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Schecter C1
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:19 pm
by endsjustifymeans
While it's not a hip guitar to like, I played one of these last week and I have to say... I sort of wouldn't mind having one.
The neck is waaaay to wide for me as a rhythm guitar and the pickups are a bit lackluster for chording, but if I were ever to be a lead guitarist I'd almost certainly look at one of these. The neck joint is barely there at all and you have amazing access to high frets, I've never ever been able to comfortabley fret that high on a neck before. Power chords and fingering are really as easy on the bottom of the neck as they are on the top.
Terribly bland looking, but design wise they knew what they were doing.
The one I played looked almost exactly like this except it had no fret markers.
If you're a lead player, or a shredder in general... I'd highly advise testing one of these out. If you close your eyes, it's a real winner.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:40 pm
by CaptainGD
I had a Schecter C-1 Plus for a few years, not a whole lot different than the one you posted.
I agree, it plays very well, and sounds sweet, especially for what you'd use it for. The one I owned had a pretty nice black cherry finish - a type of finish that I don't normally like - and really dope pearl inlays. I sold it to a close friend (lives next door) and bought a Classic Vibe Strat. Though I'm definitely happy with the Strat, I still dig going over his house to play the few metal licks I know.
So, uh, yeah, nice guitar.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:44 pm
by endsjustifymeans
CaptainGD wrote:I had a Schecter C-1 Plus for a few years, not a whole lot different than the one you posted.
I agree, it plays very well, and sounds sweet, especially for what you'd use it for. The one I owned had a pretty nice black cherry finish - a type of finish that I don't normally like - and really dope pearl inlays. I sold it to a close friend (lives next door) and bought a Classic Vibe Strat. Though I'm definitely happy with the Strat, I still dig going over his house to play the few metal licks I know.
So, uh, yeah, nice guitar.
I think the one I played may have been a base model, I'm not sure. The pickups were just blah... chords sounded muddy with high gain but single notes rang through nicely. That neck was uber though... very very nice.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:14 pm
by Rhysyrhys
I gotta say, I love schecter as a guitar company. Every guitar I've played has been a winner in one way or another. I do love there PT Series, especially the PT Fastback, what a guitar. Never played a C-1 however, how do they compare to an Ibanez of similar character? Eg Wizard neck etc.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:18 pm
by cur
I just got this for xmas. Similar Rondo version in Hulk-sparkle green.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:14 pm
by endsjustifymeans
cur wrote:I just got this for xmas. Similar Rondo version in Hulk-sparkle green.
I've actually been on again off again looking at that. What do you think about it? I heard the neck joint is a dream on that thing.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:22 pm
by Haze
There is one locally for cheap
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/msg/1546936719.html
they're pretty sweet guitars, my friend has one and put a jb/jazz set in it. its alright, nothing i would purchase. His has the Vine inlay and green burst and looks rather wonky if you ask me.
sounds gooood playing some metalz through his mesa though
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:32 pm
by the isaac eaton
I love C1's they have always interested me, especially for baritone stuff.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:03 pm
by cur
endsjustifymeans wrote:cur wrote:I just got this for xmas. Similar Rondo version in Hulk-sparkle green.
I've actually been on again off again looking at that. What do you think about it? I heard the neck joint is a dream on that thing.
The neck seems nice to me. If I remember it is similar to the Schecter, maybe not as thin but not chunky. It has been a while since I messed with a C1. Has big ol' frets on it. Plays nice and flat radius fret board. The guitar had a couple of fret buzzes that I could not get rid of with standard set-up so my guitar dude is fixing it. Everything else was fine with it, tuners and such. I wanted something with buckers in it that I could fuck with and not care about resale value. When I get it back I will pop up to GC and tell you the difference.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:34 pm
by endsjustifymeans
cur wrote:endsjustifymeans wrote:cur wrote:I just got this for xmas. Similar Rondo version in Hulk-sparkle green.
I've actually been on again off again looking at that. What do you think about it? I heard the neck joint is a dream on that thing.
The neck seems nice to me. If I remember it is similar to the Schecter, maybe not as thin but not chunky. It has been a while since I messed with a C1. Has big ol' frets on it. Plays nice and flat radius fret board. The guitar had a couple of fret buzzes that I could not get rid of with standard set-up so my guitar dude is fixing it. Everything else was fine with it, tuners and such. I wanted something with buckers in it that I could fuck with and not care about resale value. When I get it back I will pop up to GC and tell you the difference.
appreciated. I like the fact that they put a 5 way into it and the in betweens are coil splits.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:49 pm
by paul_
I actually like the way these look in white, but I was disappointed that they feel more shreddy than they look.
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:54 am
by clarkbar
my dad had a C-1 Diamond (Daimien) or whatever they call the high quality version of the C-1. it was in some sort of flamed blood red finish with very nice binding and that funky vine of life inlay. anyways it was very fun guitar for down tuning and it definitely was a shredder. he took it to GC and traded it in for a nice mexi strat, but something makes me wish i had it still.
Re: Schecter C1
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:18 am
by Noirie.
endsjustifymeans wrote:
I quite like that actually. Reminds me alot of those silver prs's, exept its not a prs
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:18 am
by clarkbar
bam! found it! schecter c-1 classic in "antique amber"
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:22 am
by NickS
My son Matt has been using a C1+ plus for his melodic metal for the last couple of years; the guitar on
>>these tracks<< is mostly the C1+ DI'd through a Line 6 Pod XT into Renoise (although the odd bit is one of my Strats).
He'd prefer an ESP Horizon NTII but that's almost an order of magnitude more expensive - he paid around UKP250 for the C1+