Item Reviews for: Schecter Omen 8 8 String Electric Guitar  -  SCE OMEN82012 LIST
Schecter Omen 8 8 String Electric Guitar
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They want me to write a review on an item that's not here.

By: LuciLovesYou13      Submitted: 12/28/2022

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Product Rating Product Review It was meant to be here yesterday and then it was pushed back 2 days, hopefully I actually get up play it before I make the second payment on it. Not holding my breath tho.
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Great 8

By: Isaac      Submitted: 2/1/2022

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Product Review This was my first 8 string. The neck has a nice smooth profile and it sounds massive! Great way to enter into the 8 string world. The only reservation I would have about it is that the higher strings tend to be stiffer due to the longer scale length. They work and you can get stuff done and it sounds good. But a noodle for hours and play soaring bends like butter Guitar it is not. Now go cover some Meshuggah!
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Great guitar, very easy to play and very easy to afford!

By: Christopher Lynch      Submitted: 3/5/2020

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Product Review This is the first Schecter guitar I’ve ever owned. I’ve been playing guitar for 36 years and I’ve had my run of good and bad instruments. The Schecter Omen 8 string is absolutely great guitar for the money. The finish is flawless as well as the binding. The “Hipshot “ style bridge is my favorite hard tail by far and this one is a smoked chrome. It’s amazing. The Neck pickup is ok not the clearest with distortion but sounds good clean. The bridge pickup is really good clean or distorted. It remarkably clear even when tuning the F# down to an E. The tuners are great they hold well even when bending. I rarely need to tune it. The Tusq XL nut is by far the best nut I’ve used. I’ve upgraded all my non tremolo guitars to Tusq XL. The neck is thin and smooth, very comfortable to play. The inlays are flawless. To be honest I was not expect them to be done so well. My favorite part of the guitar is the headstock. It’s smaller than most 8 strings and the strings are fairly straight through the nut keeping them from binding sideways like some stupid headstock designs. Other guitar companies should take notes. Unfortunately I do have 2 very minor issues with the guitar. 1. the lower horn should be contoured on the back for better higher fret access it’s not bad but if they shaved a 1/2 off the inside back it would make a huge difference. 2. The frets on mine were a little sharp. I did take a fret file and some 1500 grit paper and smooth them off. Took like 15-20 minutes. No big deal at all for me anyway. Other than that I say guitar is very well made. Well done Schecter!
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Awesome guitar for the price

By: Chris      Submitted: 2/7/2020

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Product Review This is the first Schecter guitar I’ve ever owned. The body is basswood so it’s light and resonant. The guitar is slightly smaller than my Ibanez RGT and fits in the case just fine. So it’s not big and clunky like some 8 strings. It would be easy to play on stage. The finish on mine it excellent and the binding was done very well, better than some higher priced guitars I’ve played. The neck is comfortable and smooth. My frets were a little sharp but a quick file and some 2000 grit sandpaper took care of that. It did come to me with the neck slightly back bowed and the strings were very loose, not even close to tuned. A slight neck adjustment and quick tune and she was good to djent. The action was perfect once I adjusted the neck. The pickups are actually pretty good they aren’t too muddy on the bass side and the treble side has pretty good bite and sustain. Mine came with both pots loose so I had to pull the knobs and retighten the nuts. The tuners are really good and keep tune. I really love the neck inlays they are near perfect and the Graph Tech XL TUSQ nut is a very good choice. The 26.5” scale is good just wished it was 27.5 or 28” but no big deal. Overall great 8 string guitar. I definitely recommend this guitar if you are looking for an 8 string for not a lot of $$.
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Best Guitar for the Price

By: Jeffrey Dobbek      Submitted: 1/18/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review For 550 dollars, this guitar blew my mind. The action is amazing. It's easy to play and can maintain low tunings with ease. It is the perfect first 8 string. And it came very quickly and in perfect condition.
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Sounds incredible!

By: Katie      Submitted: 1/13/2020

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Product Review I bought this for my fiancé for Christmas and he absolutely loves it! He has owned many guitars before and still has a few, but this is his first 8 string and I am so glad I chose this one for him. It sounds GREAT and was well worth it! He hasn’t touched his other guitars since. I swear he hasn’t put it down since Christmas. Shipping was fast! Thank you AMS!
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Great guitar, not so great pickups

By: Jesus      Submitted: 10/26/2019

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Product Review Love this guitar so much, but the pickups are pretty muddy especially with distortion.
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Great guitar but horrible pickups, still well worth the price

By: John H. Williams      Submitted: 9/28/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is a great guitar and well worth the money, but the pickups don't pickup the high strings very well and you can't adjust the poles on these pickups...I'm looking to installing new Seymour Duncan pickups in mine.
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Worth more than the price tag

