GAS

after weeks of arduous, painstaking research, i've decided on the guitar i'm going to get:

it's a schecter c-1 "lady luck." the die on the headstock + the "racer girl" on the twelfth fret are a little retarded, but that whole "strippers n' ornate facial hair" thing that seems to be schecter's whole demographic. whatever, who cares. schecters are damn good guitars for ridiculously affordable prices (this one is $450). other than those two cosmetic drawbacks, the guitar is gorgeous. i love the red satin finish, black binding, die cast tuners (grovers, of course) and controls, and the lack of inlay markers. i would've preferred black seymour duncan pick-ups, but the silver alnico's look nice, too. i just hope they're hot + decent for stock pick-ups. i've never owned a set-neck before, w/ the exception of acoustics, and i'm a little concerned about bending the neck* too much or too hard + snapping it right off the body (supposedly this happened to slash once while playing live).






*grabbing the headstock + pushing the neck out while pulling the body back toward you, after sounding an open note or harmonics, creates an effect much like "diving" w/ the tremolo bar, though not nearly as dramatic. the push/pull creates relief in the neck, slackening the tension of the strings and dropping the pitch of the note(s). it's not unheard of to have necks snap off, so you have to be careful + aware of the construction of your guitar.