to me…

http://www.mk-guitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/schecter-red-1980-2.jpg

I had one exactly like that except it was Lake Placid Blue. The best-sounding Strat I've ever played, I think - but it had a neck the size of a tree and weighed as much as a house.

And the similar Teles - he had a red one and I think a bound black one, although I might be remembering that wrong.

I don't like any modern Schecters.

That looks pretty nice.

How come he seems to have a white t-shirt on yet red sleeves? crazy.

Loobs

Sweat bands. 

Knopfler looks almost dead there. Must have been doing a fair bit of nose candy in those days I guess. 

ToneControl

I had an 8 string Damien Elite,it was much nicer than my Mexican fenders, as well as more expensive pickups

I now have 2 Hellcat VI, also above Fender Mex level

I would buy a Damien Elite 6 string if I saw one cheap, or their 30 inch baritone Hellraiser http://www.guitarworld.com/review-schecter-hellraiser-c-vi-bch-baritone-guitar

camf

I have a Corsair too and I like it a lot. 

I upgraded the electrics to a Shugz loom and a set of Mojo pickups and with a very nice Bigsby, it's my backup guitar for a bit of variety from the Esquires and Strat. It's a very nicely made guitar that seemed like superb value for money to me. I'd probably only part with it for a Gibson, but that's not high on my list of wants these days as the Corsair cover that base pretty well. 

It's the only Schecter I've owned so I can't comment on other models.

Dave_Mc

Loobs said:

Sweat bands. 

)

monquixote

timmysoft said:

I hate schecters, for me they are always soulless and sterile. I've owned five or six of them and they were all very bland.

Surely after the third or fourth one you were at the till thinking "Wait a minute, should I really be buying another Schecter?"

My experience has been that they are nice enough far eastern guitars that I wouldn't buy new because they drop like a stone in value, but I would ponder second hand if I needed an inexpensive widdle stick.