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I like the blend, too. But I have hell dialing in exactly the blend I want sometimes. Good thing I like 50/50 most of the time! On both of my Schecters, it seems like it goes from bridge to both to neck in huge steps. There is very little gradient in between them, for only a wee bit of knob travel really close to the center detent. Overall, it seems to act like more of a switch than a blend. Is there a known fix for this that doesn't involve swapping out the BTS preamp?
The blend on my Stiletto is really more of a three-way-switch with a LOT of slop room, rather than a for-real blend circuit (even after swapping the factory pre for an early Bartolini, which suggests that it's the blend pot itself). My 004's blend, however, is much better at actually blending the pups incrementally (so naturally, I keep that one notched dead-center).
What is everyone's opinion of the 004 bass. I have the opportunity to buy one, and although I'm more of a P bass guy, I am intrigued by the idea of the poor man's Rickenbacker body style. The natural wood color one looks classy and comes with a brass nut. Anyone own one?
I have one, a BnM...I will never sell it.
And the natural body/rosewood fretboard ones are REALLY uncommon...something like 200 or so built.
And the natural body/rosewood fretboard ones are REALLY uncommon...something like 200 or so built.
Schecter started out as a parts house like Warmoth is now, selling Fender replacement parts. I don't know if they were THE first but I do remember that they were the first to offer exotic wood selections. These were solid bodies, not capped, so if you ordered a zebrawood or rosewood etc. body it was a solid piece of rosewood or zebrawood.
I don't remember exactly when they statred up their custom shop from which you could order an assembled instrument but it seems to me that it was the early 80's (could have been '79 but I don't think so).
I used to have a couple of their old catalogs that I ordered back when I was in high school. I have come acroos a few Schecter parts basses over the years and every one of them was very heavy (few of us back then knew how heavy a solid piece of ebony or rosewood could be!
You also have to understand that back in the day the general opinion among bassplayers was that heavy basses were better tonally and that a heavy bass produced better sustain and clarity. After all, Alembics with all those fancy hardwoods sure sounded great right?!
Random Schecter Factoid - before Stone Temple Pilots went big, Robert DeLeo worked for Schecter.
Same blank body and neck but the 004's had soapbars, rather than the SG's jazz/MM pups; no pickguard; the BnM 004 had a maple fretboard (thus the 'M' in BnM); the natural ash bodies had a rosewood fretboard.
So yeah...they're both built from the same blanks, but they're not the same instrument.
So yeah...they're both built from the same blanks, but they're not the same instrument.
I wonder how they sound in comparison to each other? Curious, now... I would think the Stargazer would have more tonal variety based on the P/U config, but... ?
I have a schecter stiletto custom 4 and lovelovelove her! I am now searching for a step up, I was thinking the schecter hellraiser 4 string but the nearest one to me to try out is a 8 hour drive. Any thoughts or feedback? Or any comparable neckthru models?
I have a couple of questions.
1. What's the deal with my bridge on my bass? It looks like they sell the custom with a different style now? What's the difference?
Also, can I use a polishing kit like the Dunlop 65, where I have supposedly a maple top and maple neck?
1. What's the deal with my bridge on my bass? It looks like they sell the custom with a different style now? What's the difference?
Also, can I use a polishing kit like the Dunlop 65, where I have supposedly a maple top and maple neck?
I have to vent here a little. I'm trying to sell a schecter here, on Craigslist, and on Ebay, and I can't get any bites. Is the Schecter name that unknown that unless it says fender or yamaha it scares people off? It can't be because I upgraded the pickups to the 40J and 40P, is it? They are so much better than the HZ's it's not even funny.
I'm sitting here totally dumbfounded that I can't give this bass away for $350. Hell, if somebody showed up at my door right now I'd take $300 and I paid more for that bass BEFORE I upgraded the pickups.
It's a freaking beautiful bass that plays great, I am dumbfounded that nobody wants it for this price. What am I doing wrong? Be honest
I'm sitting here totally dumbfounded that I can't give this bass away for $350. Hell, if somebody showed up at my door right now I'd take $300 and I paid more for that bass BEFORE I upgraded the pickups.
It's a freaking beautiful bass that plays great, I am dumbfounded that nobody wants it for this price. What am I doing wrong? Be honest
it's the one in my siggy. It's a c5. A freaking beautiful black cherry c5.
Never thought changing out the pickups could be a negative. the 40J and 40P are an improvement in every way
Never thought changing out the pickups could be a negative. the 40J and 40P are an improvement in every way
I kinda wonder if some folks hear the name 'Schecter' and immediately think of pointy guitars, or something...there is a bit of difference in styling between the guitars and basses. It's also true that the economic 'recovery' has yet to apply to everyone.
I didn't buy this bass because of resale value, (good thing) I bought it because it played great, and looked amazing. Since that day I figured out how to convert my t40 to 5 string, and the sound of it fits a little better with the classic rock band I play with, so I thought I would offer the c5 to somebody who would put it to better use than me. I hate to see basses go unplayed. Never thought it would be this hard to offload
I've noticed that there hasn't been a lot of sales in general here in the bass class-ads recently...if that helps any. Even pedal ads will run for a few weeks sometimes, and pedals are usually easy to flip.
