Schecter PT Standard

As noted elsewhere, this is a Schecter PT Standard, 2008 vintage, black with maple neck and the Schecter-branded pickups with coil splitter. The finish is good quality and reveals the body is made of three pieces of wood, presumably alder. Light weight. Nice yellow binding. Another example of impressive Korean manufacturing, good quality at low price.

Good sound from stock pickups, but still "stock import" overall and not so good that I would not consider an upgrade to real Seymour Duncans. Overall tone is midrange and certainly not Tele twang. Good for rhthym playing and even for jazz, with treble rolled back.

Guitar was pulled off the GC wall well set up and has stayed that way. This PT has good bones: everything works, well set up, stable in tuning and naturally well intonated.

The PT is solid and reliable.

I have been playing 40-plus years and collecting for a long time. I have a weakness for import player instruments and cannot pass up a good deal. I saw this at Rancho Cucamonga GC and played it over three weeks. It was the only Schecter PT I've enver come across. At $499 I was tempted to to negotiate and use a coupon. I stopped by late one Sunday and they had slapped a clearance tag at $299 price. SOLD.

I believe mine was made in 2005. Don't know if it was made in Korea or Indonesia. My guess is Korea. It has a black polished finish with creme binding. Body style like a telecaster crossed with a Les Paul. The neck and fretboard are maple. Fretboard has dot inlays. H/H pickup configuration with three way selector switch, volume, and tone knobs. Split coil knob. Duncan-Designed pickups meant to be similar to a Jazz (neck) and JB (bridge) combination. It came with a 1/4" cable and allen wrenches.

I play pop/punk and alternative rock. My amp is a Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier and I also practice with a Line 6 Spider amp. I can tell the characteristics that belong to the guitar because there are things that are exactly the same across both amps and all other amps I've ever plugged the guitar into. As a whole the guitar is pretty dark, but it can have a brittle high end. The neck pickup seems mushy alone but it works well in a band mix. I usually play on the neck PU or with both pickups when playing with my band. When playing alone I almost always just go with the treble pickup. Obviously I play at pretty high gain levels and it was hard to achieve the tone I wanted at first but now I know how to get it. The trick is really in where you set the tone knob. That makes it tough because I like to just turn all the knobs up and play, but I really have to work on where I set my tone knob and then where I set my MIDS knob on my amp. With the split-coil and the two pickups you can achieve all kinds of sounds, but I don't know how many great sounds you can get. I really only know my sound (and this guitar does a great job of meeting that) so I just set it there and don't worry about the rest. I would say it can be dark or bright. I wouldn't really say it has a rich or full sound, especially compared to a Les Paul. I do get quite a bit of hum off the bridge pickup. I am replacing it with a Rocket MX pickup, used by MxPx, just because I want that kind of sound even more. The stock pickup is pretty good though.

I think this is where the guitar gets marked way down. My input jack is always coming loose. The tuners are just blah, and the action and intonation I had to adjust a lot. The one good thing on this guitar is the fretwork which is nearly flawless, and that counts a lot for me because I can deal with the rest. Although I'll probably replace the tuners soon. I also installed Schaller strap locks like I do on all my guitars.

I did look inside the body cavity because I'm going to replace the pickup and wanted to see what I was getting into and they did an excellent job there as well. I guess I will give them an 8. I was thinking of 7 but that did impress me.

I play this guitar five days of the week and it is definitely ol' reliable except for the input jack. I think I might have to end up replacing the input jack. Like I said above I already replaced the strap buttons so I don't know if they would have been solid but they seemed so. I don't know why you would ever gig without a backup so I'm not answering that question.

I haven't dealt with the company but there site is great and they definitely have a wonderful reputation. I went there and downloaded the wiring schematic for my guitar since I'm going to upgrade that pickup.

I've been playing guitar for almost ten years. I also own a Gibson SG and a Fender Telecaster. There's nothing I wish I'd asked before buying the guitar. I would probably buy another one if it were stolen or lost. I have actually already thought about buying a second one so I could have two. Maybe I'll get the Fastback for some variation. I love that its reliable and it is really easy to play. I also really like the way it looks. Two things I hate about it are the input jack and having to fiddle with the tone knob all the time. I think the coil-tap is cool but I never find a use for it in my genre. What I wish it had was the tone set right and then just a volume knob and a mute switch. I also wish that there were separate volume knobs for each pickup.

