Sunset Deluxe Review

The Deluxe has a basswood body with an ultra-access cutaway that lets you get all the way up the fast 24-fret maple neck.

Features:	9
Sound:	8.5
Action:	8.5
Reliability:	8
Impression:	8.5
Overall rating:	8.3
Reviewer rating:	8.5
Users rating:	8.1
Votes:	9

overall: 7

Reviewed by: TheBigProjekt, on november 25, 2009

Price paid: $ 200

Purchased from: Musiciansfriend

Features: Made in Korea in 08. Medium sized maple neck, 24 Jumbo frets, and rosewood fretboard. Standard Superstrat style, made with basswood, with a jet black finish. Liscenced Floyd Rose, 3-way with coil tap on the tone pot, and 2 volume pots. Came with 2 Schecter Diamond series pickups, and also Schecter's tuners. Came with a cheaply made cable. // 8

Sound: I play mostly metal and hard rock, and it suits it enough to please me. I usually use it with a DigiTech RP50 and it gives me a pretty nice metal tone, but the pickups are really muddy! Very little definition, and it sounds boomy through everything! It also tends to get noisy when used on a really high gain amp without a noise gate.

Cleans are much better, however, and it gives a really mellow clean tone, and a bit brighter, but not overly bright, tone with the coil tap on.

The guitar can make a nice array of sounds, but it is limited by it's muddy pickups. // 7

Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was set up great from the factory, came in Eb with only a slight bit of buzz, but once the action was raised a bit, it was perfect. Pickups were a bit low for my tastes, but 20 seconds with a screwdriver fixed that.

The bridge route was pretty good, but it did have a scratch in the spring cavity, but no one sees that, so no big deal.

The guitar came in pretty much perfect condition, no bad wood or high frets, everything was great, except for the strap buttons. I was playing and all of a sudden, the strap button itself ripped out. Luckily, I caught it before it hit floor, or it could have done some serious damage. // 7

Reliability & Durability: The guitar easily stood up to the few gigs I've done, and seems pretty solid. After owning it for a while, however, some flaws are coming out. The strap buttons, as I have mentioned before, suck. The hardware is almost worn off of the volume knobs, and parts of the Floyd Rose are spotty. The Floyd also decided to suck after about 4 months, so I had to block it, just to make the guitar usable.

I wouldn't use this guitar without a backup, but I wouldn't use any guitar without a backup. // 6

Impression: Overall, it was a great guitar when I started playing, but I'm starting to grow out of it. I've been playing for about a year, and I'm looking forward to upgrade soon, because it's starting to wear down. If it were stolen, I'd definitely have to get something else, but it is a really nice guitar, and it served me well, but I'm not sure how much more it could take. // 7

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Braxton12, on september 27, 2010

Price paid: $ 300

Purchased from: Shanghai Music and Sound

Features: My Sunset is a baddass guitar. It was made in Korea like every other Sunset Deluxe. Its got 24 fret rosewood fretboard with a maple neck. And everyone tries to say they all have basswood bodies but mine is made of mohogany bitches! I guess a lucked out; ). Its got the black gloss finish liek the rest of them and the reverse headstock. Gives it a nice metal/rock kinda look to it. Its got an amazing Floyd Rose the thing is the best I only have to tune it 4 times a month at the most. Has 3-way tone selector and factory shcecter daimond pickups has the volume tap and tone controls. Its got eveything you need. // 10

Sound: I normally play rock and metal which it plays perfectly with. I play it with a little Ibanez GTA10 amp(the amp sucks I need to upgrade just to let you all know).It works well wtih the amp though it doesn't get very noisy and has plenty of different tones I can adjust it to. It has a really nice clean and when you get to playign with tap and tone controls you can make it real bright or real low it has plenty of variety for anyone. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: When i got it is was Eb and could have been perfect for a lot of peoples standards but I set it up again myself. setup the bridge again. Readjusted the tremolo height, tuned for 2 hours straight and all that good stuff. But I like my guitars my way not the factory's way. The pickups are adjusted perfectly and the bridge is routed perfect. The only flaw is that the bridge and control knobs are tarnished..but that's gonna happen so oh well. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I haven't gotten a band put together yet but I'm sure this thing will take all the pressure from playing in a gig. Its hardware is all steel or high durability aluminum so its not gonna fail me anytime soon. The strap buttons aint goin anywhere unlike what I've heard other people say. I wouldn't even bother bringing a backup to a gig if I brought this.the finish will last quite a while its thick as f--k so its not wearin down anytime soon either. // 10

