I am absolutely head-over-heels in love with my Schecter Model T. Mine is the four string. Without question the best value for the money that I've ever spent on gear. Sounds good, plays well, sets up nicely.
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I am absolutely head-over-heels in love with my Schecter Model T. Mine is the four string. Without question the best value for the money that I've ever spent on gear. Sounds good, plays well, sets up nicely.
The Michael Anthony sig bass has gotten rave reviews, for it's styling and the pickups.
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I really like the looks of the more Aerodynish SLS too.
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I really like the looks of the more Aerodynish SLS too.
They are underrated. My main bass for the pst five years has been a Schecter. Great build, comfortable, light, sounds and plays well. What more could you want?
Nice. Upgraded pickups and bridge? Mine had Duncan "designed" elecs, which left something to be desired. Aguilars would have been a monumental improvement.
The pickups, yes, but that's the bridge it came with. It originally had "duncan designed" pickups. The Aguilar M/J set sounds so good it may be my favorite pickup combination. But, that's what I meant when I said slightly older schecters were better quality. They used to come with hipshot bridges and nicer hardware. Now they all come with schecter bridges which, in my opinion, feel cheaper.
The C-4 Apocalypse bass is passive, and it plays and sounds amazing. It's pricey but IMO it is very well worth it.
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Yeah, I bought one of those C4's about 15 years ago. It had a one-off burl maple top, beautiful. But the electronics, which included Duncan "designed" pickups and a poor quality 3-band, sounded bad enough to my ears that I just flipped it almost immediately. Couldn't see investing $300 to upgrade a $450 bass.
Gotcha. The cv-4 was actually the first bass I bought with my own money. I never liked the electronics either, so it always just sat around my house on a stand. It was sort of my around the house jam with no amp bass, and I always thought it sounded good acoustically (it’s made of alder). None of my other basses felt as good as that one in my hands. When I sold my EBMM Sterling, I decided to upgrade the pickups in it so I could still get a music man like sound if I wanted. I threw in an active/passive switch when I was upgrading, and now I just always play it passive and absolutely love it. If the Duncan designed preamp wasn’t so noisy, it actually wouldn’t be a bad preamp. That Duncan designed mm/J set was just awful.
I have a Schecter Diamond 4 and a Diamond 5. The 4 is active with a five piece neck, the 5 is passive both are sturdy and powerful, easy in the hands and with strong rumbling lows, never a problem with either one of them. The 4 traveled coast to coast and went from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico three times in my trailer with never an issue. Good solid workhorse. Now I’m thinking of a Studio 4.
I like my Elite 5 a lot. String spacing is nice, neck-thru is the bomb for sustain and tone. String height was a lot higher than i like when I first got it. I learned a trick. - Measure and such obviously, but with the right neck relief and saddle height, if the string height is still too much, the nut cal be slotted a little deeper to bring everything together. - I can't claim coming up with this one. I called a local builder one day and asked him if anything could be done to lower the action on my bass. He had me bring it by. I thought I was going to have to drop off my bass and wait, but right then and there he did a fast setup. Measure everything, and didn't even make an adjustment apart from filing the nut slots a little deeper on a couple of the strings. Took like 5 or 10 minutes. Didn't charge me anything either. Just told me to enjoy the bass and come back if something "really breaks". I have been taking his advice ever since. Some might say that Schecter string spacing is a little tight, but for me it's right on. as far as build quality, I've owned 2, that were both great; my Elite 5 and Raiden special that I sold to get the Elite 5.
I've been with Schecter for about 10 years and have played nearly every model they make. I actually think right now they are making some of the best basses they've ever done.
Recently, I took one of their P basses to Japan. To get it on the flight I had to take the neck off to fit it in my carry on. Once I got to Japan, I sat in the airport and bolted it back together and strung it up. Played exactly as it did before I took it apart with just over 1mm low action. It doesn't get any more solid than that.
Recently, I took one of their P basses to Japan. To get it on the flight I had to take the neck off to fit it in my carry on. Once I got to Japan, I sat in the airport and bolted it back together and strung it up. Played exactly as it did before I took it apart with just over 1mm low action. It doesn't get any more solid than that.
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I tried some of the latest from Schecter and I agree with @DistortedBass that the craftmenship
For the money is killer. I will go on record saying it is the best import material out there and the custom shop is as good as any builder out there.
I tried some of the latest from Schecter and I agree with @DistortedBass that the craftmenship
For the money is killer. I will go on record saying it is the best import material out there and the custom shop is as good as any builder out there.
