Schecter Riot-4 Bass Guitar - Aurora Burst Reviews
The Schecter Riot-4 electric bass looks and sounds wicked; its high-end boutique visuals and appointments belying its amazingly affordable price tag. Premium tonewoods are used throughout, including richly grained swamp ash for the sleekly sculpted body and beautiful burl for the top veneer. The Riot-4's thin bolt-on multi-ply maple/walnut neck and ebony fingerboard give you smooth playability and superior stability, courtesy of embedded carbon fiber reinforcement rods. The electronics package is top-flight as well, with a pair of active EMG pickups and 3-band EQ delivering the versatile tone you need to ace any live gig or studio session.
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Highest Rated Reviews
I love this Bass
This bass has a terrific feel and is weighted perfectly. I was very impressed with the build quality and the looks.
Incredible quality for the price!
This has been my go to bass for over a year now and I could not be more pleased with the feel, sound and quality of this bass. I highly recommend!!
Schecter. Riot 4
Just git this exact Bass last week from Dante at Sweetwater. Added Half Rounds.
Wow, Great Looks, perfect Balance n weight distribution. No dives.
The tonal qualities are endless. Thunderous Lows and Articulate highs.
Instantly my go to.
Sorry. FENDER Custom shop Jazz, 2 Gibsons Artists, Warwick Double Buck, Eastwood Ventures Mosrite, Eastwood Gibson EB1..
The Schecter Riot 4 My Pride and Joy
This is a truly Beautiful looking and sounding instrument that has the smoothest feel of any bass I've felt while playing. Incredible range and response from the active emg pickups and the tuners and bridge are nothing to knock. The only reason I didn't give it the full 5 stars is the battery port is really cheaply thrown together compared to the rest of the instrument and especially compared to other companies like Yamaha that have a nice click in and out battery port like you'd see on an Xbox controller. The Schecter's is covered by a metal plate that has to be removed via screwdriver.
My first "real" bass!
I started off on a Peavey Milestones IV to see if I could stick with playing the bass. I was at a tossup between getting this bass and a traditional Fender Precision as my first "real" bass. I absolutely love the look of my Riot. Hands down, the look of this bass makes me want to play it. As a new player, I asked the opinions of all of my friends, musicians or not. Should I take a safe route or be "different"? Just about everyone told me to be different. And, I don't regret it.
I wish the bass came with some documentation, but you can get the full specs from their website. This would have been nice to have, considering this was a major purchase for me and the amount of reviews for this model are difficult to find.
I'm extremely happy with the weight of the bass. My starter bass felt like I was carrying a tree around my neck. This bass doesn't feel like that at all. It's so light that I feel like I have to be extra aware of my surroundings. The neck feels slick and thin. I was having a difficult time with my Peavey's thicker neck. The Riot was much easier to navigate, making it easier to correct my bad habits. The solid design of the body makes the hardware very stable. The pickups don't move when you rest on them and the knobs are nice and snug. I like the design of the bridge and the tuners are smooth.
One issue I have is with the E saddle. I spent plenty of time practicing setting a bass up with my starter, as I experiment with finding the "holy grail of strings". I've tried the default Ernie Ball rounds, DR rounds, DR coated, Ernie Ball Flats, and La Bella Tapes. Every string, but the La Bella Tape Wound strings had my E saddle pushed all the way to the back and raised substantially to get it to intonate on the 12th fret. The La Bella tape strings are low tension and fix this issue. I'm not sure why this happens. The La Bella's don't affect the other strings' saddle position as much. I know I still have most of my warranty. I may have a local tech look at it and see if he understands what may be wrong. Of the reviews I've seen, only 1 had a visible similarity with the saddle, but didn't mention anything being "wrong". I've questioned the reviewers about the issue and they claim they don't have similar as I do. Lucky for me, they're my favorite strings for this bass. I also got the La Bella tapewounds from Sweetwater. She sounds like an upright to me and I love this sound so much. The low tension and the non-stickiness are amazing.
I did have an issue with a slamming E and A sound on my lemon of a Peavey practice amp. I upgraded to a Fender Rumble 100 and that resolved that. I guess she likes quality products. I also got the amp from Sweetwater.
My mentor said, "The right bass is one that says, 'Pick me up and play me!'" And, this bass definitely does that. I started playing bass to cope with my recent ADHD diagnosis. The more I play, the more peace I get. I also had cookies made of her!