Impression: Like I said before I play rock and metal and this guitar is a pretty damn good match for that kinda stuff...it just feels right. I've been playing for a year and a half and this is my third guitar so I think I know what I'm talking about. I've got an Ibanez GIO and a Harmony manufactured Holiday: Stratotone Mars.(its 44 years and is in amazing condition just to let you know). Anyways back tot he schecter..if this thing got stolen I would either buy another one A or B I would upgrade to an even hgiher quality schecter. I love every damn thing abotu this guitar its got everythign you need and is all around a baddass guitar.People are always putting these things down saying they need better pickups or the bridge sucks... Well its because they are dumbasses..they obviously didn't have the FR setup properly and don't know good pickups when they hear them. // 10

Comments

[anttown]

I have a Schecter Extrem 006 and it was my very first guitar. I was pleased with it for about 1.5 years but then, as you said, the flaws began to surfice. I changed the pickups, terrible sound pickups: standard Dimond, to PRS SE standard pickups and that did a lot to the guitar. It sound quite well now but due to the thick lac the tone and sustain dies very quickly.
I beginning to think that Schecter dose not have any good guitars under 1500 dollar....

[anttown]

A correction erhm... What i meant to say was that i was beginning to think that Schecter does not have any good guitars under 1000 dollars. My currency are swedish crowns so i made a miss calculation

[Dream Floyd]

You gave sound a 7... for the pickups?

[anttown]

I did not?

[EpiExplorer]

Always had a soft spot for the Demon.. the Omen isnt exactly.. good o.o

[Demarkos]

Bass's are a toatal different ball game with schecter completly the Stilleto elite is almost to good to be true

[jetwash69]

What happened w/the Floyd @ 4 months? String changes? Was everything done right? Is there any actual damage to the trem? If the trem is really shot, then why not upgrade to an OFR instead of getting a whole new guitar? Also, if the finish wearing off the knobs really bugs you, why not buy some new knobs for like $10? As for the pups, when you only pay $200 for a guitar, you should expect to replace the pups. A set of good pups alone will run from $125 - $500.

[The^Unforgiven]

If you maintain a tremolo well, it won't go bad in 4 months all by itself... I'd recommend checking the springs and the saddles, as besides the screws they're pretty much the only parts that wear down on a FR type trem...

[TheBigProjekt]

The tremolo was ok, but once I dove or pulled up, it pulled the G out of tune. I took it to a local shop to see if it was fixable, but they said they couldn't really do much, and that I had it set up pretty well.

I don't really want to sink anymore money into a starter guitar, and I'd rather put it towards a higher end guitar.

[jetwash69]

OK, since it's not worth any money and it's just taking up space, mail it to me. I'd be happy to help you out like that : No charge.

[TheBigProjekt]

Haha, it's my only guitar, I have to keep it

[frantic_saint]

I got one for my b-day. Nice and all but after about 3 months my whammy bar completley fell out. Everything that held it in there fell out. Pissed me off. So i am playing without.

[Diabsoule]

yeah, I own this guitar and I suppose I lucked out. after 2 years its holding up strong! I replaced those stock schecter pickups with active EMG 81-85s and the quality of the sound greatly increased! with replacing the pickups all the electrical was also obvously replaced. The neck is fast and made with no imperfections to say the least. All I would like though would be that badass look of some nice custom inlays but im not complaining. The body is also plain and bulky however surprisingly light. I definately lucked out however paid alot more than 200 dollers I'll say that for sure haha. My bill ran me about 400 but thats what you get from small town guitar shops!
I give it a 8.5 XD

[Diabsoule]

Oh and as everyone is saying, Your tremelo should be fine. dont mess around with them unless you know what your doing I learned that the hard way with my first guitar! Usually a noob mistake. You usually get what you pay for as far as quality goes.

[Braxton12]

wow wtf i have a sunset deluxe and it is the best.....seriosuly schecter makes the best guitars...there isnt one thing wrong with my sunset you obviously dont know how to set up a FR cuz i am always using my tremolo and i only have to tune my guitar up to 4 times a month. the only thing wrong with it is the bridge unit and the knobs are a lil tarnished and the pickups are definitely not muddy i payed 300 for mine and all around its a baddass guitar your ****ed in the head