Schecter C-1 Diamond Series

My Diamond series is a strat type from 2004 and built in in south korea. Its absolute the best guitar i ever played. It is just like an expensive boutique guitar from labels like Prs or suhr. Its just cheaper cause its korean built. It is built the whole guitar in flammie maple wood and have a humbucker and two singel coils from schecter and a push/pull tone control wich give 20 diffrent guitar sounds. The tremolo is a wilkinson and it is good as hell. Same with the tuners wich is shecters own with locks. The guitar included with hardcase, picks and cable.

I play mainly Neoclassical Metal and have a old school rock band and play Jazz, Funk and Blues at school. It covers it all up with its 20 guitar sounds and all of them sounds amazing!. At clean it can realy sound fat and jazzy, Acoustic and blusey. And distorted it have all sounds to from metal, fusion, rock and blues. The amp i play is a simple peavey envoy nothing special at all and cost me just 1800 swedish kronor (around 170-180$) But its just sounds amazing! I added just a simple behringer chorus and delay and it sounds like something you would use for a proffesional recording.

The guitar was set up perfect and were in mint condition. The only ding was on the middle pickup. I just picked it up and dropped my jaws and bought it! No deffects at all. Just splendid!

I could stand a whole gig with and own the stage with it whitout backup! Every thing is still perfect even if its 4 years old. Just like new. Its rock solid!

I never dealt with schecter. But the shop i bought it at is called Mug and lies in Gothenburg. And the crew was so friendly and took on new strings and polished it. They also took down the price and gave all inclussive with the guitar!

I have been playing for 4 years really serious and live of playing guitar. My other gear i use is Ibanez Blazer 1983, Squier affinity and some acoustic Ibanez, Peavey envoy, Behringer ultra chorus and Behringer digtal delay. If it were stolen i would hunt the thief to the end of the earth and torture him really badly. If i wouldnt find him then the only guitar i could compare it to would be a Prs or Suhr. My other choices i had before i bought it was i Fender Stratocaster Japan 1987 and Fender Thinline Telecaster Japan. When i tried the Schecter there was no doubt about buying it!

I bought this guitar in 2001 or 2002 brand new. Came with duncan designed HB-103 humbuckers. Suppose to mimic the sh-6 duncan distortion. 24 frets, grover tuners, blue finish, diamond inlays, 3-way switch, 1 volume and 1 tone knob. c or u shaped neck which is a bolt on maple, i believe it is a 2 piece. jumbo frets, rosewood fingerboard. string through body.

The stock pickups were pretty good for duncan designed but i switched them out for EMG's H4 passive pickup which is suppose to be the equivalent of the EMG 81. I would say that neither of these pickups are GREAT but they dont sound bad by any means. They are both good for distortion or overdrive at all levels. EmG's more than HB-103's. The Hb 103's are brighter than the emg's which is better for clean. Overall sound is good. better for rhythm than leads. leads tend to be a little thin even in the neck position. I think it's the guitar and not so much the pickups. Some frets ring out longer than others.

You cannot judge a manufacturers quality in setup if you did not purchase it straight through them. This guitar had been sitting on Guitar Center's floor for who knows how long before i bought it. Additionally, when i bought the guitar i was not as experienced with guitars as i am now. I am reviewing this guitar based on the way I can set this guitar up. So with that being said, I think this guitar plays extremely well. The action is nearly perfect, the frets are smooth on the edges, intonates well, stays in tune well(however i dont bend too much, just mainly play rhythm, finish looks good, average weight, feels great to play. I have set this guitar up to the way i like it which is low action and this guitar buzzes less than probably any other guitar i have ever played. Including $3000 gibsons and Prs guitars. Of course it could just be the setup. I have had many players play my guitar and they are always amazed on how great it plays.

Both pots crackle, when tuning, the strings tend to tighten in larger increments than i would want. Input jack and 3-way switch tend to come loose over time. which seems pretty normal to me on a cheaper guitar. Neck is still straight as can be after 7 years(with adjustments of coarse). I would just recommend high ratio tuners, new nut, high quality pots(have a professional install them), and strap locks. After that, keep this guitar well kept and it should last you just as long as anything else.
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i will average the two for a total of 7

never dealt with their customer service.

Been playing for ten years. Critical on sound. I recommend this guitar for anyone playing alternative rock and harder. Anything softer or cleaner, you might want to look into a fender strat or tele. Those are the best for clean in my opinion. For under $500 it is a great guitar.

I recieved this guitar in December of 2006. Reading the other reviews - I gather they have changed this guitar for the better. It has a Tonepros bridge, Bolt-on neck, 25.5 scale, 24 jumbo frets, basic white dot fret markers, Duncan Designed Active HB-105 pickups (Bridge and Neck), 3 way switch, 2 Volume 1 tone knobs, Schecter tuners, Mahogany body, Rosewood/Maple neck/fingerboard, and a gloss black finish.