I bought this guitar in 2006, but I believe it is an old model (2004/05, perhaps?). It is a 2 Duncan Designed Humbucker, 3-way selector, fixed tele-style bridge, gold bulion finish w/ single bindings wonder.

The only thing that I did not like was the fact that it did not come with a default coil-tap. Newer models are shipped with this feature default. *Sigh*.

I play mostly Grunge and Blues, so I needed a guitar that could go from full-distorced Alice in Chains like sound to crispy clean 'n' snappy Albert Collins sound. I'm currently using a Peavey Blazer at home and it just works for me.

It has a great natural sustain and the pickups do not hum. Even with only one volume and one tone knobs for both pickups, I can do whatever I want.

The neck needed some adjustment and the strings were rusted when I bought, but that's nothing a good half-a-hour could not solve.

Oh, and the bridge pickup did not have a coil-tap. It was added later by a luthier (the pickups were set up for that, though).

Simply put, you can depend on it. This is a solid built guitar, with great hardware. It can stand live playing with no problems.

Of course, you should not go live without a backup, but you could use a PT as your number one, 'cause it will handle the job very well.

Never dealt with Schecter.

I've been fooling around with guitars since my teenage years. After a decade, I can say I know my hardware, and this guitar, as far as I don't buy myself a Gibson SG or a Schecter Tempest, will be my number one, no doubt.

I owned a few guitars, but played in almost every guitar someone could get it's hands down here, in Brazil. Apart from those I mentioned before, this guitars owns nothing to any else. I'd definely buy another.

I think I bought this in 2001 or 2002. Made in Korea. 22 frets, alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard. 2 Duncan Designed humbucking pickups with a coil splitter, gold top finish, telecaster body style with a sort-of Tele style bridge. 25.5' scale.

Features are fairly ho-hum, overall. Plus, there was a wiring problem when i got the guitar that meant the coil tap was not working properly. A tech had to fix it. Schecter didn't even bother to put a lock washer on the cord jack so it was constantly loose. A minor point, sure, but there was little attention to detail in building this thing.

I play mostly rock including Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, AC/DC, CCR, Mountain, etc. The stock pickups are pretty thin, in my opinion. The distortion sounds a bit like a "buzz."Not much kick to them. The clean sounds are better than the distorted. I use it with a VOx modeling amp. It not especially noisy.

Overall, I don't care much for the sound of this guitar. It lacks oomph and power, mostly because of the pickups, I think.

Factory set-up was poor. Intonation was wrong, action was too high, nut was poorly cut, and the pickups were too low. SOme of the fretwork looks rough. The finish is fine.

Getting it set up by a professional helped a lot, but the action is still a bit high, and a set-up won't fix the lack of tone.

I think it is plenty reliable, or at least I haven't had any problems in that area. I would use it live without a backup, but I would rather not use it live at all (it all comes back to that tone...)

Haven't dealt with them.

I've been playing about 15 years. I own a home made guitar made mostly of Warmoth parts, and a Fender Strat, with some mods.

I don't think there is anything I wish I had asked before I got this guitar, I am just not sure what I was thinking when I bought it. If it were lost or stolen, I certainly would not replace it--I might even thank the guy who took it. As mentioned, the tone, while not actually horrible, leaves much to be desired. Probably a decent guitar if you budget for some *real* Seymour Duncan replacement pickups, but I think this one is headed for the consignment shop.

I bought this PT in December 2003--It's Korean-made, 22 jumbo frets, 25.5" scale, maple neck & fretboard, black hardware, double Seymore Duncan humbuckers with a sort of tele-style bridge (6-saddle), three-way pickup selector, and coil tapping by pulling out the tone knob. It has a gloss black finish with creme binding, black dot inlays, and grover non-locking tuners, 6-in line.

This guitar is basically a telecaster-style guitar, but souped up with humbuckers.

It did not come with a case, but came with allen wrenches and a 10' basic 1/4" cable.

This guitar can do crunchy or thick humbucker sounds or can do brighter single-coil sounds. There's a drop in volume when you switch to single coil, for obvious reasons.

