Schecter Hellraiser Sunset Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose

Original Floyd Rose locking tremolo system. Stunning Abalone and Grey Pearl binding. Reverse headstock.

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Schecter Hellraiser Sunset Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose reviews

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"Friggin amazing"

Feature:
The EMG's are the best. I really like them a lot as i was explaining before. The locking and unlocking coils are interesting and very fun to play with to get a variety of sounds. Its pretty much solid Mahogany which makes it a bit heavier then my other guitar that is maple and rose wood. But its worth it and its not THAT much heavier. But since Mahogany is a very strong wood, it doesn't ding as easily. The Floyd Rose is amazing! I've been using my whammy bar all day and it still hasn't gotten out of tune. The locking bridge makes things stay in tune very well. Tuning down great steps and replacing strings on a Floyd Rose set up can be a hassle but it doesn't need to be done very often.

Quality:
It was made very well. When i got it, i checked for scratch's and dings, and found nothing. ZZounds is very reliable for shipping things. The finish on the guitar is very nice, very evenly done and very good looking. It is EXTREMELY reliable, never breaks. On the road it would do very well I'm sure because i am constantly switching houses and it puts up with being moved and banged around (in a hard shell case)very well. The only thing that i find wrong with it, is that the whammy bar gets loose very often and when doing big drops it can sometimes make a bit of a rattling sound, i am soon going to find a way to fix this but that's just a minor problem with it.

Value:
It is well worth the price. I was showing it off to a bunch of friends and asked them to guess how much i paid for it, and they all guessed in the $800-900 range. Its incredibly cheap for such an advanced piece of equipment.

Desirability:
It is very very very appealing. I bought it in black and it is so black it could eat your soul. I wanted it very badly the day i set eyes on it in a store. If stood out to me, because i was looking at a lot of other guitars and this one just caught my eye. It was very god looking with the Gothic cross inlays on the fret board. The volume/tone knobs match the black color very well and don't stick out. It is just over all very appealing and sexy.

Sound:
I got this guitar a few months ago, have been playing it almost non stop. I am very very impressed with this guitar. Its got a really great sound for a lot of different styles. I play metal for the most part and the EMG's really give it a great heavy and raw sound. But i occasionally like to play some of the Red Hot Chili Peppers things, and even some other cleaner things as well. Even with a clean sound the guitar has great tonal quality's and brings out a very very nice rich sound. I recently went over to a friends house to jam with him and he's got a Jackson DKMG Dinky or something along the lines, and my guitar was significantly nicer. When i was jamming i tried his Line 6 Valve amp and i found that my guitar was much louder then his. His required a lot more volume to make it able to play with a set of drums.

Ease of Use:
It was very easy to use. First thing when i got the guitar i plugged it up and i was eminently blown away. It was very silky and very nice. The fret board is very easy to move fast on, and it is very easy for chord progression. It does not take a long time to get used to, it felt easy the second it was in my hands. Very easy to play!

Support:
Have never dealt with them

Overall:
I expect to be satisfied with this for a very long time, and no doubt, i will maintain it so that i will have it in good condition for years to come. I would never replace it. I am going to compare this to some of the Jackson's that are known for being really bad ass heavy metal guitars. This guitar is easily just as good as a lot of Jackson's OR even better! It satisfies me from the small gigs, to jamming with friends, to playing by myself in my room. If this guitar were to be lost/stolen i would immediately go buy a new one. The only other guitars that i would look at in an instance like that is some ESP guitars, but this is out of personal interest and curiosity for their guitars.

Submitted: 6/2/2009

Style of Music: Metal

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"Boutique guitar quality on an Asian guitar budget."

Feature:
The original Floyd, EMGs, XJ frets, Grover tuners...everything is awesome. I can't think of anything I would change...maybe the headstock, it's kinda weird shaped.

Quality:
Since this was delivered by UPS, I inspected every square inch. I couldn't find a single flaw. The finish is great, the guitar feels rock solid, all the hardware is shiny. There was a little fuzz on the trem cover, probably from the buffing cloth they used in the Burbank facility after set-up.

Value:
I honestly can't believe I got this guitar brand new for 600 bucks. It's worth more.

Desirability:
I didn't buy this for it's looks, but it does look good. I got the black one and it's so black it absorbs your soul. The headstock is a little weird looking, like I said before. Other than that, it looks much better than the pictures on the website. Go check it out at your local guitar shop. It's no LP with a AAAA figured top, but I didn't buy it to hang on the wall and look at.

Sound:
EMG 81/85 with coil tapping really does give you just about any sound you want. Of course, it's more atuned to playing metal. Turn up the gain and it sounds like hit a pinch harmonic and it sounds like you just stabbed Satan in the nuts.

Ease of Use:
It's a guitar, so if you can use a guitar, it's easy to use. Actually the neck on this guitar is thin, fast, and smooth. Bends are super easy and the action is set up low. There is absolutely no problem reaching the upper register, I could easily hit the 28th fret on any string if there was a 28th fret. ;)

Support:
Don't know yet.

Overall:
I don't like 10 out of 10 ratings because I don't feel like anything is perfect, but I couldn't be happier with this guitar. If you like metal, the sunset hellraiser is awesome. If you like bluegrass, buy a friggin banjo.

Submitted: 1/7/2009

Style of Music: metal

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Description
From Our Catalog
A Hellraiser like no other, the Sunset Floyd Rose is based on Schecter's incredibly popular CET custom shop body creating another Schecter Hellraiser to crack the mold of extremely visual and impeccably playable metal guitars. Like other Hellraiser models, the Sunset is loaded with a combination of EMG active 81TW & 89 humbuckers that will bring thundering rock to your amplifier!

Features
Original Floyd Rose locking tremolo system

Ultra Access neck joint, allowing un-obstructive reach to the upper 24 frets

Hellraiser's Gothic Cross inlaid Rosewood fingerboard

Set-in 3-piece Mahogany neck

Offset Mahogany body

Elbow and waist comfort cuts

Stunning Abalone and Grey Pearl binding

Reverse headstock

Designed for Schecter
The bridge position EMG 81TW provides the same classic metal crunch of the EMG 81 to a brilliant clean tone by pulling the Volume control. The neck position EMG 89 can also be individually tapped to make the Hellraiser Sunset a versatile metal machine!

Technical Info

Construction/Scale: Set-Neck W/ Ultra Access / 25.5 in.

Body: Mahogany

Neck/Fingerboard: 3-Pc Mahogany / Rosewood

Frets: 24 Jumbo

Inlays: 'Gothic Cross'

Pickups: EMG Active 81TW/89

Electronics: Vol(Tap)/Vol(Tap)/Tone/5-Way Switch

Bridge: Original Floyd Rose Tremolo

Binding: Abalone

Tuners: Grover

Hardware: Black Chrome
You're gonna need to keep an old priest and a young priest on speed-dial if you plan on jamming on a Schecter Hellraiser. The dual active EMG humbuckers will wake more than just the dead, and the unfettered 24th fret access, XJ fretwire and original Floyd Rose Termolo will have you wailing like a banshee. Reverse headstock completes the forsaken vibe.

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