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Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR-S - Black Cherry

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, 3-pc Mahogany Neck, 1 Active EMG Humbucking Pickup, 1 Sustainiac Humbucking Pickup, and Floyd Rose Tremolo - Black Cherry
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Make Those Notes Last Forever!

Add a true metal guitar to your collection with the Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR-S solidbody electric guitar! This Hellraiser gives you a mahogany body, a quilt maple top, a thin mahogany neck, and a rosewood fingerboard that deliver hard-hitting lows and a soaring top end. What's more, Schecter gave the Hellraiser C-1 FR-S an ultra-cool Sustainiac neck pickup, which lets you pull off flying solos like nothing else out there. Add this to an EMG 81 humbucker and a Floyd Rose tremolo and you have one mean metal machine.

Rock-solid construction with high-end appointments

When you pick up a Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR-S guitar, you'll be amazed by all of the details and finishing touches that make this a truly remarkable instrument. Its beautiful quilt maple top appears to leap off the surface, and the intricate inlays in its bound fretboard add a special touch of class. What's more, these details aren't just cosmetic. The Hellraiser C-1 FR-S features a set neck with an Ultra Access heel carve, which gives you easy access to those higher, hard-to-reach frets.

Sustainiac humbucker gives you never-ending tone

You just can't beat the sheer sustain you'll get out of your Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR-S's Sustainiac humbucking neck pickup... literally! That's because this unique pickup design features a special sustain circuit that's designed to let notes ring on as long as you like. Just kick in the sustain circuit, play a note or chord on your Hellraiser C-1 FR-S, and let the electromagnetic feedback carry your sound as long as you like. You haven't busted out a solo till you've rocked a Hellraiser C-1 FR-S!

Floyd Rose 1000 Series bridge/tailpiece lets you carve out hardcore bends

Schecter knows that serious shredders like you demand absolute performance out of their guitars. That's why they loaded the Hellraiser C-1 FR-S with a real Floyd Rose 1000 Series tremolo bridge. A remake of the original Floyd Rose blade tremolo, this incredible bridge lets you grab on, rock out, and never worry about pulling your action out of whack. You'll get both the rock-solid reliability and the tight response you need when you rock out with a Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR-S!

Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR-S Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • Full-featured solidbody electric guitar made for modern playing styles
  • Slim body style and thin neck provide you with fast action and a comfortable feel
  • Beautiful quilt maple top adds spank to a rich mahogany body and responsive 3-piece mahogany neck
  • Sustainiac neck pickup delivers limitless sustain and wicked lead tone
  • Set neck with Ultra Access heel carve gives you easy access to your upper frets
  • Floyd Rose 1000 Series Tremolo bridge gives you easy flexibility and reliable stability
  • Neck-though-body design adds impressive sustain to your tone

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Hellraiser C-1
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Top Material Quilted Maple
  • Body Finish Urethane
  • Color Black Cherry
  • Neck
  • Neck Material 3-piece Mahogany
  • Neck Shape Thin C
  • Neck Joint Set Neck
  • Radius 14"
  • Fingerboard Material Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay Mother-of-Pearl Gothic Cross
  • Number of Frets 24, Extra Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.625"
  • Nut Material Floyd Rose Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Floyd Rose 1000 Series Locking Tremolo
  • Tuners Grover
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Sustainiac Driver Pickup
  • Bridge Pickup EMG 81 Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone, 1 x intensity
  • Switching 3-way Sustainiac mode select, 2-way Sustainiac on/off, 3-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings Ernie Ball Regular Slinky, .010-.046
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 1826

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Rated 5/5

Really good guitar

I got this for my husband and he has been shredding this thing on the AxeI/O with Amplitube 5 max, loving the Floyd rose and the sustaniac pickup. This guitar is well built and will scream all day and night. I would buy if you're looking for heavy metal leads or really any kind of leads, the single tone knob really allows you to adjust sound to your liking.
Rated 5/5

Suprising guitar

I purchased an online Schecter Hellraiser C-1 FR-S - Black Cherry. That's not my style. For me, a guitar has roughly 15 seconds in my hands to prove to me that it sings in it's own way without being plugged into an amp. It must sound great acoustically or it goes back on the wall. Deal made or broken.

I bought this to try out the Sustainiac. I was super super picky. I wanted the Les Paul construction in Strat shape. There is something about the maple cap on a Mahogany body. Toss in the rosewood fret board, neck body construction, Floyd bridge & I though it would be a winner.

Exceeded my expectations. It's not just for shredders, though I can shred. There is something about playing a guitar in front of an amp that is so loud that it is at the edge of feedback. Hard to do in a home studio. It's so much more vocal like but it has to be on the edge, not over. This guitar does that. The EMG bridge pick up made an active pick up believer out of me, heretofore, disbeliever. Soul to shred. It does it all. Remarkable guitar.
Rated 5/5

First Schecter

I am no guitar expert as i am still a beginner, but this guitar looks and sounds amazing in person. Each note is so much clearer on this guitar compared to my first one( Ibanez Gio). The neck is a great shape that allows my hand to glide along it nicely and not feel like I am having to stretch. The Floyd Rose worked perfectly and changing strings was not as hard as people made it out to be (same gauge).
Rated 5/5

Amazing!!

I've been eyeing one of these bad boys for awhile. Finally got one. It easily plays like a 6k$ guitar. Extremely fast neck. Took about 15 mins of set up to how I like it. Pretty amazing considering it was shipped half way across the country before it got to me 5 out of 5 fir Schecter, And 5 out of 5 for Sweetwater
Music background: 25 years of metal experience. Lead guitar for freedom before dying
Rated 5/5

LOVE IT

I have quite a few axes in my collection now and this has got to be my favorite! There's not a flaw on this thing... the craftsmanship just blows me away, and it totally feels like home in my hands. The pots are smooth as butter... the sustainiac system screams like a banshee, and omg just crunch and munch all day long. When they said this was built for metal, they weren't kidding.
Now, I'm off to make my bandmates jealous!
Music background: 30+ years & a band here and there....
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