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Specifically the 12 String or Piezo equipped semi hollow C-1's. I liked them when they came out but never had a chance to play one. Any impressions?
Any Semi-Hollow Schecter C-1 owners?
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Re: Any Semi-Hollow Schecter C-1 owners?
Anyone?
C-1 A/E or CSH12...
Anyone?
C-1 A/E or CSH12...
jimijames
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I had the C-1 E/A for a while, ended up trading it for an epiphone g-400 and a squier strat. They're good guitars, only problem is the necks are seriously thin. However, they've got great action, just not really inspiring to play. I figured out that I didn't play it enough to justify having it (only about once every 2-3 weeks) so I traded it.
If you like toothpick-thin necks, big frets, and relatively low action, go for it. It just wasn't my thing.
Oh yeah, and I tend to prefer 50's necks on gibsons, .880"+ thick necks on fenders so YMMV. The neck felt small to me but I prefer bigger necks.
I had the C-1 E/A for a while, ended up trading it for an epiphone g-400 and a squier strat. They're good guitars, only problem is the necks are seriously thin. However, they've got great action, just not really inspiring to play. I figured out that I didn't play it enough to justify having it (only about once every 2-3 weeks) so I traded it.
If you like toothpick-thin necks, big frets, and relatively low action, go for it. It just wasn't my thing.
Oh yeah, and I tend to prefer 50's necks on gibsons, .880"+ thick necks on fenders so YMMV. The neck felt small to me but I prefer bigger necks.
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Re: Any Semi-Hollow Schecter C-1 owners?
I've got a C-1 already, I don't dislike the neck. How were the Tones, both piezo and electric?
I've got a C-1 already, I don't dislike the neck. How were the Tones, both piezo and electric?
jimijames
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Piezo tones were very good, very acoustic-like. The duncan designed pickup in there were good, but I had them swapped out for GFS mean 90's and as I later found out (once I sold it) they were wired wrong - low output, really thin sounds. In retrospect Probably why I didn't play it much.
But the piezo tones were great, the duncan designed pickups were a bit lacking on the high end from what I remember. Passable though, you could get convincing versions of everything from jazz to rock n' roll out of it. I imagine it'd sound leaps and bounds better with a pearly gates, jazz, or '59 set though.
The guitar itself was much brighter than the amplified sound would suggest - really quite balanced IIRC. The sound from the pickups was somewhat dark. The Piezo sound was much closer to the unplugged sound from what I remember.
I don't want it to sound like I'm ragging on the guitar, it was really quite good - I just didn't play it nearly enough to justify keeping it. That and it wasn't 'magical' like my guitars that got played a lot. Don't get me wrong, great action, good tones, all that - I just never found myself getting lost in the moment playing it.
Piezo tones were very good, very acoustic-like. The duncan designed pickup in there were good, but I had them swapped out for GFS mean 90's and as I later found out (once I sold it) they were wired wrong - low output, really thin sounds. In retrospect Probably why I didn't play it much.
But the piezo tones were great, the duncan designed pickups were a bit lacking on the high end from what I remember. Passable though, you could get convincing versions of everything from jazz to rock n' roll out of it. I imagine it'd sound leaps and bounds better with a pearly gates, jazz, or '59 set though.
The guitar itself was much brighter than the amplified sound would suggest - really quite balanced IIRC. The sound from the pickups was somewhat dark. The Piezo sound was much closer to the unplugged sound from what I remember.
I don't want it to sound like I'm ragging on the guitar, it was really quite good - I just didn't play it nearly enough to justify keeping it. That and it wasn't 'magical' like my guitars that got played a lot. Don't get me wrong, great action, good tones, all that - I just never found myself getting lost in the moment playing it.
Re: Any Semi-Hollow Schecter C-1 owners?
A bud of mine bought one. He bought it right before he started playing in a pop punk band.. I thought it was a strange choice, but it played great and performed very well for the gigs.. I played it once or twice, but never had the chance to really explore all the tones, but it was typical Schecter goodness
A bud of mine bought one. He bought it right before he started playing in a pop punk band.. I thought it was a strange choice, but it played great and performed very well for the gigs.. I played it once or twice, but never had the chance to really explore all the tones, but it was typical Schecter goodness
