Schecter Stiletto - What is not to like and why? *Fender Comparison Incl.*

i have the elite 4 its good but heres the thing, i play punk music with my band and when I'm at home i play some slap. it's more a metal based guitar. i still like it a lot but it doesn't have a good slap sound playability is awesome though i cant deny that. I'm thinking about getting a nice fender jazz but still will keep the schecter.

 

I played on the C-5, it was awsome.

 

I have the Schecter Stiletto custom-5 bass. I love it, great tone, feel, and looks. I've had it for about a year and a half, it's great.


There are two things I just really don't like.

1.)The pickups (EMGhz's) are really, really noisy. They're always popping and buzzing.

2.)The bridge. It is impossible to adjust. The allen wrenches it came with to adjust don't even fit in the sockets. The string saddles are the other pain in the bridge. They are not stuck in the bridge, so if you broke a string while playing, you could easily lose a saddle because of it falling out. You can't buy extra ones either.

 

weird. I wonder if I just got a bad one?

 

There is no such thing as 'a metal bass' or 'a funk bass' etc.

 

ok your right i didn't mean it kinda how it came out but you cant tell me that b.c rich guitars are made for the Christian bass player. YES! before people shoot me, you could use them in church and they would sound fine but the church i go to with 75% of the members grannys they would give you weird looks for a hellish looking bass. Some basses are just made for a certain style of music then another. and still if people don't agree let me put this in here IMO.

 

I like my custom 5 a lot! But, the narrow string spacing is making it go up for sale soon.

 

Hey Man

About a year-&-a-half ago, I had purchased me a spankin' new Schecter Stiletto Elite 5. I played it for a week or so and returned it! Don't really know which reason was more important to me, but...

I wasn't diggin' the sound at all. I actually found it rather uninspiring. Also, I couldn't get into the feel of it. The shape of the body was not at all pleasing to my fingers and the finish felt very 'plasticy' in my hands.

So... Both physically and sonically, it just seemed rather dull and boring. All IMO of course.

 

They're nice basses, but IMO they really shine if you replace the pickups with real EMGs

 

"...Stay 'ere and listen to the nightmares of the sea!!!" Sorry, I do not have any input on Schecter basses but I kinda' got carried away in a Iron Maiden moment!! But I feel muuuuch better now..LOL

 

Yes, but this was 5 years ago when I didn't know what I was doing when it came to bass gear. I bought a Stiletto 4 and replaced the bridge with a Gotoh, and ripped out the EMG's in favor of Passive Bartolini's with a series/parallel switch. $400 or so to upgrade a bass which didn't need upgrading and only because didn't know any better and thought that it "needed" those upgrades.

 

I played a Stiletto once, it was nice and sounded good, but the overall feel felt a bit flimsy. The finish was top notch but the construction kinda felt weak, especially the neck.

 

Now that I think of it again, my neck was not the most stable. I had Jack Read at the time do all the mods to it and I think he said it was very "flexy".

 

I have a Stiletto 4. A few years ago, my 1983 Alembic Spoiler's preamp had to be repaired and upgraded, so I went to Guitar Center to buy a backup bass. I narrowed down my choices to either a Cort Artisan 4 and the Scheter Stiletto. I was shocked at how nice the Stiletto played and sounded for the money!!!! I recently sold the Alembic to help finance the purchase of my Ken Smith Black Tiger 5. The Stiletto is a keeper!


A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

 

Personally I absolutely hate schecter basses, just can't get into them. But everybody is different.

 

I have a Gryphon-4 which is Stiletto bodied and falls right in line with the rest of the Stilettos in terms of price and features. I like it a lot, especially the shape of the body. When you're sitting and playing it just sets perfectly, very comfortable to play, and the acoustic properties aren't too bad. That said the electronics have a bit too much growl for me, not a fan of the pickups, and the neck pocket it a bit off, but it doesn't affect sound or playability, it just looks kind of bad. It's a great bass, especially for what it cost me.

 

I owned a Custom 4 for a while. It was my first "good" bass. What ultimately sealed its fate was 1)the electronics package -- I just didn't dig the HZ pups but I thought the preamp was ok 2)the bridge -- PITA to adjust; though it hardly ever needed adjustment and 3) lack of a 5th string (can't really fault the intrument or the manufacturer for that but it is a big part of why I sold it).