Schecter C-7 Plus

7 string (low B added) two duncan designed humbuckers, hardtail, strung through body, tilt-back in-line headstock with a straight pull. One vol, One tone, 3 way switch. abalone and mop vector inlays. Carved flame maple top over two piece mahogany body, mahogony set neck. Body binding (creme), rosewood fretboard, jumbo frets, chrome hardware. Nice input jack that "snaps in". Black cherry colour. Double cutaway in a soloist shape. 24 frets. Knurled metal knobs.
Only miss seperate vol controls like a LP.

The sound is why I bought this. Sounds like a 7 string Les Paul only better. Why better? because even though it has a warm tone that is very paul-ish, the longer scale gives it a tighter low end and better string to string articulation.
The low B gives a strong growl that is very satisfying. The first postion is warm and balanced and the 12th position is as sweet as Santana on the rythm pickup.
These are good pickups by the way. Duncan designed means just that, they are seymour duncan pickups but they are assembled in asia to cut costs. They sound great with no noise problems.

This guitar was built in Korea, probably by Sammick in the late 90's. This is around the time when Korean guitars were becomming respected and the cheaper guitars were being produced in China. The guitar is put together very well with good electronics and good wood.
The good parts: the body is two piece with very tight grain that looks exactly like the grain on my Gibson. The neck is a nice grain and one piece. By contrast, my epi Lp made in korea in about '92 has a body laminated from 5 pieces of wood sporting a loose grain that looks more like oak than mahogany. Also, the top of the schecter is carved with appropriate variations in the flame that leads me to believe it is actually a piece of maple, not a paper thin veneer. Such veneers have impossibly straight and even flame that is typical of a flat top, not a carved top. The poly finish is flat and glossy and the colour is stained in, not painted on. The wieght is medium, feels like 8.5lbs.
The cost savers: The headstock is grafted onto the neck which is typical of asian guitars because they can put different headstocks onto a mass produced neck and they can get a tilt back design with less wood. It doesn't look nice but it is strong and well-done. Also, the inlays are sloppy. They are straight and the synthetic materials look good but the excess routing around the admittedly complex shapes is sloppy and filled in with clear filler. The binding has a bit of color on it near the edges and the colour around the neck joint becomes thick and more opaque in an apparrant effort to hide any construction flaws, it does look good though with no glue mishaps anywhere. That's it.
This guitar is constructed well from good materials. The guitar is constructed for a lower cost in Korea with asian sourced pickups. (probably local asian hardware and electronics as well to save money, why send stuff over from the US to put on a guitar in korea then sail it back over to here?) Then it comes to Schecter USA for final set up and inspection. The guitar shows that there was really attention to detail and a genuine effort to put out a quality imported instrument. The frets came even and highly polished. The only other guitar I bought new that had such nicely detailed frets was my Carvin with SS jumbos. The neck was straight and the action was low. Any guitar can be set up well as long as the construction is sound and the frets are even. This guitar plays very nicely.
The hardware has some ripples in the chrome, but the tuners are Grovers and work well. Overall, the guitar is very good especially for the price but is not as nice as a premium guitar from Schecter's custom shop would be. Anything under $1000 is probably at best a 7. For the price this is an 8. Only because the inlay work should be better.

10 years old, there is a bit of corrosion on one of the upper frets, probably not the highest quality fret wire but us wearing very well...All the electronics have survived and this instrument still sounds as good as new. You can't say that about all imported guitars.
The guitar also has very few dings in it and still shines up to a nice deep gloss. The fret board is nice with no splits or cracks and the neck is still straight and playable with few adjustments over the years. Without the corrosion it would be a 10. (This has been stored in my basement, to be fair)

A great guitar for the price that these things can be had for. Nice LP like tones with a powerful full bottom end and playability that belies its 7 string sized neck. The neck on this thing while bigger than a six string is faster and easier to play than the beefy wide neck that my Carvin HF2 had.
Great guitar, looks great to boot! Fantastic value.

Don't know what year this one is or where it was made. Has a sticker that says it was setup in the USA but I'd assume it is Korean. Don't really care what nationality of the hands that put it together. This guitar is worth 4 times more than I paid for it (just in the sum of the parts and workmanship).

Pretty much everything has been covered in prior reviews, so I won't rehash that. This is a great guitar. I'd would have expected these instruments to hold their values but since you can't "open the gates of hell" with them and they are 7 strings, I suspect they're somewhat of a misfit in the 7 string world.