I play Metal and Rock mostly. Schecter makes good guitars for crushing metal, so of course it does the job for me. The bridge pickup has a Rich/Thick sound to it, while the neck pickup sounds more bright but still pretty rich. I use a Berhinger Noise Gate (Boss NS-2 copy), a Digitech XMM Metal Master (deep distortion folks), digital reverb pedal. The pickups are sort of loud and a little noiser than EMG actives, so I'd say you need a noise gate for good quality crunch or turn the volume down a little. Harmonics fly on this beauty. I run this thru a Marshall AMP and also a V-Amp 2 (Modern Hi Gain setting sounds nice with it) and for the price I paid, I give it a 10.

The guitar was setup well at the factory, good action for metal, pretty straight neck. Pickups were a little off and half a cm too high (big deal, right?). The guitar was new, shiny, and in perfect condition. Came with a battery in and with D'Addario mediums. Another thing - the battery panel had a stripped screw, so now it's sort of a hinge for the other screw (no fuss)

Schecters make durable guitars and will take a beating. I've bumped my headstock HARD a few times on the ceiling (i'm tall) and it didn't make a scratch. The strap buttons are great. I'd use it for live playing without question.

Haven't had to deal with them thus far.

I've been playing for 10 to 12 years and I have to say this is a great axe for jamming out... especially for the guitarist on a budget. If it were stolen i'd be pissed... if it were my only i'd buy it again (Probably best in the 0-400 price range i've played.) I love everything about it. It handles a little like a les paul would, which is a preference of mine. I don't care for non-fixed bridges and never use a tremolo bar, so the absence of one didn't bother me. Great guitar for the price. If you have 650, get the Hellraiser C1. 9.5/10 (so I put 10). This guitar has put me on to Schecter big time.

2001 model schecter c-1, bought it early 2002, not one of the set neck's though. still a bolt on at this point..i think everybody pretty much covered all the features...the only complaint i had with this guitar were the pickups...i was not a fan, so i switched them out with a pair of duncan's, specifically the JB/Jazz set. also will eventually get a new nut put on there, and might end up redoing the electronics as well. but at this point, everything's holding up fine.

i use this guitar as an all purpouse rock machine. i'm running it through a crate Blue Voodoo 6212, and this thing can scream, growl, and rip with the best of them. if you switch over to a clean channel, roll down the volume, roll down the tone, toss on the neck pickup, you can get yourself a nice, deep, fat tone...nice. like all of it, except the 3 way switch is faulty some times, and i've had to resolder both leads running to the output jack.

the guitar was set up quite well...i tweaked it when i got it, to get it right to the perfect height and everything. the one thing i was surprised about though, is the quality of the fretwork. most guitars i've played in this price range have sharp edges on the frets...not this guitar. frets were done up perfectly...i've addressed all my other complaints before, about the electronics.

yeah, i've played with this guy live a couple times, held up quite well. everything on the guitar is quality...i'd just like coil taps, and a better 3-way switch, but that's about it. since this guitar is so heavy, i reccomend everyone to install a set of straplocks...hell...every guitar should have straplocks, but that's just my thought. other than what's been said before, this axe is a real keeper, and it's gonna last me for many more years.

haven't had to talk to them.

for the past 3 years, this guitar has been rock solid. it's held up well, except for the 3 way switch, and the leads to the output jack, but those are easily fixed. if this guy was stolen, i dunno, i'm not sure if i could find another one like it. obviously i'd look and try and replace this guitar, but it might not happen. the only thing that i think this guitar could benefeit from is coil taps...but i like coil taps, so that might just be me. and such a quality axe for $320 with hard case...can't go wrong. too bad schecter stopped making them...

C-1 Diamond Series. Electric blue finish. 2 'Duncan Designed' Humbuckers, 3-way selector swich, 24 frets. I purchased it in 1998, don't know when it was made, but I bought it new.

The guitar sounds decent enough. I've played it through an old, beat-to-hell Yamaha 120-watt combo, a Laney tube combo, and a Tech 21 Trademark 60. It's never sounded amazing, but it has a nice growly tone, and when you roll the tone all the way down on the neck pickup, you can get a pretty sweet, fat solo sound. It also works pretty well with an eBow...

The finish is really pretty, and it has a cream binding around the body. The factory set-up was pretty good, considering I've never had it adjusted or anything (I haven't gigged much at all the last few years). It has developed some minor tuning instability, but again, it's probably my fault for not having it tuned up by a pro.

HOWEVER, I do have a couple of complaints - the nut has fallen off, and the housing for one of the pickups is cracked, AND, worst of all, the electronics, which have always been kind of iffy, are starting to totally crap out - I've taken the thing apart, and I can't find where the loose wire or soldering is, but it's in there.

I have played one or two gigs with this thing, and it made it through. however, with my recent problems (detailed above), I would NOT use this as a primary guitar at a gig. Luckily, I just bought a Telecaster Deluxe (the 72 reissue model), so this C-1 will be relegated to an emergency guitar.

don't know. never tried to reach them.

I've been playing for 20 years, but I've never been much of a gearhead. I bought this guitar because it was on sale, I needed an electric but didn't have much cash, and I had heard good things about Schecter's Korean operation. I would say that I got my money's worth, but I would only recommend this to someone who was short on cash or a beginner. It is not a pro-level guitar, unless you want to invest in new electronics, etc.

