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Consistent, solid build, looks nice, feels decent across the board. Honestly, the only point of contention I'd upgrade from the factory is the pickup switch - compared to the aircraft-grade switch in my '16 Les Paul High Performance, it just feels cheap. It's average quality, don't get me wrong, I'm just spoiled. That said, the little stuff is right - the top binding looks good, the pickguard doesn't look nor feel cheap in person, etc. Guitar is light but not featherweight - you know you've picked it up and when it's being played, but isn't a boat anchor by any means. Balance is surprisingly good given the locking tuners - there's no neck dive to speak of at all. Tuners are very, very functional - it holds tune well, and string changes were a breeze (I use stainless 10s on everything, so the stock ones had to go!) Pickups are not super-hot aggressive metal ones - they sound good both clean and with gain. Bridge and neck sound substantially different in character, which is quite nice, and the coil-tap sounds are also very usable especially clean. Action out of the box was perfectly playable; I'm a perfectionist and wanted it set up to my usual "not quite shredder, but lower than medium" and it took only a few minutes to tweak. Fretwork is consistently good across the board - nothing sharp or out of balance, intonates without issue. Compound radius fretboard and binding make for effortless playing, which is quite nice.

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I was browsing through zZounds like I always do. Looking at what I have to have next. Lol!! You all know what I mean. I have been looking at Flying V and explorer type guitars for years, but I never bite. I always buy a Les Paul. Well I came across this Schecter V-1 Custom that really looks great, and even better I saw they had a scratch and dent for 620$. That’s almost 400$ off. I thought to myself there must be something pretty banged up to be 400$ off, but let’s hope it’s on the back. I can always send it back. Well I ordered it, and when it came even my wife wanted to see what was wrong with it. I can’t find anything except for some minor pick scratching on the pick guard. The guitar other than that is flawless. I was astonished. You pull a guitar off the wall at guitar center that’s been played by 300 people and is all beat up and grimy. They don’t give you a break on that!!!! Anyway enough about that. On to the good stuff. This guitar made me smile right out of the box. It looks great. I dropped the bridge a couple of turns, and it was right there. No set up needed. No buzz. Intonation is dead on. I was really happy with that. I was skeptical about the pickups. I usually swap out everything for EMG’s. I use all different types of them. Het set, 57/66, and 81/85 all in my Gibson Les Paul standards. Not a worse sounding pickup than a Gibson paf. So when I plugged this V-1 into my Laney irt I pretty much was in disbelief. The Pasadena paf pickup was so pleasing. I had to dial my head in a little. Going from a Les Paul style to an all mahogany body obviously is gonna be a much muddier sound, but I got it dialed in easily to my liking. Pickups are fantastic. Very close to the 57/66 EMG set. I have an Epiphone Les Paul Standard I wish I could get these pickups to try in it. Wow. I love this Schecter. What a great guitar. I paid 620$ for it, and at the 999$ regular price this is a steal. I haven’t put it down since I got it. Thank you zZounds for my prompt delivery and I never have any service issues with zZounds. The pay as you play option is so awesome. If you’ve looked at this guitar and had any interest in it, take it from me, you won’t be disappointed. Very very nice addition to my collection.

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Great finish, stays in tune, incredible pick-ups, tone sound.Incredible v. The pearl inlays could be better . I own 2 gibson v's one a b-2 and this is right there with them but was 1,000 dollars less. I would take this over a strat or telly. It is easy to play and the pasadena and pasadena plus pick-ups are a match for gibson dirty fingers and duncan live wire.Even if you are thinking 2,000 on a gibson or a jackson, play this you could be blown away and have enough left over a gibson s-g standard like i did. I would have given it a 10 but it should have had a hardcase or deluxe gig bag.

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I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this guitar. The neck is slender (more slender than my 2017 Gibson Explorer) and fast because of the satin finish on the back of the neck. The 12"-16" radius makes your chords solid and you bends effortless. The Pasadena pickups really sound great-not a high gain pickup but has a good medium gain PAF output and tone-think Slash and you are in the neighborhood-the cleans are very clear and articulate. Fit and finish is flawless and the trans purple is fricken' awesome. The frets are perfect-no sharp ends or high spots-action is sweet & low with no fret buzz. Only thing I would change is to add a tailpiece instead of string through body, but that's just my preference. Don't hesitate if you want a great sounding guitar that plays like butter and has a nice woody crunch to it-definitely is an eye catcher and a keeper.You can pick up a nice custom Schecter case for the V1 on their website-don't put it in a gig bag-deserves much better.

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