Schecter C-1 Plus

This is a newer model of the schecter c-1+. Tonepro locking bridge, sculpted neck joint(not boxy like the older models). Everything is the same except for the flame maple top/color. See other areas for my gripes.

Ok for stock pickups. I always throw in real seymour duncans.

Ok, The old models of the Schecter c-1+ guitars are BAD ASS. Mine however is a new line of them where they SKIMPED OUT! The finish/flame maple on their vintage sunburst is nothing compared to the older models. They completely raped the damn thing for what has made it popular! This guitar no longer looks like a killer high quality flame top! Now it is thin barely 3-d AKA CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! Epiphone has better flame tops than this now! I was severly sickened. Honestly! I've owned the past models and ended up selling them for profit. I should kick myself in the ass for that. Anyhow, they throw a nice bridge on the guitar(locking), but really cut their costs on the overall visual cosmetics on this. FU schecter! You were great at one time.

The pickup mounting rings are weak and crappy and chip away easy.

I'm so depressed about the flametop cop-out of schecter. You once had a beautiful detailed flamptop!

Features, made in korea,unk. year of manufacture but mine is the older model without the tonepros bridge,24frets,mahogany body maple neck with rosewood fretboard and drop dead gorgeous flamed maple top! H/H duncan design pickups, set neck and grover tuners, no case disapointingly came with this gorgeous guitar. It basically is strat shaped/les paul hybrid 24/3quarter scale guitar that I've seen other reviewers refer to as (poor mans PRS) fair enough! But I have'nt found a prs yet that I would part with two thousand bones for and I have done that before with a LP and a martin so... And this schecter will definately put a prs off even further but I,m still looking.

I play classic rock and have two LP standards and a couple of Mex strats one of which is loaded with EMG/DG20 assembly(nice) and US tele, This guitar is now my favorite! and is the first one I grab, it,s very versitile sitting somewhere between strat and LP on the sound spectrum with a quality of tone that has cut down my changing guitars duing the set! the LP is the backup now and I only use the strat on (you guessed it) strat stuff needing that out of phase sound and tremolo stuff. As far as the stock pickups go I'm going to leave them in for now because this guitar just flat out works as is, I mean coil tapping the stockers is a option and changing out for REAL DUNCANS is interesting ideal but for now all I had to do was adjust pickup hight to balance out the volumes (the neck pickup was sassy) and restring with elevens(GHS) and like Ron Popeel always says (SET IT AND FORGET IT). This is a mid priced axe that loves to mix it up with the big boys! Oh and I forgot to mention the tone nob really has a big effect on the sound I find myself rolling it around 7 to 10 to blend in on different songs again this is why I used to change guitars sometimes five times a set! well no more, our other guitar player was mentioning that we finally culled through five years worth of what works for the set and what does'nt that we've arrived at a one five space stand for both of our guitars! this saves time and stage space!

This particular guitar sat in the local music go round for ever and the owner could'nt get over why it had'nt sold? I remember him showing it to me when it first came in and we were in awe of how gorgeous it was and the quality and finish for the money, I was'nt interested at the time because I was saving up for something vulgar like a doubleneck Gibson or one of those PRS's they hang twenty feet above the floor at your local GC. Then one day I got a urge and went down and traded in my old bass rig that had been gathering dust for this axe and now it just disses all over my other axe's quality fit finish, everything!

I did trade the strap buttons out for gold schaller lockers so I can use my SRV stap (my faverite) the hardware seems top notch and my LP standard sunburst is the backup to this guitar, the LP sounds great to but is so friggin heavy! My other LP is a showboat gold top that sounds terrible, LP's are for the younger crowd that still have vertebra in there backs and I would'nt want to sit on a stool like Robert Fripp because that looks lame, The schecter adds reliability and durability where it really counts (ON ME)! light,balanced,tone rugged!!

never delt with them but I love their web site, Has all the schematics and stuff, if they put out a quality product like this, I'm sure they'll stand behind their guitars! I give it a nine because I like the web site.

I've been playing since 1979 been in some bands since highschool and currently in a classic rock cover band doing the wedding/small club scene, on stage I use a Vox valvetronix amp for my guitars and a Roland JC120 for my keyboards and a Carvin AG100 for PA at small acustic gig/practices I also have a theremin that I put through a memoryman into the boards to make a we're the seventies statement! This guitar is my favorite and I plan on gettin rid of my spare strat to get semihollow piezo version of this guitar, C1/EA as far as anything else I wish the C1+ had is maybe a coil tap but most coil taps I've delt with before have been disapointing. I want to demo their model that has this feature first before I decide, Also They make a trem model but has floyd style which I don't need I use light vibato and a flush old fender design or wilkenson would be more to my taste. But this stringthrough body C1+ is going to be my bread and butter for a long time.