After reading the below entry, I feel I have to agree. I have a 1998 Silver top C-1 and have compared it to a 2002 model in my local guitar store... the newer models SUCK compared to the old ones, not to mention that they lack the abalone fret inlays of the old ones. The stock pickups aren't all that great, but they're better than some. I plan on sticking a Seymour Duncan SH-6 Distortion in the bridge and a SH-2 Jazz in the neck... pretty good combo there.

But thats the best bit of advice you can get if you're getting a C-1: try to find an older model.

just another update here, I'm the one with the lime green one, put a classic 57' in the bridge (already commented) and now put a gibson
p-94 in the bridge, so smooth so wonderful. this pick up config. is so versitle it's just amazing really. get those horrible duncun designed out of your guitar and let it breathe life, I promise you will wonder how you delt with those horribhle pickups before.

on another note, I bought a 2002 c-1 and it was nothing compared to my 98, they were mountains apart my 98 is much more solid. just a much better guitar. if you can find an old one go for it, the new ones are much cheaper in quality
really

Alright, first off, this is the best guitar I have ever played. Made in Korea, it sounds exactly like the Jerry Horon, which is like $500 more. Black paint w/ creame body binding (and I put chrome covers on the Duncan Designed pickups), came with gig bag...all for under $300

Wow.

I play heavy rock, metal, punk, blues, Hendrix, anything. Clean could use improvement, but I'm mostly in overdrive anyway. OD sounds great, very dark, extremely thick lows and thin highs...which is OK

Musician's Friend did a really good job of fixing this up. out of the box it was already to go. no flaws,exept that the 24th fret is thin

This thing feels like its built like a rock. It is sooooooo light though...especially compared to the crappy american Strat i was going to get... this guitar converted me. Black looks like it goes for miles, and the creme dosen't look like its going anywhere soon.

I have been playing for four years. I sold a mex. Telecaster in the hope of buying a used US strat...but as I said before, it was heavy, thin, and besides, tremelos SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!anyway i play this trough a Fender Frontman 15r amp which i ocasionally hook up to my friend's 200w Marshall stack.

This guitar has every feature I wanted in a guitar. 24 frets, rosewood fretboard, mahogany body, bolt-on neck, 2 Duncan-Designed pickups (great pickups!), one volume and one tone control, strings thru body, no whammy bar, black in color, something other than dots for inlays (has cool diamonds)... This guitar is 100% perfect feature-wise for me, so I must give it a 10 here.

I have owned the following guitars in the past: Fender Stratocaster, Ibanez S-Series (2), Ernie Ball Axis Super Sport, Gibson Les Paul Studio. None of these guitars, despite some costing more than double, sounded as good as this one. I play through a Hughes & Kettner Club Reverb amplifier and have in the past owned a Fender amp, a Crate solid-state, a Marshall Valvestate, a Peavey 5150, and a Rivera Knucklehead. The Schecter and Hughes & Kettner amp, for under $750 total, is the best-sounding combo I have come across. I use the neck pickup on this guitar for clean sounds and for leads. I use the bridge pickup for rhythm. The middle-position I don't use much, but on clean it sounds nice.

This is the best setup on a new guitar I have seen. Usually manufacturers set the strings too high in my opinion. These ones were perfect height - I haven't felt a need to adjust them. The only thing I didn't like was the pickup heights. I know pickup height is a personal opinion, but I like mine raised quite a bit (I have raised them on every guitar I have owned). So I'll take off one point for the pickups being too low. The sound was somewhat more dull before I raised them - now the sound is perfect.

Very well-built guitar. I trust it a lot more than my Les Paul I used to own. My first three guitars (Fender, 2 by Ibanez) all had major problems with things breaking or coming apart. I fear no such thing with this guitar. I like the large strap buttons - no need for strap-locks like I had on the Les Paul. Some people complain about the large frets. I have no problem with them. The neck feels very nice too.

I would give this more than a 10 if possible. For $300 brand new I can't believe I have such an awesome guitar. Please check one of these out if you are looking for a nice guitar, even if you own ones that cost over $1000 like I used to. I sold all of my past equipment and have a heck of a lot of money now...

already been listed.

i play anything from alternative to punk and i play a little blues. it sounds great with my Korg effects pedal and my Crate amp. i have owned this guitar for about 2 months now and have not experienced any problems with noiseyness or buzzing. i have owned a fender strat and an ibanez GAX-70 and this guitar is deffinetly the best sounding one i have owned.

the action is great, surprisingly better than a strat i tried out for about 3 times the price. the color is a shiny deep blue with a creme colored binding. the neck is almost perfect as well with a nice rosewood fretboard and maple on the back.

i havent had any problems playing with it at any shows.

never dealt with em'.

i have been playing for almost 4 years and have owned 3 guitars including this one, and it is by far the best one. i have tried many more expensive guitars than this one but i fell in love with it after playing it for a minute. it suits my playing style perfectly and i dont think i will have to buy a new guitar for a long time. this will deffinetly be a guitar that i keep for as long as i play.