Schecter C-1 Plus

You can read all the details on the other reviews. The only difficulty so far was minor. It was setting the intonation since the strings come thru the body and sort of cover the int. screws. It took a little while longer to set, that's all. The int. had to be reset only because I had it set up for heavier gage strings. String ferrules will fall out of the back of the guitar when you change strings. Again, minor stuff. Made in Korea. I'd say that Korea has made great strides in building guitars in the last few years. It's as well made as any American made guitar. Especially in it's price range. Better than some I've played.

I play with a Pod thru effects loop on a Fender evil twin. The clean channel on the twin is dedicated to the Pod and the dirty ch. is for playing straight thru the amp This combo seems to work really well. The Duncan pups sound excellent clean but they really shine when you kick it into overdrive. Hotter than a LP. Excellent dynamic range. In fact, a friend of mine has a sweet LP and he's ready to buy a C1+. Long story short - unbelievable tone for the price, or any price for that matter. It has become my favorite axe very quickly. I feel very comfortable playing any style of music on it. It handles the modern rock covers and the few classic rock tunes that we do very easily.

The fit and finish are beautiful. Love at first sight. Binding is perfect and the vector fb inlays are cool as s. I had to have it set up by my guitar tech. But I always do that anyway. It did have a few buzzes out of the box. But the tech was able to eliminate these and still keep the action very low, as I like it. The neck is similar to a PRS wide/thin neck, which fits my hands perfectly. In short, very easy to play.

I have been playing it almost exclusively since I got it about 6 months ago and she's breaking in nicely. Very solid without feeling too heavy. I don't foresee any problems since this is a very well made guitar. And I play hard. I plan on using it as my main guitar for live playing (current band in formative stage).

Never dealt with them. Hope I don't have to since that would mean no problems.

Playing 30 some years, on and off. Tons of equipment. I bought this guitar on a lark. It looked so beautiful. And I've always like Schecters. It was a scratch and dent special (the defect was a small chip about an inch long on the top by the binding where your arm comes over the top) on musiciansfriend.com for $429. So I bought it on an impulse. I figured for that price, if I didn't like it, I could always sell it or give it to one of my kids. Surprise! My other HB electrics are collecting dust. I absolutely love it. It's like they mated a LP with a PRS (I have both) and cut the price by more than half. The unblemished ones sell for about $529 and it is as good as or better than guitars costing twice as much. If it was stolen, I would buy another right away. I always thought that companies could make a good product for less money and Schecter has proven this. I highly recommend it.

2001 C1+ LH (left-handed), charcoal burst finish. Absolutely beautiful, by the way. Standard C1+ hardware, no fancy stuff, just a solid guitar. Bought a generic SKB hsc and it fits well in there.

I have been playing for over 15 years, and have had a ton of gear. This is my favorite guitar that I have owned, and I prefer it to my Gibsons, Ibanez, etc. I have had this guitar for almost a year now, and I love to play it every day. The pickups, as many have noted, are flat and lack distinction. Can't really blame Schecter for this, since the guitar only retails for around $550.oo; I will be putting a couple new P/Us in there shortly. (It seems the electronics are well shielded, however, since I get virtually no hum even under high gain/volumes.) I play through a Mesa DC-5 or Studio 22+, no fx except a Morley wah, with either lots of gain or super clean. I love this guitar because it feels very solid like a Gibson, but is more playable. To me the neck feels a bit more like a shredder guitar, a bit less bulky, but with the nice woody, organic Gibson sound. By the way, I play a lot of different styles of music with this guitar, from Melvins/Black Sabbath-style stuff to fingerpicking Zep tunes and classical. With the right pickups the guitar would do fine with all of it, and would have been a 9 or 10.

Everything was set up very well on this guitar. Good action, no dead spots, no buzzing even on dropped D tuning, proper intonation. I will be taking it in soon for a check-up though. It is time for a couple new pickups and a general tune-up. Better than I expected for the price of the guitar.

This thing is as solid as any guitar. Neck-through, solid design, yet not as heavy as my Les Paul. My shoulder doesn't hurt after an hour like with the LP. I would easily use this on stage without a backup, but then again, I have rarely broken a string by playing too hard.

I would definitely buy another Schecter. I love my Ibanez S series, but it is not a dark enough sound. My Gibson SG and Les Paul sound unreal, but I do not find them comfortable to play. The C1+ has been the best of both; playable with nice tone (still needs new pickups tho). I have sold a lot of equipment over the years, but I think I will hold on to this guitar. I almost bought an ESP instead of this one. I still want to get an ESP, but I will keep this too. Way too many cool guitars out there...

