SCHECTER FASTBACK REVIEW
This guitar is awesome! It has a classic Telecaster vibe with modern features and added versatility with the coil splitting push/pulls. I have an older version with a white nut (not black like in this model) but otherwise, all the specs are identical. This guitar is on the heavy side, as expected, but it is real comfortable to play mostly due to the full and fat neck. The neck has a light gloss - a little thinner than the gloss on the fingerboard but neither leave anything to be desired. The black block inlays are a nice added touch as well.
The bridge pickup isn’t quite as hot as you’d expect from a Schecter. Schecters are usually associated with metal, this guitar isn’t like that. The bridge pickup definitley has a Tele vibe and thinness/twang but it is versatile enough to sound like whatever you want with the right pedals and dialing in. The neck pickup is the star for me. It goes from a thick brightness to all out hot fudge. It almost seems louder than the bridge pickup which is interesting.
With the coil splitting, you lose a lilttle bit of volume but gain some more tight/brighter/chimey tones. No stock pickups are coil tapped well enough to really capture an exceptional single coil sound but this guitar is the best of many worlds with what it is able to push out.
Definitley a steal considering how versatile this guitar is. Country, rock, blues, metal, jazz…it’s all good.