The brand Schecter first gain recognition as a reputable repair shop in California which also manufactures quality replacement parts for guitars made by Fender and Gibson, but never really supplied the parts for these companies to use on their guitars. They started offering fully assembled guitars for the first time in 1979, modeled after the Fender Stratocaster as well as the Telecaster design, that even in its early stage, the guitars Schecter has made were already considered to be high quality guitars distributed around twenty retailers across the US.
Like any other major guitar maker, Schecter too offers a playable and decent sounding entry level electric guitar that fits a small budget and competes to reach as many aspiring guitar players through its Superstrat C-1 SGR by Schecter electric guitar for beginners.
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- Double cutaway body with an arch top is crafted in basswood
- Comfortable C-shape bolt-on maple neck
- 24 medium size frets rosewood fingerboard with inlay dots and gothic cross in the 12th fret
- Set of Schecter designed tuners
- String-through Tune-o-Matic bridge
- Schecter Diamond Plus humbucker pick-ups on the neck and bridge controlled by a 3-way toggle switch, a master volume and master tone knob
Body and Neck: The Superstrat C-1 SGR by Schecter double cutaway body with an arch top is crafted in basswood. This tonewood is widely use by many notable brands and associated in the production of affordable to mid-range guitars. Its tonality is balance to give excellent results, registering nice fat sound with a certain degree of softness and mi-range brightness to add in its characteristics.
It has a thin C-shape bolt-on maple neck with 24 medium size fret wire rosewood fingerboard, garnish in inlay dots and gothic cross in the 12 fret. Having rosewood as fretboard gives extra warmth and a boomy kind of sound to the guitar. The neck also features a graphite nut and a 2-way adjustable truss-rod.
Pick-ups: Main protagonist to muster a creamy clean and heavy overdriven sounds of the C-1 SGR by Schecter are two Schecter Diamond Plus humbucker pick-ups placed on the neck and bridge controlled by a 3-way toggle switch for selecting pick-ups, a master volume and master tone knob.
Hardware: All metal knurl set screw knobs, String-through Tune-o-Matic bridge and Schecter designed Tuners that holds the strings while keeping it in perfect pitch are finished in black chrome.
Final Thoughts: ESP LTD and Schecter is both owned by Hisatake Shibuya of Japan. Another common to the guitars these brands makes is, it appeals more to heavy metal, and thrash metal players.
This particular guitar model the Superstrat C-1 SGR by Schecter is at its best when playing this type of music genre, basing on its edgy goth style aesthetics and the electric guitar humbucker pick-ups will quite oftenly be played for the fat overdriven sound it bring to the table.
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