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Schecter Nick Johnston Trad Diamond Series Electric Guitar
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One of the best playing guitars I've played!

By: Jeremy Miller      Submitted: 7/5/2023

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Product Rating Product Review This guitar plays incredibly well. It feels great, the flat fingerboard is really smooth and I can't get over how nice the big frets feel. The simplified controls are nice as well.
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Wonderful guitar

By: Stand      Submitted: 1/25/2022

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Beautiful guitar. Everything from the green color the the roasted neck. Sounds amazing, It has the best clean sounds I’ve heard. The nut was cut wrong and sharp fret ends. No big deal to me.
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Best sustain I've ever experienced on a Strat

By: Russ      Submitted: 10/6/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I've had this guitar for a few weeks now and I'm thoroughly impressed with it. A very clean design that has many of the feature's that I would have included if I had designed my own like a side mounted jack and one tone knob to control all three pickups. I always disliked the "traditional" front mounted jack and two tone controls with no tone knob connected to the bridge pickup. Speaking of the pickups they have a slightly modern sound to them without venturing too far from vintage territory. If you're a purist who wants that 50's/early 60's Strat tone they might not be to your liking but I find them perfectly usable. Maybe someday I'll consider replacing them with a set of pickups from the USA version of this guitar but I'm in no hurry. The tremolo is setup well and seems to be made with quality parts. I suspect that is part of the reason this guitar sustains so well. I've owned a lot of Strat's over the years from Fender American Ultra's to lowly imports that nobody has ever heard of and this guitar has more sustain than any of them nearly matching my Les Paul. If you had told me that an S-style guitar could have this kind of sustain I would have thought you a fool. But hearing is believing. The body has a great resonance to it and the locking tuners are nice and smooth. The Graph Tech nut is a nice addition. There are no rough edges to the frets all the way up to 22 and the strap buttons are nice and large. I usually replace the later with Dunlop strap locks on my guitars but the strap is hard enough to get off when you're trying to so I doubt there's much chance of it slipping off accidentally. Out of the box the setup was pretty good. It needed minor adjustments but that's to be expected of import guitars that have no doubt spent their existence in shipping containers and warehouses before getting to you. Overall I'm very pleased and would gladly recommend it even at $200-300 more than I paid for it.
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Best Strat under $1,000 by far

By: Zac      Submitted: 3/2/2021

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This has become my favorite go to guitar and I have a prs s2 custom 22. I love both I just slightly favor strat design more. But for the money this is a no brained. Pickups sound great (more modern instead of vintage) fretboard is wonderful, fretwork is amazing m, lock-in tuners are a wonderful feature and the overall fit and finish is so solid. Absolutely destroys MIM quality. I’d you want a vintage sounding Strat, grab this and then swap the pickups, the FEEl of this guitar is butter!
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Incredible for this or any price range

By: S. Odom      Submitted: 11/13/2020

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I ordered the Atomic Frost model, and I have to say that I am blown away by this guitar. I pulled the trigger because I am a huge fan of roasted maple and needed a strat type guitar in my collection, and the offers from Fender are much more pricey. Also, the more modern fretboard radius is much more comfortable for a guy like me that grew up on Ibanez and Jacksons, while also being chunkier than those two typically offer at the same time, creating a middle ground. The fit and finish are fantastic, with no cosmetic blemishes. The only thing that I had to do myself was set my pickup height, as they shipped a bit too high. Overall, I couldn’t be happier with this guitar.
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Whoa.... Schecter done it

By: Santiago      Submitted: 5/23/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I love s-style body guitars and I own an American Strat from the 90's. I've always said to be complete with this strat and not want another one, until I saw this beauty. I got it in coral pink and the tones are so crunchy and sweet that it was me really in love with the tone! The feel of the neck is superb and the locking grover tuners are bonus! Overall, beyond happy with this baby!! Truly recommend it!
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Schecter Screwed this up by letting quality control slide...

By: George Wolfe      Submitted: 5/12/2020

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Schecter’s IMHO are notorious for having a guitar ready to play out of the box. The neck had to be relieved and I have a short circuit in my switch....I should send it back.... but I got a brand new switch and adjusting the truss rod will be easy. I’m just saying I’ve owned Schecters and I’m shocked this occurred. Maybe I’ll Be second guessing about buying another Schecter. But I still enjoy this particular guitar, great neck and it’s very comfortable to play. It’s still a keeper!
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Amazing guitar!

By: Garrett Patton      Submitted: 4/24/2020

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7 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Such a great guitar! It definitely has my favorite neck profile and the fret work is impeccable! Stock pickups sound great as well. Just a great overall build.
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Amazing Guitar! Amazing Strat! 10/10 Would Buy Another!

