Schecter C-1 Exotic

its a guitar how many features can it have,,it does have split coil for getting that single coil sound right there that is a feature that more expensive guitar dont have,,the only downfall is the lack of a floyd..

some like the pups some dont,,i dont.. changed to seymour dunkan sh5 for the bridge the neck pickup is fine for me,no niose at all ecept wen on coil split mode on overdrive channel,sounds great for clean or dirty tones very clear sounding,not to bright or dark sounding as a bit of a mid sound that i love,,overall great sounding guitar,,as good or better then some very expensive guitar i have owned over the years including gibson,jackson,fender ibanez..

ounce setup to my taste great playing guitar a bit stiff i find is the only complaint i have but that can be due to my relief adjustment...im shure i can fix that with a litle more adjustment,,the only other guitar i have owned that played smooter than this one in my jackson rr1 usa,,,

im shure it will last for ever

for the price nothing can touch it..

Pretty well cover right below. The Ebony neck is a NICE piece of Ebony better than anything I've sen Gibson use. The frets are Stainless Steell also. This Exotic has one of the best fret jobs Ive ever seen. The SUPER ROCK II pick-ups may be the best set I eveer played aside fom vintage PAFs in a 60 LP I owned. These are very versatile pick-ups. High output but if you roll back the volume to around 7 the clean very well and sound like a good PAF. Clear, Clean, Balanced with good Harmonics. Full open volume and they definatly will cover metal. I ve ben playing a long time and I never played a pick-up this versitile. The are EXCELLENT pups. Anyone who DOESN'T like them? E-Mail me and I'll BUY yours. All around one of the nicest electrics Ive seen come out out of Korea. And I'll tell you, I'm not a fan of Korea. But this piece is EASY USA production line quality..EASY! Very nicely put together. The necks are incredable on this. But they are on the thin side. My finger do not have trouble chording in the first position like I have had on some thin necks. I can easily play anywhere on the neck. And it has a Great playing surface and shoulders. But the Back is where it was cut down a great deal. I'm 8'4 and 335 also so I have hugh hands. This probly won't be an issue since I could actually play the guitar in any position without a problem. But the neck does have a thin feel to it. The electronics on the Exotic are all goo. Regular size Pots 500K with a Blade 3-way. Usually Korea uses the mini pot which are crap. These are good quality and work well. The bridge is a Tone Pro's so why all the comlaints through this listing? These are the best TOM type bridge built today? If theres a sharp edge send it back or fix it? There excellent hardware. Mine is a early 05 in Natural and I obviously bought it used. It had a worn sspot on the Top FMT which I corrected by going over the whole top with guitar honey. The top was basically dried out. Its fine now. The finish on these shecters appears to be VERY LIGHT. Which is a GOOD THING.

This is one hell of a sounding guitar. As a rule I'm not a big fan of 34 fret humbucker equipped electrics. I find the neck pup usually sounds to lifeless for me. Not the case on this Scecter. Very nice sounding guitar. Easily has a better Tone than my CU-24 PRS with Vinatge Bass and HFS pups in it. These Super Rocks are KILLER pick-ups. Which I discovered them years ago! You read the reviews here and get a very mixed opinion on them? I can't imagina anyone thinking these are NOT exceptional pups? The Tone pot is also a Push-Pull for Single coil tones and due to the output on the humbuckers. They are very convincing. I A/Bd this Scecter next to my Les-Paul loaded with BB-Prros and a 498 in the bridge. The Super Rocks are hotter pups. Not by a LOT but a little. They are around 10K stock. After I unplugged the LP. I had to turn down the Super Rocks, The settings for Volume on my Amp was to high for the Super Rocks! This is the FIRST SChecter I've seen that In MY Opinion aaaappears to be just right. Not to many bells and whistles. I owned a Classic for awile and the guitar was well built. But it was way to Flashy. I also owned a C-S/H which is a C-shaped hollowbody with Coil-Taps. It was also an exceptional electric. Schecter does build good guitar. I traded my C-S/H even up for a Custom Shop Jackson San Dimas Strat!

I've looked at many of these. The woods on mine are well matched. Oh I read many threads below about Book-Matched tops. These are NOT Book Matched tops and RARELY do you see Book Matched Tops. USUALLY the FMT are Center matched two-piece tops. Which is what this is. Many times manufacturers don't have a second matching piece and use a piece that looks terrible on the guitar? Mine matchs very well. I really believe when this Exotic came out in 05 Schecter was building these Flawless. But when 06 came around and Scecter knew these were being discontinued? The Quality Control slacked off a bit. Some of the Antique Black tops I have seen should never have left the shop! Jusr horrible looking. Anyway I could not have better action on the Schecter Exotic. Its that low. It actually need to be raised slighjtly for bends. Make no-mistake about it the Exotic is a HELL of a guitar

This is gonna hold up. Not a doubt in my mind about that.