I use this with an old Peavey Triumph 120 tube amp and a Digitech RP-100 effects unit and a Boss DS-1. I use a Digitech Genesis 1 for recording direct into a computer.

I do blues/rock, sometimes more of a heavy scooped sound. Love this guitar's tone.

One thing I like to do is use coil tapping to switch between rhythm/lead volumes. Another good use of the coil tapping is to set a distortion/overdrive so that single coils give a pretty clean sound and the humbuckers give it a slightly distorted sound. It's easy to change the level with the different pickup settings.

This guitar arrived set up nicely with .009's. The finish is fantastic---shiny and durable. I like the black hardware.

I've played around with different gauge strings, and the action is pretty responsive to neck and saddle adjustments.

I've got two complaints. First, the stock string trees aren't great. They're just a plastic, round washer with grooves set into the neck with a screw. The high strings pop out when I'm changing strings, and the strings don't move well through the trees for fine tuning. I'll be replacing them with *real* trees soon. Also, the high e-string sometimes slips off the side of the neck, but that's more due to my ham-fisted fret hand than anything.

Overall, though, I am thoroughly satisfied with this guitar.

It seems solid and has held up to being knocked around accidentally a couple of times. I can depend on it. I would never play live without a backup for any guitar, but this guitar is dependable.

Dunno.

I've been playing guitar for about 10 years of mostly plunking around. I was a keyboard player long before picking up guitar, and I've been playing guitar seriously for the last 3 years.

I chose this for its versatility. I'm not into tremolo bridges, so I liked this. I already have an Ibanez GAX series with two humbuckers so I wanted a guitar that could also do single-coil sounds. (My Ibanez has become my secondary guitar---I use it for slide-playing in open tuning for a few songs.) My bass player had a couple of Scheter C-1's that I played around on and enjoyed. I originally wanted a Fender Tele, but could only afford a Mexican-made one and wasn't thrilled with trying them out in the store.

I bought this mail order without trying it based on the features and the brand, and I am totally happy with this guitar!

I believe this to be one of JAPANESE telecasters from late 80' or early 90'(it's definitely not korean 'cose they still haven't been made the first time i saw THIS particular guitar). 21 frets,black,square body with binding(no contours),maple neck(no rosewood here),2 (schecter guitar research-small "glue on" sticker on the bottom of pickup says so)humbuckers wired with push/pull pots for "coil splitting" that also act as volume and tone control,3 way switch for combining pickups. strings through with telecaster style bridge.six in line machine heads(replicas of old style fender machine heads-definitely no schecter sign there),you know... the kind where you push the string into the shaft of the head and then start winding...

it doesn't really suit my style(not that i have one single one but...)i do own a gibson lp custom,usa bc rich mockingbird,g&l asat deluxe and couple of cool old fender amps and rivera and...bla bla(you fill in the blanks with useless gear we all have and don't use) and obviously i didn't get the tele to shred with it but than again i can't say that i'm gonna replace brent mason on a nashville circuit either which is just as well 'cose this sucker doesn't do any of that stuff(lucky it wasn't a telecaster otherwise we'd be in trouble...).don't get me wrong...i knew what i was getting into way before i bought it, but what makes it sound so "untelecasterish" are the actual PICK UPS! i changed the bridge pickup(which BDW is covered in yellow epoxy so it really makes me courious as to how did the gentleman below remove the pickup cover without rendering the pickup useless and without the use of jack'hammer) for an old Bill Lawrence L500 hummer and my black-plank started to sound like 'your cheating heart' plucking-strumming-we don't need no steel guitar bending-geeetar!!! and that's after i wired it serial/paralel(push/pull), i didn't even try single coil on a lawrence...so i guess there's still hope...but again as much as it is very resonant(what's there not to be resonant...it's a thin piece of not so dense wood with strings running through it...how can it be anything else BUT resonant? there's not enough mass here to resist responsivness)i don't think it's your regular twangmeister. think of it as more of your springsteen or (surprise,surprise) townsend meat and potato rhythm tool and if you can squeeze some short solo's out of it's humbuckers...that's just cream on top! i guess the problem is that all my other guitars are more streamlined(soundwise) so their place under the sun is more obvious than with this "mutant" which is not a proper chunkster(as humbuckers would suggest) and not a twanger(as splitting and tele thing would suggest). lucky it's black and shiny so it will keep me amused at least for a while, 'till i figure out what to do with it.