By: mrniceskye      Submitted: 3/30/2020

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is my new favorite guitar. I’ve played guitars from most of the major brands (Fender, Ibanez, Jackson, Gibson, PRS), and this guitar just feels better. The specs on it for the price are great. The ebony fretboard and frets feel fantastic. The roasted maple neck is so smooth. It’s probably the smoothest neck I’ve played. Locking tuners hold tuning really well, I don’t have to tune it ever. Pulling it out of the bag, it’s perfectly on time. I can drop it from Standard E to Drop D without having to retune the whole guitar. The guitar did not need a setup out of the box. I’ve been playing it for weeks without issue. This guitar is definitely making me consider the investment of buying the USA made version of this guitar. Oh and the color of the guitar is really nice. The aged white pickguard and the atomic frost blue go together well. No electronic issues, switch works and the tones out of the pickups are the best Strat pickups I’ve heard. The guitar puts you in the mood to play, and that’s a real perk. Buy it now!
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I wanted to try one of these since they were released and I am very happy I bought one

By: Steve      Submitted: 2/26/2020

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25 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I wanted to try one of these since they were released and I am very happy I bought one
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ATOMIC GUITAR

By: Paulguitar      Submitted: 1/6/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This guitar is by far the most amazing guitar ive ever played. The pickups and the neck is to die for. the overall tone and feel and look are just incredible and the folks at AMS are just as wonderful. Thanks for everything. Def pick this guitar up
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Amazing Neck!

By: Christopher Tompkins      Submitted: 12/10/2019

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I love Stratocaster's. I hate the Volume knob position and the face mounted output jack that is on every fender strat. This guitar solves those things and then some! The neck on this guitar is absolutely stunning! Silky smooth roasted maple with an ebony board, is the greatest combo, IMHO. Pin wheel truss adjuster and locking tuners too! The frets are smooth as glass and have rounded ends. The tremolo is smooth and stays in tune pretty well with mild use. (i.e. vibrato effects, no crazy Vai stuff...) I bought the Atomic Coral finish and I love it. Love the look and feel of this instrument. I only give 4 stars though, because of a slight build flaw. The cool looking brass circle inlay's, are slightly off center to the strings. I might have returned it for this issue, but I actually didn't notice until after I'd changed pickups. (I hate 60 cycle hum from single coils and installed Fender noiseless.) Thus rendering it, "Non-returnable". Still, I love this guitar and regret nothing. I've owned a Fender "Elite" strat and I truly think that this plays and feels better. And, it cost 60% less. Try one. You'll not regret it.
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Excellent Guitar!

By: Frankie Davis      Submitted: 11/5/2019

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2 people found this review helpful.

Product Review I'm actually quite impressed with this. I got the Atomic Coral model. It's heavy, which isn't a bad thing, but the tone and playability is excellent. Plus it is gorgeous. If I didn't know better I'd say it was a USA model.
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Very well built, plays effortlessly

By: Zak W.      Submitted: 7/27/2019

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5 people found this review helpful.

Product Review I have a mexi strat and this Nick Johnston signature model plays better. I love that the neck isnt a glossy finish, nice and smooth. Makes playing for hours easy and hand "gunk" free. It definitely gives me the sound of Nick Johnstons' recordings, still working on the speed though, obviously lol. If you want a strat style guitar built better than mexi and beginner strats, this baby will compete with very high end S type guitars, for a fraction of the price. I love the atomic green, its the icing on the cake. Schecter knocked it out of the park with this model. Lockijf tuners, tremolo bar, nice pick ups, all for under eight hundred dollars.
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Very fun to play

By: Jake      Submitted: 7/2/2019

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6 people found this review helpful.

Product Review It's a pretty solid instrument. The baked neck feels really nice. Action is pretty low, with minimum fret buzz. I was pretty impressed with the fret work actually, it feels very smooth, and polished. This was my first time trying out schecter, so I felt like I was taking a risk. Was very impressed with the pickups, they have a similar sound to the 70s style fender strat pickups. If you listen to Nick Johnston and really like his sound, you won't be disappointed. It delivers a solid wide range of tone. The volume and tone knobs are very responsive. It doesn't feel cheaply made. Prolly gonna gig with this soon
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Quality built

By: Eric      Submitted: 6/5/2019

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2 people found this review helpful.

Product Review Strat in Schecter form signature love the tones, the feel of the neck, play ability is excellent!!! Buy one you won’t be disappointed!! AMS delivered as processed great customer service and can’t be the pay as you play!!
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Great Guitar

By: zocaahead      Submitted: 12/27/2018

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11 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great guitar. This is a well made Indonesian guitar. Great guitar for anyone looking for strat under a budget. This is far better than most Mexican strats.
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I like this better than a Strat.

By: Kyle      Submitted: 5/9/2018

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6 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review As far as neck feel goes, I prefer this guitar over a Mexican or American Strat. The fretboard is super slick and very comfortable. The hardware is all of good quality, and will likely last the lifetime of the instrument. The pickups are fine for me, kinda vintage hot. The fit and finish on this guitar is flawless, and good luck finding a silver Strat south of $2000.