Schecter Hellraiser Solo-6 Electric Guitar (Black Cherry) Review
Schecter Hellraiser Solo-6 Electric Guitar (Black Cherry) Feature
- Set neck w/ultra access
- 24 X-Jumbo Frets
- EMG active pickups
- Schecter Locking Tuners
- Limited Lifetime Guarantee
The Schecter Hellraiser Solo 6 lives up to its name. This guitar was made for the loud, the heavy, and the very metal. Just a few powerchords and you'll know that no other tonewood conveys dark tones like a solid mahogany. The 3-piece set mahogany neck with Ultra Access heel design gives you total access to the 24-fret rosewood fingerboard. Fitted with an EMG Active 81TW Dual Mode Humbucker/Single Coil pickup in the bridge position and an EMG 89 Active Humbucker/Single Coil Alnico pickup in the neck position, you'll also have an amazing sound palette to work with. Through the body string mounting gives you even more sustain, and aesthetic touches include gothic cross fingerboard inlays, abalone binding, and black chrome hardware.
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 Precision Graph Tech "Tusq" nut. |
 Schecter locking tuners for added tuning stability. |
 EMG Active pickups for aggressive and versatile tone. |
Mahogany with Quilted Maple Top
The Hellraiser's mahogany body gives you thick lows and mids along with rich higher notes. The set-neck design adds sustain, and the quilted maple top gives the axe that "born from a lake of fire" look. The icing on the cake is the abalone binding.
3-Piece Mahogany Neck
The 3-piece mahogany set neck features 24 X-Jumbo frets in a 25.5-inch scale. The rosewood fingerboard is ready for shredding, and boasts wicked-looking "Gothic Cross" inlays.
EMG Active Pickups
The EMG-81TW humbucking pickup in the bridge position boasts a dual-mode design for maximum flexibility. Get all the crunch and aggressiveness that 81s are famous for, and enjoy a single-coil that features a fatter tone with plenty of punch and clarity. Dual internal preamps, one tuned for single-coil mode and the other for dual-coil mode, give the 81TW two distinct sounds while delivering EMG's well known noise canceling technology.
In the neck position is an EMG 89, loaded with Alnico V magnets and also featuring separate preamps for dual coil and single coil modes. In dual coil mode, the sound is rich, warm and powerful, but still very clear. In single coil mode you'll get a more traditional Strat single coil sound: bright, airy, and chimey.
Both pickups can be switched between single-coil and humbucker mode with the push/pull taps on the volume knobs.
Graph Tech "Tusq" Nut
The precision Tusq nut is made with Graph Tech's "man made ivory," which couples the strings' vibrations to the neck and is impregnated with Teflon to improve the tuning performance of your guitar. Play as hard as you want, bend a few steps, and your strings glide back into tune. The highly resonant material also means you'll get more richness and harmonics from every note.
Dependable Hardware
The TonePros Tune-O-Matic bridge with string-thru-body design helps get the sustain and harmonics you need, and combined with Schecter's locking tuners gives you stable tuning and more control over your sound.
