Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional HSS 10th Anniversary Electric Guitar - Atomic Violet

Ferocious, flexible foundations with no effort spared

Nick’s music ranges from dark and brooding to explosive bouts of joy, with tones ranging from sweet and clean to ferocious, all within a single tune. His albums have featured guest contributions from guitar greats, the world over, and building a commemorative guitar that is as much a celebration of his playing diversity as it is that of his career invited a slew of upgrades, enhancements, and additions that all start with the tonewoods. The alder body returns, anchoring your sounds in a balanced and resounding full-bodied profile, offering plenty of reactivity that captures all the nuances of your fleet-fingered fretwork. For this 10th Anniversary iteration of the Traditional HSS, Nick and Schecter opted for an all-wenge neck, lauded for its ringing presence, natural sustain, focused basses, and brilliant trebles, complementing the slight midrange favoring of the alder body, with natural note-separating voicing. The ebony fretboard completes the tonewood triumvirate, imbuing your sound with virtually limitless sustain, bell-like transparency, and crystalline panache that punches with precision in every register.

Atomic sonics, courtesy of Schecter USA and Nick Johnston

The wenge neck isn’t the only page Schecter’s taken out of its US-built playbook, as this anniversary-edition axe is loaded not only with the wenge neck found on the American-made Nick Johnston models but also with a triad of Schecter USA signature Nick Johnston pickups. The lauded HSS configuration supplies nuclear-grade versatility, thanks to the Atomic single-coils and bridge-mounted humbucker, stacked with Alnico V and Alnico III magnets, respectively. While these pickups and the 5-way blade switch support worlds of tone-crafting potential, the Master Volume knob’s push-pull coil split unlocks a prismatic dimension of sonic contouring.

Nouveau performance possibilities waiting to be discovered

To commemorate the well-deserved occasion of Nick’s decade-long tenure with Schecter, the Nick Johnston Traditional HSS 10th Anniversary received a hardware overhaul, opting to include the Schecter Nouveau tremolo system and locking tuners. And with this vault-grade sonic security, you’re poised to deliver a plethora of polychromic pitch-bending pyrotechnics, as you traverse the 22 stainless steel frets that sprawl the fretboard’s 14-inch radius. With a Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL nut to keep your sounds singing with buzz-free sustain, the Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional HSS 10th Anniversary is truly the all-encompassing performance package worthy of the time-tested tone shaping, aural innovations, and genre-transcending works of the signature artist who inspired the instrument.

Schecter Guitar Research — a brief history

Founded in 1976 by David Schecter, Schecter Guitar Research originally produced high-end replacement parts for existing Fender and Gibson guitars. In 1979, the company began producing its own fully assembled custom shop electric guitars. Schecter guitars quickly garnered a solid reputation as a result of their remarkably high quality and soon found their way into the hands of such celebrated guitarists as Pete Townshend and Mark Knopfler. Today, Schecter Guitar Research offers electric guitars and basses, acoustic guitars, and USA Custom Shop instruments to musicians worldwide in more than 150 countries. The company’s current roster of high-profile artists includes Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, the Cure, Papa Roach, Seether, Stone Temple Pilots, Nevermore, and Black Label Society.

Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional HSS 10th Anniversary Features:

• Commemorative edition of Nick Johnston’s signature 6-string includes special appointments not found on base models
• Lightweight, resonant alder body anchors tones to a balanced blend of full-bodied presence and ample articulation
• Wenge neck conjures aural brilliance across the spectrum, with sonorous trebles, defined basses, and lively responsiveness
• Ebony fretboard invokes near-endless sustain, with power and precision in every register
• 22 jumbo stainless steel frets and Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL nut provide resounding, buzz-free intonation and tones
• Schecter USA signature Nick Johnston pickups include 2 single-coils and a bridge-mounted humbucker for prismatic sound shaping
• 5-way pickup selector and Master Volume knob’s push-pull coil split support worlds of diverse tone-shaping configurations
• Schecter Nouveau tremolo and locking tuners supply rock-solid sonic stability to support evocative expression

Tech Specs General

• Model:Traditional HSS
• Artist:Nick Johnston
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed

Body

• Body Type:Solidbody
• Body Shape:Traditional
• Body Material:Alder
• Body Finish:Gloss
• Color:Atomic Violet

Neck

• Neck Material:Wenge
• Neck Shape:Nick Johnston C
• Neck Joint:Bolt-on
• Radius:14"
• Fingerboard Material:Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Metal Rings
• Number of Frets:22
• Fret Type:Jumbo
• Fret Material:Stainless Steel
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Scale Length Type:Standard Scale
• Nut Width:1.653"
• Nut Material:Graphtech Black Tusq XL

Hardware

• Bridge/Tailpiece:Schecter Nouveau
• Tuners:Schecter Nouveau Locking

Electronics

• Neck Pickup:Schecter USA NJ Sub Atomic Single Coil
• Middle Pickup:Schecter USA NJ Sub Atomic Single Coil
• Bridge Pickup:Schecter USA NJ Sub Atomic Humbucker
• Controls:1 x Volume, 1 x Tone
• Switching:5-way blade pickup switch

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