The ONLY thing I don't like about the guitar is the lacquered neck and the fact that it doesn't have a single coil or coil tap to get that single coil sound. I'll be installing the tap pretty much immediately.

Also, I'll be installing locking tuners even though it is a hardtail. It stays in tune but I do some pretty radical string bending during shows and I'll pull it out of tune fast. It comes with Grover tuners but locking tuners will be required for my style of player or I'd pull it out of tune every song and that would suck

The cutaway is great. I can reach all the frets comfortably.

I want to post a warning to all the metal players considering this guitar. THIS IS NOT A SHREDDER. It will stomp but if you're looking for the DiMarzio Blaze sound you get out of a Universe, you're going to have to install them (which would be a shame for this guitar).

This guitar is a very versitile guitar but sounds basically like a TONE, TONE, TONE for days!
Les Paul or even moreso, a PRS with 7 strings.

If you're doing jazz, r&b, Motown stuff or classic rock stuff this is the guitar for you. However, you'll need to coil tap it to get that single coil 'ching ching' out of it unless you have some sort of EQ stomp that will do it on the fly.

I love this guitar and wouldn't sell it. I give it a 9 on sound because I'll need to tap it.

One word gorgeous. This guitar is very well done. Not a flaw on it.
As I said before, I don't like that they lacquered the neck but I'll live with it.

The guy I bought mine from on eBay didnt play it at all. The guitar is in almost flawless condition. It took me about 30 minutes to set it up correctly via the adjustable height saddle and it was off to the races.

I give this a 9 because of the neck. Otherwise, FAB!

Just got it. Seems solid.
Don't expect any issues.

Never had to deal with them. Don't think I will.

Gorgeous guitar.. tone for days.
I'd go on a mission to replace it if it were lost or stolen.

Compared to my Universe (which I've also fitted with similar Duncan pickups), it holds its own. Actually, I love the inlays on the neck way more than my Universe and the action is very comparable, but just a little different (not better nor worse).

If you have a chance to own it, don't hesitate to buy it. But, buy it for the right reasons. As I said, this guitar is more of a jazzer / funker and a misfit in the Korn based 7 string world of the 21st centure. It would be a sin to shred it up with high gain shredder pickups because the tone it comes stock with is gorgeous.

Not sure of the year... maybe 1999 like the other reviews... purchased it a week ago (used but almost brand new~!), I think that its too good to be korean but maybe its true. It has 24 jumbo frets, which is very good, mahogany body, maple neck w/rosewood fretboard that has vector inlays. the top is maple with a charcoal burst finish at the entire guitar. I just love the transparent look of the maple. I know that there are better finishes but for $235... hehe. It also has 2 seymour design humbuckers, 1 volume, 1 tone w/3 way selector and fixed bridge. The grover tuners work great, all hardware is chrome finished, 25.5' scale. It came with a gigbag and a standard cable.

my style is mostly In Flames, A Perfect Circle, Killswith Engage, Machine Head... u get the idea. Actually i thought that the sound of mahogany was muddy and too warm for metal, but not. This axe is very versatile and with proper sound effect processor can be bright as a PRS, warm as a Gibson and still have the brightness on the riffs like a Jackson and still having the chunkiness of an Ibanez. The volume and tone knobs are awesome~!!! no clicks and noise at all. Also the pickups aren't that bad at all... I always had that impression that the "duncan designed" weren't that good. But i think that in the future i'll install a EMG81-7 at the bridge and a EMG-707 at the neck. Personally, i can't tell the difference between a neck-thru and a set-neck... The sustain is almost the same so, what the heck...

I bought this at a Sam Ash store... the guy who attended me was very kind and he even calibrated the truss rod, cleaned all the dust. The actions is perfect. Not too low, not too high, just perfect. Currently im with Daddario's .10 top, .56 bottom, although i prefer .60's of .70's because i can have heavier bottom and still shred with light tops... but i could'nt find any custom gauge strings so i'll keep these for a while. At first, the bridge pickup was too low and the neck pickup too high, but this could be easily fixed with a screwdriver... besides that, there's the common rust of the bridge saddles. Maybe i'll throw down some KTS titanium saddles in the future.

The finish lasts for ages. I just love the carved top... it gives the instrument more "expensive" look. The neck feels just like a les paul, but wider. Actually took a bit to get used to these because my fingers are short. The only drawback is that i can't get a good access to the 24 frets completely but i'll get used to them by the ol' fashioned way... PRACTICING~!!!!! Also i bought some dunlop straplocks, and iron-crossed knobs... they're pretty cool actually. I've seen Schecter's only in pics of the internet and they weren't my taste... but when u grab one and play it for a few seconds, u know that this is the guitar that you'll want to play if for the next 9 years~!!!

