Schecter Guitar Research PT Electric Guitar Black

I was looking for a Tele-style with humbuckers to complement my single coil models. The PT is a great value for what you get, from sound, to looks, to playability. The only workmanship issue mine has is a an occasionally faulty pickup selector that doesn't engage the neck pup in humbucker mode. It always works if I toggle the switch once or twice. I don't play out any more so it's not a problem. In humbucker mode the pups have an aggressive tone while maintaining very good note definition, with an open and sparkly brightness - really pleasing. Split mode is good, not great. The bridge pup in split mode is a little more clang than twang - when compared to a true single coil Fender Tele and the neck pup gives a reasonable nasal character of a proper Tele neck single coil. However, the real appeal of this guitar's sound is found in humbucker mode - huge and powerful sounding but also well defined. The neck works very well for me and plays very fast. Finally, this guitar has a great look - traditional Tele shape with a "rest-mod" aesthetic. The pole pieces are huge!

The playability on this PT is absolutely insane. The neck feels great and I had never heard or seen SuperRock pickups until this guitar. I can play face melting creamy metal riffs or activate the single coil tap and switching to the neck pickup for a Tom Morello or country twangy tone. I have the Schecter Apocalypse Tele which is twice the price and I prefer my PT by miles. I also put Dunlop strap locks and it's great. You can't get much better than this guitar for its price point. Cons: Electrical hardware may need TLC. My tone knobs became a bit flimsy and too easy to turn and I'd find myself having to turn the knob back to "10". The knobs themselves are great and grippy but just the control wasn't the best. My other con would be the body is a bit wide for my liking and wish it was a bit thinner.

I was struggling to choose between various models of split humbucker equipped telecaster bodies and discovered that my hero Pete Townshend had toured this model during my high school years so I gave it a try. For context, I play thru a Vox ac15 and generally a Keeley tone station pedal, and my other favorite guitars are an offset Fender custom tele and an SG with P90s. This Schecter isn't a replacement for either of those guitars, but it plays blues and blues-based rock better than either one. I really like the balance and fit, the maple neck plays well (it is narrower than a Fender neck but not too tight), and the neck pickup tone is superb. Handles overdrive and compression without losing clarity, but also sounds great clean. Everything from Wish You Were Here to Train in Vain sounds good, while 12 bar blues, Clapton, and Big Head Todd songs sound amazing. For five hundred bucks, I think this guitar offers great value and I also love the simple, clean look of the black body with maple neck.

I picked one of these at a shop second hand, and it rocks! ive been playing for ten years, and my main guitar for awhile has been an Ibanez JS, but i never use a trem bar, so the whole double locking system was getting to be a pain. the PT has grover tuners and a string through design, so its pretty stable even with who-knows-how-old strings, and the pickups! they rock! I have no idea what schecter super rock humbuckers are, but ive always said the pickups in my ibanez sounded great and i didnt want to change them, and these sound way better! the coil tapping sounds great as well, this guitar really can pull out a wide variety of sounds. lastly, the double bound body and maple neck look great, and the look of a tele with humbuckers isnt something very many people have, so im proud to own this guitar, even though it was only $300, and its gonna see a lot of gigs soon!

I can't really say enough good things about this guitar. Between the solid construction, exceptional finish, easy playability, and simple-yet-versatile electronics, I can easily see this guitar becoming my go-to axe. Some things the spec sheet doesn't really say: - The neck is a solid, mid-thickness C profile with a matte finish front and back, and a gloss finish on the headstock. Jumbo frets, and the setup on mine was perfect right out of the box. Intonation and action are both consistently spot-on. It's thicker than, say, your standard Ibanez neck profile, but it's not unwieldy at all. - The coil split is via the tone knob, and it splits both pickups. They sound great and are well-balanced in either mode, HB or split. In HB, they're solid and thick sounding and amazingly clear, even when overdriven. Not muddy at all. Great sustain, too. - Split, the bridge sounds a lot like a hot Tele with a perfect mix of twangy snap and bluesy snarl available, without being brittle or too jangly; and the neck gives that classic Strat neck pickup bell tone. Think Clapton's version of "All Along the Watchtower." - Between the coil tap and the 3-way selector switch, the only solid-body tones you're not going to be able to get from this guitar are the 2 and 4 position Strat tones that are the only reason you own a Strat anyway. - The finish on mine is flawless, with one minor exception. There's a slight rough patch, maybe 2cm x 3cm, in the finish on the back of the neck behind about the 3rd fret and on the treble side. But since it's in an area I don't touch when I'm playing anyway, it's a non issue. Otherwise, the paint is mirror-finished and the cream binding (top AND back) is a nice touch I wouldn't have expected on a guitar of this price. My only real gripe: I don't like dot fretboard markers. They're played out. Otherwise, like I said, this will probably be my main axe for the foreseeable future.

This Guitar has an unbelievable sound that will blow you away I spend hour after hour playing and this guitar never got me bored. Whenever I play somewhere people comment on this guitar. It's an unbelievable guitar and you'll admire it as well as your fans or soon-to-be fans