Schecter BANSHEE-6 Electric Guitar/Floyd Rose/Crimson Red Burst/FREE CASE/NEW!
Schecter BANSHEE-6 Electric Guitar/Floyd Rose/Crimson Red Burst/FREE CASE/NEW!
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Schecter BANSHEE-6 Electric Guitar/Floyd Rose/Crimson Red Burst/FREE CASE/NEW!
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;Brand: Schecter
;Dexterity: Right-Handed
;MPN: BANSHEE-6-FR-A-CRB
;Body Color: Red
;Body Type: Solid
;Body Material: Solid Wood
;Model: BANSHEE-6
;Country/Region of Manufacture: Korea, Republic of
;String Configuration: 6 String
;UPC: Does not apply
Schecter BANSHEE-6 Electric Guitar/Floyd Rose/Crimson Red Burst/FREE CASE/NEW!
Schecter Banshee 6 String Electric Guitar
Crimson Red Burst
NEW/FREE SOFT CASE Included!!
Your Buying a Schecter Banshee-6 6-string Active Electric Guitar in Crimson Red Burst with FREE SOFT CASE. This guitar is a brand new model and looks and plays perfectly.
Please check out this review!
Schecter Banshee 6 FR Active Review
If you want to slay the front row with killer riffs, Schecter
knows how to deliver serious metal ordnance at a great price. Review by Marcus
Leadley
Details
Description:Solidbody
electric guitar. Made in South Korea
Introduced at NAMM in
2013, the active Banshee 6 FR and its passive sibling represent Schecter’s
current take on the quintessential modern metal guitar. The 6 FR Passive
(strange name for a metal guitar!) has Seymour Duncan pickups – a JB/bridge and
59/neck combination – with a coil tap, so you can get both humbucker and single
coil tones: that’s a 10/10 for flexibility.
The
active version we have on test, though, is fitted with EMG pickups, an 81 at
the neck and an 85 at the bridge, routed via a three-way selector to master
tone and volume controls. So, on the face of it, the active version offers
fewer tonal options. What’s the advantage of going active, then? More on this
in a minute.
Out of the box the
Banshee 6 FR is a well-presented beast. We’re loving the crimson-red burst on
the flame maple veneer that sits on top of the alder drop-top body, and the
faux-binding effect created by leaving the body’s top edge free from stain is a
pleasing visual touch. This is a relatively light guitar so it’s a guaranteed
comfortable all-day player, and the deep ribcage chamfer means it fits like a
glove.
The basic unplugged
sound is bright and snappy and the Banshee is ridiculously easy to play in
every position up and down the neck. This is actually the first Schecter to
have a compound radius fingerboard, which partly explains the superb feel. The
12″ radius area from the nut to around fret 15 is ideal for chord playing. The
neck flattens out to a 16″ radius after this, which suits string bending and
expressive lead work.
The fingerboard is
ebony and, in another nice touch, it’s framed by maple binding. This means that
the tangs of the jumbo frets are well out of sight, and the edges feel
super-smooth and comfortable.
The
neck itself is made from a five-piece maple/walnut laminate, so it should be
strong and stable. It’s a bolt-on type, and while access up to the 24th fret is
good, we have seen set and through-neck models where it’s better.
Both ends of the
string path are defined by quality hardware. The tuners are by Grover, and the
bridge is a genuine Floyd Rose 1000 Series unit. With the guitar properly set
up and the strings locked down tight at the nut, tuning stability is
exceptional, even when you start divebombing. This
shouldn’t be a surprise as the technology’s been with us since the mid-’70s and
widely available for around 20 years, but it still gets me every time.
Sounds
So what’s the advantage of the active pickups? The additional circuitry is
essentially a preamp, so the instrument’s flexibility lies in the provision of
a pristine high-output signal to your amps and effects. Active pickups are the
business if you want to fine-tune your sound for playing crunch chords and
super-distorted solos that retain clarity and punch. They offer a smooth,
compressed full-spectrum tonal continuity and, correctly voiced, they can accentuate
pick-edge attack to great effect. Active humbuckers are also generally very
good studio pickups as they are very low-noise.
Clean sustain is
another area where they excel, so melodic prog or jazz-inspired playing can
really hit some sweet spots. On the downside, active pickups tend to whitewash
the nuances of the individual instrument’s sound, and a guitar with EMGs tends
to sound like… well, a guitar with EMGs; for the player, it’s a bit of a
Marmite thing. Oh, and you have to remember to check and replace that 9V
battery from time to time.
