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Schecter Damien Platinum 8 - Satin Black

8-string Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Active EMG Humbucking Pickups - Satin Black
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Awesome 8-string Aggression

Are you into modern metal and rock? The Schecter Damien Platinum 8 8-string solidbody electric guitar can handle it. Just plug it into your favorite amp and listen to those active EMG pickups roar. Of course you'll have access to growling low-end fury, but the aggressive tonal response of the Damien Platinum 8 radiates across the entire fretboard. The through-body bridge gives you serious sustain. Add in Grover Rotomatic tuners, and you've got an axe that's both shred-ready and dependable. The deal is sealed: you've got an aggressive, tone-packed guitar with the Schecter Damien Platinum 8.

Hot tone from active EMG humbuckers

The Schecter Damien Platinum 8 is fitted with two active EMG 808 humbucking pickups. When you're deploying a low F#-string, there's no use even trying a passive pickup. Designed specifically for 8-string guitars, the EMG 808 gives you the clearest, fattest low end you've ever felt from a guitar pickup. Better still, these pickups are tapped, serving up pure alnico single-coil spank and sparkle. It's this kind of tonal versatility that makes the Schecter Damien Platinum 8 ideal for metal, fusion, and most any flavor of rock.

Ultra-strong maple neck with carbon fiber rods

The maple neck on the Damien Platinum 8 adds a snappy sound to balance the richness of mahogany, and it is enhanced with two carbon fiber rods parallel to the truss rod. Stronger than steel, these rods help prevent neck twisting, adding amazing stiffness but little weight.

Top-notch tuning stability from Grover Rotomatics

You'll stay in tune when you play the Damien Platinum 8, thanks to its Grover Rotomatics tuners and 18:1 gear ratio. That's a higher ratio than you normally find on stock tuners for guitars in this class, and it allows for greater tuning accuracy and stability.

Schecter Damien Platinum 8 8-string Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • An 8-string you'll want to rock with
  • Ultra Access cutaway gives you easy access to the upper frets
  • Long 28-inch scale maintains a higher tension on lower strings for tighter sound
  • Mahogany body has rich, wide-ranging tonality
  • 3-piece maple neck with carbon fiber rods for superior stability
  • Rosewood fretboard with 16-inch radius is perfect for shredding
  • Grover Rotomatics tuners with 18:1 ratio for superior accuracy and stability
  • EMG active 808 humbuckers are coil tappable

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 8
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape C
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Body Finish Satin Polyurethane
  • Color Black
  • Neck
  • Neck Material 3-Piece Maple
  • Neck Shape Thin C
  • Neck Joint Set Neck
  • Radius 20"
  • Fingerboard Material Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay Platinum Bats
  • Number of Frets 24, jumbo
  • Scale Length 28"
  • Nut Width 2.12"
  • Nut Material Graph Tech XL Black Tusq
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Schecter Custom Hardtail with String-through body
  • Tuners Grover 18:1 ratio
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup EMG 808 active Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup EMG 808 active Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings Ernie Ball, .009-.080
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 1187

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Rated 5/5

And the winner is .....

This is my 3rd and least costly 8 string but it is by far the best of all 3 that I've had .... I previously returned 2 that just couldn't handle the lower notes. This one handles double drop C amazingly well in terms of string tension , sound, and playability . If you're looking for an amazing 8 string guitar that doesn't break the budget , look no further !
Music background: Experimental progressive hard rock / metal
Rated 5/5

Solid Fun!

It is taking a while to get used to 8 strings, but this guitar has been awesome! DEEP like a cavern.
Music background: Lifetime Musician
Rated 5/5

GREAT build

This guitar easily is worth $1k... the pickups, nut, set neck, tuners, scale length are ALL quality products. The specs are insane for this price... One of the best 8 strings I'va ever played. Hands down.
Music background: Guitarist (20+ years)
Rated 5/5

Sick.

I love this guitar. The inlays are just wicked and it's a great price. I do wanna point out that the listing here says it has a fretboard radius is 16" but the Schecter website states that it's 20". quite a big difference, maybe it's 16"-20" depending on where it's measured, a lot of guitars have multi-radius fretboards. I don't know why you wouldn't want all the manufacturer specs listed on here, let alone matching ones!
Rated 5/5

Am very happy with this.

Service from Sweetwater was fantastic. The instrument was in perfect condition, and came with a great setup right out of the box. As for the guitar itself, it plays great, sounds great, and is great. Couldn't be happier with it.
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