SCT-607 BARITONE
SCT-607 BARITONE
GREEN SPARKLE
Updated for 2018 with a killer new Green Sparkle finish, the LTD SCT-607B is an extraordinary guitar designed by innovative player Stephen Carpenter of Deftones. The SCT-607B starts with a rather traditional shape, but then takes an abrupt turn into one of the most powerful guitars available for contemporary music styles. It's a seven-string guitar, with neck-thru-body construction at 27" baritone scale. That means this instrument can handle extremely low tunings, while still maintaining the string tension needed for expressive playing and excellent tones. It offers a comfortable alder body and a three-piece maple neck, with an unadorned ebony fingerboard. Components on the LTD SCT-607B include a TonePros locking TOM bridge with string-thru-body design for excellent sustain, and a pair of versatile Fishman Fluence® SRC Signature active pickups. Each pickup has multiple voicings; use the push-pull control on the volume knob to select the one you want. On the middle alnico pickup, push down for “Modern Active” tone or pull up for “Modern Passive Attack”. On the bridge ceramic pickup, push down for “Modern Passive Attack” tone or pull up for “Modern Active” voicing. This model utilizes a standard 9V battery.
I've owned this guitar for about a month, so I figured it was time I post a review.
I've owned countless guitars, but this is the first signature model. I originally had money down on the white E2 baritone tele, but the eta kept changing. Eventually I was told it would be over a year's wait so I went with this.
Pros: As with all ESPs/LTDs, it's built well. The finish is beautiful. It holds tuning well. The neck is nice and chunky for those of you that prefer that. I'm used to Les Paul's so I was pleasantly surprised.
Cons. The pickups. I just don't see the appeal of Fishman's. They are very mid heavy and present. I guess they would sound good, but even tuned down to B flat it's still very bright and high fi. Kind removes the lumbering quality you get from playing in lower tunings. I still dig an EMG 81. It's tight and focused but retains certainly qualities I like. But, I digress.
The setup. Every ESP or LTD I've owned has been playable out of the box. This one was setup like all the others. Here's the problem. This is a baritone 7 string, with an increased scale length, it requires lighter gauge strings if you're playing in standard. That or tune it down slightly to compensate. Because of this it was extremely stiff and difficult to play. I've since tuned it down a half step and it's better.
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if you have any questions you may reach out to our customer service team at [email protected] or https://www.espguitars.com/pages/support
We do not setup our instruments based on tunings for particular albums, this will come in standard tuning. You can view our string gauges and tunings on our FAQ section
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