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I run this through a Peavey Max 100 processor and a Behringer GX212. It'a a very versatile setup and by far, this is the only setup i'll play for many years... of course, the upgrades would be EMG pickups and some piezo bridge for that acoustic sound. Before this one, i had a Jackson PS-3 performer w/randy rhoads body style... That axe was cool to play live, but for home practice wasn't very comfortable. I used to tune it like a baritone (BEADF#B) But with a 7 string i can have the drop tuning and still have the standard tuning to play in clubs without the need of taking another guitar.

One thing that a few previous reviewers have made a mistake on is the construction of this guitar. It is NOT "neck-thru", it is a "set neck", and a maple neck, not magahony as a few have said. It is a "string-thru" which means the strings mount through the back of the body up thru the bridge.

Just thought I'd clear that up. It is a great guitar, a great value. Schecter is doing great things these days.

This is a 99 model that I bought used from my favorite local guitar shop, and I got a great deal on this very solid axe. It's really a very beautiful guitar, solid construction, has lots of features that I really like and only a few that I don't. Features I really like: carved maple top with tobacco sunburst - the flamed maple isn't 10-top but it has some really nice organic flames, I'm very pleased. The neck-through-body construction is something I've wanted in a guitar but haven't been able to afford until this one. Mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, great inlays that are both mother of pearl and abalone. Grover tuners, very nice, set as a 5+2 config on the headstock. This axe is heavier than most but I don't count that as a drawback. The tone and sustain that the combination of these woods creates is nice, warm and deep, with lots of hangtime on long notes. The things that I'm not so fond of are the relatively low-output pickups, those are definitely going to be replaced by some real seymour duncans, these stock pickups are a cut corner in the production of this model, I'm just glad they'll be easy to replace. The lower cutaway isn't deep enough to comfortably reach the 24th fret. That's really the only functional feature that I don't like about this axe.

I've always heard, read, assumed that schecters are metalhead guitars. Well most of them might be but this one is definitely not limited to metal. I play mostly southern-flavored rock i.e. Allman Brothers, Govt Mule, Widespread Panic, and some jazz and bluegrass. This axe has upstaged my am standard tele. Its tones are deep and bassy, really warm sound on the low and high ends, very comfortable on the ears. It's quiet as a mouse as far as noise goes, no hum whatsoever coming from the guitar itself. I have not a single complaint in this department, only good things to say.

The action and playability of the instrument tricks me into thinking I'm holding a PRS if I close my eyes. My fingers fly across the fretboard. The setup that had been done at the guitar shop that I bought it from was perfect, which is what I expect from any self-respecting luthier or guitar tech in Nashville. The bookmatching on the top and the finish were very nicely and evenly done. No flaws in the finish or fretboard inlays. The fretboard was beginning to dry out a little, but a couple of treatments with guitar honey fixed it right up.

This axe is built like a tank. I've gone through dozens of guitars in my 17 years of experience and am grateful that I stumbled upon this unheralded gem. I wouldn't ever use any guitar on a gig without a backup, ever, but I'm seriously considering buying another C-7 plus for a backup and using my tele for studio work only.

I've been playing for 17 years and rigwise run a POD through a Gallien-Krueger solidstate combo. If this guitar were stolen I'd search for it's identical twin until I found it. I'm all-around satisfied with this instrument, I've never played another guitar as well constructed for as little hurt on the wallet. Kudos to Schecter for designing a quality instrument that retails for less than a G. I would definitely improve on the pickups though, the "duncan design" knockoffs aren't really my cup of tea and will be replaced with similar but higher-quality pickups. Still, when I play it, I find myself thinking "I can't believe I got this beautiful little lady for so little money".

One thing to note about the Schecter C7+. The body is routed to fit the Duncan Designed pickups which are slightly smaller than the standard 7 string humbucker size. If you plan on replacing them with Dimarzios you will have to mod the pickup slightly by shaving a minor bit off of the side of the base. This does NOT affect playability or tone and does not significantly damage the pickup. If anything it's more of an issue aesthetically with the pickups. Five minutes with a Dremel or wood file is all that is required. It's not a serious mod but it will have to be done. Just consider yourself warned.