bough it second hand...it's done nicely(notice that i'm not too extatic). neck is fine looking piece of carpentry although i think i'm gonna have to put a shim under it 'cose the angle seams to be incorrect. under the neck joint there is a stamp saying SCHECTER(it's as if they had to mark it in the factory so they could distinguish it from ESP or some other brand that's made in the same japanese factory)

i have to say that i do believe this is a gigging guitar simply 'cose i know that it was gigged for years before i bought it and it's still in good condition. i mean it's a simple concept and unless you're death metal wannabe god (telecaster...don't think so) it's bound to last. i did/would again use it without the backup but than again i can get away with it(don't know how particular you gig requirements are)

for a while(about 14 years ago and onwards)they wouldn't even discuss their japanese lines,japanese owners,or even acknowledge the egsistence of japan as a country for that matter even the letter j was probably struck out of their alfabet. now they feel as acomplished company(after all,now,being japanese made is something of a compliment when you consider that indonesia and india-the true homes of rock'n'roll !!!- are making "high" quality instruments...!?!?!?!?) so they will admit to lots more than before but that just goes to show what kind of policies they run on...and what times are we living in. SHIFTY, maaaan! that's what free trading will do to you! i wouldn't complain if at least somebody got some money for making them(i mean apart from japanese corporation that owns them all). i guess 1 $ an hour doesn't make for custom shop quality in musical instruments!

I've been playin for around 20 years so i think that i saw my share of good and bad gear.this guitar's worth is around the money i paid for it(forget the name,think substance). mediocre woodwork,bad pickups,penguine paintjob...what is there that would make it worth more?
at best...semirespectable guitar!

2001 Model. Made overseas. Black with cream binding, maple neck and fretboard, 2 duncan design humbuckers w\ coil tap, grover tuners, etc...Gets an 8 because of the Korean PUs and no case.

I am absolutely in love with this guitar. I play through a Hiwatt DC-40 1x12 tube combo. I run my signal through a Boss Compressor, Jekyll and Hyde Overdrive, H2O Liquid Chorus/Echo, and an old maxtone Phaser. I run an Alesis Nanoverb through my amp's effects loop. At first I was skeptical of the pickups, but I am pleasantly surprised. They fit my style of playing much better than my old guitar's (gibson 490s that were too high-output) I play in an original rock band, think Chris Cornell's Euphoria Morning album. The neck pickup has a fat tone, and a very creamy overdrive. The bridge pickup is HOT and produces great lead tones. The single coil sounds are useable, but definately not as good as I would like. I think the reason that this guitar sounds so good is that it is resonant as hell. I had heard that PT's sounded good unplugged, but damn this thing sonds awesome. It's a good rule of thumb that if a guitar sounds good unplugged, it's going to sound badass when its plugged in. I give it a 9, only because of the weak single coil sounds.

This guitar was a floor model in the store I ordered it from. It had some light pickscratches on it, but I f you even look at this finish with a pick it's gonna scratch. Thats just something I'll have to deal with. Aside from being scratch prone, the finish looks like it will hold up well. I'm pretty sure the guitar was set up in the store, so I can't vouch for the factory setup.

Seems durable, but put some straplocks on it to be sure. This guitar is gonna look badass onstage. I did have to replace the toggle switch when I got it, but I suspect this was due to faulty packing or the fact that it was a floor model.

I've been playing for several years now and have had a variety of gear: Marshall amps, Silverface Fender Bassman, Epiphone Les Paul, Epiphone Firebird, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Fender Telecaster... About a year ago, I listened to good ol' Pete Townsend's endorsements and bought a Hiwatt. I had finally found an amp that I clcked with. Being a huge Townsend/Eddie Vedder fan, I have always wanted a Schecter PT. I didn't want to bother with the expense or hassle of finding an original one, so I decided to give a new one a try. I like it so much I sold my Gibson Les Paul Studio, because I knew I wasn't going to play it anymore. I love this guitar so much, I am seriously contemplating buying another one (a goldtop) and putting some Rio Grande p-90s in it. That would be sweet. Bottom line, this guitar fits my style visually and sonically, and I would wager that it would do the same for many of you. Do yourself a favor and give one a try.

