Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid C-1 FR-S Electric Guitar - Ultra Violet Reviews

The changing color with the reflecting of light was dazzling. It is really awesome guitar. I really like the sustain pickup with different settings and the smooth playable fret and tough Floyd Rose tremolo.

Love this electric girlfriend. Fun to create on. The pickups are awesome. My first and only Shecter. Will not be the last. Just a fine machine.

Guitar was as advertized and was set up better than any other pro set up ive ever gotten before! Sweetwater never disappoints.

This guitar gets 5 stars for the money. If it was a $ guitar, I'd give it 4.75 stars. There are a couple of imperfections in the graphite weave binding. Other than that I can't find any issues. You will most likely need to have it set up after you get it. The action was too high on this one, plus I wanted to use my normal string gauge, which is 9-46. I think it came with 10's. Most guitars have to acclimate to their final destination. I also own a Schecter Blackjack SLS Avenger. I wanted another schecter with a sustainiac. The Hellraiser Hybrid has an additional "drive" control for the sustainiac that that the Avenger does not. I've had the guitar out on 3 gigs so far and haven't really messed with that control yet. The tuning seems to be pretty stable now. I bought one of the lighter ones that Sweetwater had. It's 8 pounds. I really like the fact that Sweetwater let's you choose among their inventory. This guitar has a lot of extras that you won't find on other brands. The satin finish on the back of the neck is really nice. I have EMG's on most of my guitars, and I'm quite happy with the EMG 57 that this came with. The guitar feels very solid and has great tone. I'm using it through a Kemper Stage. I play a variety of styles from Metal to Hip Hop. It's not as versatile sounding as a guitar with a humbucker and two single coils, but it gets the job done. I prefer a tad more slender of a neck, but it's still really good. It's not chunky or big. Slightly thicker than say an Ibanez RG. The tuners are great. The finish is amazing, and I've had several compliments on it from the audience. ESP is charging over 5K for guitars with a similar flip/flop finish. It has what seems to be one of the higher end Floyd Rose trems. The bar does not thread on. It inserts. You can adjust the tension with a set screw. I've not had this before, but it seems to work better, with the tension being more evenly distributed. The glow-in-the-dark position markers on the side of the neck are a nice touch for when the stage lights go dark. The sustainiac functions as expected, which is awesome. As most of you know, you could not buy a guitar with all of these features from Fender, Gibson, or PRS, at any price.

I used to be an Ibanez guy, but in recent years their prices haven't been reflective of the quality. I had a lot of issues with their bridges and decided to go with something new, and decided on the Hellraiser Hybrid. I play a lot of 80's hair band stuff like Van Halen, Ozzy, Dokken etc. I thought about things I like in a guitar, which are: Thin satin neck, 24 big jumbo frets, ebony/rosewood fretboard, Floyd Rose 1500, quality pickups(never tried actives, but now they are my preference because of this guitar), a sustainiac, and a really cool paintjob(I went with UltraViolet). Everything on this guitar is extremely high quality and the price is more than reasonable and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a superstrat style guitar.

I have to praise this guitar and Chris Nunley...I lost interest in playing, this guitar brought me back with new heights...WOW ..and Chris is the best..I highly recommend Sweetwater and Chris Nunley..

I bought this thinking I wanted a "metal" guitar to practice shredding (my other guitars are all strats and teles). But this is the guitar I pick up every day. It is surprisingly versatile and high quality. Schecter offers a lot of bang for the buck. In addition to the cool paint job (purple, blue, green or even gold in the right light) you get a fast satin sls neck with a carve at the joint you can't get with any bolt on. The Floyd Rose stays in tune (and stories about how hard it is to change strings are overstated). I can also recommend Sweetwater's Plek service. It doesn't seem like that much but pick up one of your old guitars and you can tell the difference. Smooth with no dead spots with a fast action.

Schecter has moved to the forefront in all guitar related areas, finish, feel, technology, playability and value. More bang for your buck!

First of all, the guitar. I have a custom Strat, a professionally moded Ibanez 550, a Custom Tele, and many more. This guitar stacks up. I prefer the smoother sound of the EMG 57 (in this guitar's bridge position) over the "in your face" EMG 81. The compound radius, ebony fretboard is butter smooth. I thought of the Sustaniac as a gimmick, until I used it. Sustain and harmonics at bedroom volume levels. The paint is... well, I don't have the words. It is killer, awesome, very cool... Iridescent color shifting. You can see a little of it in the photo I posted. Pictures do not do it justice. This guitar is worth the money. Secondly, my sales engineer, Grant Embury is amazing. I have dealt with Sweetwater since 2008. Grant for about 5 years. They take EXCELLENT care, follow up, and focus on getting answers. I work at a friend's recording studio, so over the years, we have thrown Grant some serious questions! My first review so I had to shout out to Grant and Sweetwater!

This guitar is awesome. It sounds great for any genre and style. It works for metal, blues, rock. Just a nice guitar all around. My disappointment is with the setup. I would hope at the price point it would be ready to go out of the box, but it did require several adjustments. Pick up height was too low, action was different on the top 3 strings than the bottom three. Tremo was not parallel to the body, it was sucked into the cavity a little bit. Trem arm holder was loose, intonation was flat by half a step. All of those things being fixed, this guitar is now a 5+, but like everything, it will need a good setup before it's playable out of the box.