Schecter Guitar Research C-1 Platinum Blackout Electric Guitar Satin Black

Purchased this guitar about a month ago, having only ever owned and played "cheaper" guitars by comparison the past 25 years. This plays incredibly, great sound, great fretboard and neck, the active EMG pickups are screamingly crisp. I got a crazy deal on it too by matching a competitor price AND getting military discount off that too.

I am pretty impressed. I liked this guitar but waited for a sale to go ahead and get it. I really liked the blacked out look and liked the EMG pickups. I am a fan of US made guitars, and not that I was surprised, but just really impressed with how nice this guitar is built. This is my first Schecter and my first overseas made guitar in quite a while. Fit and finish are excellent. I was surprised about the setup. It was crazy good and it plays great. The only downside, the stock black strings. Great concept, and they look awesome brand new. But the black coating starts to come off right away. The two things I did was change the strings and condition the fretboard with Fret Doctor. That's it and I couldn't be happier with it. I have a JCM 2000 that is mostly "meh". But this is the first time I've ever played EMG's through it and it made it a different amp. I definitely recommend this guitar and if the other C1 Schecters are like this I can see myself getting another in the future. As for the reviews stating a used/floor demo guitar was sent….call to order and let them know it needs to be new from the warehouse shipped out of Lenexa, KS.

Bought this guitar 6 month ago. After some time with it I must say it is amazing. I love this guitar. When buying, stock was limited so they shipped from a store location. It was packed beautifully and arrived without a scratch on it. A few things I could mention: - Guitar comes with 'black beauty' strings. The black coating flakes off. I'd recommend replacing those pretty quickly. No big deal. They do it for the looks I think. - EMG active pickups require a 9v battery. So if you throw the guitar aside for a bit and it stops working, check the battery. - the pickups take pedals well. Your eq adjustment will be a bit different when compared to passive pickups, but no issues with getting different tones. - excellent learning guitar (for setups too). I've had a number of guitars with floating bridges. They can be a bit intimidating to tweak if you don't know what you're doing. This tune o matic bridge is super easy to adjust and set up your guitar with. - Drop tunes great. I found 11s with heavy bottoms to be a good, tight fit for drop C. Switching back to standard is super easy with a new set of strings and quick adjustment. - Great budget guitar. Really comes with everything you could want at a very low price point. Prices have gone up but if you wait for a sale, they might hit $5 or so.

Got this when it was on sale and it was totally worth it. I love the look and sound of this guitar but had some minor issues with it. I don't have the fretboard memorized so the dark fret inlays are hard to see. It's also a bit too heavy and the neck is a little too thick for me. I've already ordered fret inlays stickers but I can't do anything about the neck and weight. It'll just take me some time to get used to it since I'm used to playing with a lighter guitar. Still a great purchase and highly recommended.

Love the look, but the neck is a little thicker than my other Schecters, not as fast playing in my opinion. The coating will flake off the strings as others have mentioned, but what bugged me was the lack of bass compared to other guitars with EMG's. Usually EMG's sound the same in all guitars but I've had a few where EMG's just don't have that full sound, especially on the low E. I even bought another one of these guitars and that one still sounded a little weak (even with new batteries) and it was somehow a pound lighter than the first guitar! I would expect a mahogany body to be great for EMG's but they just didn't do it so I'll be swapping them for something else on this one.

I bough this product in December of 2023 and barely touched it for the first 6 months. I recently picked it up and started using it on a daily basis about 4 weeks ago and it's already not working. I believe theres an issue either with the input jack or the pickups. Have to contact Schecter now to deal with this since it's under one year limited warranty. Really frustrating that wen I finally start to use it barely lasted a month. Not they type of quality I would expect and I'm just playing at home. Not like I'm out on the road giving it a real wear and tear. Truly disappointed.