Great looking vintage sunburst finish. Stock Duncan-designed humbuckers, passive. Thick as a paul, but shaped like a strat. Pretty darn heavy, but not as heavy as a paul. Extra jumbo frets. Tone Pros standard bridge. Fast, narrow neck.

Sounds of the stock humbuckers is pretty good; though I may upgrade them in the future. A lot of bass in the sound, though the bridge pickup does cut. I use it with a 50 Watt Class A/B Tube Combo and
Maxon effects. Very good for '70s, '90s hard rock; does AC/DC like nobody'd business. Not quite the guitar for Dokken or Icon or '80s sounds, but that's why I have an Ibanez. Tons of sustain, and a real sweet sound when you bend notes.

OKAY...HERE'S THE DEAL...I bought one of these and there was a terrible buzzing on the A string, no matter how high I put the action. I had it professionally setup, and it still didn't fix it. But I exchanged it for another one, and the new one sounds fine. I think the jumbo frets buzz a little by nature if you play hard and
dig down into the strings.

Also, the first one I bought had splotches of gray paint in the finish! The new one only has a slight paint underrun at the binding. These almost all have slight cosmetic issues, pick the one that you can live with!

IF YOU BUY ONE OF THESE...try out several of them. I tried four. One of them was great, two were okay, and one had the major buzz issue mentioned above.

Seems very solid. Just beware of manufacturing quality issues.

Tech support got back to me via email within a week. Ennh.

This guitar is a great value for the money. They call it the "Poor Man's Paul Reed Smith", and yeah, for about $500 you won't find anything nicer looking. The neck feels great, I'm still getting used to the extra-jumbo frets (I usually play medium.) BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY ONE then try several out. Check for finish blemishes--you WILL find them...and check for the fret buzz...here's the trick: Play "Tie Your Mother Down" by Queen, or another song where you have to bend low notes. Listen WITHOUT and amp. Happy hunting, because if you find a good one, it's worth twice what you'll pay for it.

see above(already described prety good)

i replaced the duncan designed pickups with real duncans..(distortion at the bridge and a '59 at the neck)...the stock pickups just plain suck...when i replaced the pickups i also changed out the pots...but the old ones where fine...no hum or anything...with that said the sound of this guitar smokes...great tone...i play mostley metal and hard rock...but with the '59 it is versital(if it came with real duncans id give it a ten)

from the factory the set up has to be played with a little(just to taste)...but if your a beginner its fine...the finish of this guitar is beautiful(black cherry with cream binding)

i play the crap out of this guitar...it is played live and ive never had any issues with it...it is reliable

never needed it!!

ive owned and played several guitars and this one jumped up to the number one spot in my rotation...my main guitar used to be a '82 ibanez rocket roll 2 flying v...i still play the v but my schecter cries for attention...if it where stolen i would hunt the person down and...well lets just say id find it...if not, i would replace it with another

Mahogany body with REAL flame maple top. binding on body, neck, and headstock. Grover 18:1 tuners(easy to replace with locking grover tuners). Set neck, 24 frets, 24.75", rosewood fingerboard/schecter inlays(not too thrilled with them due to personal taste). I'd rather have dots. Graphite nut!

If you are a newbie guitar player it will suit just fine. For those who have experience with pickups and tone will agree that they have to be tossed and put real ones in.

I wanted to clear some things up here about the guitar. They are 100% REAL flame maple tops, but vary in quality(flame depth and 3Dness). I've owned one of each color of the C-1 plus models. The Vintage sunburst is awesome looking! I bought the other colors of this model and they just don't compare to the vintage sunburst.
Now.. for the bridge. I have to agree that it is notorious for breaking strings prematurely. This goes for any model before the revised version of this guitar. They now come with Tone Pro locking bridges. They should not break them as easy. Also, if you don't want to upgrade your old one with the tone pros($60) you should at least get a more reliable TOM bridge($30 Gotoh Japanese@ www.stew-mac.com).

The only thing I hate are the pickup rings. They crack away eventually.

I've always had email inquiries replied to within 24 hours.

