HighGain510
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Just to reiterate since some of the items were left off the first quote:
So yeah stating the obvious based on the info provided above, I finally pulled the trigger on one!
Happy to report that while the neck is thin, it's nowhere near as bad as I feared and the shape of the neck carve helps things quite a bit as well. 
Mine feels VERY solid, for what I paid I feel like these guitars are a steal! 
As I already stated before I got the chance to play one, I thought the specs were perfect and after playing one I'm happy to report that Schecter has a real winner on their hands! 
The frets are all perfect, tone is awesome and the extended scale helps keep the low B just a pinch tighter for detuning than my Parker 7 (26.5" vs 25.5" scale) which is great since I planned to use this one for Bb/Drop Ab stuff.
Only minor nitpick is that the black neck binding has a very definite edge between where the finish stops and the neck binding begins, it doesn't typically cause an issue but you can definitely feel it when your hand is near the edge of the neck.
Like I said, that would be a rather nit-picky item to be honest, the guitar is awesome besides that! Stock pickups are pretty sweet, but I already placed an order for a custom Juggernaut set as I've been curious to try them out finally so I figured this guitar would be a good test bed for that.
Side note: Does anyone on here know of any place you can find the stock .009-.062 string gauges where you can buy the whole set? I mean I know I could buy a D'Addario EXL125 set to get the .009-.046 part covered and then just buy some .062 singles, but it's always nice to not have to piecemeal sets together. I really dig how the 9-62 set balances on a 26.5" scale so I'd rather not mess with that beyond changing the intonation down a half step with the same strings.
Hey all
Been wanting this model for awhile. I remember there being some spotty things on the first few batches earlier in the year.
What do I need to watch out for before purchasing.
Things I remember where
Saddle screw length to short or something along those lines. Fixed: Mine is from the latest run, they have used longer screws for all the saddles with the exception on the low B and E strings since they aren't necessary for proper intonation.
Bridge pickup placement not being close enough to the bridge Fixed: Proto was the only one with wonky placement, all production ones are fine.
some shoddy pickup routing, or was this just only noticeable on the white models? Fixed: Yep early ones were a little squirrely, mine is fine.
Easily smudged and/or easy to degrade the finish on the white model with normal usage? This one was left off, not sure why. It's a MATTE finish, any time you deal with a satin finish it is going to get rubbed/buffed to glossy/semi-gloss where you're touching it. Wherever your arms or fingers are in constant contact, you're going to run into this on ANY satin/matte finish. That's not a "degradation" issue whatsoever, it's the cost of going with a satin finish on something that is frequently touched.
If any of you fine folks would chime in I would greatly appreciate it.
Currently Im having a hard time finding a site that has pictures up, Im going with white, but I assume the flame does vary and was hoping to have a few samples to choose from. Anybody running a good deal below 999?
Flame definitely does vary on these, mine is not bad, better than some of the initial ones but I've seen a few with even better tops. I bought through Jason and Chad @ Music 49, great deal on the guitar itself and it showed up flawless (well pickup height from the factory was a little off, the bridge pickup is jacked WAY up and the neck pickup is WAY down so the volume imbalance is rather noticeable, but that's not their fault!), I plan to order from Music 49 again as they're a small store and really good folks.
Thx
So yeah stating the obvious based on the info provided above, I finally pulled the trigger on one!
Happy to report that while the neck is thin, it's nowhere near as bad as I feared and the shape of the neck carve helps things quite a bit as well. Mine feels VERY solid, for what I paid I feel like these guitars are a steal! As I already stated before I got the chance to play one, I thought the specs were perfect and after playing one I'm happy to report that Schecter has a real winner on their hands! The frets are all perfect, tone is awesome and the extended scale helps keep the low B just a pinch tighter for detuning than my Parker 7 (26.5" vs 25.5" scale) which is great since I planned to use this one for Bb/Drop Ab stuff. Only minor nitpick is that the black neck binding has a very definite edge between where the finish stops and the neck binding begins, it doesn't typically cause an issue but you can definitely feel it when your hand is near the edge of the neck.
Like I said, that would be a rather nit-picky item to be honest, the guitar is awesome besides that! Stock pickups are pretty sweet, but I already placed an order for a custom Juggernaut set as I've been curious to try them out finally so I figured this guitar would be a good test bed for that. Side note: Does anyone on here know of any place you can find the stock .009-.062 string gauges where you can buy the whole set? I mean I know I could buy a D'Addario EXL125 set to get the .009-.046 part covered and then just buy some .062 singles, but it's always nice to not have to piecemeal sets together.
I really dig how the 9-62 set balances on a 26.5" scale so I'd rather not mess with that beyond changing the intonation down a half step with the same strings. 
