Schecter Guitar Research
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| Private Company Guitar manufacturer | |
| Industry | Musical instruments |
| Founded | Van Nuys, California, United States (1976) |
| Founder | David Schecter, Herschel Blankenship and Shel Horlick |
| Headquarters | 1840 Valpreda Street Burbank, California 91504 United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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David Schecter Herschel Blankenship Shel Horlick (founders) Hisatake Shibuya (distributor/owner) Michael Ciravolo (president) |
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Electric and acoustic guitars Bass guitars Guitar amplifiers |
| Owner | Hisatake Shibuya |
| Website | schecterguitars.com |
Schecter Guitar Research, commonly known simply as Schecter, is a US guitar, bass and amplifier manufacturer. The company was founded in 1976 by David Schecter and originally produced only replacement parts for existing guitars from manufacturers such as Fender and Gibson. Today, the company mass-produces its own line of electric guitars, bass guitars, and steel-string acoustic guitars, and offers hand-built custom instruments and a small line of guitar amplifiers.
In 1976, David Schecter opened Schecter Guitar Research, a repair shop in Van Nuys, California. The shop manufactured replacement guitar necks and bodies, complete pickup assemblies, bridges, pickguards, tuners, knobs, potentiometers, and other miscellaneous guitar parts. Eventually, Schecter supplied parts to guitar manufacturers such as Fender and Gibson and to Robert Talbot repair shops. By the late 1970s Schecter offered more than 400 guitar parts, but did not offer any finished instruments.
In 1979, Schecter offered, for the first time, its own fully assembled electric guitars. These guitars were custom shop models based on Fender designs. They were considered to be very high quality and very expensive, and were sold only by twenty retailers across the United States.
Schecter guitars and parts have been used by, among others, Gary Holt, Pete Townshend, Jeff Loomis, Mark Knopfler, Ritchie Blackmore, Chris Poland, Synyster Gates, Richard Patrick, Jinxx, Jake Pitts, Tommy Victor, Dan Donegan, Lou Reed, Todd Rundgren, Robin Zander, Shaun Morgan, and Nikki Sixx.
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