The Headless Herald Arrives: “Welcome to the Family”
At long last, the next entry in the signature Synyster Gates garrison of guitars has landed: the Schecter Custom-7 TR Headless. The iconic profile of Gates’s time-tested Schecter axes has been reimagined for the cutting edge of modern musicality, transforming the eye-catching aesthetics of his longstanding signature model into a headless herald of all things power, performance, and panache, much to the dazzle and delight of Sweetwater’s Guitar Workshop. The Custom-7 TR Headless is teeming with tone-crafting potential, thanks to its triumvirate of premium tonewoods and scorching, signature Synyster Gates Schecter-crafted pickups, while its 3-piece neck, chambered body, and Ultra Access construction give you unfettered access to its sound-crafting array. As audiovisual style abounds, this 7-string sonic slayer pulls no punches in running the gamut of performance possibilities, from “Bat Country” to “Nobody,” and everywhere else this headless haymaker is sure to take you.
Sound the seventh trumpet with these ferocious foundations
Like Gates’s time spent studying at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, California, a formidable foundation is essential to any musical effort, and this Schecter Custom-7 TR Headless spares no effort in providing an explosive, versatile, and eye-catching sonic cornerstone. Its maple-capped mahogany body is joined by a set-neck-constructed 3-piece mahogany neck. As a tonewood, mahogany is revered for its blossoming harmonics, rich overtones, robust mids, and balanced dynamic range, with incredible responsiveness to the play styles of individual guitarists. The sonic attributes of maple are a natural marriage to the properties of mahogany, thanks to its spectrum-spanning brightness, shimmering warmth, and impeccable articulation. Up top, an ebony fretboard completes the tonewood triad of the Custom-7 TR Headless, evoking resounding bell-like sustain, uncompromising clarity, and haymaking power in every register that doesn’t compromise definition for presence.
Signature sonics and spectrum-spanning power
Bringing this foundational sound to life, Schecter outfitted this Custom-7 TR Headless with a voltaic dyad of Schecter USA–designed Synyster Gates signature humbuckers. Mounted in both the neck and bridge positions, this powerful pair utilizes 12 high-carbon-steel pole pieces, alongside a direct-coupled tri-field construction for their Ceramic 8 magnets. High in output, higher in octane, these pickups push your sound to the edge of passive-designed power yet remain pliable enough to traverse tone-crafting territories that are equally capable of subtle cleans, raucous riffage, crystalline highs, and searing solos. As articulation abounds, so does your sound shaping, thanks to a 3-way pickup selector and the Tone control’s push-pull coil split.
Primed for evocative, electrifying performances
When it comes to playability, this Custom-7 TR Headless is optimized for maximum musicality, from long-haul studio woodshedding to all-night main-stage power. Its body is strategically chambered for weight reduction and balance, adding to the headless design’s natural mitigation of pesky neck-diving tendencies. Its set neck construction includes Schecter’s Ultra Access heel, which — combined with the Ultra Thin C-shaped neck profile — masterfully accommodates unfettered access to the 24 frets sprawling its ebony fretboard’s 16-inch radius, effortlessly marrying speed, power, precision, and comfort that’ll accommodate nearly any play style. Plus, the neck features a 3-piece construction, increasing both harmonic depth and dimensional stability, with the latter amplifying its resilience to twisting or warping and minimizing the risk of environmentally influenced distortions and maintenance. One end of its 26.5-inch scale includes a Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL nut, while a Hipshot 7-string Headless tremolo bookends the strings, ensuring evocative expression is always buzz-free and ready to “Burn It Down.”
Schecter Synyster Gates Custom-7 TR Headless Features:
- Highly anticipated headless, 7-string variant of the signature Synyster Gates guitar
- Maple-capped mahogany body provides an aural anchor of rich harmonics, shimmering warmth, full-spectrum presence, and excellent note separation
- Ebony fingerboard exudes power in every register, with near-endless sustain that keeps every lick, lead, riff, and chord strikingly voiced
- Set neck construction and Ultra Access heel meet methodical body contouring for comprehensive comfort in any arrangement
- Ultra Thin C neck and 16-in. fretboard radius ensure speed, precision, and unfettered access to all 24 frets that adorn its 26.5-in. scale
- Dual Schecter USA Synyster Gates signature humbuckers supply scorching sonics that accommodate nearly any play style or rig, without compromising clarity or power
- Versatile tone shaping includes Volume and Tone controls, a 3-way pickup toggle, and a push-pull coil split
- 3-piece neck construction maximizes harmonic character and dimensional stability for added resistance to twisting and warping
- Hipshot 7-string Headless tremolo conjures evocative expressivity that’s immensely malleable, without knocking your sound out of tune
