This Guitar Is Incredible!
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- In today's video, Paul Drew from The Studio Rats is checking out a Schecter Custom Shop Guitar
This guitar was part of a trade that I got from a sale of a Fender Custom shop strat that I was selling. Initialy before checking it out I thought Id just sell it on, I might need to rethink as this guitar is incredible!
Link to check out SCHECTER's range of guitars.
www.thomann.de/intl/schecter....
The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.
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I thought your rendition of Sultans of Swing was VERY nice.
The dual strap buttons is a hold over from when Tom Anderson was making guitars with them (a staple on his guitars), not for strap position but to help stand/lean up against an amp if you didn't have a stand. Kinda practical.
I came here to say this.
@@edlib02169 LOL..me too!
Every day's a school day! 👍
Came for the same reason 😂, My T. Anderson Pro Am has the dual buttons. There a Tom Andersons factory tour video on UA-cam where Tom discusses this.
I converted to Schecter last year after starting out with a Nick Johnston HSS in Atomic Green. What a stunning piece of gear that it. NEVER thought I’d be a Schecter guy despite growing up as a solely metal player (which the brand is synonymous with). I then bought an Aaron Marshall AM-6 because I love the NJ that much. And now I’m a Schecter guy. Fantastic brand.
Thanks Paul. I did get something out of your video GAS!! Enjoy the new acquisition 👌👍
They legit make some of the best guitars available and they have such a diverse catalog. Shecter is 🔥🔥🔥
Paul, great video, glad you like the guitar. It sounds like you, watch a lot of your videos and it doesn't seem to matter what guitar you play, it sounds like you.
Oh, man, Paul. Perfect tone and outstanding playing on the Dire Straights piece. Amazing balance from low strings to high on this guitar. Definitely a keeper!
Keep it Paul, it sounds great and you seem to be really enjoying it
The two strap buttons are to make it more stable when you lean it against a wall. Tom Anderson does it too.
Great Video, Thankyou 🎸🎶🎸
Im a metal guy, but the sultans of swing is a pure anthem. Youre the man Paul.
Wow! Amazing sounds.
Glad you enjoyed!
Great vid man!
Cheers Brett, hope you’re well.
Nice video Paul, Lovely guitar, worth a thought if they are cheaper. Once again your selection of style and chords put me into a certain feeling which I can't describe but it's good.
I actually love it Paul hope you keep it now I want one 🔥😎👊🏻
Should have titled this vlog "Guitar snob gets a surprise from schecter"
What makes him a guitar snob?
Snob? Ok metal head schecter fanboy with inferiority complex. haha
Everyone has a different journey, dude.
Snob?????
You do know that the Schecter Custom Shop guitars like the one he is playing are expensive guitars. They can cost as much as a Suhr. Very different from the non-custom Schecters.
That Schecter is what I believe Fender SHOULD be making day after day. I agree with @ScoobyStrat that your touch and skill do add just a wee bit 'o goodness to the sound.
And Suhr, and Tom Anderson and Xotic and etc etc. Custom Shop is Custom Shop bud. Does not matter who the builder is, no custom shop is going to make sub par products. Even the ones we haven't heard about because you can't throw "Custom Shop" title on just anything unless you want to go broke. I own plenty and all every bit as good as the other, but I prefer Suhr.
Nice sounding axe! Great video as always my brother. Have a great weekend.
Thanks, you too!
Love it!!
You always sound amazing!!!
Thank you so much!!
Looks and sounds great 👍
Thanks so much for that very nice and accessible Sultans of Swing! Love the slow downed jazzier feel!
Cheers, it didn’t stop Knopflers lot de monetising the vid tho!
It’s your fingers that make this guitar sound fantastic Paul. You are a great player and I love your and James channel.
Cheers Scooby.
I have two Schecter Custom Shop guitars and I love them. I especially like monstertone pickups!
Those pickups are excellent!
Steavie Ray Vaughan also used a Schecter neck - they were providing replacement parts for fender at the time. Knopfler also had a Schecter tele.
Also these pickups are not original - Schecter wires their own.
Good to know … always nice to learn something new. Cheers/Slaimte,
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Yeah never knew that....with the fender headstock?...good info
Lovely version.
Nice guitar, beautiful playing :)
Cheers Marcus
Your custom shop Strat with the JB had a 250k vol pot. It even said so in the specs on the video.
This likely has the correct 500k pot making the JB sound less dark.
