Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Schecter: Damien Riot FR

I was at Davis GMC earlier today, before the storm took over & flooded parts of Ang Mo Kio, managed to try Schecter's Damien Riot (FR). The 'extra' feature here is the heel-neck joint which is at the 18th fret while the rest of the bolt-on electric guitars out there (generally), sports a 17th fret occurrence. The body outline there played a crucial part in keeping things in balance pertaining to this 'deeper' joint. The neck has a great shred feel to it but the roundness of the overall profile invokes a (Fender) Strat make. I'm not quite a fan of EMG-HZ pickups but in this guitar, the pair sounded aggressive but retaining that passive pickup warmth. It proved its worth after I plugged it into a Marshall DSL401. So if you are looking for a locking whammy equipped solid-body, this one's recommended.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

How much is it? Sub

Loki said...

EMG-HZ. so they are passive pickups that is loaded on damien riot?

subversion.sg said...

yes, EMG-HZ are passive units.

how much? $695 (list)...

Ijau D. Koceng said...

the bats inlay looks cool, totally different from bats in PRS SE paul allender

subversion.sg said...

i actually dislike them, he he... :-) i prefer simple inlays, dots, shark tooth, slopes, et al. i find unmarked fretboards the best.

reuel said...

Hmmm I get lost very quickly on blank fretboards. The markers at the side dun really help much lol

NiN said...

Wonder if Davis has the fixed bridge version?

subversion.sg said...

not in the mean time... i'm interested in a non-whammy bridge version as well :-)