Feature:
Like I say, the coil-tap feature is one I am not sure about as yet. I love the mahogany body. The neck is certainly playable, and the light weight of this guitar compared to say an LP is a very attractive feature. When yopu are standing up for four sets a night as I do, that is a factor.

Quality:
Mostly well made, bu8t the knobs look like they will have to be replaced at some point.

Value:
This is a light weight alternative to an LP that looks beautiful and plays well. My initial reaction is that I would heartily reccomend it!

Desirability:
It is beautiful, the abalone is a stunning feature, it sounds lovely, and is going to be my first choice live guitar.

Sound:
I just got mine, and have so far gigged with it once. I used it with a 75 watt Mk III Spider combo, and was able to get the blues/rock textures I need. The sound was as good as I could have gotten with an LP. I am not sure how much I will use the coil-tap feature yet, that is new to me, but so far I am very pleased with the tones I am achieving.

Ease of Use:
It plays a dream. When I bought it, I had tried several other 'name' guitars, and they all felt sluggish, badly set up, just wrong. This was set up well, and I needed less than a day to adapt to it and feel ready to jam.

Support:
Haven't dealt with them yet!

Overall:
It replaced a cheap Delta King semi that just won't hold it's tune and I am hoping it lasts a long time.

Feature:
Love the tone adjustment and 3 way switch. TonePros are flawless and keep this guitar in tune even through a 4 hour show!

Quality:
For the money, you simply just can't find a better buy for quality, lightness, and playability. Plus all the features!

Value:
Price for this beauty is awesome considering what you get. I'm more than satisfied.

Desirability:
This guitar not only looks hot! It plays hot! But the only real downfall is when you let go of the neck (for whatever reason), the whole guitar shifts southward (and the end of the neck).

Sound:
Sound is warm and flawless. Amazing pickups and tones. I play both country and rock and the tones are easy to achieve for both.

Support:
Unknown....NEVER NEED THEM (they're like Maytag repairmen).

Overall:
I expect to be satisfied for a LONG time with this guitar. In fact, I sold my Ibanez S470 because it was collecting so much dust!

Feature:
The coil tap IMO has no value because it is noisy. This excellent guitar has all the features I want. The finish is beautiful, the inlays and bindings are simply smokin.

Quality:
Everything looked good on my S1-Elite. No blemishes or anything. I think this axe will last a long time and so far it seems very dependable

Value:
This is good deal. Schecter appears to have a good value here. Based on this guitars quality I would consider another Schecter.

Desirability:
In person this guitar gives off the vibe of "touch me, play me".

Sound:
Excellent thick tone. You can achieve a variety of decent chunk with these pickups. I have no desire at this point to replace these great sounding pickups. I gave it a 9 because when you pull the knob for the coil tap some noise is introduced. I don't use the coil tap, no biggy.

Support:
Will never need it!?

Overall:
Having never owned a Schecter before I wasn't quite sure about this company but through numerous good reviews and hands on tinkering at the local guitar shop I am a firm believer in this guitars ablility to satisfy me.

Feature:
Of course, you'll want different strings with it but other than that, it has awesome features.

Quality:
This guitar can't be made much better. I've played quite a number of guitars in my time and this is the best for me. and the Black Cherry finish is just beautiful.

Value:
You get alot more than you pay for. I can see this guitar still selling for $1000.

Desirability:
Just sheer beauty is all I have to say about it. It looks wonderful on stage lights too.

Sound:
The sound is wonderful. The sustain will last you forever! I have played both in live shows and in studio and in my bedroom, it impresses my in all three places.

Support:
I haven't had any problems to where I needed to talk to support.

Overall:
Wow, the only thing that beats this guitar is a Gibson Les Paul Custom.

Feature:
Neck is super fast and your fingers flow across the fretboard like butter. Perfect for any shredder or shredder wanna-bee.

Quality:
Pickups are very well built. Maple has a very sexy grain pattern and colors are incredible. Super light and very easy to play.

Value:
Super value. Plays better than Gibson Les Paul Classic and Studio, Bar None!

Desirability:
Once you pickup and plug it in you'll be hooked and you'll order one that minute. Impulse buy, but best impulse buy ever!

Sound:
Crisp heavy distortion is the incredible. Clean smooth leads are also very easy to find. Incredible sound that suits almost anyone.

Overall:
Incredible guiar action is incredible and pickups create such an array of tones you can get anything guaranteed. Recent Fender quality is horrible, buy almost any brand but them unless you have one from the 60's or 70's. Dont buy any recently made Fenders unless you want to be ripped off. If you want a great value try Schecter or Carvin, both awesome guitar companies!

Feature:
The coil tap is neat, it lets you play anything from Hendrix or Clapton and then Slayer, using the same guitar.

Quality:
This guitar was made with a higher degree of quality than anything I've seen out of the Samick factory where it was made (Samick makes some great guitars so that is a compliment--they also make the Korean Deans which are also top rate) The quality surpases many of the newer USA made guitars (at least the ones I've been playing). I would definately put the quality against guitars in the $2 to $3 K range.

Value:
This guitar would be a good deal at a grand. This isn't a good guitar for the money, it's a good guitar. Having said that, please refrain from increasing the price until I've purchased mine.

Desirability:
Very flashy, it's also unique. I think you could put this axe right up on display near a few Top 10 PRS or JET guitars and convince someone they belong there.

Sound:
It does sound just as good if not better then any LP studio that I've played. Just for the readers; the hum from using the coil tap is supposed to be there, there reason humbuckers were invented was to prevent the "hum" that occurs when you overdrive a signal produced by a signal coil pickup. When you "TAP" the coil you are only using one of the two coils found on a humbucker. Having said that, the coil tap feature on this guitar is one of the best I've heard from imported pickups, it is usually weak and thin sounding.

Ease of Use:
The one I tried at the local GC was set up well, I think they like to put talc on the necks of their less expensive models (there was a sticky powder on the fingerboard)so the $3K ones feel more expensive (LOL). Other than that, it was great, fret job was better than the LP Menace (although this guitar begs for an Ebony finger board) I played there.

Support:
N/A Never used it.

Overall:
I like a lot of different things, lol..ummm. Until they comeout with a model that has an Ebony fingerboard and SD Distorion in the bridge and a Pearly Gates in the neck, that's what I'll be putting in mine.

Desirability:
This is a great looking guitar - classic Gibson look - but actually plays better than the Gibson. Rich cherry color.

Overall:
I looked at a lot of guitars from $500 to $1500 and I am convinced this is this best guitar to be found for under $1500.

Feature:
the cross over push pull knob works great.

Quality:
It looks as good as the picture. the quality is as good as guitars costing twice as much.

Desirability:
this axe is a keeper. I'll pass it down to my son

Sound:
from clean to crunch the sound is great. Nice sustain.