Killer Electric. When I could buy a KOREAN built guitar and it outperforms my USA built electrics? Thats saying a lot! This Exotic is right there. It easily keeps up with my PRS, Gibson's. And for a great deal less cash. I like everthing about the Exotic its a light 7lbs even, balanced guitar. The only thing I would change is the neck with a Fatter one. But I'm sure I'd be in the minority with this issue. It is a very fast playing neck which reminds me of Ibanez Wizard necks when they were 3-piece.

Super Rock II Custom pick-ups with coil- split from the push-pull Tone pot. Ebony fretboard with Dot Inlays go great with the oversized poles of the SuperRock pups. Grover 18:1 Tuner's, Tone Pro's bridge. 3-piece Mahogany neck, Mahogany body with a thick 3/4inch Flamed Maple Top. The guitar is finish in a Satin stain. Mine is NATURAL which is the RARE finish to find. Most are Washed Black. This is the part many players do not like. Many prefer a Thick Glossy finish. IMO the guitar resonates better and the neck is so much smoother to play this way. But this is the reason the guitar was only offered for two years. This Exotic was the FLAGSHIP of the Schecter C+1 line with a LIST price of $1189.00. The NEW Exotic Strar Lists for $999. To Date the EXOTIC is the most expensive C shapeded electric Schecter has produced. And IMO it shows.

This Exotic gets some very very good Tone's. I can't get over just how good the Super-Rock pick-ups are. I can not imagine a genre of music that these couldn't handle. And split the produce some very convincing single-coil tones. I can't find a pick-up position that I didn't find usefull. Clear and bright, to warm and crunchy to edgy and raw. Very versitile pups. My pick-ups are not loose as others have mentioned. But an easy fix for this is to push another soring together with the spring thats on the height adjusting screw. I've done this before and it works great, NO BIG DEAL.

Wondefull feeling and playing Schecter. I've had three Schecter's before and for one reason or another didn't keep them. This one's a KEEPER. Its LIGHT at under 7lbs and very well balanced. Great axe to play live with. The pick-ups will cover a PAF Tone and Strat Tone and much more. They also get the hotter Alnico V magnet Tone which I really dig. I have NO-ISSUE with noise or squealing as another here mentioned? Must have had a faulty wiring problem. In humbucker mode these are QUIET. Split you get your normal 60cycle hum.
The neck feels great I would say 12 inch radius with Stainless Steel Jumbo frets and an excellent fret job. You could not have LOWER ACTION without a buzz. The action is THAT LOW. And with the Stainless Frets the guitar will NEVER, EVER need a fret job. They are a lifetime deal when Stainless Steel frets are used. This is the ONLY Schecter Diamond serie's with SS Frets. The size of the neck I would say is very close to my American made Fender Strat. Though going up past the 12th fret it seems to get a little fatter. I like Fat necks and this neck is just wonderfull to play on. Great feeling guitar, what could I say. I own a Standard Faded Les-Paul and a Vintage Mahogany Les-Paul also. So I really like the Satin non gloss look on my guitars that I play all the time. I find the necks don't become sticky once they are sweaty and dirty and they acquire much less care. And the look NATURALLY BEAUTIFULL. I'm looking around for another Exotic thats how much I like it.

With set-neck, tilt-back headstock electrics? Lets face it, you have to be carefull. These are NOT Fenders with Boly-On necks that could be dropped out of a running car and played thjat night on stage. These Schecter Exotics have to be cared for like a Les-Paul is cared for, BOTTOM LINE You need Strap-Locks and then need to be carefull where you rest the guitar. But other than a ACCIDENT? The guitar is built with all Top Quality woods, hardware and electrics. Thats NOT going to be a issue!

Can't speak on it, never spoke with them.......No Need!

I love this EXOTIC. As I said I'm looking for another. Its the 2nd electric I own NOT built in the USA. And it gets a LOT of action compared to a lot of my USA built electrics. Its quality is betetr than some of my USA guitars and not as good as some of the others? But the guitar cost me $600. used? I also didn't pay 3K for the guitar.
I have been playing all my life and started live in 68 on stage. I been at this a long time. I have the usual Fenders, Gibsons, Hamer's and PRS electrics. Along with a Ibanez AS-103 that I'll tell you plays as good if not better than my 335!
This is professional level instrument that is basicallty a SUPERSTRAT. This one is a keeper and I have played a few of these and all the one's I played were well built...........Nice Guitar is the BOTTOM LINE! If you can find a NATURAL for under $700. its a GOOD DEAL.

