Schecter PT Fastback questions

mustang4106

Hey guys, it's been a LONG time since I've been on here "busy with Physics class" bleh! 😵

anyways I was just wondering if anyone that knows about Schecter PT Fastbacks can help me out here.

First off, I went on to Schecter's website and noticed that they completely changed the Fastback's config. From the 2007 model, they took the neck pickup, Duncan Designed HB-102, and put it in the bridge position...all while putting a new pickup in the neck, FG-101

So does anyone know what real difference this made?

And what was the model of humbucker that was in the original 2007 edition bridge position since they got rid of it and put the HB-102 (which was originally in the neck) there now

Also they changed all the knobs and the neck, NO MORE ROSEWOOD~@#!*#&(@^#(&*)~!

I hate Maple

here's a 2007

http://www.copystars.com/images_product ... _small.jpg

and 2008

http://media.schecterguitars.com/imgs/p ... k_3tsb.jpg

and as a bonus, does anyone know what Seether's frontman Shaun Morgan uses(Since they are one of my favorite bands of all time)...the 07 or 08? I notice he only has a bridge pickup in his models but I don't know whether its the old 07 pickup or the HB-102

Any help is greatly appreciated since I am completely lost

-thank god I got my 006 Elite before they completely stopped production on them heheh

mustang4106

oops, I screwed up the URL links...oh well...just copy and paste since I'm a noob at those

mustang4106

btw here's some pics of Shaun's PT Live, hope this helps

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=52377757

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=50724470

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=50736485

judging from that last pic, I'd say that he doesn't use a 08 model, looks more like the old model Bridge humbucker (WHICH I DON"Y REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS!#@()&!@#)

mustang4106

haha last edit, I promise

here's a GREAT pic of the 07 model, very up close

http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM05 ... blk-lg.jpg

mustang4106

BREAKTHROUGH!!!

ok, so I went ot Seymour Duncan's site and figured out screwed up in the beginning, the FG in 07 was in the neck, while the HB-102 was the bridge pickup

so now what? Did they just switch places for 08? the FG is now the Bridge pickup and I would assume the HB-102 is the neck, but it is plated in metal now, not just open, is it the same pickup though? just Schecterfied?

if so, is it a quick fix to switch them? I want a fastback so it looks like I'll have to deal with the new maple ☹

nirvana23freak

jesus.

mustang4106

What? Jesus? what's your problem?

nirvana23freak

just that you posted like 4 times, 4 new posts, not edit... i didnt scually read anything you posted. i clicked a picture link though. it just looks like a tele deluxe

mustang4106

Well if you didn't read the post then the picture wont make sense really

its not a Tele Deluxe, its a Schecter PT Fastback, "in the title ;)"

I am just wondering about the pickup configuration, if you read the post then you would understand what I'm asking, and if I just edited my first post, it would be a wall of text, and you most likely wouldn't have read that either then

so any help people? or does no one have a clue, like me 😛

nirvana23freak

i knew it wasnt a tele deluxe, i knew it was a shecter pt, doesnt it have like one pickup? if i remember correctly

mustang4106

Yeah, Shaun's only has the bridge pickup, which I'm trying to find out what that one is

it doesn't look like the FG-101 (which is now in the bridge of Fastbacks)

it looks like a HB-102 (which was in the bridge of old models)

I have the pics of both models above, also, in the new edition it looks like they switched pickup placement but it still says FG and HB

so did they put a metal plating over the HB-102 at the neck? Cuz it doesn't look like the HB-102 that was in the guitar before

StaticShredd

Have any of you noticed that Shaun Morgan's Fastback has no volume knob? I don't understand it. Does he have a switch somewhere? Because you definitely want something to turn the volume down to stop feedback.

funtoosh

nirvana23freak

StaticShredd said: Have any of you noticed that Shaun Morgan's Fastback has no volume knob? I don't understand it. Does he have a switch somewhere? Because you definitely want something to turn the volume down to stop feedback.

feed back wont happen on the clean channel, ive never heard of him(or his music) so i dont know if its like constant distortion or what

tragictravisty

well the shaun morgan isnt suited for glitchy feedbacky sounds then.

mustang4106

Yeah Shaun's fastback is very customized

fretboard, back of neck, no knobs, only bridge pickup

anyways I am just trying to figure out whcih pickup he has in the bridge, is it a stock HB-102?

not to mention in the the newer model did they just cover the HB-102 with a metal plate?