Everyone has said all of the features

It sounds great. I play mostly hardcore/metal stuff, and it suits the style really well. It also sounds good on the clean channel. It has a lot of variety

The action was perfect when I got it, and it was a floor model. The finish is very goood, and everything was pretty much perfect.

Never had a problem with reliability

Never dealt with Schecter

Great guitar. Well worth the money.

Gawd....what else is there to say about this guitar that no one else has? Unbelievable finish though....makes my jaw drop each time I look at it(I got the Black cherry finish)

I play mostly dirge-metal/grind/and some punk and I find that though this guitar is really well built and very playable,the pick ups are very thin sounding for my liking.The neck pick up is very warm but the bridge pick-up is very weak sounding.So other then the pick-ups,this guitar is an incredible value for under 600$.It has great sustain and always stays in tune due to the presence of Grovers.Some fret buzz on the 1st and 2nd frets.Sounds incredible otherwise though.Can't beat the price and quality of this thing compared to most guitars out there.But I recommend you replace the bridge pick up if you want a thicker sound.

This guitar should have been attached to my body concearning how well it plays....I could probably fall asleep while playing this thing! Adjustments are always a personal preference but I found that raising the bridge would eliminate fret buzz..but other then that..awesome!!!

I would use this guitar as a hammer

Ive only had it for a month,but it does have a lifetime warranty..so I guess I will find out sooner or later..but it gets an 8 for the warranty

Well I have been playing for 6 years and my dream guitar is a Les Paul,but for the price,this is a very nice guitar.You may have to make some adjustments(such as replacing the paper-thin bridge pick-up)but other than that it has most everything you need in a solid body guitar.I put a Dimarzio Super-Distortion in the bridge and now it's a dream to play.But always try it out before you buy it.But to sum everything up,Great guitar...bad pick ups..put a high output pick up in the bridge and your all set

Made in the late 90's probably, in korea. 24 frets. 2 volume 1 tone. h/h duncan design pickups. tune o matic bridge. non locking tuners from grover. nice inlays.

i play emo/pop punk/punk stuff, so i need a relatively versitile guitar, that does both clean and dirty good, and can get different sounds from the pickups. this guitar does pretty well. it's not the best i've ever seen heard or played by far but for the money, it's just fine. the tone control doesn't do alot for me on my amp, which is a crate gfx65, but when i took it to the store and tried out some nicer amps, it did wonders. this guitar has nice bottom end, not too much, not too little, certainly no les paul.

this guitar needs a set up i've had it for about 8 months, the action is alright, but everytime i change the strings and raise or lower the bridge, wheenver i go to tighten the strings, i usaully end up bumping my settings on the bridge, so that is a pain, but i think it's prolly like that w/most tune o matic bridges. the top isn't perfectly book matched, but still, it's awesome. it's charcaoal grey, but reflects shades of deep blue and dark purple. it's tiger striped sorta like a prs. for a while i thought that the tuner for the g string was bad, but i just needed new strings, but the tech did file the nut some, but otherwise it's fine. the screws are strarting to show a bit of rust, and the plastic part around the pickups for the neck pickup has a crack in it, which is really stupid, but it doesn't affect nething, and u can't see it unless u r looking for it.

this guitar seems really solid. it's fallen off it's stand many times, and the only dent it has in it is b/c i got pissed and as i was walkin thru a door way it hit the door way, i even hit the wall with the head stock and nothing happened. my biggest complaint here is that the strap button at the top part of the body pulled out a bit ago. i rescrewed it in, and it was still wobbly, then at practice it came out, and i glued it in, and it came out again. i had to drill a hole at a diff angle, but it works fine now. i think i remember awhile ago when the pickups were screwy, and not much sound came out...but it's fine now. i go betweenthis guitar and my peavey nitro 3, just sometiems it's nice to have a change of guitars. i would gig without a backup if i had no choice, and i do trust this guitar, but i will still gig with a backup b/c i have that option.

i've been playing for...1 and a half years, i also own a peavey nitro 3, an epiphone acoustic aj-15, a peavey backstage 30 amp, and a crate gfx-65 amp. i am upgrading to a marshall jcm 800/900 head, and a 1960A cab. i wish i had this guitar set up before i bought it, it's not horribly in need of one, but it'd be nice. if it was stolen or lost, i would save and get a gibson sg special just because i think it is more of the sound i am going after right now, but if i only had 544 dollars, then i'd buy this one. i love the way it looks, i hate how i can't write songs, but that isn't dealing with the guitar. this guitar is so much better than any ibanez's in it's price range and probably alot of other guitars above it's price. for the money you can't beat it. i wish it had better pickups, but they are alrigth for now. i bought an epiphone lp custom before this, and it had problems with its' pikcups not workign at all so i returned it and i've had my bad experience w/epi now so i will prolly stay away from them.

