New Aaron Marshall Signature Schecter

[RevelGTR]

I have two custom shop Strats with Quartersawn necks and they are some of the most stable in my collection, but the others are fine too.

 

[Zado]

Yeah I had two AM-7’s with this issue. Ended up returning them both and getting an Aristides 070 that had the same issue on the 4th string. I found that is was the bit of string behind the saddle that was giving sympathetic resonance. I was able to fix it by adding a bit of heat shrink at the ball end of the string. I have to wonder if that would have fixed the issue in the AM-7’s I had. It’s weird to me that some guitars have that issue and others with similar construction don’t.

My USA Trad had a dead string high E string (unfretted) and after months of disassembling I found out the culprit was one of the springs used to regulate the humbucker height. When talking guitars, springs can be a huge pain in the ass no matter how small they are. Ringing issues are most often caused by those.

 

[SalsaWood]

I just figured out that Aaron Marshall is not a Dave Matthews side project. Spent most of this thread very perplexed.

 

[Jonnysleftfoot]

My USA Trad had a dead string high E string (unfretted) and after months of disassembling I found out the culprit was one of the springs used to regulate the humbucker height. When talking guitars, springs can be a huge pain in the ass no matter how small they are. Ringing issues are most often caused by those.

Yeah I’ve seen that too. My RGR5227’s A string rings because of the saddle screw spring. Goes away when I put my finger over it.

 

[Zado]

 

[danbox]

Dang, no reversed headstock on the new ones?

 

[Guamskyy]

Don't get me wrong, I dig the new colorways on these USA models, but I can't help but feel a little bummed out that the reverse headstock & wenge neck is gone (I do agree with going to that radiused flat top rather than carved tops though). That USA green though with a reverse headstock wenge neck and a natural headstock would be killer.

 

[nightsprinter]

To chime in on the quartersawn neck thing, theoretically the most stable neck would be a quartersawn neck shaft with a separate quartersawn fingerboard making it a 2-piece. I got that info I believe from a very esteemed builder on talkbass iirc. The only gotcha with quartersawn is it has a greater tendency to twist than flatsawn or riftsawn. I like quartersawn but only when I have full faith in the builders eyeball to have a good dry piece and a keen eye for sighting neck blanks.

 

[nightsprinter]

Here's a great necrothread with lots of quartersawn wisdom and speculation

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/about-that-quartersawn-maple.1265053/

 

[gunshow86de]

 

[Zado]

Oh fucking yeah.

 

[RadoncROCKs]

I want that but with the wenge neck and ebony fretboard. Hell I would compromise for just the ebony board.

 

[JimF]

Presuming that's a US run?

 

[Zado]

Presuming that's a US run?

That IS the USA run.

 

[yanlin]

Oh fucking yeah.

Where is this pic from?

 

[Zado]

Where is this pic from?

You want me to unveil my deepest lurker secretz

 

[bloodfromtheair]

USA AM-6 coming next month, super curious to see the price on these - anticipating more like $3500 than $3000 but everything is expensive as fuck these days. Excited to hear about how these are out from people when they start getting them!

 

[yanlin]

Is am6 still coming this month?

 

[AkiraSpectrum]

Is am6 still coming this month?

I can't remember the dealer, but I did see a dealer post a picture of the USA AM-6 today that they just got in.

 

[Guamskyy]

Schecter AM-6 Aaron Marshall Signature Electric Guitar - Pale Emerald

nolimitguitarco.com

Big price ooof