Schecter: Red Dawn

New for 2025: Schecter Red Dawn guitars. This particular model you see above is the Sunset 6 ET. The Red Dawn models are basically shred-type players with Fishman pickups (Modern Ceramic / Alnico) which sport a rail design instead of pole pieces. If you don't fancy the Evertune bridge, a tune-o-matic type bridge is also offered. Other variations include baritone & 7-string models.

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The sun goes down

Got this a week ago. I have ceased updating recent purchases immediately namely to give sufficient time for a deserving appraisal. I'm not a Strymon fan due to price-related matters but I deem the Sunset OD as beneficial to my inclinations- I appreciate pedals with built-in boost/ cascading features. More updates in time to come. 

Sunset Monday

It had been a rotten Monday but then again, I couldn't really recall a good Monday. It had been a long while...

So naturally, the guitar cures everything & it was an hour of sunset guitar-ing. Was listening to some Greg Howe & tried to come up with a fusion lick but it was rather impossible if what one plays isn't intentional, like forcing a carrot through a key hole. 

Regardless of the problematic adventure, one thing's for sure- I was engaged from start to end. Thanks to my Subtraction S-series which features only a single pickup. This was the key to focus actually; using only the essentials to address the issue. If there were more than one pickups in there, chances are, tone-chasing would get the better of me instead of grinding some grey matter to solve the problem.

The key to solving a problem is to understand why it happened in the first place. Can't do a fusion lick? Try adding a single chromatic passing note to whatever scale you fancy & play it like you meant it. Now that's the key, not the carrot, to unlocking doors. OK so it's only one of many keys.