Schecter E-7 Apocalypse Unsponsored Review and Demo
29Schecter E-7 Apocalypse metal guitar review by High Z Productions. Does this guitar neck dive? How does it sound and play? Here’s a review on my first Schecter guitar. Not sponsored!
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This guitar is an interesting one. I had gotten it to have an E-type body guitar again and wasn’t expecting much. I was surprised in terms of sound and playability - it sounded better with my presets than many of my other guitars, and the neck feels amazing all up and down.
Starting with the biggest question: is it neck heavy? Technically it does, although it’s not nearly as much as explorers usually do. I used to have an ESP LTD explorer and that thing neck dove like crazy, even with the strap button relocated, and that has a 24.75” scale length. This one has a typical modern seven string scale length of 26.5” and only has just a little. It actually stays in place unless you coax it a little.
The neck has a thin C profile and feels very comfortable. Ended up not mentioning this in the video so I’m throwing this in here.
The controls overall feel great. The pickup selector switch is satisfying to use however is very out of the way, so quick pickup changes aren’t as fast as with a blade switch. The volume potentiometer is fine however the tone pot turns way too easily. I have to check it every few minutes and have caught it being accidentally turned significantly lower. The tone control is also a push-pull for coil splitting, which is nice however I never use it.
The fret access is better than one might expect for an E type. The lower horn is far less intrusive than usual so accessing the 24th fret isn’t a chore. Your hand will contact it but it’s still possible to get to the 24th without having to do any kind of hand contortions.
The stainless steel frets feel great, the ebony fretboard is smooth, and the neck has a very satisfying thin modern C feeling profile to it. One thing that’s surprisingly good is the compound radius. I find I’m hitting more notes that I would otherwise miss in a way that it feels like the neck profile is helping me.
The locking tuners work as expected. Tuning stability is OK, however you will need to retune every now and then. The guitar does feel like a premium instrument but the tuning stability is about average overall.
The pickups sound great!They might be bright if you like a warmer sound but for rock or metal, these fit in the mix perfectly. That being said, I don’t use the split coil sound at all, mostly the bridge and sometimes the neck.
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00:00 Intro + not sponsored
00:10 Quick verdict
Full mix demo
00:29 Bridge pickup lead harmonies
00:37 Add bridge rhythm
00:44 Bridge pickup riffs
01:01 Bridge pickup lead and solo tone
01:14 Neck pickup cleans
01:21 Add bridge open string
01:35 Bridge open plus lead harmonies
Review discussion
01:50 Does it neck dive?
02:29 Controls layout
02:54 Volume pot and tone pot push pull turns too easily
03:20 Fret access
03:54 Tune-o-matic bridge and body edge
04:22 Playability
04:41 Compound radius
05:09 Locking tuners are ok
05:17 Tuning stability
05:37 Pickup sound + fit in a mix
06:31 Would I buy it again? Is it easy to handle?
07:26 Outro
Cat
07:35 Cat
07:45 Cat blooper and it’s a brush