C-1 Plus Review

24 frets, set neck, volume, distortion knob, mild tuning knob, 3-way selector, mahogany wood, jumbo frets, maple or rosewood scale.

Features:	8.7
Sound:	8.7
Action:	9
Reliability:	9.3
Impression:	9.3
Overall rating:	9
Users rating:	8.9
Comments:	23

Featured review by: unregistered, on december 04, 2003

Purchased from: Extreme Music in Sydney

Features: Ok guys, let me first start by saying this guitar is amazzzzing value. It is a guitar of class, so much thought has been put into every part of this guitar by its designers/manufacturers (who by the way are also the makers of ESP). From the positioning of the two volume, tone, and pick up selector Switch to avoid being hit when playing hard, to the contours of hte body which rest nicely into your body there is not one thing I would make a big fuss over. Unfortunately it does lack a tremelo system, which seems to be a growing trend these days... and although I wanted a guitar with a floyd rose I really couldn't go past this guitar because it just looks so good in real life. BUY IT AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS WITH 3000 DOLLAR GIBSONS AND PRS's WILL BE JEALOUS!

Don't let the fact that the pick ups are ducan designed and not offical semour duncans put you off, the tone is warm and bright, and the sustain equals that of a much more expensive guitar. To top it all off, the fret inlays look really cool. For a quality 24 fret guitar under $1200 you can't really go past this beast.

Also, my guitar dealer gave me a nice hard case to go with it for the sale price of the guitar, it's shaped to the shape of the guitar and its really cool looking. // 10

Sound: The first thing I noticed about the sound is that there is no back ground noise. I've been playing a cheap 500 dollar Yamaha for the last 6 years and I'm so used to having to mute the strings to stop annoying buzzes and the like, this guitar is pure luxury to a person like myself. I generally just hook the guitar up through boss effects and I can safely say that under both high gain (distorted) or pure tones (clean) this guitar handles very well. Personally I prefer to play rock/metal and it suits me just fine. But alone in my room it also handles the blues very well also.

My only dislike would be that my fingers aren't thin and so holding down the 24th fret on the high e string can be difficult if you are playing a flurry of notes (ala John Petrucci).

For clean I recommend the neck pick up config. For rock either the middle or bridge config. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: There's not much to say here...it plays nicely, looks beautiful. From the binding to the mahogony body and neck it's really quite a treat to play. Much easier than my old guitar and any of my friends expensive fenders...personally I think a 3000 dollar Fender wouldn't be this easy to play. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I've only had this guitar 1 month but so far everything is really sturdy, I even do the Tom Morello pick up toggle trick really fast, and the toggle Switch hasn't degraded a bit!... If your a morello wanna be this is a great guitar.

Playing live I always keep my Yamaha as a back up, but as yet I haven't needed to fall back on it cuz this Schecter is durable as hell. Plus it's really hard to scratch (although I wouldn't make it my ambition to scratch it in the first place). // 10

Impression: I'm 21 years old and I have been playing lead guitar for about 9 years... I have always been kind of poor and so I have never owned really nice guitars until this one. I am really impressed by this guitar, in my opinion it is the quality of a $3000 dollar prs in a $1000 dollar guitar. A lot of times your paying for the name of a guitar, I truelly believe every dollar I spent on this guitar was used in building it.

For young neo metal guitar players or even veteren rock and roll'ars I would recommend this guitar. // 10

overall: 9.4

Reviewed by: pacoasterrider, on february 16, 2007

Price paid: $ 550

Purchased from: Roseville Music Center

Features: This is a 2005 Korean made Schecter C1 Plus. It's a mahogony body with a Flame Maple top, very light-weight. It's a rosewood/mahgony 3pc 24.75" scale neck with 24 frets. It contains two passive Duncan Desigh HB-102 pickups. The guitar features a coil-tap pickup selecter and a 3-way pickup switch. It features vol/vol/tone knobs as well, which the tone knob is also the coil tap. It contains a tone-pros string thru body bridge, and chrome grover tuners as well as chrome hardware. The finish is a beautiful blue, almost black looking without light but when you Shine the light on it there's a beautiful blue glow. It also features a cream binding along with abalone & pearl inalys. Great build overall except not the best of pickups. // 9

Sound: I play a wide variety of music from cleans/idnie to heavy metalcore/hardcore and everyhting in between and this guitar is very versital. The pickups do the job, especally if your a versital player. I currently use a crappy amp but I've played this thing through both a Spider 2 and a Peavey 5150 and the guitar sounded great. I'm a fan of string-thru guitars and the sound they produce, and this guitar produces it wonderfully. I'd rather see some EMG pups in it, which I plan on changing eventually, but these Duncan Design pups are not bad like I was afraid they'd be. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was set up great. Flawless finish. My only problem was a scratch on the plastic plate covering the electronics in the back. The shop guy said I could replace that for 10 bucks but I didn't and I don't really have a problem with it. The guitar feels like it's worth a thousand bucks, honestly. It felt a lot nicer then 800 dollar ESP, Ibanez, or Jacksons I've played. This guitar just felt perfect in my hand. Flawless Korean manufacturing. I only had one issue and this was with the tone-pros bridge (and the only reason I didn't give it a 10). When I got the guitar I immedialty installed Erine Ball Power Purples, and not to long after playing the top string kept on falling off the bridge. It was a simple fix however, just filed the little groove where your string is supposed to lay and I haven't had any problesm with it since. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This thing is bulit like a tank. I would trust it, but only keep a backup incase I snap a string (although I havne't done it with this guitar), but it's filled with great equipment. The strap buttons weren't super, but I replaced them with duncan strap locks and haven't had an issue at all. // 10