Arched mahogany body
Solid flame maple top
25-1/2" scale mahogany neck set with ultra-access heel contour for unrestricted upper fret playability
Sleek ebony fingerboard
24 jumbo hardened stainless frets
Super Rock humbuckers are wound to Schecter's custom humbucker specs
Push/pull tone control "taps" the Super Rocks for single-coil tones
TonePros locking tune-o-matic bridge
Grover high-ratio tuning machines

we have 2 of these guitars in the Satin Black finish. It's more of dirty paint brush water finish. At first the look i UGLY but it kind of grows on you....besides it's how they play ?right?

Great rock tones, great clean tones. The coil tap really makes a difference as well. VERY versatile. This can be a Metal guitar, a blues guitar, a country guitar.

The factory setup on both was very good. One of them has a good matched book flame....the other has a pretty bad flame, however like I said pretty ugly guitar.

The frets, electronics, routing, finish, etc etc are all very nice.

Mahogany body, maple top , set neck, Grovers, locking bridge. All solid construction. Very solid and dependable axe.

E-mailed Schecter for a question........took so long to answer that I forgot I had e-mailed.

I am a guitar player with 30+ years of experience. Took my sons guitar hunting for Christmas for a decent guitar after they had outgrown their first guitars.

My youngest is fond of my 79 Dean ML and has a very specific taste in his feel for guitars. We had tried EVERYTHING! It usually only takes a few seconds with him. We were walking out the door and I just grabbed the neck on this as it sat in the stand. Instantly I knew and told him you HAVE to play this. He said he ignored it because it was so dang ugly. The short version.....he bought it.....then after we had it about a month I said "I HAVE to get me one of these....and I did....it is just as good. it cured me of all my GAS because it is such a perfect axe.

Gibson style construction, Fender scale, humbuckers with taps, it is ALL things to a guitarist. I paid $450 each.....they are easily as good or BETTER than ANYTHING I have tried in the higher ranges.

I will say ONE bad thing......NEVER buy one without playing it. A couple months later my son and I saw one at GC and it was a DOG! Play it before you PAY for it!

I'm left handed so it's blue. This is a quality guitar. Made in Korea.
I'm staying at 8 guitars, one for every day of the week, with a back-up.
I'm just kidding, the quality of guitars coming out of Asia has turned me into a collector.
This is the highest quality I've bought so far, I love the coil switch, the ebony fretboard, and 24 frets for 2 full octaves.
I had to get this one because Schecter makes the pickups.

I play a little bit of everything, about 20 hrs a week though. So I need variety in sound, and this guitar was bought for that because of the coil splitter. I might switch one pickup to get more versatile sound, but it won't be because the stock pup doesn't sound great.
I have a few set-ups/amps running all at once, my floor is a sea of cables. The electronics are good, it's very quiet.
The only thing I dislike is the color, but it's my own fault for learning on a lefty guitar in the first place.

The guitar was set up very well, this is the first guitar I haven't messed with at all. Schecter sets them up as good as anyone, my best set-up has taken me hours and hours and it's close to which set-up is better. (My SX is set-up to perfection, but it took me forever.)
The frets are nice, the action is pretty low, though not all the way low. I'm afraid to touch it, I know I'd throw the sound off a little.

Live playing without a doubt. This is a $1000 guitar, though I got mine for half that.
Everything is solid.
I own enough good guitars to have 2-3 for live. It comes down to how many I want to carry.

Haven't had to, so I give it a 10 because not needing support is better than needing it.

30 years playing. I love this guitar, but not to the point that it's all I play. I own 8, and I play 6 on a regular basis for different reasons mostly for different sound but comfort matters too. Some of my axes are too heavy if I'm going to play all day.
If it was stolen, I'd get another if I could get the same deal($500). I might get something else for $1000, but that's no mark against the axe, I would just want to try out another $1000 guitar.

this guitar fits the profile for a modern guitar. 24 frets 25.5" scale, double octave, ebony board, great access. don't know how the neck is fitted. long tennon, glued in or bolted in? i know the pups aren't screwed into the body but i can mod it by adding wood to the pick up cavity. makes a lot of difference. can't decide if i like the way it looks.

