Schecter Guitar Research Synyster Gates Custom-S Electric Guitar Satin Gold Burst

I would put my skill level between Novice and Experienced. Previous guitar is Schecter CR-6 Pros- Overall this guitar is absolutely amazing. Very good tone, I played on it multiple times a week until recently, Never had a string pop, never falls out of tun...ever. And that is playing at least 10 hours a week for 8-10 months straight. I just picked it up after about a month or two from playing and it was still in tune. Electronics are great, makes it very easy to cheat and do a harmonic even if you cant quite get that pinch harmonic every time. The whammy with sustain make dive bombs crazy fun. I will definitely be getting another one when the new models come out. The active pickups are crazy sensitive/ loud to the normal passive ones I am used to but ohh boy it sounds amazing and very clean! I did get it professionally set up when I got it so that could help as well. I have changed the strings probably 4 times since I have owned it as well and it still rocks! Cons- Only con I have for this guitar is that my 3 way switch to swap between pick ups kept having issues. When I would swap between it back and forth when I kicked it into the bridge mode it would loose all of its tone and go straight clean. But after a couple flicks it would finally kick in. Initially I thought it was a bad pick up and I was gonna be upset. After a few quick visits @ guitar center we finally figured out the issue. One of the wires that was soldered to the 3-way switches tab was coming in contact with another metal piece in there causing a intermittent short. So the Luthier tightened the switch and moved the wire out of the way and I have been issue free for months now.

I've been playing guitar for 40 years. I've typically avoided any signature series guitars. I did a lot of research, (watched videos) etc. This guitar holds up to and surpassed many of the guitars I've owned over the years and I've owned a lot. Fender starts, teles, Les Paul, Carvin (great guitar too) This Synyster Gates Custom has everything you could ever want (with the exception of a coil splitter) but it's a full on rock guitar. The pickups are awesome...the glow in the dark neck side markers are sweet. The tone of the custom US wound pickup is second to none. It records like a dream. The sustainiac pick up is a ton of fun. The Floyd Rose 1500 series is super solid. I blocked my trem and I stalled an EVH D-Tuna.

Short term great guitar. Long term?

really nice, really cool its a good choice of guitar