I had a pre-production release Hellraiser in 2004, but the model wasn't 'officially' offered to the public until 2006. the C1 Hellraiser was the ONLY guitar I ever purchased that needed nothing. It is the only guitar I ever regretted getting rid of because it was so dependable.
Recently, I decided it was time to go back to a guitar that didn't need shielding, pickups, harness, and fretboard/fretwork, right out of the box. I purged my collection of working guitars of a 1987 squire I've owned since brand new and my last Gibson - a 2016 Les Paul 50's Tribute - Plus Adrian's 59 Slash/AFD Les Paul Replica, in order to make this happen and free up some space in my home studio.
This guitar was in tune when Chris and I pulled it out of the box.
The new C1 Hellraiser features a mahogany body with quilted maple cap, carved top and a 3 piece mahogany neck. The neck profile is considered a 'Thin-C' by Schecter terminology, but it's much bigger than a fener Thin-C neck. The measurements are 787” (20mm) @ 1st Fret and .866” (22mm) @ the 12th Fret with a 2-Way Adjustable Rod and the nut width is 1.625” (41.3mm). with a 14" fretboard radius and Extra-Jumbo Gibson Size Frets. There is a massive volute that increases neck thickness at the nut to over 1" in thickness.
All cavities are shielding with conductive paint and there is full continuity everywhere you check. The back of the cavity cover is shielded with copper tape.
For controls, it features a simple '2 Volume - 1 Tone' arrangement with push/pull volume pots and a three-way switch. The bridge pickup is a EMG 81TW. This pickup has dual active preamps and triple-coils-it's a real humbucker and a real single coil in one guitar pickup. Tones are endless. You can get a very bright single coil or a fat humbucker tone and both clean up nicely when the volume is rolled off.
The neck is the EMG 89R. The 89R is similar to the 89 but the coils are reversed so that the single coil side is closer to the neck to capture the sweet spot that so many Stratocaster fans love. It's also a triple coil arrangement.
Tone wise, you can easily get that Les Paul 'middle position' tone, or a classic '#4 Position Stratocaster' tone wand all with totally silent operation, no picking up radio signals and the guitar is unaffected by cell phone use, even when the phone is actually laid on the strings of the active guitar and used for messaging.
Try that with your guitar and tell me what happens.
The guitar has the Floyd Rose 1000.
Built under contract by World Musical Instruments in South Korea, the quality is simply impeccable. No finish anomalies. Perfect fretwork, and near-perfect, fret-to-fret intonation.
To summarize, just take it out of the box and gig with it or work with it in the studio.
Zero improvements or work required.
Recently, I decided it was time to go back to a guitar that didn't need shielding, pickups, harness, and fretboard/fretwork, right out of the box. I purged my collection of working guitars of a 1987 squire I've owned since brand new and my last Gibson - a 2016 Les Paul 50's Tribute - Plus Adrian's 59 Slash/AFD Les Paul Replica, in order to make this happen and free up some space in my home studio.
This guitar was in tune when Chris and I pulled it out of the box.
The new C1 Hellraiser features a mahogany body with quilted maple cap, carved top and a 3 piece mahogany neck. The neck profile is considered a 'Thin-C' by Schecter terminology, but it's much bigger than a fener Thin-C neck. The measurements are 787” (20mm) @ 1st Fret and .866” (22mm) @ the 12th Fret with a 2-Way Adjustable Rod and the nut width is 1.625” (41.3mm). with a 14" fretboard radius and Extra-Jumbo Gibson Size Frets. There is a massive volute that increases neck thickness at the nut to over 1" in thickness.
All cavities are shielding with conductive paint and there is full continuity everywhere you check. The back of the cavity cover is shielded with copper tape.
For controls, it features a simple '2 Volume - 1 Tone' arrangement with push/pull volume pots and a three-way switch. The bridge pickup is a EMG 81TW. This pickup has dual active preamps and triple-coils-it's a real humbucker and a real single coil in one guitar pickup. Tones are endless. You can get a very bright single coil or a fat humbucker tone and both clean up nicely when the volume is rolled off.
The neck is the EMG 89R. The 89R is similar to the 89 but the coils are reversed so that the single coil side is closer to the neck to capture the sweet spot that so many Stratocaster fans love. It's also a triple coil arrangement.
Tone wise, you can easily get that Les Paul 'middle position' tone, or a classic '#4 Position Stratocaster' tone wand all with totally silent operation, no picking up radio signals and the guitar is unaffected by cell phone use, even when the phone is actually laid on the strings of the active guitar and used for messaging.
Try that with your guitar and tell me what happens.
The guitar has the Floyd Rose 1000.
Built under contract by World Musical Instruments in South Korea, the quality is simply impeccable. No finish anomalies. Perfect fretwork, and near-perfect, fret-to-fret intonation.
To summarize, just take it out of the box and gig with it or work with it in the studio.
Zero improvements or work required.