i'm still evaluating the pups. always thinking about changing stock pups but i thinks i will wait. i use a 69 pro reverb with a crate tdp. i noticed the bridge pup produced an extreme deep bass which i like on tunes like spoonfull or summertime blues. think blue cheer. i think they should have put a second tone knob on. they have two volume pots so why not go all the way.

factory set up is good. the neck is perfectly straight. the frets are acceptable but i would like to spend $200 to have the hot shot luthier across town really slick then up. i may do it my self but what a pain. every thing seems well fitted. a simple guitar with no frills and modern specs. just what i was looking for.

i think this baby is a tank but weighs a lot less. well balanced

got no warranty card from guitar center. i even had to ask them for a box to put it in. i do my own work mostly so i don't really care.

playing for 35 years. most guitars are crap. i don't usually buy new guitars but i had to have this one seeing that it was a steal. comparable guitars cost way more money.

1995 C-1 Exotic Natural. All the specs have been previously listed. Ours has a beautifully figured tip.

The stock pickups are killer, don't swap them out at least until you give them a fair chance.

We bought it used so I don't know what it was like from the factory but we have 3 other Schecters and all of them were set up perectly.

These are solidly built guitars, lifers I'm sure.

Lifetime warranty. Now here is where Schecter has really shined for us, I have called several times either for dating with the serial number or for replacement parts and they either answer the calls or call me right back, amazing! So 2 of the 4 Schecters we own were bought used and needed replacement parts, I called to see just exactly what I needed to buy or if I could even buy the parts from them and they immediatly sent me the replacement parts for free, no questions asked, again amazing!

I would definatly buy other products from Schecter, what more could you ask for, amazing workmanship, the best customer service I have ever had.... a no brainer here!

2006 Model:Flamed Maple top that is just amazing to look at. Double Cutaway body style with a Tone-Pros Locking Bridge and Saddles, much better than any ABR Tune O matic bridges. Scale is 25.5" and the fretboard is the best Ebony I've ever felt and played. Great comfortable neck and 24 Jumbo Frets give this a great touch. Master Volumes, and Tone Knobs w/ Coil Tap. H/H configuration. comes with Shcecter Custom Shop Super-Roc II's by Tom Anderson which are incredible.

I elected to swap out the Schecter pups for my choice DiMarzio PAF Classics to give me more versatility, so now I play anything from Phish to Tool and it sounds great. If I had to list all my fx you'd go nutz and so would I. It's got a really nice tone to it that you would think would be a little darker due to the wood, but nice high's and great mids, no problem with any of the bottom sounds. I think with the right pup configuration, this guitar could please anybody.

Schecter setup right from the factory and I haven't had to change a thing, which is great for once. Usually you gotta play with the action or setup for string gauge, not on this baby. Setup for string size .10's. Perfect setup from the Factory! As close as you get for the price on the bookmatched top, I like it and I'm very picky.So far it's weird but on the right side of the face of the guitar between the buckers the finish which is really dull and actually not there, is beginning to shine in just one area. Which is cool, I kinda want the whole guitar to have that look. Preparing the mask now!

Schecter's are built like tanks, not fragile ones here. This baby takes a beating every show from me and so far no problems. I like Nickel or Chrome Hardware because it takes longer to oxidate than gold finish, so that's a plus. I always bring a backup, but then again I use 4 guitars at our shows, but it's reliable, always bring another guitar if you have one, strings do break!

This is were I don't like something. I bought the guitar at Guitar Center in Pittsburgh,PA. It didn't come with a Schecter case, which is no biggy for me. But I didn't get any manual or product registration card from GC. They said that Schecter would send, I've emailed Schecter several times and requested a manual and info on the guitar, and I've not gotten any responses. I don't know what this is about. I hate saying a company's customer support is bad, but something isn't poppin' at Schecter, nonetheless, their guitars are incredible, so judge upon this up you want to only!

I've had it about 6 months, it's my favorite guitar now, it went over my others in about 2 hours. I love this things, and I would buy another one if I had the money just to own it! I wish Customer Support was better, that's my only regret! remember this is for the C-1 Exotic 2006 model, not the new Exotic Star's in 2007.

