Saw the Craigslist posting about 5 minutes after it went up and was checking it out a few hours later. The kid was desperate to sell. He had a Hartke head, Hartke 1x15, and the Schecter listed all for $500 and I probably could have offered $450 for all of it and gotten it.
Instead I offered $260 for the Schecter and he took it plus I got some funky hard case that's soft and padded on the outside and zips closed. I had the money for the rest and I'll never see a deal like that again but just playing in my apartment I can't use that type of power. My current combo amp pumps out 125w anyway so if I need power I'm not doing too bad.
Needs a quick setup and I'll get it into the shop next week. I finger pick pretty hard and I have the strings slamming off the fretboard all the time so they need to come up a hair. Plus there's slight dead spots between the 3rd and 5th frets on B and E. I'll let the guy at the local shop get it set up for me, he does a great job on my basses. Also needs new strings, there's some funky random spots on the ones it has. He threw in a set of DR Extra coated strings, they're purple, and I might give them a try.
Has 2 small nicks on the body, nothing major, and 2-3 very faint scratches from a pick on the front. Other than that its in perfect condition. I'm already used to the sound the EMG HZs put out since my Dean has the same pickups, but with the active preamp this thing sounds much much better. Even with the bass and treble set flat it sounds better than my Dean. I can deal with the bats on the fretboard
Schecter Damien 5
The bats on the fretboard
The gang hanging out (Schecter, Series 10 Strat copy, Squier Jazz, Dean)
I'm semi-trying to sell the Jazz but might keep it now and string it EADG (currently it's BEAD).
Instead I offered $260 for the Schecter and he took it plus I got some funky hard case that's soft and padded on the outside and zips closed. I had the money for the rest and I'll never see a deal like that again but just playing in my apartment I can't use that type of power. My current combo amp pumps out 125w anyway so if I need power I'm not doing too bad.
Needs a quick setup and I'll get it into the shop next week. I finger pick pretty hard and I have the strings slamming off the fretboard all the time so they need to come up a hair. Plus there's slight dead spots between the 3rd and 5th frets on B and E. I'll let the guy at the local shop get it set up for me, he does a great job on my basses. Also needs new strings, there's some funky random spots on the ones it has. He threw in a set of DR Extra coated strings, they're purple, and I might give them a try.
Has 2 small nicks on the body, nothing major, and 2-3 very faint scratches from a pick on the front. Other than that its in perfect condition. I'm already used to the sound the EMG HZs put out since my Dean has the same pickups, but with the active preamp this thing sounds much much better. Even with the bass and treble set flat it sounds better than my Dean. I can deal with the bats on the fretboard
Schecter Damien 5
The bats on the fretboard
The gang hanging out (Schecter, Series 10 Strat copy, Squier Jazz, Dean)
I'm semi-trying to sell the Jazz but might keep it now and string it EADG (currently it's BEAD).