Impression: It earns a 10 just because it's a great bang for the buck. I was playing a lot of 800 dollar guitars and then I happened to try this thing out and it was just heaven. It has the feel of a more expensive guitar. You don't get great pickups, but with the extra money I saved I plan on buying myself some. It's great for almost any style of music you like with the pickups that come with it, and you can put your own pups in if you aren't happy with the ones you have now and it's an amazing guitar. I've been playing for a year and was in dire need of a new guitar, and I couldn't be happier with the choice I made in buying a Schecter C1 Plus. // 10

overall: 9.4

Reviewed by: Guitarmaster94, on april 18, 2007

Purchased from: GuitarCenter

Features: // 9

Sound: About 2 months ago I was wanting to get a Schecter Damian for my second guitar, after playing the Damian I saw the C-1 plus and decided to play it too, and it just blew me away, it has a crystal clear tone but it can also scream, leaving it perfect for metal. You can't really tell by the picture but it is really a piece of art (I got the black-cherry finish). So I would highly recommend this for your next guitar. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The Schecter C-1 Plus Electric Guitar is a stunning flamed maple beauty that's appointed with chrome hardware, Grover machines, a maple set neck with fast rosewood fretboard and 24 jumbo frets! It screams out metal like you'd never believe. This guitar's chrome hardware is amazing, as it gives you the appearence you wouldn't believe. // 10

Reliability & Durability: It has a set neck that allows easy access to all the frets. The neck construction is similar to that of a high end Gibson, very comfortable to play. I was originally going to hot-rod this guitar with EMG's but the Seymore Duncans that came in it sound amazing so I decided to leave it as is. It also has a really cool coil tap so you can get that single coil sound if you want. This an extremely capable instrument and I highly recommend it for any guitar player. // 9

Impression: This is my second guitar in my collection. I have been playing only 2 years. I have never grabbed another guitar that truly fits like a glove. I have no problem fretting or barre cording with this guitar as I have with my Fender Strat. This guitar is night and day quiet compared to my Fender. The finish is beautiful and the pictures do not do it justice. This guitar can make almost any sound you are after. I play with a Line 6 Spider III 75 watt amp. The only problem I have had is the push/pull knob completely fell out, however the guy's stood behind the product and made it right. The only thing missing is a whammy bar. // 9

overall: 9.2

Reviewed by: blackgrunge, on november 30, 2007

Price paid: $ 700

Purchased from: Maxwell Music

Features: 24 jumbo frets, solid body, 1/8 maple top, rose wood fretboard, natural flame maple finish, thru-body bridge, twin ducan design humbuckers, 3-way Switch and grover tuners what more can you ask for. This guitar was my first and I've been playing for 4 years now and I can say that I couldn't possibly ask for anymore from this guitar. It has beautiful tone and has all the hardware and features that you'll ever need. This guitar was based off of the PRS guitars and I can say they didn't do a bad job at all. The only thing that I would've change had I had the chance would have been the bridge pickup, it's a little muddy but I'm picky and that's what you get with a Standard guitar. // 9

Sound: I play in a rock band but we do a lot of pieces using the clean channel and this guitar's naturally sound blows any other's (in the same price range; ]) out of the water. The jumbo frets make playing effortless and the one piece neck carries the sound beautifully through the guitar. But the guitar isn't ment to be wailed on, I guess I've done it no justice playing Amon Amarth and All That Remains on it, if your looking for a heavy metal guitar go buy a Gibson X-Plorer but if your into Lifehouse, Fuel or Breaking Benjamin then I suggest you buy this because there's really no going wrong with a Schecter // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: I've had the guitar for 4 years now and I have to say the guitar has been in perfect shape the whole time. No rusted hardware, no cracked finish, nothing. The only thing that I have to say is, with all Schecter Guitars I've seen was the bridge appears to be put on backwards but that's actually the way it's supposed to be put on so you can take that for what it's worth. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I've played in my high school band and on stage with my band and it's been fantastic but the only thing I recommend is getting strap locks because you don't want to drop this guitar. I dropped it about a year after I got it on a hardware floor from about 4 ft off the ground and since the cable jack tends to cut out on my but I've gone in and looked and I no that a wire came loose and I soldered it back on so now everything has been fine and all the time I've been playing I've never had a back-up guitar and this one has been fine. And one more piece of advice, please don't wear a jacket or belt when playing it scratches the finish on the back. // 9

