Schecter Guitar Research Traditional Van Nuys Electric Guitar Gloss Natural

I never really gave Schecter a chance. Thought they just metal shredder guitars but this gets great vintage tones as well as classic tock Strat tones and the roasted maple neck feels great in my hands.

This thing is awesome. Really great sounding pick-ups. Beautiful finish. Beautiful roasted neck. Good tuning stability. (After a thorough set up). Very versatile guitar. I absolutely love it. Can't put it down. The only complaint I have, is that the frets needed to be polished. No sharp edges, just needed polishing. It'll be hard to find a better guitar in this price range.

This guitar not only looks amazing it is extremely well finished. The fretwork is immaculate, the intonation is perfect and the overall fit and finish is fantastic. I have never been a huge Shecter fan and have owned a few in the past and sold them. This guitar however immediately grabbed my attention from its amazing looks, I picked it up and I couldn't put it down. It sounds and plays like a dream

I bought this new at GC. Aside from the old strings that were on it, the guitar was set up properly. It looks like the quitar went through QC in the USA, according to the sticker on the control cavity cover. Ash body and roasted maple neck, locking tuners. No fret buzz or fret sprout was present, unlike some of my Charvel and EVH guitars at this price point. The fretboard width allows plenty of room for pull offs and bends without slipping off the edge of the fretboard. The US made bridge pickup is mid output around 10k with the middle and neck pickups giving you that unmistakable vintage hot single coil tone. I will not be replacing the stock pickups. This is my first Schecter as I was never drawn to the asthetic of their product line. I think the Van Nuys sits in their with the Ibanez AZ series in terms of build quality, fit and finish, but for less money. I highly recommend this very versatile guitar for jazz, blues, hard rock and 80's-90's metal.

First this guitar for its price point is almost comparable to a custom American quality for the exception of the very refined details and TLC you get with a Custom guitar. For example, the beautiful finish is a natural gloss, unbelievable toasted maple neck, outstanding traditional tremolo bridge that works like a dream. Most of all this is the most versatile quality guitar I own, but the Schacter Van Nays guitar came delivered from Factory not set up properly, and inside the back of guitar where the springs are for the tremolo bridge is where they ground the electronics for the guitar, that was not soldered down to the metal, so I had to do it, and then had to set it up myself, no big whoop, after that she played like a dream with the Humbucker pick up and two single pickups. For a guy who plays all rock from The old school Hendrix to kirk Hammett, I need that traditionally Strat sound as well as the 80's 90's Metal. Its a high end experience all the way around for the money.

First this guitar for its price point is almost comparable to a custom American quality for the exception of the very refined details and TLC you get with a Custom guitar. For example nish, unbelievable toasted maple neck, outstanding traditional tremolo bridge that works like a dream. Most of all this is the most versatile quality guitar I own. the Schacter Van Nays guitar came delivered from Factory not set up properly, and inside the back of guitar where the springs are for the tremolo bridge is where they ground the electronics for the guitar, was not soldered down to the metal, so I had to do it, and then had to set it up myself, no big whoop, after that she played like a dream with the Humbucker pick up and two single pickups. For a guy who plays all rock from The old school Hendrix to kirk Hammett, I need that traditionally Strat sound as well as the 80's 90's Metal. Its a high end experience all the way around for the money. Beautiful fi