I have two Schecter PT Fastbacks, one with humbuckers and one with filtertrons. They're both really solid instruments.
The two strap buttons are for balance when sit turn the guitar on that end. It actually works well. But I agree, it looks a bit ugly cause we’re so used to the way it’s always been
amazing.
Schecter are really a class act. I haven’t got my own one (yet) but my wife has a Schecter bass and it is awesome, all things to all men (and women of course).
Good playing
Schecter are some of the best playing guitars I’ve ever played. Wouldn’t sell my PT fastback ii for anything! I did change the pickups and installed locking tuners but the feel and the neck are unparalleled!
Yes , more of this . Demo the gear in a track
EXCELLENT.
Yupp, I've got a Schecter Tempest Classic Series Goldtop (which was a limited edition 03-06 I believe). The Tempest is a double cut archtop (LP style guitar) and it is also a fantastic axe. It's not even a USA model, but, being a special edition it was factory equipped with SD 59's bridge + neck and Grover tuners and the pups have push-pull for full hum vs. tapped capability. The chambered body is nice, light and resonant. Like yours it plays excellent and the intonation is better than my $2G Gibson's and Fenders. It's like the perfect mix of a Malcolm style Gretch, but mixed "feel-wise" with the likes of a Les Paul and a PRS. I play it all the time!
The sultans of schecter. Zakk Wylde has his custom line of "fiddles" as he calls them. Built by the boys out in CA. Schecter is in the realms of Suhr and the like. Definitely some of the best.
Fantastic playing. I’m such a Knopfler fan and you nailed it.
By the way, Fender used to make this as the Lonestar Strat. Pearly Gates in the bridge and Texas Specials in the neck and middle. Love them. I have two.
Thanks for the info!
I have a usa traditional hss, with a superrock humbucker and monstertone single coils (all of which are tapped with a push pull pot). It's utterly fantastic.
Yes!!
Keep it!
Uhh nice! I have a USA CS Nick Johnston Schecter and, omfg, after having Suhrs and other superstrats, the Schecter is my favorite. Just so nice in every way. Hope you can try the NJ at some point. The Wenge neck is just wow...best looking and feeling neck i've ever had.
Nice one, I love my Schecter, has became my number 1 guitar. And the NJ USA is not a very thin neck. I like chunkier necks in general ,and the NJ one just fits perfect. Not thin not chunky, very very nice.
Very nice!
Nice! if it's good enough for Mark it's good enough for me 😊
Incredible tones! What amp/pedal did you use for the clean resp. overdriven sounds? Thanks foe this great demonstration! 👏
It’s on the screen while I’m playing. A tonex pedal using or Soldano pack
I almost bought one of those about 10 years ago. Wished I had.
I like that you're humble, but you never butcher anything. Well, maybe off camera. :)
Hey man, bought the QC Soldano pack yesterday, but i can not see it in the cortex app yet.
Well, I thought your version of 'Sultans of Swing' was great. Love how you've got that guitar sounding.
It's awesome. My Nick Johnston (Asian) is a gem....but pups are a bit bright. Just dropped a loaded Fralin pickguard today into my '93 MIA Strat...lefty....Vintage Hots x2 and a Blues Special...blender pot....nice!! Great vid...keep the Schecter...don't want any regrets later. Cheers
Nice work!
Was the Black Telecaster from the Eminence Front video the Schecter? So have you thrown it across rocks and ordered the Thornbucker for it yet? That Trem looked spotty as well.
Yes and why their teles have PTin the name for Pete Townsend
I like the frets on the schecter strats, I tried out a nick johnson signature and loved it. They are heavy though!
Every Schecter I’ve pulled off a rack has been at least playable. no losers in their lineup.
Having a USA Schecter is definitely one of my dream guitars. It's funny that a lot of people only know them for the import mid-range stuff, which is definitely metal focussed but even with that side of their offering there are quite a few retro inspired models. They are one of my favourite brands as the first guitar I bought with my own money (and my first actual decent guitar) was a Reaper-6 which plays incredibly well. Quite a few of their import models have ultra-thin necks which is one of my favourite things.