Impression: I play this guitar on a Marshal 100HDFX stack and those two are a match made in heaven I've played on all sorts of other amps and what not but nothing else captures the true potential of this guitar like a Marshall amp. If this guitar was stolen I would probably cry for about 3 months and save up to get a PRS or the Gibson X-Plorer because I played hard rock and metal and now 4 years down the road my tastes have change. But If your a beginner or even an intermediate player I recommend this guitar if it fits your style because it doesn't get much better than this. // 9

overall: 9.4

Reviewed by: ItDiesToday321, on august 21, 2007

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: This guitar was made in Korea. I heard it was made in the same factory as ESP guitars. It has 24 extra-jumbo frets. The body and neck is maple. The neck isn't the normal bolt-on. It's a set-in neck which gives an amazing amount of sustain. I recommend replacing the stock pickups either for EMGs or Duncans depending on your style. The stock pickups were great jazz pickups though. It has 2 volumes and a tone knob. It is also a string thru body which gives even more sustain. // 9

Sound: After changing the pickups this thing matches my style (metal) perfectly. When I was shopping for a guitar I played on a Jackson guitar before I played this and I was set on getting the Jackson until I saw this on the wall. I grabbed it and started playing it and I immediately knew that this was my next guitar. It had a ton of sustain, wasn't noisy at all, and it was extremely easy to play. Now I play this with a 6505 and it is the perfect combination for me. It isn't really noisy at all. It has a very full sound to it. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: It was set up pretty well from the factory. I didn't have to do too much adjusting to the action. The pickup selector was a little noisy when switching pickups but that was the only problem that I can remember. The bridge was routed fine. It was pretty easy to adjust. The knobs make some noise sometimes but it's not really a problem. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This guitar will definitely withstand almost anything.The finish is surprisingly resistant to scratches and other things that other guitars seem to get on them. It seems like every part on the guitar will last for a while. I feel like I could gig without a back up with this guitar. The strap buttons are very sturdy. // 10

Impression: I play metal and I love this guitar with aftermarket pickups. I have been playing for 2 1/2 years and I own a Peavey 6505 Head and a Marshall 1960a cabinet. I need to fix some wiring problems with mine but that is the only problem mine has. It sounds amazing. My favorite thing about this guitar is how easy you can play leads on it. Your fingers just glide across the fretboard. I wish this guitar had EMGs or real Duncans stock but that's just me nitpicking. Overall this is a great guitar. // 9

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: Skynyrd890, on december 01, 2008

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: I'll start by saying this guitar has some of the best features you will get for a $600 guitar. Coil Tap, excellent Duncan Design pickups, 24 frets, Grover tuners, 2 Volumes and a tone knob, and a Tune-O-Matic String thru bridge. The neck is mahogany with a 24.75" scale, 24 frets, awesome "Vector" inlays, and a rosewood fretboard. The body is mahogany with a flame maple top. It's also a set-neck, so it has amazing upper fret access. // 10

Sound: It sounds amazing. the Duncan Design pickups sound great with a lot of distortion (not the hottest output, but they do real well in a metal setting), and they are very thick and full on cleans, but, thanks to the coil tap, can be very bright, making this a very versatile guitar. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The action is just a little bit high for my taste, but that'll be fixed. otherwise, it's been setup up from the factory very nicely. the finish is beautiful. it is flawless, deep, and smooth. The knobs a Switch feel very solid. I give it a 9 since the action was a little high for my taste. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I haven't had this guitar for more than 2 days, so I can't speak for it's reliability, but I can honestly say I think this will last me a long time. It feels great, has an awesome finish, and sounds amazing. From everything I've heard, it's very reliable and long-lasting. We'll find out... hope it's true... // 10

Impression: I play a lot of different things from Skynyrd to Pantera to RHCP, and it does them all very well. It plays better than any other guitar I have played including Gibsons, Fenders, Ibanez's, and PRS's. I honestly can say this is the best guitar for the money imo, and of all the guitars I have played, it's the best playing one. $600, it's well worth it. // 10

overall: 9.4

Reviewed by: Lancelundy, on january 19, 2009

Price paid: $ 549.99

Purchased from: Roseville Music Center

Features: This is a beautiful 2005 Made in Korea Schecter C1 Plus. This is a Solid Mahogony guitar with a Flamed Maple top and a body style similar to a Strat with a string through body. There is a tune-o-matic bridge and Grover tuners, two features that keep the guitar in tune no matter what you do! There's a beautiful Blue finish on mine with a transparent finish that really shows the beautiful flamed maple top and the nice Mahogony body with a set neck. The only downfall is the pickups, there passive and pretty weak Duncah Designs. I had no problem putting a EMG81 in the bridge. // 9

Sound: It sounds great. Very accurate setup out of the factory and still can be setup perfectly. Again, weak pickups, but at that price you can not complain. I've run it through Mesa, Peavey, Bogner tube amps and it sounded good. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: Beautiful setup. The 24 Frets at 24.75 scale is tough to find and this guitar is a dream to play. No problems at all other then 2 routine setups between the day I got it and today. I had to refit the nut when I started using larger strings, but that will happen no matter what guitar, and I had no problems doing it. Everything was flawless out of the factory. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Never had a problem. Used Live and toured with. I once'd over everything when I did the pickup change and everything looked great. Ended up going with Strap Locks. I have almost abused the guitar and given her a few bumps and bruises, but she still plays like a dream // 10