This is a 1999 model (known from serial number) purchased second hand off of eBay. The body is mohogany and the color is cherry sunburst. Very nice coloring to it. It's not AAA, but for being a mass produced instrument and not a specialty I was a little taken back by it. It's also a pretty uncommon one and gets alot of second looks. Thru-body construction with 7 standard strat-style saddles. It isn't fancy but it is functional and solid. The pickups are "Duncan Designed" which means Seymour Duncan made the specs and other companies manufacture them. They're not nearly as high-output, high-gain or high-end as Ibanez' stock pickups on the RG7420 but they do actually compliment the guitar very well. I'll get more into that later. The fretboard is rosewood and the body is bound. Really nice inlays that have to be seen to be believed. Headstock has a 5/2 configuration with Gotoh tuners and a graphite nut.

Pickup contorls are typical: one volume and tone knob and a 3 wa selector switch. I would of liked to have seen a push/pull pot for coil splitting but then again this is a mass produced guitar and those extras cost money.

Due to the body being mahogany this guitar is heavier than alot of 7 strings on the market and the sound has alot more low end to it than most of the offerings available. The Seymour Duncan Designed pickups are decent but unless you spend the time to do some serious tweaking you'll probably become quickly iriirtated at them. Dimarzios are typically high-output, high-gain and high-endy pickups. Even the stock Ibanez' pickups are like this. Duncans, even regular ones, tend to go more for a certain tone. I think they really designed this pickup to be for guitarists that normally wouldn't play a 7 string but are curious and don't want something much different than their typical standard Les Paul or Strat. The low B is incorporated but for the most part the sound is fairly standard.

Now don't get me wrong here. They don't sound bad. They just sound typical which is soemthing that folks may have a problem dealing with and working with. A decent amout of tweaking of an amp will get good results, it just may require some time and realizing that this instrument is NOT supposed to sound like Vai or Korn....although it appears as though some folks have had a decent amount of success getting it to sound that way.

I use this instrument with a Line 6 Flextone. It's taking the place of an RG7420 that I just wasn't happy with; not enough low end on it. While the sound is adequate I plan on experimenting with replacement pickups. The extreme amount of bass does need a little shearing and I plan on compensating with a Dimarzio Tone Zone and probably using a Duncan JB7 in the bridge.

The guitar came to me with 9's on it. I put tens on it and it handled the change fine. I have a funny feeling that the truss had never been adjusted since the specs read that the guitar came off of the floor with 10's on it. There were some issues that were mostly from the previous owner: green funk on fretboard, etc. But after an hour of work the guitar was as good as new. Flaws on the instrument were pretty minimal; I haven't really found any. Addiitionally even though I could tell the instrument had been played long and hard the bridge lacked any serious corrosion. I'm hoping this is due to materials and not personal style. I'm a serial killer of Strat bridges due to how I rest my hand.

I waited to review this guitar until after I gigged it out. I'm thoroughly impressed with it and would easily consider it the only weapon in my arsenal if I had to. It's easy and cheap availability makes me want to try and hunt a few others up for backup or experimentation with pickups.

The sucker is solid all in all. I feel the same conifdence hefting this thing about as I do a Telecaster. The thing will take bullet and not flinch or go out of tune; there's something to be said about that.

The hardware looks to last. I could see little things going (pots, jacks) but that happens in every instrument over time.

I haven't deal with customer support.

I've owned alot of gear over the years. I got into 7 strings a few months ago and picked up an Ibanez RG7420. I loved the feel of it but could only deal with the generally high-endy and thin sound for so long. I played a used Schecter at a Guitar Center and was knocked out by how solid it was, the look and features of it and purchased this one a short while later as a project and backup instrument. In the mean time I became dis-enchanted with my RG7420 and found the C7 Plus to have the presence and warmth I was missing. It was literally the right instrument at the right time.

I would love for this guitar to have a few things:

-bind the neck. seriously...go the extra mile and make this instrument a classic.

-offer the thru-body stringing but develop a tailpeice. ESPs Stephen Carpenter 7's and 6's are amazing instruments and combine both the thru-body solid feel with the comfort of the bridges that are so cherished on Les Pauls.

-tap those coils!

For the cash these guitars are great deals. Used they're going for a third of what they're going for new. For under 3 bills you can get a solid guitar with aftermarket pickups that will withstand alot.

If stolen I would repalce it. And for the money I may get two!

This is a solid 7 stringer. With the 2 Duncan Designed humbucker this axe is a solid buy. The 24 fret neck thru constrution is awsome. It is a string thru body.

