Are the schecter diamond plus pickups active or passive. Schecter diamond plus pickups. In addition to once again producing time honored replicas schecter also continues to push the boundries of guitar research by introducing contemporary series such as the apocalypse and brimstone pickups. The c 6 plus models are new for 2016.
From vintage to ultra hot tone six string to eight schecter has something for everyone. I understand the eq is activepassive passive pull out volume control but now im reading in some reviews that it also has passiveactive pick ups made by schecter. I wanted to start a thread where i can gather together some impressions and opinions on schecter pickups.
I know schecter used sd pickups quite a bit but put their names on them ie. These guitars are composed of a basswood body maple neck and a thin c neck. The c 6 line is the budget line for schecter.
I wanna know if my pickups are. Dont know if that is of the plus variety but if not i would assume theyre still pretty similar. Unfortunately it did not come with a manual and schecters web site wasnt much help.
It seems to have a treble bleed circuit in the guitar that cleans up really well. Diamond plus the default pups that ship with many of schecters low to low mid range guitars. Basically do they suck.
A little tough to get a good clean tone out of them but. Schecter diamond pickups and in house string thru toms are the only options for the plus. Theyre kinda growly and sound mean when pushed.
I own a schecter c6 fr with their schecter diamond plus pickups. I also know they. Passive pickups are the firstborn in the electric guitar kingdom and are by far the most common and most widely used.
I wound up with a sgr by schecter c 1 i think that is a very low end advertising guitar with a sticker type top covering advertising fireball cinnamon whisky. I have owned 2 guitars that had these in them a banshee extreme hss and a c 6 elite hh. I personally like them.
The plus models have high quality screened finishes painted in an assortment of bursts. Bump just saw this or would have commented sooner. Im told that passive pickups are better in most casesand im not really happy with my pickups.
But for many there is a slight trade off in having to change the 9v battery that powers the demons active humbuckers every so often. My old c1 had blackouts but said they were schecters. I just purchased the schecter 004 from the diamond series.
Not so on the omen with its more traditional passive humbuckers.
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