Impression: I love this guitar. Love it much more then any other Guitars in this price range. Put EMG, Duncan, on any other high end pickups in this guitar and it's a 1000$ guitar to me. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on january 12, 2009

Price paid: £ 400

Purchased from: online store

Features: this is possibly one of the worst guitars I have played for about four years since I had an old Yamaha something or other. I think it was made in korea it has an arch top in black and there is a pattern but although it is not visible to the human eyes, but I suppose my cat can enjoy it. It has rather cheap looking grover tuners and hardware as they have gone a bit over board over board on chrome, although they do feel solid enough.it has duncan design pickups overly bassy and weak is my verdict. Overall Not Good. // 2

Sound: I personally enjoy a bit of metal and find this guitar not to beable to withstand any heavy distortion. although the rythm setting is quite smooth that's about the only plus.and I don't see why no-one dare criticise there own guitar. As I have said I would not use this for gigging as it is pretty weak but it isuppose it is pretty nice clean and on rythm setting. // 3

Action, Fit & Finish: it came from the factory with bad fret buzz on low e string and all across 8th fret wich is probly down to under filed fret wire, so as you can emagine I was not impressed afer forking out £400. Although it is quite comfortable. when ever I look at this guitar I can't shake The Feeling that it looks a lot like an ESP mh copy only worse // 5

Reliability & Durability: I can say as of yet nothing that was'nt broke on arrival has gone wrong.as I have the hardware is solid but looks a tad cheap. th finish is layed one nice and thick and will probly last with lots of play although I will probably never find out as I hope to be rid of it.and it's safe to say I wouldn't trust it to gig with // 3

Impression: my overall impession tis guitar is not good as metal is my preffered choise for playing and as I have said this guitar seems weak. I have been playing for six years and have 80 watt Line 6, as for my favorite is a Boss metazone wich holds some of the most ferocious distortion I have ever encountered say that the c1-plus couldnt handle it any.if it were lost I would not buy it again I would probly go for the james hetfield truckster if I had the cash. As for what do I love and hate about the guitar well I just generally hate it unfortunately I went out on a wimm and didn't compare it if I had I probly wouldn't have bought it // 5

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: -Blue-, on november 03, 2008

Price paid: $ 500

Purchased from: DCGL

Features: I got this guitar in September 2008, and I'm not sure when it was made (probably '08 or '07, though). You probably know the features: 24 frets, 2 volume knob, 1 tone knob, Tune-o-matic bridge, all that stuff. Pickups are duncan designed with coil-split implemented in the tone knob. It has a 3-way pickup selector, also. // 9

Sound: Don't let the fact that the pickups are only Duncan "designed" put you off of this guitar. The neck pickup gets a great blues sound (and can be coil-split), and I like the sound of the bridge pickup for metal. I'm playing it through a Crate V33-212 and it sounds great (I use a Boss DS-1 for distorion, though, because that amp can't do that well on it's own.) Sounds great with all settings I've tried. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: When I got it in the mail, the action was a little low (frets buzzed), but I raised it a little bit to fix the buzz and it's still very comfortable! The pickups are at a perfect height, the frets have no sharp edges, the finish is AMAZING (I got it in Tribal Amber, I think it was a very limited run).Overall, it just feels great to play. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar could definitely withstand Live playing. The hardware's good and it seems dependable. I haven; t put straplocks on it because the strap buttons seem very secure. I would use it at a gig without a backup because I have had no problems at all with it so far. I've been to friend's houses numerous times to jam and it's still perfect (I baby it, though. Can anyone really blame me? ) The finish seems like it will last a long time. // 10

Impression: I play rock and metal mainly, but I like to improvise blues a lot. This guitar is great for all of it. I've only been playing 1 1/2 years, but I can tell this guitar is worth the money I paid and more. My other gear is a Squier Strat, a Crate V33-212, a Fender Frontman 15G, and a Boss DS-1. It's a big upgrade from the Strat, and plays awesome through everything else. If this were stolen, I would beat the living **** out of the person Who took it, but if I couldn't get it back, I would buy another as soon as I had the money to. I compared it to the Tempest Custom and some Epiphone Les Pauls and SG's. This guitar won by a lot. // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: theRedSpecial, on december 29, 2006

Purchased from: Local guitar shop

Features: Made in Korea, 2006, 24 jumbo frets, maple neck, mahogany body, flamed top (black cherry which is one of the coolest finishes Schecter makes), two volume, 1 tone, and the coil tap that controls the humbucker farthest away from the neck for a more metal sound. Duncan pickups (always good, comes Standard with the guitar). Grover tuners (very nice, I did read what other people said about not holding tune but mine seems to hold just fine). When shipped, my guitar came with tools and a cable. Here's the thing about the coil tap- basically, the third volume control is the coil tap on the guitar. By pulling it, you make the guitar play like a single coil pickup. If you push it down, it turns into humbucking. So the difference can be exemplified as a [single coil on coil tap] jazz/blues sound vs. (humbucking, coil tab pushed down) hard rock/metal sound. This was one of the main reasons I purchased the C1-Plus. Also, I read on a here that someone's guitar was factory tested or soemthing. Mine also had the sticker on the back that is signed in Sharpie saying that it was indeed played and tested before being shipped. Since Schecter is a smaller guitar company, I think they can afford this time more than other brands can. // 9

