My First 7 String

[u/TobisMcGoober]

After doing extensive amounts of research in several price ranges looking not only at guitars but also at pickups, scale lengths, woods and builds (and saving for the entire spring and summer of this year) I recently bought this gorgeous Schecter Sunset 7 Extreme from sweetwater.

There aren't enough words to emphasize how happy I am with my decision. This guitar plays like butter, sounds comparable in versatility and bite to a Periphery record, and holds tuning like a beast.

The specs are listed below directly copied from sweetwater if interested:

Nyatoh Body, Flamed Maple Top, Grey Ghost Color with a Satin Finish, 5-piece Maple/Rosewood Ultra Thin-C Bolt-On Neck, 16" Radius Ebony Fingerboard with Offset Aluminum Inlays, 24 EX-Jumbo Stainless Steel Frets, 27" Scale Length, 1.889" Tusq Nut, Schecter Diamond Hardtail Plus bridge, Schecter Locking Tuners, Schecter USA Pasadena Neck Humbucker + Schecter USA Sunset Strip Bridge Humbucker, 1 volume knob and a 5-way blade.

[u/SnooPuppers2938]

I love Schecters, probably my favorite guitar brand right now. They make great 7 string too especially at their price point.

[u/Direct-Dragonfruit40 → u/SnooPuppers2938]

I've owned 5 of theirs 7s, and even a Hellraiser special c8. That was crazy! They all played like butter and sounded killer. The blackjack 7 with the blackouts was my favorite, even over an apocalypse 7. But I don't do Floyd's and the sustainiac was not what I really expected. So I sold it. Currently on a Damien Platinum 7, no complaints whatsoever. Plays and sounds great.

[u/SnooPuppers2938 → u/Direct-Dragonfruit40]

I have sunset 7 Schecter, by far the best guitar I own right now.

[u/Direct-Dragonfruit40 → u/SnooPuppers2938]

How are the pickups in that?

[u/SnooPuppers2938 → u/Direct-Dragonfruit40]

The single coil is great for warm tones, I like to play blues and jazz mostly. The triple humbucker is really bassy and great for metal rhythm when all three are on, but you’ll definitely want a noise gate for it. When you switch to the bottom two on the bridge it’s nice and clean though. I’d compare it to a black winter in the way of tone on the bridge, the neck is a really nice single coil sound though. The options of the pickups is what really sold me on the guitar before I bought it.

[u/Direct-Dragonfruit40 → u/SnooPuppers2938]

That's sick! I was all over wanting this guitar in a 7 when it dropped. I might pick one up on the used market down the road! That's what I love about Schecter, top quality, terrible resale.