Schecter announce the new Banshee Elite Series. Featuring a high-quality Swamp Ash body with a Flamed Maple top in a high-gloss natural finish. The Banshee Elite comes loaded with Schecter’s own hand-made USA SuperCharger™ pickups…
The Schecter Banshee Elite-6 features a Swamp Ash body with a Flamed Maple top, 9 piece Maple/Walnut neck with an Ebony fingerboard, 24 X-Jumbo Stainless Steel frets, Mother of Pearl offset/reverse dot inlays with brass circles, and a Neck-Thru construction with Ultra Access for seamless playability and easy access to the higher frets. The Banshee Elite is offered in 6, 7, and 8 string options and also offers the choice of a Hipshot Hardtail Bridge, or the Schecter Exclusive Floyd Rose 1500 Series bridge which features stainless steel parts, new push-in arm, and knife points that are re-tooled for better tuning and smoother tremolo play. One of the coolest features is that the Banshee Elite comes loaded with Schecter’s own hand-made USA SuperCharger™ pickups with an option of a Sustainiac in the neck position (Sustainiac offered only in 6 and 7 string models).
- Construction: Neck-Thru w/Ultra Access
- Body Material: Swamp Ash
- Top Material: Flamed Maple
- Top Contour: Flat Top
- Neck Material: Maple/Walnut Multi-ply
- Fretboard Material: Ebony
- Binding: Maple w/ BLK/Crème/BLK Multi-ply
- Inlays: MOP with Brass Circle Offset/Reverse Dots
- Side Dot Markers: Glow In The Dark Dots with Black Circle
- Scale: 25.5” (648mm)
- Frets: 24 X-Jumbo Stainless Steel
- Fretboard Radius: 12”-16” Compound Radius
- Neck Shape: Ultra Thin ‘C’
- Thickness: @ 1st Fret- .748” (19mm)/ @ 12th Fret- .787” (20mm)
- Nut: Graph Tech XL Black Tusq
- Nut Width: 1.653” (42mm)
- Truss Rod: 2-Way Adjustable Rod w/ 5/32” (4mm) Allen Nut
- Bridge Pickup: Schecter USA SuperCharger Mach-6™
- Neck Pickup: Schecter USA SuperCharger Mach-6™
- Controls: Volume/Tone/5-Way MegaSwitch
- Hardware Color: Black Chrome
- Bridge: Hipshot Hardtail (.125) w/ String Thru Body
- Tuners: Schecter Locking
- Knobs: Metal Knurled w/ Set Screw
- Glow in the dark side fret markers
- Country of Origin: South Korea
- Guitar Colors: Gloss Natural (GNAT)