Sound: The C1-Plus will play all different styles of music. From my research, Schecter peddles more to the hard rock genre but with the coil tap and setting it to the neck humbucker (which actually means the coil tab is playing as a single coil pickup, like a Stratocaster), you can get the nice sound of blues coming from your guitar. Obviously the amp affects the sound but the guitar can scream, give you the full rich sound and Switch over to the bright jazzy sound. A lot of versatility, great reason to buy this guitar. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: Honestly, everything about this guitar is great. I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on all of this but I have had no problems-only thing is, if you are really tough on the finish without a pickguard, you might need to make a custom one for your C1-Plus or keep a good stock of polish available because it does not have a pickguard. No problem for me as I am not the type to force the pick down like that. Only on my acoustic. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar will definitely withstand live playing, will definitely last, strap buttons are solid, I would gig without a backup (also because it's my only electric now lol). Finish is good to last. If you buy this guitar you will have it for many years to come. // 10

Impression: Let me put this out there because, if you have not bought this guitar yet and are reading these reviews on Ultimate-guitar trying to decide if you should buy, I'll share my experience with you. Right now, it is December 28th, 2006. I started searching for a guitar two months ago at the end of October 06/beginning of November. I was going to go with a Stratocaster until I heard about the Schecter brand. With the coil tap (which I've already talked about to great length) you can sound like a Stratocaster and then switch over to a heavy metal/hard rock sound. Exactly one month ago, I was on this very review page, soaking up the other reviews for this guitar and trying to see if I should buy a C1-Plus. Take what everyone says with a grain of salt. Some guitars have defects that are not common through a whole brand (like a guy Who says his doesn't hold tune very well.) I'm not attacking him, simply stating it is possible for any guitar to have a mistake on it. So while someone's guitar of the same brand might have a loose cable input, that doesn't mean yours will. After reading the positive reviews from Ultimate-guitar on the Schecter C1-Plus, I went to the Schecter guitars website, found a local dealer, and ordered the C1-Plus (after extensively grilling the owner about the guitar. This was not a purchase that I took lightly if you can't already tell). It is a great guitar for any level of guitar playing. I am so happy that I ordered this guitar, it is a great purchase. For any style of music, it is a good match. I would have to buy this guitar again if it were stolen. I love everything about it, do not hate a thing, it is honestly the best electric I've ever owned. I chose this guitar because of it's versatility to be able to Switch from blues to metal with the flick of a Switch (literally), positive reviews from this website, and many people telling me they liked the Schecter brand. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on november 22, 2004

Purchased from: local dealer

Features: Firs at off this is a great guitar. I got it in mid 2002 when I was looking for a PRS and was really impresed by not only the way it looks but on how well it played. The guitar is made in Korea and they did a great job with it the 24 frets and the Vector inlays make this guitar look more expensive than it is. Schecter really put some time into this guitar the string thru body desing really helps the resonation of the guitar. One thing is I didnt like the sound of the pick ups and after a couple of months my neck pick up decided it didn't want to work any more (I never used it) so I went with a set of emg 81/85 and now the guitar screams. The grover tuners were an added plus on this guitar. // 10

Sound: Playing mostley alt. modern rock with a hint of metal this guiar is perfect it has a really good clean sound to it even with the stock pick ups. When you kick in some distortion the sound was still good and clean but a little on the fuzzy side. I run it thru a Marshall MF 350 and an army of effects peadles that are all run into my loop. The guitar is quiet and with a little ajustment playes like a dream. I like a clean jazzy sound and get it with out any problems at all. This guitar can make any sound you want it to has great harmonics stays in tune well and has been greatly abused and still works like a dream. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: When I got this guitar the action was set up great but with a little shop work it playes even better. The pick up hight was really good and needed no ajustment. The body is a big plus its always shineing is light and fits very well. the waight distrabution is also good compared to some of the other schecters that I own (I have 5 and this one is my main guitar) over the last 3 years their has been some rust on the pick up mounting plats but they are easy to remove over all its a dream guitar. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar is very reliable I've been useing it with my band for the last 3 years out on tour playing 4 times a week going to different town and so on. it with out a dought gets a 5. The hardware on it is ok but like I said I upgraded most of it. This is my main guitar and I play it out all the time with out a back up I dont feal the need for it 5 stars. // 10

