Your Ticket to Lightning-fast Ferocity
Keith Merrow, an accomplished solo instrumentalist and clinician, is an absolute tone fanatic. He collaborated with Schecter in an effort to make his signature Keith Merrow KM-7 Artist more fantastically ferocious than ever. According to Sweetwater guitarists, they've succeeded with flying colors. This 7-string solidbody electric guitar comes loaded with a pair of hard-hitting Lundgren M7 humbuckers, which offer high-output tones with amazingly clear note definition. The KM-7 Artist centers around a 9-piece multi-wood laminate neck with carbon fiber reinforcement bars to fight warpage, no matter how heavy a string gauge you play. Navigating this guitar is a breeze, thanks to the ultra-thin “C” neck profile and compound radius ebony fingerboard. Finally, ash body wings and a poplar burl top give the guitar a balanced tonal foundation and eye-grabbing good looks. If you’re playing in the ultra-heavy genres, owning a Schecter Keith Merrow KM-7 Artist represents your keys to the kingdom.
Lundgren M7 pickups pummel your pedalboard
Plug into your new Keith Merrow KM-7 Artist and prepare to sow sonic destruction. Schecter tells Sweetwater that this 7-string guitar is loaded with two Lundgren M7 humbucking pickups, which punish your pedals and amplifier with clear, high-output tone. The pickups use a combination of unique winding patterns and ceramic magnets to give you more harmonic saturation, too. Combined with a high-gain amplifier or modeling unit, the M7 humbuckers are ready to dominate any metal, hard rock, or prog mix.
Designed for stability and speed
Everything about the Keith Merrow KM-7 Artist centers around a neck-through design. For those unfamiliar with neck-through guitars, this design sees the neck span length of the guitar, eliminating unwieldy neck joints and ensuring the entire body resonates with the strings. This particular instrument’s neck is constructed from nine plies of wenge, maple, and purpleheart. The neck is carved into an ultra-thin “C” shape, granting you unfettered playability from the first fret to the 24th. Plus, the neck features two carbon fiber reinforcement rods, which resist the strings and prevent the neck from warping.
Rock-solid intonation and tuning stability
Achieving and maintaining accurate intonation is an absolute breeze with the Keith Merrow KM-7 Artist. First, it comes with a compensated nut courtesy of the folks at Ernie Ball. The compensated nut helps improve the overall intonation of your guitar. Meanwhile, a Hipshot hardtail bridge offers plenty of saddle adjustability, so you can achieve accurate intonation regardless of what strings you install. The bridge also helps bolster tuning stability. Finally, the Hipshot locking tuners make it easy to string up a new set of strings.
Schecter Keith Merrow KM-7 Artist 7-string Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:
- Designed in collaboration with solo instrumentalist Keith Merrow
- Neck-through construction improves overall instrument stability and sustain
- Reinforced 9-piece wenge/maple/purpleheart neck offers quick, speedy playability
- Compound radius ebony fingerboard gives you plenty of room for soloing and playing lead
- Ash body wings provide a lightweight and balanced sonic foundation
- Poplar burl top makes each instrument a one-of-a-kind creation
- Lundgren M7 humbuckers deliver hard-hitting harmonic-rich tones
- Compensated Ernie Ball nut improves intonation
- Luminlay side dots help your fingers find their way on dark stages