By: Unmutual buyer      Submitted: 6/9/2017

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Product Review Well made axe and great sound. Takes a little getting used to at first because of the string spacing. Most chords on the f sharp string and b string are identical. Had to raise the action a little but no biggie. I recommend this guitar for any first time buyers that want the challenge of the extra low strings.
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Unexpectedly High Quality

By: Gabriel Palmer      Submitted: 2/22/2016

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I gotta say, this guitar's build quality is superb. It is so so so much more than expected and beat the hell out of most of the guitars I played worth thousands in terms of build quality. Especially the neck. Love the neck. The tuning machines are alright but I would recommend a better gear ratio for the lower two strings at least. I gave mine some spare 18-1 locking tuners I had laying around and it did wonders for tuning stability. Tonally, it's alright. I found that the pickups are muddy as all getout when tuning to 8 string standard but EQ can clear up a lot of that if you're patient. That being said I switched it up and tuned it to 7 string G# standard/drop F# with a high F# fer funnies and it came to life, it sounds incredible now somehow. No mud anywhereand I dunno why that is but will not argue. If they woulda put in some quality PUs in this would compare to guitars double or triple the price easily. Buy it guys, this one is a great start into 8strings and much nicer than the Ibanez RG8 I promise! It's also a monster modding platform given the exceptional build so if you like to tinker this is a good one for that too! WORTH IT!
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It was a good omen for me to order the Schecter Omen 8!

By: Philip      Submitted: 4/9/2013

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This guitar is simply fantastic overall. I was initially somewhat apprehensive about getting a guitar that is priced as an intermediate instrument. I must say without hesitation that I am VERY well-pleased. I have had this guitar for about one week. Having been a guitar player for 20 years now, a teacher for 8 years, and having worked professionally in musical instrument retail sales, I can tell that this guitar is made to last. Your general opinion of this product. Overall, the instrument is great and will suffice for all my applications. I am truly taken aback by the overall quality of this guitar. I am very happy and excited to have it! The neck feels amazing. It is rather thin for an 8 string and fits the hand well. A player can reach almost all the strings and frets just fine. There is slight restriction on the upper frets due to a mildly insufficient cutaway on the lower horn. Yet, I cannot see any major deficiencies resulting. The strings feel pleasant and have nice bounce and spring in them. The controls are in excellent spots for my taste. I play a wide and eclectic variety of styles, from jazz to metal to classical. I personally enjoy the many tones of the instrument. The basswood body and bolt-on maple neck with rosewood board offer good and nice clarity in conjunction with the pickups. I have to agree with other reviewers in that, while on a distortion setting, the B and F# strings tend to become ever so slightly dull and buried. Yet, the clean tones are astoundingly good in quality. I know this will work perfectly for jazz. The cleans are additionally reminiscent of the great cleans from Billy Corgan, Marty Friedman (think of his "Scenes" solo album 1992), and even George Benson and Paul Jackson Jr. I think the pickup output is more than sufficient for any application. For reference, I play a Mesa Boogie Studio Caliber DC-2 amplifier. The matte walnut satin finish is clean and wonderful without any error. I love it. The black binding is a great touch and makes the instrument look even more expensive than it is. The frets are perfectly finished and polished. The action is GREAT upon immediate play, and should not require much adjustment. I have a 1999 Ibanez JEM 7D Vai model as well as a 1979 reissue Dean V, and the action on this Omen 8 is just as enjoyable. The strings feel wonderful and comfortable!
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Best guitar ever!

By: from unkownlocation82410      Submitted: 12/31/2012

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The guitar is very sturdy and smooth! It is a very dependable guitar and is made of quality materials. It has endured hours and hours of rigorous playing. It handles my virtuoso soloing very well. Your general opinion of this product. FANTASTIC!!! It is very smooth. It is very playable. Everything was spot on. It handled the lower notes very well and the higher ones just as nice. The pickup do a good job t picking up a quality sound. It looked sick! It is the prettiest guitar i have ever played. All it needed was a quick tune up and it was ready to go.
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Great guitar!!

By: T knez from Snowflake AZ      Submitted: 8/5/2012

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Built like an ox its only been a week Your general opinion of this product. Great guitar but weak, muddy pickups, especially on the fat string. I installed a Dimarzio 8 string bridge pickup and what a difference!! Soon I will do the neck. I play the shnitzle outta this thing( a la Cannibal Corpse, Behemeth style) and it keeps in tune very well. Stout, yet it has a very playable neck. I went from a 6 string right to this 8. It was strange for 30 min but now I can't put it down. Flabby, muddy, blurry bridge pick up. neck pick up is tolerable. Lose them both and upgrade, I chose Dimarzio's. Top notch. Had to adjust the neck tension as usual. Raise pickups, and the bridge tension on the heavy gauge stringe for down tuning.