24 frets, obviously very nice. Hardtail, also very nice. Tremelos really aren't worth the effort that's required to maintain the instrument. As for tone and volume controls, it lacks really very little as far as I'm concerned. It has 2 pickups, the only thing that could be asked is that you could send each pickup into single coil mode. Other than that, very nice.

I have to say, when I played it in Guitar Center through a Marshall I wasn't overly impressed, but I know that's just a set of pickups away from change. I mostly record, so when I got it home I ran it through my rig and, the gods smiled upon me. Love the tone. It's a taste issue. Also I have a tube Dean Markley K-50 I ran it through clean and with processing, fantastic in either situation.

Action was perfect. The more I play it the more I love it. Fit and finish are perfect also.

Durability gets a 10 so far. I'll explain more on this in the overall section.

I've been playing for 18 years. I play anything from jazz to folk to metal. I have an Ash Strat with an HS-3 in the bridge position, Ovation CS257 and a few other guitars. I needed a good chunky recording guitar. I purchased an S470 Ibanez. The action was ok and the Axis pickups were OK...EVO's were on the way. To make a long story short the S470 did not live up to my standards. It found it's way back to GC. I got the C1+ as a replacement. All I have to say is this guitar is awesome. Great tone, great feel, feels solid and at a great price. The more I play it the more I appreciate it. If it were stolen I'd move to a better neighborhood and then purchase another one. Bad joke. Really, I've had a lot of nice guitars and the C1+ has everything I like in a guitar, which to date I've not yet to find in any other elctric, PRS and Fender included. After reading these reviews I amazed to hear my initial thoughts about it: The perfect mix between a PRS and an LP. Very well done.

2001 model, mahogany body w/a flamed maple top. My particular guitar is the Charcole burst version although the cherry model is version is very nice. H/H pick-up configuration with duncun design passive pick-ups. Two tone controls and one volume. 24 3/4 inch scaled neck which I would consider medium thickness. Grover tuners w/ a tune-o-matic string through bridge. Real nice if you are tired of the ole' floyd rose crap. String change outs are a breeze.

I have only been playing for about two years. However I spent 6 months researching guitars before I actually made the buy. I play mostly mainstream rock, metal, and some blues through a Crate Blue Voodoo half-stack. This guitar sounds adequate. (very flat tone)Unless you invest in a decent set of pick-ups. The same day I bought mine I picked up a Dimarzio PAF for the neck and a Super distortion for the neck. Now it rocks.

This guitar is by far the most beautiful for the money. I really can't say enough about that. Really, if you have Les Paul or PRS money then why are you even reading this? For us "Poe Foke" for 500 bucks your not going to find a guitar that looks this good. The action and intonation required no adjustment. the only thing that was wrong was a couple of the tuners needed tightening.

I have only had it for a few months.

haven't dealt with them.

I looked at Carvin, Fender, Ibanez, ESP, Jackson, and a couple other brands from all different price ranges, and If you are looking for an inexpensive but decent guitar this is the best. It gets an 8 souly because of the pick-ups.

Korean-made (thankfully a sticker you can take off) C-1+.
Finish: Charcoal burst
Features are what I was looking for when I got it. The only thing I'd change is to put locking tuners on it, but that's just my personal preference.

I'm set up for recording (guitar->POD->Tascam 788->monitors) so I can't say how it sounds with an amp. I really, really like the tone of this guitar, especially for overdriven and hard rock (not metal) tones. It will sing if you work the notes right.

I may replace the pickups but if I do that I'm going to go for pure tone, not output, so I'm still looking for the right pups to use

The action was perfect right out of the box. The top is matched well and all routing/cuts look to be just fine.

I was disappointed in the charcoal burst finish. it turned out to be very muddy, like they overapplied the stain. Still, like someone else said, it's the poor man's PRS.

It seems to be tough. One thing I've noticed is that the neck, being mahogany, is kind of soft. I can do suicide neck bends with much less pressure than on my strat or ibanez guitars. This worries me for the future of this guitar.

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It's definitely a workhorse with superior tone. If I were going on tour, I'd take about 5 of these and a couple of strats - I wouldn't need anything else.

You've seen all this if you've read any of these reviews....
mahogany/maple body, two'Duncan Designed' 'buckers,tune-o-matic,Grover tuners,24 jumbo frets,passive electronics,ONE VOLUME +TWO TONE pots--
see below...

