PT does stand for Pete Townshend. He was the flagbearer for Schecter a billion years ago and played their T-style guitars, so now all their T-style guitars are branded as PT.
mark Knopfler was using them at the same time. I seen Townsend use one for a performance of Eminence front but i expect he used them extensively for recording.
Pete was never an official figure for Schecter but they did some clever marketing work and made it look like he was. Mark Knopfler had quite a few different Schecters but his main ace in the 80s was the candy red dream machine strat.
I have a standard run Van Nuys traditional S style and it's one of my all time favorite guitars, absolutely love the satin roast maple neck and finger board Tuners are rock solid, 2 point trem works excellent, very good pickups All around wonderful versatile instruments
Thanks so much for your posts, I appreciate them being in high-definition 1440 by default, I spend a small portion of my day turning on HD, nice to see clearly now ;)
Yes the PT was modeled after a Pete Townsend Tele that Schecter made for him back in the day. Schecter makes really nice guitars. Even their more budget friendly models are superb.
schecter is definitely killing it right now great value for the price & premium features, and i know we’re getting a lefty version unlike Fender and jackson and Charvel and Ibanez,schecter even offers signature models in a lefty version 🤘🏼🎸🎶 schecter and kiesel ( just ordered a lefty thanos) both offer almost the entire line lefty 🤘🏼
I own two strats a PT fastback and NJ Strat and having owned some custom shop stats and lot more expensive guitars I sold most but still have the two schecters they are just amazing value for the price amazing!
Ok, fair play, Pete probably spent every waking non-working hour of his younger days woodshedding, but bloody hell Pete Townshend helped put Shecter on the map in the 80s with his black and gold-top T-styles.
Pete is blossoming into a proper curmudgeon. Funny how the hills are covered in snow and your path was uphill both ways when you were younger. THe PT sounded great btw.
Of all bands I wouldn't have thought have become Schecter artists (after their heavy use of Fender and Gibson), The Cure - with a cool Bass VI variant, and Simon Gallup's basses.
Those are so killer, but I already have 3 Schecter NJ Traditionals (S style), and a couple PTs, But that PT is killer with the body bevel and belly carve, plus the trem? Wow
Very nice guitars and jams gentlemen. I lived in Van Nuys for some years, it's very suburban and not the best of Los Angeles mainly just homes, apartments and small businesses.
Schecter quality is second to none, anyone that gets these or any other will be really happy with it. Got the syn gates custom with sustainiac and holy shit the guitar is insane, features wise compared to the overpriced G brand that shall not be named lol
I'll name them: Gibson is assho That being said, Schecters only real market is teenage boys with their copious usage of abalone and cringe inlays. And in my honest experience, schecter is really hit or miss when it comes to their fretwork. LTD is the best bargain brand, imo.
I scored my Synyster Gates for 500 shipped with case and an upgraded trem block. Easily the nicest guitar I own, I call it my surgeons scalpel because it just feels so precise.
I own two Schecter guitars. Both probably out of the same factory as my Ibanez and LTD, but the Schecter guitars feel more premium, better made, and solid. I feel they offer more for the price than rivals.
That factory is World Music, and they make great guitars if you ask me. ESP, Agile, and Schecter all made in the same factory in Korea. I've never gotten a bad guitar from them personally.
@@DudeMcGuybro My LTD and one Schecter is from WMI, however my Ibanez Premium and other Schecter are from Cort in Indonesia. I've had PRS SE and a Chapman from WMI and they were beautifully made.
Schecter Van nuys is where is all began (and ended.) They were sold off in the 80s and now the only similarity is the name/branding/looks. They make great stuff now but dont compare at all..
The original Strat types had scratch plates & locking trem systems. So these are a double disappointment. Just look at Andy Taylor’s at Live Aid. Or Jamie West-Oran’s in The Fixx’s Red Skies video. These seem half arsed. At least the Fender Boxer reissues got most of it right.
