Schecter OMEN-7 7-String Electric Guitar, Vintage White

I've never bought a guitar without first trying it out but I have played several different Schecter models, including a bass, and have always been impressed with the quality that goes into their creation. For a guitar at a lower mid-range price I am 100% satisfied with this guitar. Their attention to detail, even on their lower priced models, is exceptional. It was shipped with the guitar completely covered in a foam bag inside a Schecter gigbag-shaped cardboard box with plenty of foam padding to suspend it inside the box and protect it from any impacts. This box was inside another larger box that had plenty of packing paper for further protection. It was definitely shipped for the best protection. For the guitar itself, the fretwork is great with no protruding frets along the edge of the fingerboard and each fret polished to a very smooth shine, great for bending strings. The back of the neck is a very smooth finish and the neck overall is rather thin. This can make it a little easier transitioning from a 6-string to a 7-string. With this guitar having a bolt-on neck the sustain is above par. The action is set very low, just how I prefer, and it plays/feels great. I don't remember if it was in the description but the nut is actually a Black TUSQ XL man-made ivory nut that is permanently lubricated with Teflon. This is great for smoother tuning and greatly reduces the chances of a string getting stuck and going out of tune, or worse, breaking. I've put 15+ hours of playing on this guitar so far and have only had to make a couple very small tuning adjustments. It stays in tune very well. Speaking of tuning, the machine heads are great quality and geared for very precise tuning. The finish on the body is phenomenal and polished to a high shine. It's definitely eye catching and stands out. There was one very minor blemish that no one would really ever notice around the top edge of the neck cavity but it is so small that you have to really be looking for it. The tone and volume knobs are a little bit on the stiff side but still very manageable. The selector switch does feel a little flimsy and from my previous experience I know I will eventually break off the top of the switch. It also is oriented in a way that if you do a lot of volume swells it is very easy to accidentally hit the switch as you turn the volume down. That could be easily adjusted by loosening the switch's nut and rotating the switch direction to an up and down orientation and retightening the nut. Upgrading the switch later on down the road could be a fun little upgrade for anyone comfortable with soldering. The stock Schecter pickups sound great. I had planned on eventually upgrading the pickups but they sound so good as is that it's not much of a concern for the time being. The bridge pickup sounds very full and meaty and has very good and loud output. The neck pickup, naturally, has a warmer, more mid-range tone and sounds great for bluesy lead guitar playing. I think this guitar is the perfect guitar for someone wanting to get into 7-strings and even those more experienced with them. At this price it's hard to find better quality and playability. Every Schecter guitar I've played, this one being the first one I've actually owned, have all been great guitars with consistency in setup across all their different models. The same can't quite be said about some other brands with some of them feeling different from guitar to guitar even within the same model line. If you're hesitant about choosing this guitar, don't be. You won't be disappointed.

I've been playing about 25 years, and I will be the first to tell you - I am NOT a gear or tone snob. If I was, I wouldn't be buying a guitar off the internet. Truth is, guitars at this price point are mass-produced, and if you have a modicum of setup ability, there will be very little to differentiate one particular piece from another. These are machine-made guitars, which means there's an abundance of consistency in build quality, aesthetics, and feel, so it all comes down to materials, general craftsmanship, and features. At this price point, you don't get options. There's no hardshell case here (not even a gig bag), one allen wrench, and little else. The money was spent where it was important: the guitar and hardware, and the packaging. Packaging was a Russian Stackie-doll - it was in three layers of cardboard and styrofoam to keep it safe. Awesome. The guitar itself is solid and well-built. The finish is a fantastic and thick gel-coat paint, which should be good for a very long and difficult life. The wood all around is really sharp, with the neck and fretboard being especially well done. Tuners are solid and work well, and the nut is grooved well and lubricated well - the strings slide nicely over it. It needed some setup when I got it. The neck was adjusted well, so no truss adjustments, but I did need to lower the action, and after I string it with my own brand and gauge of strings, I will need to do the intonation, which is off. It feels like it's strung with .11's which is odd. The neck is thin but VERY wide (this is my first 7 string, so I can't compare it against other 7s, just against a 6 stringer), and has a light satin or bare finish - perfect. The pickups are tolerable, but I will likely research available 7-string pickups and replace them in the next few months, which I think will make this a stellar axe. I see Schecter in more or less the same place Ibanez was when I started playing, back in the 80s (and I still have and play all of my old Ibanez guitars from the 80s and 90s) - a relatively young company hungry for the next wave of shredders, aggressively signing endorsements and making high-quality, low-cost instruments, with some stepping up to a mid-level in cost, as well. It will be interesting to see how they grow in years to come. Overall, my expectations of a $350 instrument were realistic, and this particular guitar far exceeded them.

