In my 30 years of playing, I didn't consider a Schecter bass until relatively recently. I guess early ads for the guitars and basses led me to believe they were basses for the heavy metal players (I do enjoy and listen to it every now and then, but alas in my early bass years, I was in a New Wave cover band).
Truth is Schecter basses are some of the most under-appreciated basses I'm aware of, given their prices especially on the used market, you're often getting a great bass for the money.
I'm primarily a 4 string player but have delved in 5 string basses in the past, but never found a bass within my tight budget I was comfortable with - I tried Fender, Peavey, Ibanez SRs and a few others - floppy B strings, wide fretboards, heavier weight were things that turned me off the basses and ending up trading or selling all of them. That is until I tried a Schecter and the cheapest model at that (also the most inexpensive bass I own), a Schecter Deluxe 5. Light weight for a fiver, a slim and sweet neck and a tight B string due to it being 35" scale - it really addressed all of the issues I had in converting. It's a blast to play. So I'm not at all surprised the Studio is on that list, it's an even better model of the bass I own so it's not hard to imagine how good it is.
That being said, with your budget of $3K, you have quite a number of options available to you - if your budget was $1K, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the Schecter Studio over most other basses, but with your headroom, you can very likely find something even better. Just my two cents.
Truth is Schecter basses are some of the most under-appreciated basses I'm aware of, given their prices especially on the used market, you're often getting a great bass for the money.
I'm primarily a 4 string player but have delved in 5 string basses in the past, but never found a bass within my tight budget I was comfortable with - I tried Fender, Peavey, Ibanez SRs and a few others - floppy B strings, wide fretboards, heavier weight were things that turned me off the basses and ending up trading or selling all of them. That is until I tried a Schecter and the cheapest model at that (also the most inexpensive bass I own), a Schecter Deluxe 5. Light weight for a fiver, a slim and sweet neck and a tight B string due to it being 35" scale - it really addressed all of the issues I had in converting. It's a blast to play. So I'm not at all surprised the Studio is on that list, it's an even better model of the bass I own so it's not hard to imagine how good it is.
That being said, with your budget of $3K, you have quite a number of options available to you - if your budget was $1K, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the Schecter Studio over most other basses, but with your headroom, you can very likely find something even better. Just my two cents.
