Schecter Stiletto-6 FR

First impressions of the Black Hawks:

More output than the Nailbombs, possibly more than the Warpigs. I haven't adjusted the height at all yet though. Coil splits are louder than I expected, clear though. Overall tone of the alnico Black Hawk bridge pickup is more of a mid-range purr or growl rather than a raspy grind like the alnico Nailbomb. I like them a lot, but I need to try moving the pickups up and down to see if I can optimise them, especially for clean playing as I think the neck might be a little high. The neck is certainly powerful even in split mode. Everything that Steve did works really well, the action etc is adjusted well, but I will use the screwdriver to adjust the pickups to get the best sound for me. It felt almost like the bridge pickup might be a little low on the bass side. Anyway I have tortured the neighbours and my ears enough for today (I only had one earplug in for much of it). I also need to get used to and find the best playing position for this guitar. It is a Strat format and I have certain habits developed from playing SGs, which are odd guitars. I need to move my arms across my body more to place the guitar more in the relative position that the bridge and high frets sit against my body with an SG, otherwise palm-muting and a couple of other things are too awkward.

Also this guitar is easily a match for the A-Bomb Explorer in the sustain and bottom-end aspects
 
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Mr Grumpy said:
Sounds like there's some potential there for DaveD to be taking it upon the stage soon.
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Could be this time next week if I practice with it enough during the week

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Sounds like the guitar is a success! It's good to have a guitar that you instantly bond with and doing your own set ups and modifying makes it that more special. Your guitar seems to be very versatile in tone especially with the coil-split switches and pick ups themselves. I'd say you did a good job and you're obviously happy with the results which what counts.


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I wouldn't go for the over-sized brass block personally. Unless you really don't use the tremolo. Just the switch to the brass material in the regular dimensions (this is the smallest block, 33mm) was enough. The bridge itself is also a lot more substantial and solid. I highly recommend changing to the full Gotoh unit if you can. Lovely bridge

The Black Hawks were also totally worth it ... a big hit to the wallet though
 
BlackSG91 said:
Sounds like the guitar is a success! It's good to have a guitar that you instantly bond with and doing your own set ups and modifying makes it that more special. Your guitar seems to be very versatile in tone especially with the coil-split switches and pick ups themselves. I'd say you did a good job and you're obviously happy with the results which what counts.


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Well I just paid the money and made the decisions really but Steve did complement me on my choices and said that the whole build was very well thought out by me
 
Dave Sloven said:
I wouldn't go for the over-sized brass block personally. Unless you really don't use the tremolo. Just the switch to the brass material in the regular dimensions (this is the smallest block, 33mm) was enough. The bridge itself is also a lot more substantial and solid. I highly recommend changing to the full Gotoh unit if you can. Lovely bridge

The Black Hawks were also totally worth it ... a big hit to the wallet though
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Thanks Dave. Yes I do use the tremolo, quite er,, savagely sometimes, so thanks for the advice. A friend has the Gotoh tremolo on a couple of guitars, he swears by them also. Cheers
 
Yeah the Gotoh GE1996T comes with a brass block, you just have to specify which size your current one is. Too long and it will hang out the back of your guitar and/or might hit the body

Generally the recessed ones are 33mm unless your guitar has a deeper body. My Schecter came with a 33mm block so I replaced it with one the same size.

The Gotoh kit includes claw, springs, the whole lot.

I just bought that and a new nut from Philadelphia Luthier Supplies. I had to reuse my old string tree though as the spacing on the screws for the Gotoh one didn't work

The cost for the tremolo unit and the locking nut was US$132 + postage. In my case postage was US$25 (roughly) to Australia. This was for the Cosmo Black finish. I think Chrome was a bit cheaper, Gold might have been dearer.
 
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Three cool guitars. I like the 70s style jazz bass, simple and effective; yours looks like an improved bridge with a lot more mass.
 
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