Basically a Schecter Les Paul--I'm using it through a Lab Series L-5,
which is pretty much set the same all the time,VERY minor tweaks
between even vastly different guitars,say,a 335 and a Tele...
other instruments have higher highs or lower lows,that being the idea behind having a variety....having said THAT----the Schecter has
that mahogany/'bucker thang going,middy but not muddy,nice squeaky
highs over that...turn the tone down and it will jazz very well,
flip to the bridge and grunge/rock all ya wanna....
overall it's-----well,MUSICAL. An instrument,not a weapon.

Very impressive!Haven't changed anything but strings.The top is
nicely matched,the inlays are better than my '78 LP--binding and
neck joint are smooth---they've over-achieved for the price range.

I took it out of the case and gave it hell from the git-go,with good
results.Broke a .010 the second or third day of blues/rock stretching,
but show me a tune-o-matic that doesn't...deal with it.Otherwise dependable.Having a backup is just policy,when you work for a living.

Here's the rub.This guitar has 1 volume and 2 tones...fine.
The website shows a wiring diagram w/2 volume and 1 tone.
I e-mailed them,explained that,and got a quick but useless stock
reply...'it's on the website,dude...'....right.Luckily,the guys
@ the store where it was purchased[Big Dude's,Kansas City]were
very helpful--I mailed them,and and got a quick reply,saying they
had been in touch with Schecter,and that they[Schecter]would fax
the diagram to me---time passes,and no info.I'm over two hour's drive
from KC,so I faxed Dude's a copy of the receipt,and the NEXT DAY
they call me back,conference-call the guy at Schecter,and I explain the deal(for the 3rd time,now)....so he makes us wait while he checks
HIS OWN WEBSITE,and sure enough,duh! it's DIFFERENT!
Okay,they dropped the ball,but recovered.....next day,I received a
HAND-DRAWN diagram from Schecter,with an apology(!!).Bottom line is,
it's about the money,as usual.They didn't notice an individual w/a
problem,but when a dealer that means $bucks$ gets involved,suddenly
you have their full attention...(insert cynical tone HERE!)
I'm giving Customer Support a neutral'5'...you can see why.

I've been pro since the late '70's. I'm up to about 13-14 instruments,
since I never sell one! I'd call it a poor-man's PRS.....very
well-made,sweet tone,tons of sustain...watch out for lost ferrules
when changing strings.A solid guitar at a fair price.Write me for a
the diagram,if you can't get a company on your side.....
dorothy.tonja@ckt.net I'll post a pic soon...
http://girard4.ckt.net/NorthRadley/Lou.htm

Won't waste your time with this subject...been covered enough.

Average sound. Not particularly hot enough enough for my tastes. A little "muffled" sounding. I have 2 amp set-ups. One is a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier head w/cabinet. The other is a Line 6 Flextone 2x12 combo. I couldn't get a "quality" tone thru either.

Again...average. I've owned several Korean made guitars over the years and this is no better than any of the others. They say these are set-up in California, but it didn't seem to help the action, fit, or finish in any way. I prefer Jackson and Ibanez when it comes to the cheaper Korean guitars.

Haven't had it long enough to have an opinion here.

ABSOLUTELY THE WORST I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. Believe it or not, this is the short version of the story. Seems they set up some guy to sell their guitars out of his house without knowing he didn't own a store. I didn't know it either because I bought it online thru a web site. Anyway, I bought it "brand new" and when I received it, it had a blemish in the paint...one that would affect the value and possibly keep someone else from even wanting to buy it if I ever decided to sell it. So, after getting NOWHERE with the seller, I appealed to the maker - Schecter - for some help. I figured, heck they put some guy in business selling out of his garage, they should have take responsibility for the 3 measly guitars they sold him. I got ZERO sympathy or help from this company. They completely snubbed their snotty little noses at me. The National Sales Manager even made a statement like, "...that's no fu***n' excuse!" Very poor customer relations. Honestly, I was courteous in every way. Heck, I was trying to get them to help me...so I definitely wasn't rude in anyway. I've learned over the years...when you want somebody else's help, you better be nice about it. Anyway, all I wanted to do was trade the flawed guitar for a new one. They wouldn't do it. I think there are only about 5 employees that work for the entire company...including the President whom I also talked to. They don't even have a receptionist. This is a second rate company without a doubt. Good luck to you if you ever have a problem with your guitar.

This company has very poor customer relations as I stated earlier. However, being totally objective and only considering the guitar itself...it's still average. There are definitely other guitars in this price range that are better and will hold their value better. Consider Jackson or Ibanez. Or, email me...I'll sell mine CHEAP!!!