This guitar is great for the price. Holds tune well when it's set up. If you plan to tune lower then drop A you should get a heavier gage set of string.and the only problems that i have are the stock pickups aren't great there decent for stock though. Also the higher frets are a little harder to play it doesn't have the best access to the 20-24 frets for me but other than that it's a great deal feels good , the neck is pretty thin but some may think too thin but I love it it's fast and natural finish so it doesn't have a sticky feel after a while. This guitar is worth the money

Arrived on time and was almost in tune maybe a half step down. The strings on it were crap too little of tension on low b string. The other 6 strings are fine Ernie ball strings. The guitar is comfortable and the neck isn't fat like a normal 6 string schecters, but it has a nice feel. The bolt on block prevents some play near the higher frets. Black nickel hardware is kinda ehh would've preferred regular chrome that doesn't show off oil and color fade on the bridge due to palm muting. Overall decent could be better. The pickups are weak IMO and are better for clean playing I can't get any punch to them. I would buy the Stephen carpenter 7 instead

the nut is causing alot of fret buzz.. is there any way to fix that ??? i need help ? side note the strings always gets stuck on the nut when i am tunning already rip a couples strings cause of the nut.. i already had the guitar for a year already always in its manufactured box never tried anything i been looking up youtube videos to fix the nut an the fret buzz really dont know much. pls help concern freet buz guy..

Im having this issue remedied as we speak however.......the "original floyd rose"that they advertise IS NOT THERE. this is a set bridge guitar and while the the guitar is beautiful and sounds beautiful it is not what is advertised. please hold caution if you like set bridges fine but don't advertise a 200 dollar bridge on a guitar that isn't even there. and it knicks very easily

I've had quite a few guitars in my time. For the longest time I played B and A tunings exclusively on baritone 6 strings. This was due to my experiences with an ESP 7 string I owned many, many years ago and how uncomfortable that thing was to play. I was also a hardcore Jackson enthusiast until last year when I finally picked up an Omen 6 to give Schecter a shot. I was very pleasantly surprised by the 6. For the price I paid it was easily as nice to play as Jacksons I'd spent nearly three times as much on. So when the wife offered to get me a guitar for christmas this year, this is the bad boy I picked out. That was an awesome decision and I'm very glad I made it. I've been very impressed with this thing from the very start, especially considering the low price. It is easily as high quality as other 7 strings I've tried out at Guitar Center that were twice as pricey. The neck is nice and comfortable in my "bear paw" hands. I don't feel like I'm going to break it, yet it's nice and thin and I can actually reach the 7th string without feeling like I'm breaking the laws of physics to do so. The sound through the Schecter pickups is pretty much right where I expected it to be and fits my style nicely. They could certainly use an upgrade if you're a stickler for tone (and I am), but the stock pickups are very playable. In fact, this guitar came to my doorstep more ready to play than guitars I've picked up from stores by hand. I will say that the action on the 7th string is a tad too low and the string tends to rattle against the frets a bit but that's fairly inconsequential to me anyway. The guitar comes stock with .62 gauge on the 7th string and I'm more a fan of .72 gauge for B and A tunings so I'd already planned on swapping that out and shifting the action/intonations to match. All in all, for the money, I really don't think there's a better 7 string guitar out there.

Great metal guitar for the price. It plays just fine. I must say that I have a couple guitars that melted to my hands when I first picked them up. (They were also more than twice the price) This one was not like that for me, but it plays great once you get the feel for it. The pickups do the job just fine. I'd read about some grumbling on that end, but they're perfectly decent. If you want EMG's (or whatever high end pickup) and the neck through the body, you'll have to fork over the $$. I've been playing the baritone for some years now and wanted something that could maintain that low end but still allow for the higher chords without transposing, etc. This works well for that. The walnut satin finish is really pretty - it's honestly a great looking guitar. Came set up with decent strings and the action set nice - no buzzing frets etc. Just tuned it up and plugged it in. No problems at all. If you're looking to try a 7 string for the heavier genres, this one is definitely a buy for the money.

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The unit I received was well-finished. No unevenness in the frets, the nut was cut properly. These also contribute to the fact that the guitar has no intonation issues. Coming to the stock pickups, while the neck pickup sounds decent, the bridge pickup sounds almost muddy and way too smooth for my preferences. Not something that complements the tonality you get from the basswood body. The use of basswood does make the guitar super light and comfortable to use. The tuners are decent and mostly hold up fine. The slightly high tune-o-matic style bridge can take some getting used to, especially if you are coming from flat-plate style fixed bridges or floating tremolos. Even with a low action, the bridge sits a bit high. Coming to the stock strings, a 56 gauge low B string is just super loose for my preferences even if this is an almost-baritone scale (26.5") guitar. There's just not enough tension and I prefer using a 62 for B standard and a 70 for drop A tuning. In theory, those provide around 20 lbs of string tension. A 59 gauge combined with a standard 10-46 set might have been ideal for an out-of-box setup. Overall, this guitar provides a solid base for upgrades. Well-built and finished, comes with a quality Graphtech Black TUSQ nut. Set the action properly, drop in a good bridge pickup, install some locking tuners down the line and you will have a great guitar. The pricing is fairly competitive and makes this a great option for anyone wanting to get into extended range guitars.