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Hi all...this is my first post. My car was recently (about a month ago) broken into and, along with a few other things, my guitar and case was stolen. It was a Schecter 006 Extreme Black Cherry and a Gator hardcase. Since then I have been looking to buy a new guitar. If I had a ton of cash lying around, I would have decided on one of these: Ibanez JEM77V PRS Custom 24 PRS 513 Rosewood (*sigh*) Schecter C-1 30th Anniversary Model But as I am NOT the richest person in the world I have FINALLY after much debate, decided on another Schecter. The C-1 FR (Black). I have never been a fan of Black guitars though... I have attached a photo of the guitar from the Schecter website, and here we have some specs: CONSTRUCTION/SCALE: Bolt-on /25.5” BODY: Mahogany NECK/FINGERBOARD: Maple/Rosewood FRETS: 24 Jumbo INLAYS: Dots PICKUPS: Duncan Designed Active HB-105 ELECTRONICS: Vol/Vol/Tone/3-Way BRIDGE: Licensed Floyd Rose BINDING: White TUNERS: Schecter HARDWARE: Black Chrome COLOR: Gloss Black (BLK) I will be replacing much of the hardware (screws, knobs, switch, etc...) with gold ones. The tuners will be replaced by Gold Grover ones and perhaps even a Gold Floyd Rose if I can get someone to buy the black one... So it is here that my journey starts and I will keep you posted with photos...I am picking up the phone to order it now. (They don't sell it in S.A. so I'll need to get it imported.) Wish me luck.
    Wishing you lots of luck man ?

    Looking forward to seeing how it all turns out!
      Great to hear you're replacing the stolen guitar. I cringe when I hear of things like that - it's too easy to envision myself in the same position not to.

      Schecter are making some great stuff for the money, I considered getting one of their hardtails a few months ago for a fretless conversion. I decided to rather build one, otherwise I would have bought the Schecter - nothing touched it in the price range (R4,500).

      I'm not a big fan of gold hardware myself. It's a beautiful look on black, white or red guitars, but I've always found it wears too quickly and ends up looking trashy in a year or two's time.
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