Schecter Guitar Research started building after-market and replacement parts for existing axes in the 70's, and has since come a long way in producing their own high quality instruments for a new generation of rockers. They proudly wear their pedigree on their sleeve, crafting feature-rich, affordable instruments with the sort of attention to detail and design aesthetic generally relegated to instruments twice its price. With their guitars in the hands of artists as diverse as The Cure, Avenged Sevenfold, The Who, Nevermore, Nine Inch Nails, The Misfits, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, and many more, Schecter builds an axe suited for any player. One of their most popular, the C1 Plus, may just be suited to every player.

A Tone-Heavy Rock Machine That Won't Break the Bank
Browsing up and down the list of high-end features and appointments on the C1, you'll completely understand why this beast has Plus tagged onto its name--the laundry list of accouterments found only on this Schecter completely belie its price tag. Just a few of the high-end perks you'll get when you join the Schecter fold: a Flame Maple top, custom Vector fingerboard inlays, Grover tuning pegs, set neck construction, cream body, neck, and headstock binding, and pickups custom designed by the venerable Seymour Duncan. Those pickups are nothing to shake a stick at--capable of dialing in the most gruesome metal, crunchy rock, or shimmery pop, the Schecter C1 Plus is a guitar capable of transforming its identity… read more as quickly as you can turn the volume knob (this guitar has volume knobs for each pickup, allowing you to mix, match, and blend to your heart's delight, and one master tone, with a 3-way selection switch) or step on your favorite stompbox. Those Duncan Designed pickups, when combined with the Chrome Tune-o-Matic bridge and string-through-body tailpiece, create fat, rich, biting tones that will sustain for days. The stable truss rod is accessible beneath the headstock-mounted truss cover, meaning adjusting your setup is as easy as removing a few screws and making a few turns of the hex wrench.

If Looks Could Kill, This Guitar Certainly Will
We've already mentioned a few of the coolest features, but it's really important to focus on just how high the value of this guitar is when compared to how little it actually costs to purchase. We haven't quite gotten to the bottom of how Schecter was able to pull off a guitar with so many world class features (with such a reasonable price), but heck we aren't complaining! That gorgeous Flame Maple cap on top of the Mahogany body not only showcases the beautiful array of finish options available (Black Cherry, Vintage Honeyburst, and Dark Brown Sunburst, to be precise) but it also puts this Schecter in the same league as even the highest-end Les Pauls, tonally. The fingerboard, made of bound Rosewood, caps off a matched maple neck for bright, precise, cutting tone (not to mention wicked good looks!) Plus, with 24 jumbo frets on its 24 inch scale neck, this C1 plays just as nice as it looks. read less