Schecter California Vintage Series

Schecter Guitar Research pays homage to its origins in a Van Nuys repair shop in California with its Schecter California Vintage Series. In that shop David Schecter supplied an increasing variety of replacement Fender spare parts until it became possible to build an entire guitar from Schecter parts. Introduced in 2015, the Korean made Schecter California Vintage Series guitars are based on the classic Fender stratocaster and telecaster designs offering a familiar feel, style, and playability at an affordable price.

SCHECTER PT CUSTOM (California Vintage)

Schecter introduced the PT Custom in 2015 as part of the California Vintage series. Other Schecter PT Customs have been available for many years - but they tend to have a carved figured maple top and no pickguard. The California Vintage PT Custom is an ash bodied telecaster style electric with a flat flamed maple top and two Schecter Diamond humbucking pickups. It is available in black cherryburst or transparent black finishes, both with black pickguard. The controls are laid out in the traditional telecaster manner but the tone control has a push/pull switch (coil tap?).

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SCHECTER PT STANDARD

Schecter introduced the PT Standard in 2015 as part of the California Vintage series. The PT Standard is an ash bodied telecaster style electric with two single coil pickups: a Schecter Diamond MonsterTone VT at the bridge and a Schecter Diamond VT-1 at the neck. It is available in blonde finish with black pickguard or sunburst finish with pearloid pickguard.

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SCHECTER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM

Schecter introduced the Traditional Custom in 2015 as part of the California Vintage series. The Traditional Custom is an ash bodied stratocaster style electric with flamed maple top and HSS Schecter Diamond pickups. It is available in black cherryburst or transparent black burst finishes; both with white pickguards. The bridge is a Wilkinson WV2-SB tremolo and tuners are Schecter locking units.

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SCHECTER TRADITIONAL STANDARD

Schecter introduced the Traditional Standard in 2015 as part of the California Vintage series. The Traditional Standard is an alder bodied stratocaster style electric with three Schecter Diamond single coil pickups. It is available in three tone sunburst, blue or white finishes; all with white pickguards.

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Specifications:

ModelImageFinish colorsFinish effectsMade inNumber of stringsScale length
SCHECTER PT CUSTOM (California Vintage)
2015
black finish, red finishsunburst finish, transparent finishKorea6 strings25.5 inches scale-length
SCHECTER PT STANDARD
2015
blonde finish, red finishsunburst finish, transparent finishKorea6 strings25.5 inches scale-length
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM
2015
black finish, red finishsunburst finish, transparent finishKorea6 strings25.5 inches scale-length
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL STANDARD
2015
Three tone sunburst, blue finish, white finishsunburst finishKorea6 strings25.5 inches scale-length
ModelControls materialNumber of control knobsTone controlsVolume controlsPickup selector controls
SCHECTER PT CUSTOM (California Vintage)
2015
metal controls2 control knobs1 tone control1 volume control3-way selector switch
SCHECTER PT STANDARD
2015
metal controls2 control knobs1 tone control1 volume control3-way selector switch
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM
2015
-2 control knobs1 tone control1 volume control5-way selector switch
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL STANDARD
2015
-2 control knobs1 tone control1 volume control5-way selector switch
ModelPickups brand and modelPickups configuration
SCHECTER PT CUSTOM (California Vintage)
2015
Schecter Diamond pickups-
SCHECTER PT STANDARD
2015
Schecter Diamond pickups2 single coil pickups
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM
2015
Schecter Diamond pickups2 single coil pickups and 1 humbucker pickup
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL STANDARD
2015
Schecter Diamond pickups3 single coil pickups
ModelBody materialBody styleBody top materialPickguard material
SCHECTER PT CUSTOM (California Vintage)
2015
ash bodyTelecaster styleflamed maple body topblack pickguard
SCHECTER PT STANDARD
2015
ash bodyTelecaster style-black pickguard, pearloid pickguard
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM
2015
ash bodyStratocaster styleflamed maple body topwhite pickguard
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL STANDARD
2015
alder bodyStratocaster style-white pickguard
ModelBridgeHardware colorTuners
SCHECTER PT CUSTOM (California Vintage)
2015
hardtail bridgechrome hardwareGrover tuners, locking tuners
SCHECTER PT STANDARD
2015
Telecaster-style bridgechrome hardwareGrover tuners
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM
2015
Wilkinson WV2-SB Tremolo, tremolo bridgechrome hardwarelocking tuners
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL STANDARD
2015
tremolo bridgechrome hardwareGrover tuners
ModelFingerboard materialFingerboard position markers
SCHECTER PT CUSTOM (California Vintage)
2015
rosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
SCHECTER PT STANDARD
2015
maple fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM
2015
rosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL STANDARD
2015
rosewood fingerboarddot fingerboard position markers
ModelNeck jointNeck materialNeck profileNeck widthNumber of fretsNutTuner layout
SCHECTER PT CUSTOM (California Vintage)
2015
bolt on neckmaple neckC shaped neck1.65 inches wide at nut21 frettusq nutsix-in-a-row tuners
SCHECTER PT STANDARD
2015
bolt on neckmaple neckC shaped neck1.65 inches wide at nut21 frettusq nutsix-in-a-row tuners
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM
2015
bolt on neckmaple neckC shaped neck1.65 inches wide at nut21 frettusq nutsix-in-a-row tuners
SCHECTER TRADITIONAL STANDARD
2015
bolt on neckmaple neckC shaped neck1.65 inches wide at nut21 frettusq nutsix-in-a-row tuners