I believe they are one of the few custom shops that can truly do anything you want...if you go for the top 'Masterworks' level, you can go for custom body shapes, finishes, pickups. Pretty much anything that doesn't violate another brand's copyright. This one really caught my eye from Peach Guitars: ua-cam.com/video/CpQNSvWOAAc/v-deo.html
Best sounding single coils I've ever heard, although Suhr's are on a similar level. I've never been able to play a USA Schecter in person yet though, whereas my local shop is one of the few UK Suhr dealers and they were kind enough to let me try a Standard Plus, even though that kind of stuff is outside of my budget atm they still let me try it just to get the feel and the single coils sounded very spanky! That Schecter was going for almost double the price of the Suhr though, and would have been even more if Peach spec'd them with stainless frets. Those resin tops look awesome, that's what caught my eye first.
You didn’t butcher Sultans, it is a great rendition. I never knew it would sound so beautiful slowed down.
Schecter’s in house, USA made pickups are also super legit. Can order direct from their site.
Good to know, cheers fella
That sounds incredible mate, have you looked at the Schecter Nick Johnston signature series? Incredible value for money you should check them out. Also that tone was 🔥👌
I'll check it out! Cheers Al
Mark actually played that Schecter from 1981 up to 1997.
Dont let all the fans of the Fender 61 strat know that. ha
@@johnsmith-ug5tpyeah… he’s been playing a few vintage ones and his signatures ever since though
I thought he was a ps guy...but seems I'm wrong....nice info 👍
Can you give us the exact schecter guitar model ?
I don't find it ?
Many thanks in advance.
Phil from Dunkirk
I’m afraid I don’t know Phil. But I am going to be selling this one now as I’ve ordered something over the weekend. It’s on eBay and facebook
I have a Schecter Custom Shop Strat, the Mark Knopfler model and it’s the best Strat I’ve ever played and the pickups are stunning - tappable single coils!
I paid £750 for it. With a case.
I win!
I Wonder….when Paul will purchase a James Tyler 😁
Actually, very nice touch on that Dire Straits classic.
You missed one the key points of two strap buttons. When resting it not on a stand, the guitar wont spin around like a top on one strap button. I have surf green one and its one of my favorite guitars.
Thanks for the info!
Schecter were originally like Warnoth. They made necks and bodies from exotic woods not complete guitars.
Cheers for the info.
What's the bridge? Looks like a Wilkinson from here.
It says Schecter on the bridge but it looks gotoh
Paul, which strat did you trade?
My HSS one
so which guitar did you trade with?
My HSS one
Like most of you when we think of a nice trem hss super strat we think modded fender, charvel, Ibanez, and so far the best would be suhr....but I have been seeing these schecter and they are incredible. Fender should take notes schecter is killing it lately all the way down to the $1000 price range they are incredible
Your playing and sound Is Incredible! but my eyes prefer Fender, I don't know why.
I'm sure the pots are 250k, that may be why you like the JB in this guitar.
You did not sell your Paisley p90 Strat did you?
A couple of months ago.
@@TheStudioRats 😪 what a shame. Hard to find a semi hollow strat with p90s
I just checked out their website and I see no model six string that looks anything like the guitar you're holding there. I also checked out the custom shop and they all look like super stats and yours looks more like a traditional Strat.
It’s a custom shop, you can order what you want.
you are also actually meant to use the two as a stand.
it goes back in their history or something.
schecter usa is top notch!!
Sweeeeeet!
If its as good as you say Paul this guitar is priced very very reasonably. It is a bewt.
Playing is great as usual but I don't like that cocked wah honk from seymour duncan.
Majority of tone comes from the pick and hands.. .
Sounds just like all your others because of your harsh sounding rigs, I dig your channel, value and playing. But I’ve heard some great tones from you and this just isn’t it. The clean tones though are spot on!
It should be good considering it’s over 1k 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
No connection whatsoever between the early Schecters used by Knopfler, Townsend etc and what you have here today. The original Schecter company was sold in 1984 and existed thereafter by name only. The early guitars were the brainchild of Dave Schecter and Tom Anderson hence your two strap buttons....seen still today on Anderson Guitars, made not for strap positioning but to help your guitar lean up against the amp safer.
‘Too many notes, dear Mozart, too many notes’
Dont play Dire Straits with a pick mate....!!!!!
We have a special place on our live show for comments like this. Cheers!
Your playing is incredible,,, not the guitar 😉
Schecter and ESP have or had some connection so I know they're top notch. I own a Custom ESP MII and would get an old style ESP Strat made, but the wait times are insane now after the "face diaper incident".
I Wonder….when Paul will purchase a James Tyler 😁
When he stops using sick as a paint job! 😀
😂