Schecter Keith Merrow KM7 Electric Guitar
This Schecter KM7 delivers punishing distortion thanks to Seymour Duncan Nazgul and Sentient pickups, plus the rock-solid stability of locking tuners.
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Submitted December 23, 2016 by Brad H in Wichita Falls, TX
"KM7 Guitar"
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Excellent guitar for the $1K price range. Packed full of features that other guitar companies charge an arm and a leg for. Hipshot bridge, locking tuners, full body, neck and headstock binding, set neck construction, and my favorite surprise feature- the glow in the dark side inlay dots! They are magical and wonderful for dark stages. My band practices with minimal lighting to prep for the stage and these little inlay markers are just amazing. Stock with aftermarket pickups designed by Keith himself. Overall this guitar is just a wonderfully designed and well thought out instrument.
Sound
Swamp ash body, flame maple top, ebony fingerboard, and Seymour Duncan Nazgul/Sentient pickups - Sounds amazing. Has a good punchy bottom end that doesnt sound flubby, cutting snarly sounding midrange and a nice chimey top end ensures your sound is well balanced and heard through the mix. I play through a Laney Ironheart 120 and the pickups sound lean and mean and everything in between.
Features
Packed with features. Locking tuners are amazing, hipshot bridge is super comfy for the hand, satin finish is smooth as silk.. or well, satin really.. Push pull coil tap feature is my only complaint. After I had the guitar for a couple months, the push pull knob started going out on me, I had intermittent signal interruption because of the volume knob, a slight bump, or turning it all the way up cause the signal to static and sometimes cut out. Simple fix- i yanked it out and put in a regular volume knob, problem solved. Just wish I didnt have to do that on a new guitar. So I docked a few points on that aspect but other than that the features on this axe are pleasant and very well thought out. Including something as small as where Keith decided to move the volume knob and pickup switch. Very well thought out.
Ease of Use
Super easy to use if you know how to play guitar. My first 7 string and surprisingly easy to get used to the wider neck for the extra string. Scale length wasnt an issue as I own the PRS SE Mike Mushok Baritone with a 27.7" scale length, so it was easy to get used to.
Quality
Very well made, my only complaint is the flame top isnt as "flamey" as the earlier models, some of the wood striations go across the flame striations more prominently giving it more of a criss-cross pattern look instead of the normal flame look. Everything else is well put together, binding is clean and tight, pickups are great electronics are nice and neat, satin finish is smooth and consistent. Its a very well made guitar, minus the flame top variations, but that's just me - I'm very picky about my flame tops, wish zZounds would let you see the actual guitar and choose from them like the way sweetwater does so you can see what your actually getting.
Value
Very good value. Highly recommend for someone wanting to try out their first 7 string.
Manufacturer Support
Havent had to deal with them so that goes to show the quality of what they put out.
The Wow Factor
The finish is what drew me in firstly. I love flame maple tops. I love white guitars. I never really saw a guitar that was both because white's not typically a see through finish. I stumbled upon this guitar and my jaw dropped when I saw that it was a trans white with a flame maple top. The flat trans black on the back and sides is a wonderful contrast to the white top. I go for finishes first, you can always make the guitar sound how you want with your setup so looks and feel come first for me.
Musical Background:
Guitar for 12 years, jamming at home and with band twice a week.
Musical Style:
Metal, rock, pop
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Submitted September 1, 2015 by Scott Weisenborn in Visalia, CA
"Awesome guitar"
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This is my first 7 string and all I can say is it's a great guitar with great pickups and hardware. Finish is perfect. Plays great right out of box.
Musical Background:
25+ years, professional
Musical Style:
Hard Rock, Metal, Christian.
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Submitted September 3, 2017 by a customer from hotmail.com
"Lambo Orange"
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i bought the "blemish" option - i still haven't found what it is; there is a barely noticeable fleck of paint missing from the neck, which might be it. the pickups are bright and clear. the neck is smooth and fast. the large frets help with hitting high notes on the low strings. the volume knob/coil tap is a nice touch. i did have to lower the bridge pickup, because it was causing a buzz on the 22nd (and above) of my high E. the bridge feels great for palm muting. i played a Hellraiser before buying the KM7: the Merrow is much lighter and better balanced than that model. also, i love that it comes with heavy strings - 7th is a 62 - so you can tune down without mud.
Musical Style:
Metal.
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Submitted August 16, 2015 by jason v in albany, GA
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Ordered on the 12th in the around 9am had it at my door on the 14th now thats fast service zZounds. awesome!!!!...The guitar is the best 7 ive played schecter and keith did an fantastic job. I currently have a rg7620, Jackson slat3-7 and this km7 crushes them the tone of this guitar is incredible. the white satin really is cool, the grain of the maple cap dont really show in pics like it does when u see it. Dont really know much about Keith Merrow I am a fan of Loomis and was gonna go with the jl7 but im big fan of seymore duncans since I prefer my black outs over my emgs and the nazgul bridge pickup is killer...im glad I went with the km7 the neck is like butter and I love the 26 1/2 scale...buy this guitar u wont be disappointed...as far as out of the box playability the set up guy for the one I got must have been drunk or ready to go home when he set this one up, the neck pickup was down on one side and about to touch the b string on the other side and the action was too high luckly im my own tech so it was an easy inexpensive fix! After I did the initial set up it played like a dream!
Musical Background:
Been playing guitar 4 27 yrs
Musical Style:
Metal, rock, blues,
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Submitted July 1, 2016 by Codyq Kinsey in Fort Smith, AR
"Great guitar. Came with the fret rattle to end all fret rattle."
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The guitar plays great. the SD nazgul/sentient set is amazing for low tuning. real snarly and punchy on the nazgul and pristine bells on the cleans. Couldnt be happier. Did come set up like it was someones first time touching a truss rod but we could chalk that up to the humidity in Arkansas....Or can we....Lizard people, it wasn't a weather balloon.
Musical Background:
12 years, guitar,bass,umm guitar.
Musical Style:
Metal, Djent, Djenty metal, and jazz fusion
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