As you see, trading with protected tropical woods was not an issue in the 70ies yet.Īll necks were one-piece which means they did not have a separate fingerboard (as Mark Knopfler’s red Tele had, but this was a very late model). Unlike Fender who build their guitars from rather common woods (ash, elder, maple.), Schecter specialized in beautiful exotic woods, like Shedua, Koa, Cocobola, Pau Fero, Mahogany, Rosewood, Purple Heart, or figured maple (necks), or Red Oak, Paduak, Zebrawood, Teak, Koa, Anjico, Imbuya, and many more (bodies). We got it all - a Schecter ad from 1979īecause of their background as supplier of upgrade parts, Schecter soon was mainly known for Especially the Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster were the ideal guitar to be hot-rodded, since all their parts could be replaced much easier than with the laminated constructions that Gibson used, and the quality of Fender guitars was possibly at the lowest in the Fender history. He soon started to produce his own quality guitar parts which were intended to replace some stock parts on common guitars. Schecter Guitar Research started around 1976 in Van Nuys, California, when David Schecter opened his repair and custom guitar shop. So what was the story behind the Schecter company? Also his former girl-friend played a Schecter which he said was much better than his Fender guitars.
He bought several Schecters in 1980 at Rudy’s Music Stop in New York, mainly because he was looking for a guitar that was easier to play and better suited for the high demands on the road than the vintage Fenders he played before.
In the 80ies, Mark Knopfler was probably the most famous user of Schecter guitars.
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