Impression: The overall looks feal and playabilioty of this guitar should make it a favorite for any one looking for a good playing guitar. The price is reasonable. The guitar has been with me all over the country and over seas. If any thing happened to this guitar I would be hart broken. The things I would change about it on the stock modles put in better pick ups eather emg of reall duncans more like the C1's change the knobs so that the closer knob is the bridge volume control and better electronics other than that the guitar is a dream come true, putting this guitar up agains PRS and Gibson and this one comeing out on top makes it all the better. Check me and my Schecter out on stage at www.s-o-n-a-r.com an you will be able to tell for your self. // 10

overall: 9.6

Reviewed by: SwimMetallica, on january 26, 2004

Price paid: $ 529

Purchased from: Sam Ash

Features: This is a 2002 Schecter C1+. I've had this guitar for a little over 2 years. It has 24 frets with Duncan Designed Pickups with an amazing finish and sweet inlays. The 24 extra jumbo frets are a great fit. The finish is a beautiful flamed maple see thru black cherry. String thru body with a tail piece. If you want some Floyd Rose, Schecter used to make C1+ model with one. // 8

Sound: I play Metal, Rock, Classic Rock, and some Blues. Don't let the pickups fool you, they give you great versatility. You can get a good tone to play almost anything, you just have to play with which pickups to use. I dont use any pedals or effects, it goes straight to my amp, and it fires on all levels. Clean, Distorted, Overdrive, anything goes. My only dislike is that you cant really get very good harmonics, but the versatility makes up for it. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar is a neck-thru design, the pickups are a little high, but that hasn't been a problem at all. It plays great, I use .11-.52 strings on it and it still has nice action. And with Regular Slinkys... the action is as good as any Fender or Gibson that you would pay 200-1500 dollars more for. // 10

Reliability & Durability: No flaws when I got it, still no flaws, and its played heavily. This thing has gone through several gigs and it shows no sign of letting up. The beautiful finish is still just as bright and glossy once you wipe off the sweat. Strap buttons are great, never had a problem. I can always depend on this guitar, I always will. I have used this guitar without a backup, but lets be for real. If you can play with a back up, DO IT!! You never know when a string will snap or something crazy like that. // 10

Impression: I play a wide range of tones and this guitar meets all of them. Ive been playing for 5 years, and have had this one for a little over 2 years and I'm not looking to purchase a replacement any time soon. The Value Is Incredable! The only shame is that there aren't a whole lot of Schecter Dealers, but with guitars like this, they will spread. If you have an opportunity to get your hands on of these, don't pass it up. If it were lost, I'd get another. They were redesigned for 2003. I haven't played an 03, but I'm sure it can only get better. I love the look, I love the sounds, I Love This Thing Baby!! This thing goes beyond Ibanez and competes with all ESPs. I was looking at this guitar, an ESP H-400, EX-350, Epi Les Paul, and a Fender Strat when I was in the market, and I don't regret my choice a bit. // 10

overall: 6

Reviewed by: GnGonzalesjoe, on august 01, 2005

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: // 8

Sound: The pickups are alright. The Duncan Design is a good idea. The idea is a pickup that can act as a humbucker and a single coil pickup in one. In order to change from single coil to humbucker or vice versa, you pull up the distortion knob. When changing you really couldn't hear the differences they sounded almost the same to me. // 4

Action, Fit & Finish: The action was bad when struming hard and fast the first string would buzz on the 1st fret. Meaning the nut was too low. The volume, tone, and distortion knobs seem cheap. Those should be replace right away. If you push down on them too hard the would break. The holes for the knobs are drilled too big, causing the knobs to jiggle. The look is flawless with the great paint job to go along with it. // 4

Reliability & Durability: I wouldn't think this guitar can stand a beating. If you strum akwardly you can scratch the nice finish since the guitar doesn't have a pickguard. The knobs might get in the way, that all depend on how you play. The guitar is light weight, and balance so you can play as fast as you finger can play. // 8

Impression: The guitar is a looker. I would buy it again, but would make some modifications. The modifications would be change the pickups, change the volume and get rid of the single coil/humbucker distortion knob. If you install some EMG 81/85 and you pull the coil tab, that could ruin the pickups. // 6

Reviewed by: unregistered, on september 02, 2005

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: This is a 2005 24 jumbo fret Schecter. The body is made of mahogany I'm pretty sure. I have it in the Vintage sunburst, and it has a Strat style body. I like the looks of it alot and the sound is even better. // 10

Sound: I play hard rock/nu-metal, but also some Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jack Johnson. It's perfect for that, whether I'm using my Fender Frontman 15G or my Vox Valvetronix 30W. The ditorted sound is crazy and the clean sound is amazing. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar was perfect from the factory. On the back of the guitar, it says "tested to play" and there's a big 8 on the sticker in sharpie, so Schecter made sure it was good! There were no flaws at at all, and I really like how the inlays look like. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Seeing as how a ton of people use Schecter C1 Elites and C1 Plus live and on recording (this is the same guitar as a C1 Elite, the only difference are the inlays), I think it's a really high quality guitar, especially for the price. Easily good enough to play live, I would probobly take a back up Schecter C1 Plus! // 10