For a guitar that’s
designed to rock, this Banshee is more than happy to deliver fine clean tones.
The neck pickup setting is best for this; the rich, warm sound is excellent for
chords behind a voice, song intros and ballad style break-downs. The bridge
pickup sound has more forward mids and this, surprisingly, makes it feel a
little more ‘vintage’. It’s good for damped chords or doubling a distorted part
when you want to add a harmonic undercurrent or greater girth. Not
surprisingly, the twin pickup sound is a kind of halfway house between the two
extremes – kind of hi-fi honky, if you like. The Banshee’s clean bass tone,
right across all three selector settings, is especially pleasing; snappy and
piano-like.
However, it’s when
you start to ramp up the gain that the Banshee starts to deliver. Players with
old-school tastes will appreciate the way you can still sculpt
authentic-sounding tones with these pickups. Roll out the Marshall for post-’72
Page and the Laney for vintage Iommi, or there’s plenty of punk attitude too if
you want it.
One
thing that becomes clear is that while, yes, there is definitely an EMG
signature tone, it’s a very flexible starting point, and your choice of amp and
effects will deliver radically different outcomes, while working with the gain
and tone controls will take you to most of the places you’ll want to go. With
the right backline the Banshee will also deliver a good approximation of the
guitar sound of any EMG endorsee, so if you want to dive headlong into a Zakk
Wylde solo or jam along with your favorite Slayer, Metallica or Megadeth
tunes, you’ll be onto a winner.
Beyond the urge to
emulate your heroes, there’s still plenty of room to stake your own claim to
some prime sonic real estate.
While everyone would,
in an ideal world, have a monstrous head and cab and play loud all the time,
for those of us with lesser means and intolerant neighbours the secret of
getting the best out of a modelling amp or software is largely about the signal
you load in at the front end. The Banshee is ideal for lower volume playing and
the home recordist. It sounds fantastic with a Kemper or an Avid 11 Rack, and
it even made an old Line 6 Spider very happy. It’s also a great starting point
for effected sounds and, once again, the hi-fi output really makes new kit sing.
And it’s worth exploring the unloved effects sitting on the dusty shelf, as
some surprising new potentials may emerge.
Verdict
Active EMGs have been
around for a long time now, and there’s a really extensive list of users; it’s
easy to see why when you can get killer sounds with surprisingly little effort.
The Banshee 6 FR is a great-playing guitar with a really professional feel, and
it’s loads of fun. With an instrument of this style the quality of hardware is
everything, and anyone with an older generation budget rock guitar will find it
a complete revelation. The price is a fair one for a pro-spec instrument of
this type, and even at full price it comes in a fair bit cheaper than a number
of close competitors, but if you find a deal that shaves £100 off then that
will increase the feelgood factor even more.
Specifications
Model Name
Banshee-6 FR Active
Fretboard Radius
12”-16” Compound Radius
Item Number
1221
Scale
25.5” (648mm)
Guitar Colors
Crimson Red Burst (CRB)
Thickness
@ 1st Fret- .748”
(19mm)/ @ 12th Fret- .787” (20mm)
Dexterity
Right Handed
Nut
Floyd Rose
Country of Origin
South Korea
Nut Width
1.625” (41.3mm)
Construction
Bolt-on
Truss Rod
2-Way Adjustable Rod w/
5/32” (4mm) Allen Nut
Body Material
Alder
Bridge Pickup
EMG 81
Top Material
Flamed Maple
Neck Pickup
EMG 85
Top Contour
Flat Top
Controls
Volume/Tone/3-Way Switch
Binding
Natural
Battery Compartment
9-volt Clip-in Battery
Compartment
Neck Material
Maple/Walnut Multi-ply
Tuners
Grover
Fretboard Material
Ebony
Bridge
Floyd Rose 1000 Series
Inlays
MOP Offset Dots
Knobs
Metal Knurled w/ Set
Screw
Frets
24 X-Jumbo
Hardware Color
Black Chrome
Neck Shape
Ultra Thin ‘C’
Strings
Ernie Ball Regular
Slinky #2221 (.010-.046)
Case
SGR-SL-ELECT Soft Case Included
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