Schecter Sunset Custom (1996)
Schecter Sunset Custom (2015)
Overview
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- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1996
SCHECTER introduced the Sunset Custom in 1996. It was part of the Sunset Series of models which had figured wood bodies, enhanced transparent finishes and natural wood binding. The Sunset Custom has a 7/8 sized stratocaster shape body.
When introduced in 1996 the Sunset Custom had HSS pickup configuration (Superock humbucker and two Monstertone single coils), no pickuguard, a figured ash body and a vintage synchronized tremolo. The current version (2015) has many custom options including: a choice of figured or flamed maple top on an ash body, pickguard, choice of pickup configuration (HH, HSS or HSH), and a choice of hardtail bride, vintage tremolo or Floyd Rose tremolo.
Specifications (24)
Controls
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
| Pickup selector controls | 5-way selector switch |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 2 single coil pickups and 1 humbucker pickup |
General
| Finish colors | black finish, blue finish, green finish, honey finish, purple finish, red finish |
| Finish effects | sunburst finish, transparent finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Binding | natural binding |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body material | ash body |
| Body shape features | double cutaway |
| Body style | Stratocaster style |
| Body top material | figured maple body top |
Hardware
| Bridge | tremolo bridge |
| Hardware color | chrome hardware |
| Tuners | Sperzel locking tuners |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | maple fingerboard, rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers, offset dot fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck joint | bolt on neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Neck width | 1.65 inches wide at nut |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