The sound is amazing. Its the best thing about this guitar. t has awsome distortion for sredding solo's and heavy as hell riffs. The clean sounding neck pick up sounds like heaven on earth

The action is nice and tight to the neck like I like it. The finish is beautiful. Its transparent red looks georgeous.

This monster has lasted many live gigs wth me and my band, and we play heavy and fast so its passed the durability test with flying colors. And I've had it for about 1 year without any problems (Knock on Wood)

SamAsh is awsome with costomer support, i always buy stuff their. They are amazingly helpful

A great buy for a great guitar. For all you 7 string guitarist, drop the Ibanez and pick up a Schecter

Features have been very well flushed out by other reviews. I play solo Jazz (yup, JAZZ - like George Van Eps) on this great axe. The antique sunburst body is beautiful, the action adequate. The sound, with flatwound strings is "hip" - in an ED BICKERT kind of way. It was a solution for playing LOUD at solo functions without having to alter my D'Aquiato or Borys seven string axes. Fits well in a Fender Strat case.

Face it, the subtle nuances of an acoustic jazz box is lost in a restaurant or party, so this Schecter makes the grade. It hgas a very nice natural sound in a jazz sense. The treble cut, or as guitar manufacturers say, tone control, is just right. All the way cut it doesn't muffle the response. The rear pickup has a nice amount of bite - not my style, but it's there. There are no dead spots or resonance that really affects the performance. Great Pickups

Great action out of the box - I have had it for two years and never had to adjust the neck - and it travels with me everywhere. Runs well into a POLYTONE mini-brute II amp.

If I didn't know this was a Korean axe, I'd swear it was American - fit, finish and action superb.

Solid axe. I have a C-7 for back up, but never had to be that redundant!

N/A - never contacted Schecter - the axe doesn't need support.

A real alternative to having a custom 7 string solid body jazz axe built. They really use these guitars for metal, huh?

This is a 2000 made Schecter, made in Mexi and sent to the US to be set up. 24 Jumbo frets, black cherry flame top, very nice. One volume, one tone nob, 3 way selector switch. 2 Duncan Design Humbuckers give this beast a mighty roar, this guitar is extremely deep sounding which is not always a bad thing. Strat Style body, string-through body design, grover tuners, very fat neck with vecter inlays which are big V's, I am not a huge fan of them, but they look ok, need long fingers to play this one effectively, came with one crapy cable. Standard features, nothing special but then again, what metal head needs 4 knobs, just plug it in, and crank it

This guitar to my dismay, does not fit me, I play a variety of styles and was unable do very much with this axe, I dont think that people understand how limiting a 7 string can be sometimes if you play more that just metal styles. Now just becuase it doesnt suite me doesnt mean it wouldnt someone else, this is a great sounding metal guitar, very deep, the duncan design humbuckers put out man, that roar, sound a little flat, but for stock humbuckers, Im not complaining, its not noisy at all, but then again, I am running into a boss GT-3 Processor strait to my crate gfx 65 so nothing is noisy, if you are looking for thick bassy tones, and heavey crunchy distortion, this axe is for you, unfortunately, not for me

It came set up pretty well, I had to adjust the bridge b/c of fret buzz, and the Schecter strings are worthless, so I put some new strings on it, much better. Pickups were fine, never needed to do anything with em, The Black Cherry flame top was absolutely beautiful, I plan on buying another schecter, a 006 elite in the same finish, it is absolutely beautiful, The B string buzzes a little bit, but with a few adjustments that was fixed, all and all it was set up pretty nice

This guitar is a rock, I have played live with it a few times with the band and it is a freakin rock, hardware definately will last in my opinion, the finish isnt going anywhere, strap buttons are fine, never had a problem with em, this is a very dependable guitar, but anyone who would play w/o a backup is an idiot

I have never dealt with schecter but I have heard mixed opinions, I will give it an 8 b/c of a good warrenty

I am an intermediate guitar player with begginer gear, unfortuantely I have been playing for 4 years and still have my first yamaha strat copy, this axe was a good look into a new level of guitars for me and from what I have seen so far, I am going to be a schecter customer for a long time, I have played almost every guitar in their lineup, and they are great, have a wide variety of sounds and good prices, unfortunately, this axe is not for me and I will be selling it soon, not becuase it is a bad guitar, it just does not suite my playing styles, but for any metal head looking for a great guitar at a great price, this is for you man, congrats schecter, this is a great value