Impression: Overall, I love the guitar to death. If you are thinking of getting it, don't hesitate. It is an awesome guitar. Of course you should try it out in the store, but I don't think you will be dissapointed! // 10

overall: 9.4

Reviewed by: Schecter1277, on december 05, 2006

Price paid: $ 480

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: Let me say I've had this guitar for over a year and we've been through a lot together. The guitar has a thin neck for fast play and two humbuckers that seem to be able to straddle the fence really well between clean and distortion, though I wouldn't call it a metal guitar it does make a good jazz/blues guitar. It has a resonance that will go on for hours. It is also known to be able to be downtuned with little fret buzz. It is a thru body Tune-O-matic bridge. It has grover tuners and Duncan Designed humbuckers, which really don't make much difference from the classic.(I've played both). The guitar is made in Korea, but honestly the company does a lot better on quality control than most companies that make them in america, not mentioning Gibson's name. The Tuners are Grover, and the guitar stays pretty well in tune even with large bends. One thing I did notice about the guitar was when you first put the strings on, it takes a week or two for the strings to go fully taught and so you get a lot of string buzz when you put fresh strings on, I use .09 gauge. The guitar also has another nifty feature which splits the humbucker into a single coil for a nice clean single coil sound, it also doesn't have much feedback when like that, so it's the best of both worlds. They really put a lot of thought into this guitar. // 10

Sound: The guitar has a thru body neck with a solid piece of mahogony so it has a long resonance with a warm tone. Not really suited for your screaming solos, however it makes a great jazz/blues guitar. The pickups have a lot of punch to them as well, which remindes me of an SG, but of course not quite that much. It takes practice to pick it softley. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: I also own a PRS CE 24 and playing it and this I honestly cannot tell a difference in the quality of the guitar and the action of either. The guitar is made in Korea yet contains no flaws, nothing is wrong with the hardware, it is all made very well. Flawless guitar. // 10

Reliability & Durability: The guitar is definitly a gig guitar, I've banged the thing once on hard tile floor and rammed it into walls a few times and the finish has stayed true. The hardware is there to last, everything is solid on this guitar. I have yet to buy a solid case and carry it around in a gig bag still, and on the road and everything this guitar stays solid. I gave it a 9 because I have yet to dump the thing in the pool or spill beer on it, so I can't give it that yet. // 9

Impression: I have played everything from blues, to classic rock, to heavy metal, to metal on this guitar and it's played them all and matched so many tones. The guitar has a nice warm sound and nice punchy pickups that allow it to really explore a world of tones and gives it a Harmony that few guitars have matched. It's a little on the heavy side since it's solid wood, but no Les Paul. I would definitly give this guitar a 10 because I love this thing. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on november 25, 2005

Price paid: $ 821.67

Purchased from: Sound Control Leeds England

Features: // 9

Sound: Find it a lot nicer sounding than my Variax 500 when looking for a proper (whatever that is) hb sound. We cover a lot of classic rock stuff and while the Variax could do a fair job, it's not a patch on this one. Use it with a flextone 3+ live and a spider 112 to rehearse at home. Tonally, warm and full sounding and no probs to my ear with the supplied SD copy pickups. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The setup was pretty good, but spent another 40. 00 quid at Rockshack in Leeds, who did a wonderful job. The bookmatch top was not the most striking flame maple seen but everything else finish, quality and fit wise' I consider spot on. // 9

Reliability & Durability: Will the guitar stand live playing? Yes, fairly certainly, not sure about the toggle Switch, but it's easily replaceable. Strap buttons very solid and feel safe, provided a decent levy or similar strap is used. Never gig without a backup. The finish is absolutely first rate IMO. // 10

Impression: Played for about 35 years and owned some decent guitars. This one is well up there. If stolen I would find another. After the longer scale on the vax, this is a real pleasure to play at 24.75? which was the reason I chose this model over the other Schecters I tried. No gripes, a nice bit of kit. // 10

overall: 9.2

Reviewed by: scarsonyourego, on september 17, 2003

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: My Schecter C-1 Plus(+) is a 2003 model straight from the box. 24 frets, set neck, volume, distortion knob, and mild tuning knob, 3-way selector, yadda, yadda. All the essentials a a little more. Mahagony wood, mine is a Vintage sunburst (gorgeous I must say). Jumbo frets, maple or rosewood scale, not sure which. I was a little un-imprerssed that it did not come with a bag, but I threatened to not buy it and I got a free gig bag, but not a free case. I think it could have come with a few more extra additions, but the guiatr alone has everything a guitar alone needs. But you don't get anything but the guitar. // 8

Sound: I play lead, and this guitar can pump out a beautiful solo. My amp has 32 amp models, normally I stick, with Line 6 clean (which is no doubt a clean undistorted sound) with a pinch of reverb and quarter-second delay. It has a rich , bright sound right at first but it smoothes out making a great noise. maybe its my style of playing, but it very good(4), even compared to my friends Gibson. Since it has the 3-way Switch and the dist. knob, it is very easy to Switch in and out of up to 6 sounds without missing a beat. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: I bought this guitar right as the shipment came into guitar center in Shermann Oaks, CA. So I got it straight formt eh box without even a finger-print. I was very pleased, and there were no tracings of marks, dents, scratches or any other surface damages. Everything came in order, no loose screws or anything. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar can and does withstand live playing. I have been playing this guitar for one month for about 2-3 hours a day and nothing has come close to wearing or tearing. I am in love with this finish and no matter how many times I hit the fretboard or the frets, nothing ever looks out of shape. This guitar is alos very comfortable to play standing up or sitting. But that is the way of the Strat, not just this guitar. // 10