- h/h configuration
- 2 volume knobs, one tone
- Pickups are duncan designed (supposedly blueprint from the duncan USA distortion humbuckers)
- Strat style body
- Grover Tuners (Awesome!)
- String Thru body
- Jumbo frets
- 3 way selector
- 24 frets

My other choice was the c-1 stealth but i didn't wanna go through the ordering process. (call me lazy) The stealth had two features that i'd like to have on this guitar (the coil taps and the real duncans) but otherwise, its the same guitar

This guitar fits my style perfectly. I play metal. Period. There is hardly any buzz except on the extreme overdrive channel on my amp (fender 90 DSP 112)

The first c-1 plus i got was a black cherry color or whatever. It was messed up. There was some extreme buzzing, even after i raised the bridge and the neck humbucker didnt work. But i loved the sound and look of the guitar so much, i took it back and exchanged it for another one in brown sunburst or whatever. This one is awesome and hasn't failed me at all. This guitar has the most wicked finish on a mid-priced guitar you can get.

This guitar can definently withstand live playing without a backup.
Finish seems good. Strap buttons are solid and keep the strap on really well.

havn't delt w/ them yet

I've been playing about three years and i used to own a Johnson strat copy. I threw it off the sears tower. Just kidding but the guitar really sucked. I would definently get another shecter c-1 plus if it was lost or stolen.

The features of this guitar have been fully described in previous reviews. This is a stock setup C1 Plus in black cherry finish.

The Duncan designed pickups are adequate for my needs. The bridge pickup is somewhat bright, the neck pickup is full, rich and warm.
I am playing this through a Fender Champ and a Kustom 30 watt w/chorus sometimes using a Digitech RP-50 multi-effects. The tone pot has a little scratchiness down around the 1..0 range, but I rarely go that low. The two volume pots don't have any noise at all.
This guitar can cover all of the tonal ranges I need and has exceptional sustain and warmth

I bought this guitar used. It was either setup by the factory or the previous owner/seller I'm not sure, but it's action is low and fast without any buzz and the pickups are setup perfectly. The finish is a beautiful black cherry with flamed maple top (which shows very subtly through the finish). The only flaw in the finish is a slight overrun in the binding directly below the neck p/u volume pot. This is one beautiful guitar (IMHO).

This guitar is super solid with good quality hardware. The finish seems durable and only time will tell how well it wears. I baby this thing (it's always in a hard-shell case when not in use) so I expect it to last forever. It seems very dependable and I would probably use it without a backup.

No opinion (yet).

I've been playing about 12 years and am extremely happy with this guitar especially at this price. It has the fit and finish, quality construction and components found on much more expensive guitars (Gibson/PRS). If this were stolen or lost I would be very depressed (until I replaced it the next day with another Schecter!).

all the features have been listed by everyone else.

great variety to choose from with rhythm and lead, clean with rhythm sounds like bells, lead with tone up makes the duncan desgined hummers scream. very rich full sound in the middle slot. I love it.

i got the guitar used, and had it set up to my likings, i suggest you do the same, pickups were set right on, i suggest you flip the bridge around to keep it form snapping strings. the finish on these guitars is second to none. I prefer the look of these guitars over many gibsons and PRS's

so i play pretty hard on this guitar, and its taken my carelessness really well, nothing has broken, the wood quality holds the strap screws firm, even after thrwoing the guitar around, which is a noteable accomplishment. The only way youd need a backup axe is if a string broke.

never talked with them

hands down this is the last guitar i will ever have to buy, it sounds good, looks AMAZING, and when playing metalcore it makes you look like sweet. i chose this over a gibson SG, for a good reason. BETTER TONE. This guitar is my baby.

Okay, first of all please excuse me for any misspelling. I'm danish. Okay... I don't know when this guitar was made, and I don't think it matters anyway. It's a mahogny body, with two Duncan Design pickups. The bridge pickup is a HB-103B model, which is made after the Seymour Duncan Distortion model. Haven't compared the two pickups yet, but that's no big deal. They sound okay. It haves one volume control, and two tone controls. Can't complain about that eiter. I actually don't remember what sort of tree the neck is made of, but I'm sure someone else stated that in a previous review. The body shape is a little hard for me to descripe, cause it has styles from alot of guitar such as PRS (the headstock, but not completely knock-off) and the rest which I think looks like a strat, but slightly longer and not that wide. The best way for you to judge is to look at it. Grover tuners, string thru body, 24 3/4 neck scale with jumbo frets I guess.

It has what I need... since it could have more features I won't give it a 10.

