New Schecter PT Special. Originally a custom model, the PT was inspired by the Schecter guitar Pete Townshend played onstage between 1979 and 1988. Now re-badged as the PT Special and available to a much wider spectrum of musicians as part of the factory-produced Diamond Series…
The Schecter PT Special features a body made of Swamp Ash and the classic combination of bolt-on Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard (on the Black Pearl) or Maple on the 3-Tone Sunburst. Dual Schecter Diamond pickups are added for vintage sound but suitable for modern players – the bridge position is the Schecter Diamond VT-1 and the neck position holds the Schecter Diamond V-90. The hardware includes a metal-knurled Tone knob with a Series-Parallel Push-Pull control, 3-way pickup selector switch, Graph Tech XL Ivory TUSQ nut and vintage Grover tuners.
The Diamond Series was first introduced in 1998, and consists of all the non-custom, mass-produced Schecter models.
- Body Material: Swamp Ash
- Top Contour: Flat Top
- Construction: Bolt-on
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fretboard Material: Maple (3TSBP) or Rosewood (BLKP)
- Inlays: black dots (3TSBP) or white dots (BLKP)
- Binding: Creme 1-ply
- Scale: 25.5” (648mm)
- Neck Shape: ‘C’
- Thickness: @ 1st Fret- .826” (21mm)/ @ 12th Fret- .905” (23mm)
- Frets: 22 X-Jumbo
- Fretboard Radius: 12” (305mm)
- Nut: Graph Tech XL Ivory Tusq
- Nut Width: 1.653” (42mm)
- Truss Rod: 2-Way Adjustable Rod w/ 5/32” (4mm) Allen Nut
- Number of Pickups: 2
- Bridge Pickup: Schecter Diamond VT-1
- Neck Pickup: Schecter Diamond V-90
- Controls: Volume/Tone (Series-Parallel Push-Pull)/3-Way Switch
- Hardware Color: Nickel
- Bridge: Vintage Ashtray with Staggered Brass Saddles
- Tuners: Grover Vintage
- Knobs: Metal Knurled w/ Set Screw
- Colors: 3-Tone Sunburst Pearl (3TSBP), Black Pearl (BLKP)
- Dexterity: Right Handed
- Strings: Ernie Ball Regular Slinky #2221 (.010-.046)
- Country manufactured: South Korea
