Rynphos
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Edit: photos https://imgur.com/a/5AVKDzq
So, after playing my first and only guitar for over 10 years, I finally managed to purchase my first 7 string after years of wanting one. It's such a nice instrument and since there aren't many of these being posted, I figured I'd share.
Some relevant specs:
- Neck through body
- 25.5''-27'' multiscale with 20'' radius
- Fishman Fluence Modern (Ceramic/Alnico set)
- Stainless Steel frets (X Jumbo)
- Swamp ash body with a flamed maple top
- 7 piece neck, ultra thin C profile
- Abalone offset inlays (more on this later)
The good:
The first thing i thought to myself as soon as I got the guitar out of the box and held it in my hands was: "This is what a real guitar feels like!"
This guitar feels high quality in every aspect. Besides the good specs, I feel like it's really well built with very minor flaws, feels great to hold, great to look at and, most importantly, great to play.
The neck is comfortably thin. While I haven't tried many guitars in my life, it felt thinner than an Iron Label Ibanez RGA, with the Wizard neck, albeit with a rounder shape.
I can't comment too much on the pickups as I have almost no base of comparison, but they sound amazing. That's as much as I can articulate it.
Also, I was super worried that I might not adapt to so many changes from my old PRS style 24.75'' 6-string, but after playing it for 1 hour or so, I started feeling at home. The 20'' radius makes bends feel like butter and the neck profile really helped my hand adapt to the extended range without a problem (I have small-ish hands). I can play on the lowest string anything I would struggle to play on my shorter guitar.
Finally, this thing is on the heavier side, but not too much. It's heavy enough that it's satisfying to hold it in my hands and makes me feel like it can be used as a defense weapon that won't break for anything.
The so-so:
Mostly cosmetic issues. The black binding around the body is a bit rough on the edge, probably due to sloppy masking. The very last fret on the bass side looks like it had just a bit of excess glue on it. And there's a very tiny tool mark on the back.
There's a bit of fret buzz going on, especially on the lowest string. The action may be set a bit too low from factory, but it's nothing I can't setup myself.
What I would change:
The inlays. By the pictures on Schecter's website, I thought the abalone inlays were brighter. NOPE. They're actually very dark when there's no direct source of lighting pointing to them. So dark I find myself a bit lost on the fretboard sometimes, but this is partially due to the extra string that I'm still not used to.
I can't imagine playing it on a stage, though. (un)Luckily, I don't.
The 2 pots are push-pull, but only for controlling the voicings of the pickups. I need to reconfigure the voicings to one pot only and reserve the other for coil-splitting, as it makes any guitar very versatile and I enjoy the sound of it.
Pictures (please excuse my bad camera, lighting, and overall bad photography skills):
Edit: Links are broken here's the album: https://imgur.com/a/5AVKDzq
The back is beautiful
Super low action from factory, probably too low. You can see the dark inlays here
An example of the rough binding
So, after playing my first and only guitar for over 10 years, I finally managed to purchase my first 7 string after years of wanting one. It's such a nice instrument and since there aren't many of these being posted, I figured I'd share.
Some relevant specs:
- Neck through body
- 25.5''-27'' multiscale with 20'' radius
- Fishman Fluence Modern (Ceramic/Alnico set)
- Stainless Steel frets (X Jumbo)
- Swamp ash body with a flamed maple top
- 7 piece neck, ultra thin C profile
- Abalone offset inlays (more on this later)
The good:
The first thing i thought to myself as soon as I got the guitar out of the box and held it in my hands was: "This is what a real guitar feels like!"
This guitar feels high quality in every aspect. Besides the good specs, I feel like it's really well built with very minor flaws, feels great to hold, great to look at and, most importantly, great to play.
The neck is comfortably thin. While I haven't tried many guitars in my life, it felt thinner than an Iron Label Ibanez RGA, with the Wizard neck, albeit with a rounder shape.
I can't comment too much on the pickups as I have almost no base of comparison, but they sound amazing. That's as much as I can articulate it.
Also, I was super worried that I might not adapt to so many changes from my old PRS style 24.75'' 6-string, but after playing it for 1 hour or so, I started feeling at home. The 20'' radius makes bends feel like butter and the neck profile really helped my hand adapt to the extended range without a problem (I have small-ish hands). I can play on the lowest string anything I would struggle to play on my shorter guitar.
Finally, this thing is on the heavier side, but not too much. It's heavy enough that it's satisfying to hold it in my hands and makes me feel like it can be used as a defense weapon that won't break for anything.
The so-so:
Mostly cosmetic issues. The black binding around the body is a bit rough on the edge, probably due to sloppy masking. The very last fret on the bass side looks like it had just a bit of excess glue on it. And there's a very tiny tool mark on the back.
There's a bit of fret buzz going on, especially on the lowest string. The action may be set a bit too low from factory, but it's nothing I can't setup myself.
What I would change:
The inlays. By the pictures on Schecter's website, I thought the abalone inlays were brighter. NOPE. They're actually very dark when there's no direct source of lighting pointing to them. So dark I find myself a bit lost on the fretboard sometimes, but this is partially due to the extra string that I'm still not used to.
I can't imagine playing it on a stage, though. (un)Luckily, I don't.
The 2 pots are push-pull, but only for controlling the voicings of the pickups. I need to reconfigure the voicings to one pot only and reserve the other for coil-splitting, as it makes any guitar very versatile and I enjoy the sound of it.
Pictures (please excuse my bad camera, lighting, and overall bad photography skills):
Edit: Links are broken here's the album: https://imgur.com/a/5AVKDzq
The back is beautiful
Super low action from factory, probably too low. You can see the dark inlays here
An example of the rough binding
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