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EMG Retro Active Pickups
The Schecter Sun Valley Guitar is equipped with EMG’s Retro Active pickups, featuring a humbucker at the neck and two single-coils at the bridge and middle positions. EMG’s Retro Active pickups are designed to offer all the benefits of an active pickup, but with the feel and dynamic response of vintage passive pickups. The neck humbucker features an alnico V magnet, offering high output tones and incredible versatility which evoke the tones of 70’s rock. The two single-coil pickups are designed to offer an incredibly balanced performance, channelling the same tones used by legendary players like Clapton, Beck, and Hendrix. Each pickup is also equipped with a uniquely voiced plug-in FET preamp, deliver a low-impedance output and removing any unwanted noise, hum, and buzz.
Mahogany Body, Quilted Maple Top
The Sun Valley Guitar is designed with a well-balanced tone, offering a wide variety of sonic possibilities designed for the modern-day player. Its mahogany body delivers a naturally warm tone with a touch of bite, creating beautifully tights lows and an appealing high-end ideal for creating sharp tonal runs. The body is then topped with maple to add a subtle layer of brightness, while its quilted figuring adds to the overall aesthetics of the guitar to create a unique style.
Maple Neck and Fingerboard
With a neck and fingerboard both constructed from maple, the Schecter’s tone is tight and features plenty of cut, providing an edge of sizzle to the highs while firming up the lows. The maple wood provides bright characteristics to the overall tone, offering a snappy attack in the midrange to to cut through dense mixes. When the strings are played hard, the wood adds extra layers of punch to the tone, while light to medium picking offers more clarity. Its thin 'C' profile is ideal for deliver fast performances and speed runs, with its shape allowing the hand to naturally cup the neck for an incredibly comfortable playing experience.
Floyd Rose Tremolo System
Floyd Rose are one of the leading manufacturers of guitar bridges, using top of the range design techniques to craft outstanding quality parts. With a design that has stood strong for over 30 years, the Floyd Rose allows you to adjust the string tension and pitch to create unique sounds such as dive bombs. The bridge works in tangent with the locking nut, increasing string stability and preventing the strings from detuning after excessive bending.
About Schecter
As one of the world's premier guitar companies, Schecter create and sell a wide range of electric guitars, basses, acoustic guitars, and USA Custom Shop instruments to musicians around the world. They combine quality with affordability to suit a variety of different players and diverse musical styles. The company has a growing number of high profile artists playing their instruments, such as musicians from Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, The Cure, Papa Roach, Seether and more.
Specifications
General
- Model Name: Sun Valley Super Shredder 7 III
- Item Number: 1278
- Country of Origin: Indonesia
Body & Bridge
- Top: Quilted Maple
- Body: Mahogany
- Construction: Bolt-On
- Bridge: Floyd Rose 1500 Series
- Finish: Aurora Burst
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck: Maple
- Profile: Thin 'C'
- Scale Length: 26.5'' (673mm)
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Radius: 16'' (406mm)
- Thickness: @ 1st Fret- .787'' (20mm)/ @ 12th Fret- .866'' (22mm)
- Frets: 24 X-Jumbo
- Inlays: Offset/Reverse Dots
- Nut: Floyd Rose 1500 Series
- Nut Width: 1.874'' (47.6mm)
- Truss Rod: 2-Way Adjustable Rod
Electronics & Hardware
- Bridge Pickup: EMG Retro Active Hot 70 Humbucker
- Middle Pickup: EMG Retro Active Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: EMG Retro Active Single-Coil
- Controls: Volume, Tone, 5-Way Switch
- Battery Compartment: 9-Volt Clip-In Battery Compartment
- Knobs: Metal Knurled w/Set Screw
- Tuners: Schecter
- Hardware: Black
Accessories
- Strings: Ernie Ball 7-String (.009/.011/.016/.026/.036/.046/.062)
- Case Included: No
- Recommended Case: SGR-1C
