Schecter KM-7 (Keith Merrow) Signature Thread

[Noisy Humbucker]

Right? I was barely able to fit two push/pull pots in there with all the wiring, I can't imagine a pot, a toggle switch and a battery.

Just look at the bridge, he's had the crap routed out of it. Props to him for pulling some full-on mods. Thinking I may pull the Ionizers from my RGD and drop them in my KM-7 if and when I get one, no real verdict for the Nazgul until then (though I don't believe it'll fit my desired tone).

 

[gigawhat]

Just look at the bridge, he's had the crap routed out of it. Props to him for pulling some full-on mods. Thinking I may pull the Ionizers from my RGD and drop them in my KM-7 if and when I get one, no real verdict for the Nazgul until then (though I don't believe it'll fit my desired tone).

Yeah, the Nazgul was pretty sweet, but it just didn't sound right for the tone I hear in my head. And the sentient was just kinda blah for me. Sounded alright, but nothing stood out to me as amazing about it. I love the Laces in it though, so clear and tight.

 

[Veritech Zero]

Just look at the bridge, he's had the crap routed out of it. Props to him for pulling some full-on mods. Thinking I may pull the Ionizers from my RGD and drop them in my KM-7 if and when I get one, no real verdict for the Nazgul until then (though I don't believe it'll fit my desired tone).

Dur dur duur lol. I was so focused on the EMGs I totally missed that hahaha. Hey JeffTD, who did you go through to put in an evertune? Or did you do it yourself?

 

[JeffTD]

Dur dur duur lol. I was so focused on the EMGs I totally missed that hahaha. Hey JeffTD, who did you go through to put in an evertune? Or did you do it yourself?

Fren Asken @ Asken Guitars - Acoustic and Electric Guitar and Bass Repair, Custom Guitars, Los Angeles - he's probably the best guitar tech in LA. Devin Townsend tagged him in his Evertune install pictures and it turned out that he lives 4 blocks from me. Sometimes living in LA has its benefits!

But yeah, I had Fren route for/install a battery box in addition to the Evertune. It cost like $25, totally worth it.

 

[RustInPeace]

2 days in with it now, and its pretty awesome. Playability is a 9.5/10 for me, easily one of the best 7's I've played, but I'm not 100% sold on the nazgul yet. As said before it has a upper midrange spike which really helps with clarity in a band setting (I jammed with it on the first night I had it) but definitely has that "djenty" feel to the upper range. That being said its clear and tight as ...., the exact pickup I imagined after playing an SLS C-7 with the full shred bridge - more punch than the full shred. The sentient is great for high gain leads, a bit lacking in humbucker mode for cleans, but coil tapped is pretty fantastic for me. The versatility of these pickups is underrated.

The finish really pops. I got the white one, and even some of my coworkers I showed it to who know nothing of guitars were blown away. 10/10.

 

[MattThePenguin]

The finish really pops. I got the white one, and even some of my coworkers I showed it to who know nothing of guitars were blown away. 10/10.

I showed mine to one of my coworkers and he responds with "oh wow that's a nice stratocaster"

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[SonicBlur]

I showed mine to one of my coworkers and he responds with "oh wow that's a nice stratocaster"

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How long did it take the police to show up after you punched him in the face?

 

[AdenM]

[SC]https://soundcloud.com/dailluminaughty/schecter-km7-test[/SC]

Put together a little tone test of the KM7 in action. Excuse the poor drum mixing, I'm still learning. I think the tone sounds pretty fat and killer though, the Nazguls are awesome. Excuse the wankery in the solo

Pathway is KM7-Pod X3 Pro-Fastrack Pro-Reaper, mixed on KRK Rokits. Used the Pod with Lecab and a bass cab impulse for bass, Korg M1 for synths. Drums are EZ Drummer.

 

[Zado]

I hated the stock pickups. Very clear and defined but had a really aggressive upper midrange spike and the pick attack was way too djenty for me. At this point in time I just prefer EMG for humbuckers, passives for singles. These are the 57/66, I have one other 6 string with them and the 57 is my favorite pickup, period.

Very well explained,and somehow similar to what I think about pickups...for classic-hard rock tones (and low-medium gain stuff in general),I like duncans better (that's why I swapped the EMGs in my hellraiser for a screamin demon/59 set),but I've a preference for EMGs about gainy-metal stuff. Tried many passive humbs,but for heavy music I just find myself at home with EMGs.

 

[Lorcan Ward]

Bought this back in July and it's finally finished.

That looks nice!!!! Whats your take on the Evertune bridge?

 

[zippo9999]

I have neck dive problem while playing stand up. Does anyone have that problem??

 

[TheRileyOBrien]

Had a busy week at work, had to restring/setup the guitar, and barely got to play it till today. She rips! I really like playing leads on this actually, the extra inch makes the higher register really accesible. Sentient is awesome, I might have to fiddle with the height a bit. To me it does lack a little bit of clarity/expressiveness, but not in any huge way. Awesome cleans. The Nazgul, which I had some reservations about its high-output nature, is sick as well, nice and tight/expressive, but also has a certain meat-and-potatoes chunk to it, it'd be fun to play some doomy/stoner stuff on. The guitar also has a nice weight to it without being overtly heavy! No issues with it really, I just have the problem of the finish seeming to acquire some dark/graphite esque marks inexplicably that I saw someone else post about. Factory string guage was kind of retarded IMO, 9-46 and lets just throw a 64 on there?
Anyways, sorry for all the words. Iphone pics, luminlays and the finish are both hard AF to photagraph:

What is wrong with the string gauges. Is it not what Keith uses? Seems to work fine for him. I think it is a .62 btw.

 

[AdenM]

.9-.46 on the first six, which felt a little light for me; for the low string they had a .64. Maybe the guitar just wasn't set up properly, but the .64 barely fit through the machine head and just felt awkward. Now I have it set up with some D'Addario 10-59 and it feels pretty good.

 

[chopeth]

I have neck dive problem while playing stand up. Does anyone have that problem??

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/lu...686-why-every-schecter-i-have-neck-dives.html

.9-.46 on the first six, which felt a little light for me; for the low string they had a .64. Maybe the guitar just wasn't set up properly, but the .64 barely fit through the machine head and just felt awkward. Now I have it set up with some D'Addario 10-59 and it feels pretty good.

are you sure? I set mine up with a 66 and I don't remember having any issue to fit it through

 

[AdenM]

are you sure? I set mine up with a 66 and I don't remember having any issue to fit it through

Thats what it felt like to me, maybe it was bent weird. Way happy with the guitar now anyways!

 

[jerm]

I played one last week in NYC's guitar center. Very good guitar. Neck profile is very similar to my DC700 w/ thin neck option.

 

[ImNotAhab]

Just something i picked up on yesterday while messing around with my KM.
Those SD pickups LOVE being a hairs breath away from the strings.

The brootz.... The... brootz...

 

[stuglue]

If anyone is selling a lefty Schecter km7 PM me. Thanks

 

[RustInPeace]

 

[Stuck_in_a_dream]

Here's my question: HOW did you get EMGs in there haha. The control cavity is SO small, how did you get a battery in there? Did you route for a battery box?

Right? I was barely able to fit two push/pull pots in there with all the wiring, I can't imagine a pot, a toggle switch and a battery.

Just look at the bridge, he's had the crap routed out of it. Props to him for pulling some full-on mods. ....

That's one way to do it, but if I had to put EMGs in a KM-7, I'd use one of these:

I actually own the 18v version of this power supply.