Schecter Riot 8 Special Edition Review

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Overall Rating 4.5

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Features 4.5

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Quality 2.25

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Reliability / Value 4.5

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Schecter Riot 8 Special Edition Specs

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  • Body Shape: Soloist  
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  • Number of Strings: 8  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 26-1/2"  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Binding: White  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: MOP / Goth Cross  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Hipshot  
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  • Hardware: Black Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Active Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Active Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Set Neck w/ Ultra Access, 3-piece neck with Graphite Rods, SGR-UNIV/1 case.

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Few guitars can match what Schecter's Riot 8 Special Edition offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for Riot 8 Special Edition, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With almost nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Schecter's Riot 8 Special Edition an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Riot 8 Special Edition's features!

Ready to play out of the box, Schecter's Riot 8 Special Edition is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Schecter put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as Riot 8 Special Edition does.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that Schecter's Riot 8 Special Edition is the right choice. This instrument is definitely built to last and will do so , through fire and flames. Schecter has the knowledge and experience you can rely on, and that kind of experience is well built into Riot 8 Special Edition.