Impression: I generally play metallic solos, reverbious solos. I love the sound of a pretty solo. And this guitar can do them amazingly. I have been playing guitar for 6 years, but only started truly playing about a year and a half. I also own a POS Hamar Slammer, but its an antique and I really can't rip on it because it is in pretty good shape for being six years old. I got a job at Magic mountain with the intent of buying thes exact guitar. Of course I did my homework on finding just the right guitar for me in the $500-$700 range. Can't say this guitar has any negative qualities. I would suggest this Strat to those who like high-line schecters. It isn't a $1500 Gibson, but it performs better then the 600$ Gibson that I compared it to. It really depends on what kind of guitar you are looking for. You can't just check the rating and know this guitar is for you. Which makes these ratings kind of pointless because a guitar is a very personal and opinionated thing. // 10

Comments

[l)ragonForce]

this guitar is perfect for soloing with those 24 frets omg its so nice

[theRedSpecial]

yeah it is pretty nice for soloing jumbo frets are amazing

[ducky!!]

hey i love this guitar, either its amazing or a magor step up from my last peice of crap, or maybe both....

[rokrdude]

SICK.

[theRedSpecial]

it's a great intermediate guitar but really, with the C1, she'll last forever if you treat her right

[synysterSG]

the black cherry finish is so sick, along with the fret inlays.

[COBHC728]

I got this guitar and I love it. I put some Real seymour duncan SH-6 pickups in there and it sounds absolutely sick. I shred all day long with this.

[DGriffin91]

Amazing guitar, btw schecter does not make ESP guitars!! see "http://www.schecterguitars.com/faq.asp"

[cameronmackay]

ok, this guitar's ****in awesome for the price you can buy it for, I've played my friends gibson and everything, but I still prefer my c-1
I've had it for about year now, and its just amazing
this guitar alone has set me on schecters
I've played a lot of the other models, and seriously I fell in love with this one
its amazing
if you want an amazing guitar for a good price
this is it

[spkrpro]

I've had mine for about a year and love it. Sounds awesome, great for jazz or metal. You can not beat it for the price.

[RC52190]

DGriffin91 wrote:

Amazing guitar, btw schecter does not make ESP guitars!! see "http://www.schecterguitars.com/faq.asp"

Where the hell does it say that? I just wasted like 10 minutes looking through that and didn't find anything saying "Oh, and btw, just in case you were wondering, we don't make ESP guitars."

[Chrisiphone]

The amount of people playing it through Marshall MG's and Frontmans is unbelivable...AND saying they love their tone, all to there own really!

[metalhed717]

does this actually have a 24.75 scale length or is it a typo?

[IROn 5L1nKY]

Umm, what are these tom morello neck pickup tricks you're talking about?

[vIsIbleNoIsE]

so esp and schecter are related? or no? what's the conclusion guys?

[Shinsen88]

Best guitar I've ever played hands down. I've tried TONS of guitars in all price ranges and this is no question my favorite. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Schecter FTW!

[Tallyho]

vIsIbleNoIsE wrote:

so esp and schecter are related? or no? what's the conclusion guys?

At the most they may be made in the same factory as LTDs but that's as far as the relationship goes.

[Shabalaba]

so much thought has been put into every part of this guitar by its designers/manufacturers (who by the way are also the makers of ESP).

Thats where it says it
I didn't know that, i don't know if it's true

[Luke15_7]

I'm just getting back into playing after quite a few years, and had the chance to play this at Guitar Center last weekend. It blew me away! Any, for a relatively new "just for fun" player that might play anywhere between 80's to country to rock to possibly neo-classical metal, I'm having a hard time deciding between the C-1 Plus and the C-1 Hellraiser. Basically it comes down to the pickups. The coil-tap is a definite must but for fun playing and possibly home recoding will the Duncan Designed pickups be ok, or should I go with the EMG's?

[Resurrected22]

schecters build quality is simply amazing. i have the 006 hellraiser. sounds great for metal but not the best for cleans. but i think emg's in general are like that. 81/85 combo anyways

[kaboom.]

metalhed717 wrote:

does this actually have a 24.75 scale length or is it a typo?

yeah, its 24.95
look on the site

[ticklemeemo]

IROn 5L1nKY wrote:

Umm, what are these tom morello neck pickup tricks you're talking about?

Killswitch. Basically, it's a manual tremolo effect. Turn the volume of one of the pickups all the way down, then put the switch in the middle position. Flick the switch between the muted pickup and the middle pickup repeatedly very quickly and you've got it.

[kennykiloz]

I HAVE A QUESTION I HAVE A shecter c1 plus and for some reason when i play like any string on the guitar i always hear the other string kind of vibrate for some reason like i play one then i hear all the other strings kind of play together i want somebody to help me with that can it be my strings or what please answer this