This is a 2001 Korean PT. It's a gold top tele with black hardware (fixed bridge, grover tuners, knobs & switch), black painted headstock. This model has the Duncan Design humbuckers with the black covers, like the original PTs in the eighties. The controls are pretty simple. A three way switch with a master tone and master volume. The tone pot is push/pull to split the coils. The neck is a pretty thin U shape with 14" radius and 25.5" scale. Also, I got a hardshell case included with the total price. I give this category an 8 for the guitar not having a graphite nut.

Quite honestly, it sounds great. I was expecting the imported pickups to sound thin. They don't. The Schecter website claims that these are designed to the specs of the Duncan JB and 59 (bridge and neck, respectively). Having had other guitars with that combination, I would say they are very close to replicating that sound. These are strong pickups that are well suited for a variety of styles. I play mostly rock and blues so they work fine for me. They are a little bit thin sounding when tapped, especially on the clean settings. Distorted the tapped sound is adequate. The sounds are best described as "that classic rock sound", if that makes sense. I have played this guitar through a Fender Super Reverb and a Peavey Ultra 112.

This is the only sticking point. The intonation wasn't right. I did have is set up and it is now staying tune rather well. The neck feels good. It's pretty thin and flat, so the action can be set pretty low. I will probably add a graphite nut and maybe even locking tuners at a later date.

I see no reason why it wouldn't last a long time. I would use it without a backup. It might be a good idea to add straplock buttons (if you're a little neurotic). On the whole it's very solid.

I haven't dealt with them, but it does have a lifetime warranty.

I have been playing around 20 years. I have owned guitars that are twice as expensive as this one that didn't make me as happy. I really like the simplicity of the Les-Tele design and the variety of sounds the tapped pickups give. I would buy this again, or something very similar to it. I also own a Hamer Daytona (USA made stat clone) and a Yamaha acoustic. I currenlty play through a Peavey Ultra 112 and assorted pedals.

I have a korean made pt standard made in 2000.It has 22 frets,alder body,1 volume and 1 tone control with a 3way selector switch. It also has 2 humbuckers with a maple neck and rosewood board,grover tuners,fixed bridge and ghs strings.The body is a gloss black with a satin finished neck.It also came with a cord and necessary bridge wrenches.

Right out of the box this guitar sounds great thick to jangly and very clear

factory setup was great nice low action beautiful finish.

THIS guitar feels very solid no problem playing without a backup.Durable finish.

Warranty is limited lifetime warranty. Never dealt with company yet.

I chose this guitar because of its versatility. I would buy another one if needed.

New Korean-made PT standard - Alder tele-shaped body, maple/rosewood neck, dual pumbucking hiccups. Chrome plated hardware. 22 frets, body is bound on the top (Body finish is glod top/black back/sides) 1 volume, 1 tone (pull for coil tap) Pickups are Duncan Design "superock", fairly traditional sounding p/u's. Tuners are mini-Grovers. All in all the guitar looks and plays great straight out of the box. Sounds are predictable but good. Although on the heavy side, this guitar will not send you to a chiropractor. Sort of a "Les Paul/Tele" cross breed. I use it for blues and R&B stuff (See also my review on teh PT Elite - I have one of each, and I loves 'em)

Sounds are predictable. On full humbucking mode the guitar sounds fat and spanky (think Cornell Dupree), and the coiltap is actually useful, since it makes the guitar sound a bit mnore transparent with some high end slice (but make no mistake, this will NOT sound like a traditional tele!)

Setup was great right out of the box! I've seen much sloppier work on guitars twice the price. The neck was actually kinda flamey (!)

Obviously, this will remain to be seen, but nothing indicates that it won't hold up. Yes, I'd use it without a backup (But I have two of them, so that's a moot point)

Callen them once for some info, they seemed a bit luke-warm. Other than that, no experience with their actual service dept. (and I hope I won't need it)

I've been playing for about 30 years. Own a heap o'teles, and several MusicMan amps. I play mostly clean, or through a Boss Blues Driver wth the gain set to minimum (think clean with a little hair on it). If lost, I'd buy it again. My only niggle is that it could have been lighter. I use it a lot, and it's a hard guitar to put down (plays great)