Schecter Guitar Research is an American guitar company whose instruments are favored by hard rock and metal musicians. Although it began producing its own line of guitars in 1989, the company originally started as a replacement part facility. They now have a custom shop and line of guitars known as the Diamond Series. Schecter's guitars are mainly used by hard rock and metal players, but they do have jazz and blues guitars such as the "Schecter Jazz Elite." Schecter's current leading line is the Elite Series, but the custom series are very close behind due to the popularity of their "Custom 4".

Well-known artists who use Schecter guitars:

• Mark Knopfler, formerly of Dire Straits
• Wade MacNeil, Chris Steele, and Dallas Green of Alexisonfire
• Justin Shekoski and Chris Sorenson of Saosin
• Jerry Horton of Papa Roach
• Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
• Robert Smith, Perry Bamonte and Simon Gallup of The Cure (A portion of each sale of Ultracure and RS-1000 models will go to the Robert Smith Foundation)
• Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance of Avenged Sevenfold (Both have their own custom series guitars)
• Quinn Allman of The Used
• Tim Armstrong of The Transplants and Rancid
• Jeff Loomis of Nevermore
• Oli Cutbill of Airlok
• Joe Payne of Nile
• James Mead and Ryan Shrout of Kutless
• Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace
• Bayne of Devilock
• Pete Townshend of The Who used Schecter guitars in the 1980s for his work with The Who and his solo career.
• Terry Corso formerly of Alien Ant Farm
• Shaun Morgan of Seether

Schecter is also the current luthier for the "cloud" guitar played by Prince and made famous in the film Purple Rain.

Electric Guitars

Some of Schecter's electric guitars include:

• C Series
• S Series
• Tempest Series
• 00 Series
• Extreme series
• PT Series
• Banshee
• Hellraiser Series
• Blackjack Series
• Omen Series
• Damien Series
• Aviation Series
• Ultra Series
• Corsair
• Jazz Elite
• Avenged Sevenfold Custom Series
• Diamond Series

Bass Guitars

Some of Schecter's bass models include:

• Omen Bass Series
• C and CV Series
• Stiletto Series
• Ultra Bass
• Model T
• Diamond J

Acoustic Guitars

Schecter also has a small selection of acoustic guitars:

ACS Series
RS-1000
SW-3500

External links
Schecter Guitar Research

Originally published on Wikipedia