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Schecters are awesome for their price point. Find a used one that plays well. Can’t go wrong.
Schecter builds a quality instrument at any price point. I went with a 200 USD used Schecter when I wanted a 7-string guitar to try and I really like it. The Schecter basses I have tried (some kind of Stiletto and some kind of Omen) both seemed similarly well built and very easy on the eyes, but I never even plugged them in because I couldn't get past the skinny necks (apparently Stiletto isn't just a clever name). If you like Soundgears, though, you probably like skinny necks just fine, so I suggest you give one of those a try. I would like to try one of Schecter's takes on the P-bass myself.
I owned a Stiletto Custom 6 for eight years. It was my first "pro" instrument out of high school. It's what I used on my first studio job at 17, multiple big band gigs throughout college and eventually into my adult life. It was a good eight years, but my needs (read: wants) changed. We parted ways in 2015.
It was an enjoyable bass and had a great sound. It was sturdily built, and I never experienced problems with it. Quite versatile, too. Dual EMG-Hz pickups and active 2-band EQ made it an easy choice when I had a gig to play.
It was an enjoyable bass and had a great sound. It was sturdily built, and I never experienced problems with it. Quite versatile, too. Dual EMG-Hz pickups and active 2-band EQ made it an easy choice when I had a gig to play.
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My buddy just got one of these and brought to my house for a setup. He could barely pry it out of my hands as I told him, "I'm still testing it!"
A local bass buddy has a Stiletto Studio 5, which has a 3 band EQ, & to my ears sounds fantastic.
Wonderful low growl & sweet smooth highs, no icepick here !! I am now considering getting one
as a buddy to my Dingwall. The price is right too.
Wonderful low growl & sweet smooth highs, no icepick here !! I am now considering getting one
as a buddy to my Dingwall. The price is right too.
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I’m a Mike Lull artist and I own Schecters as well.
Also there 5 strings are 35” scale.
Love that
I’m a Mike Lull artist and I own Schecters as well.
Also there 5 strings are 35” scale.
Love that
get one with a 3 band eq not 2 band. Schecter stage 4 etc...
Pickup blend controls have both pickups wide open in the middle, and gradually taper one off in either direction while leaving the other wide open. I can't imagine any situation where that isn't exactly what you'd do with separate volume knobs. Turning both down is the same as turning overall volume down while adjusting blend to taste.
Electrically there is one subtle difference.... you have a third volume pot running.... but with high resistance choices it shouldn't do anything to tone. Arguably less treble but in my experience i haven't found that to be true. And i play jazz style 2 volumes all the time..... annoying as hell.
I miss my blend pots from the 80s.... waaaay better design imho.
Oh lol and on topic... I've been curious about these basses for years too.... so i'm reading and learning.
Ah.... i hate 35". The one thing that really affects me badly is 35 or longer scale. Good info for the op (and others! ) to know, thx.
It's one sexy bass for sure. I'm monitoring the prices for these as with Schecter basses, they go through model iterations like there's no tomorrow so discontinued models typically go for a song before they disappear.
I have the gloss ash body/rosewood CV-5 and yes, it's heavy, but the 4 would be much lighter. The tone is worth the weight, that's a fine p.u. system! If it's ash it has the potential to be heavy. I played a Studio Stiletto 4 for years and that was a case of great tone also.
Have an Omen 5, changed pickups to Seymour Duncan with an Aguilar OPB-3. It was my no. 1 bass for 8 years, 2011 through 2018. As another poster stated above, GAS got a hold of me and I now been playing a Lakland Skyline 55-01. Everyone talks about those Lakland necks, and I agree, but I bring up Lakland and its neck because the Schecter neck wasn't too far off from the Lakland neck in my opinion. The Schecter will always be my on stage backup. It also looked damn sexy in black!!!
Yeah, mine is anything but. If anything, the tone I get from my Schecter is much more beefy and balanced than what I'm getting from my Fenders. Certainly not anything resembling uncontrollable ear-splitting treble. That sounds like a faulty pickup or preamp or something.