I'm not the type who setles with one musical style all my life. Sometimes I get influenced by jazz, classic and lots of other styles. I mainly play heavy rock, most Tool and System of a down at the moment. It's perfect for that music. Even jazz tones are easy to achieve, and classic too because of the great sustain this guitar posesses. It's not very noisy, a little noise may be heard, but that's no big issue, cause you can't possible hear it when playing. I think it's very good sounding. Maybe a little too dark. Nothing you can't cure with the EQ section of your amp. One little dislike I had before it got modded, was that when I rolled down on the volume control, the sound would become dull, not present. I got muddy. What I did was to put a condensator in it. I can highly recommend it. Now it sounds great. Although the stock pickups sounds okay, I'm planning to get some new ones in it. Perhaps some PAF's.

the neck feels absolutely great, nice action. The bridge is beginning to wear off (the guitar is bought a couple of years ago brand new.) and I believe the problem is me. I have exce?tionally sweaty hands when playing. It also affects my strings, as they looses every tone within a weeks playing. Fortunately it doesn't affect the sound at all. The frets are beautiful, the finish is gourgess. There is some glue between the nut and the first fret, but it doens't bother me. My volume control is stuck and wont come off. Haven't got the slightest idea why, but I can still control the volume with it. Besides that, everything else is perfect.

Will definitely withstand live playing. The hardware is strong specially the tuners. They withstand standard tuning with 0.11 to 0.58 string gauges. The finish is very hard to knock a hole in. Not that I've tried that believe me, but occasionally I'm a bit clumsy. Ironically it wasn't me bumping it into a wall that made the first little nick in the finish. It came one day I was chaning the strings. You have to pull the strings thru the body, and where the strings are wounded around the tuners it sometimes can scratch the finish when pulled through. Guess I was just unlucky. But don't fear, the finish IS very durable. And thick as well, the little nick in the finish hasn't gone through the finish. It takes alot of beating I must say. Don't know about strap buttons, I replaced them with strap locks since I'm a very energic player on stage. Don't worry, you can depend on this guitar to last. I would use this on a gig without a backup, and I have done that as a matter of fact. But always be sure to have extra strings with you.

I don't know. If there's something wrong with it, I take it to the store where I bought it and they'll deal with it.

Been playing for 10 years now. I play through a Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier Solo 50 watter, with a Behringer Compressor and noise gate in front. If it got stolen, I would be very mad. And by a new one of course. I love the feel of it, the look of it, the sound of it. Don't know what the deal is with Gibson and Fenders. I'm not saying they are bad guitars, but they are not worth the price. I actually hope Schecter wont get more famous about their guitars, since the price would increase then. You get alot of guitar for the money spend.

2003
24 Frets
Flamed Maple Top
2 Vol and 1 Tone
H/H design. Duncan Designed
Passive Electronics.
Its all mohogany except for the top
Antique Amber finish
Strat style, only less contoured
tone pros bridge with a string thru design
Nice grover tuners
Neck is pretty thin and has jumbo frets. Rosewood
came with a cheapass cable and an allen wrench

For rock of any sort this thing rules. The mohogany body gives it great rock tone. It stays in tune better than any guitar i've played. I play it for hard rock and metal. The duncans on it are muddy though. I reccomend some EMG 81's. Its NOT noisy considering its got stock pups in it. I had it on 10 with a 90w amp and i only got slight noise. It sounds SUPER heavy to me, not a country guitar.

The electronics on it are a bit scrathcy, so replace them.

Its a 10 with new pickups, but a 9 with the stocks.

It was 100% set up for me when it arrived, still in tune even! The pickups were perfectly adjusted. All of the construction was perfect, the finish wasn't the best i've seen though. It had no errors on it though, perfect perfect.

If this falls into this catagory, the vol pots were a little scratchy.

I think it will last me for the rest of my life if i take good care of it. The hardware on it looks good. The finish is a little feeble, shouldnt be hit against things a lot (i.e. knocking over a mic stand live). All finishes will wear over time i think. I will most certainly replace the strap buttons with straplocks. The strap hasn't came off yet, but i wont take any chances.

I wouldn't use it without a backup, thats suicide. Nomatter what.

Schecter replies to my emails, though not very quickly. I think they dont have enough people working for them, but they sure as hell get the job done down there. I havn't had any problems with it yet, and probobaly wont.

Its a great guitar and I love it. I would only trade it for one guitar in the entire world ('76 explorer). It would sell for 1200 easily if they put better pickups on it. Schecter isnt as popular as gibson or fender yet so their prices havent been inflated, their guitars would sell for x2 as much if they were.