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I play a variety of music and this guitar has the unique ability to create a variety of sounds. The volume, volume, tone combination along with the ability to split the coils allows you to cover alot of sonic ground. By messing with the controls of this guitar and my amp, I can dial in a strat sound, an almost accoustic sound, metal, and some nice PAF tones from the neck. The pickups in this are fantastic. I originally replaced the bridge with a Seymour Duncan Custom but found it a bit thin and replaced it with the original pickup and it just sounds great. I think I just changed it because I am programmed to think all stock pickups suck but I am noticing more and more that they don't and that the folks at Schecter designed this guitar and the pickups to match and they probably know a thing or 2 about tone and on this one they just got it right. The neck pickup is very warm and articulate and the bridge is somewhat bright, but it just balances the neck perfectly. When you add gain to the bridge it will really shine. Think Master of Puppets or George Lynch.

I run it through a Roland Cube 30 for practice and a Carvin MTS 2x12 Combo. I don't mean to focus so much on the pickups but I will say that this guitar will souund blusey/dirty and with a subtle roll off of volume you can get nice and clean. The 2 volume knobs adds to this flexability. Picture this. A nice passage of arpeggios with the neck pickup set at 1/3 volume with slight breakup and then flipping to the bridge pickup set at full volume getting high gain solo's. Those who play live understand how nice it is to have this flexability in you hands and not have to rely on pedals for it.

I bought it used so I don't know about the factory set-up. I will say the neck is straight and the frets are level. Everything else is preference.

This thing is solid and due to the raw wood look and feel a slight ding here or there just adds character. It seems built to last though and doesn't seem to scratch very eaisly.

Never dealt with them, but they have a great web site so they get a 10!

Been playing for 2 years and in that time I have bought and sold over 20 guitars. I have an eBay thing. All though I will tell you as long as you buy smart and buy used you will usually make your money back and in many cases even make a few bucks. I have had this guitar for 6 months and I am not planning on selling it. To me and my ability level, it is as good as a PRS. One day I may think differently.
I realize that I gave all 10's and no guitar deserves all 10's but this is a really great instrument at a fair price and it seems like the way the grading is here giving anything less than a 10 is saying theres something wrong. So take the scores for what their worth.

2006 Maple Honey Flame Top with Mahogany Body and Neck. Satin Finish.
TonePros Locking Bridge with String Thru style. Ebony fret board with 24 Jumbo frets. Plain Dot Inlays. Neck has a profile similar to a standard C Fender. 25.5 scale. Not sure of the radius but couldn't be more than 12". Overall about as thin and narrow as my personal tastes could live with. Not as chunky as say the neck on a Schecter S-1 30th Anniversary hehe. Non Locking Grover Tuners. 3 way pick up selector. 2 Volume, 1 Tone which is push/pull for coil tap. Made in South Korea. Will give an 8 here because no locking tuners and overall finish of back of body and neck could have been a tad better.

The stock Schecter Monster Tone pick-ups were a big surprise. They are not bad at all. Much better than I expected from other reviews etc. They have a very intense sizzle when overdriven/distorted. They sustain forever. They are not weak any any means. I could be very happy to leave them both alone. If you are a good guitar player these will sound just fine and bitchen'. I am currently replacing the bridge pick-up with a DiMarzio D-Sonic for the multiple sounds it can get. I'm not a good guitar player haha.

I bought this on eBay from a seller which has a store in Garland, Texas called Larry Morgan Music. They are great people and I would buy from them again. I got an exceptionally good deal on the guitar but the regualr store sticker they left pon the guitar shows they sell for good prices at the store too. The guitar was set up nicely overall.

As far as manufacturing goes I would like to have seen a bit better finish sanding on the neck profile from the factory. They are cabpable of better. I own other Schecters. I'll do it myself soon. Overall the fit, finish and workmanship of these and other South Korean guitars is really as good as anyboby else or better for the price range generally speaking. You can get crap from S. Korea. You can get Custom Shop quality from S. Korea. Same as every where else.

I am happy with this guitar.

Schecter, in most of it's guitars uses quality woods, pick-ups and hardware. The switches could maybe be a notch up but not bad now.

If I take reasonable care of this guitar it will last for generations I'm sure. It's solid.

I have had very good experiences dealing with Schecter via eMail. I feel that they do care about there customers. They have proved that to me.

I would definately buy this guitar as well as other Schecter guitars again whether built in the USA or South Korea. The only thing I do with all my Schecters when I buy them is have a local great luthier [Parson's Guitars] install the Buzz Feiten tuning system which entails replacing the stock plastic nut with a bone nut. I also have a pro set-up done for the fret leveling/crowning/polishing benefits. Ilove the Mahogany body/neck tone and light weight. I love the Ebony fret board. If I was having this built from scratch I would move the controls around just slightly but really this is a great guitar for the money. You do not "have too" replace the pick-ups, they are very good. If your thinking of buying this guitar go for it!