Omen-7 Review

An omen is a sign, and Schecter was right in naming this guitar the Omen. With its sleek carved top basswood body, 24-fret bolt-on maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, and 2 Diamond humbuckers, it's sure to be a signal that great sound quality and beautiful design go hand-in-hand.

Features:	7.5
Sound:	8
Action:	7
Reliability:	8
Impression:	8
Overall rating:	7.7
Users rating:	8.7
Comments:	17

overall: 8.6

Featured review by: shoebox_of_lies, on march 13, 2006

Price paid: $ 553

Purchased from: Guitar Clinic

Features: Basswood body, maple/rosewood neck, 24 frets, dotted inlays, Diamond Plus pickup, chrome hardware, electronics include a 3-way, volume, and tone. Not to mention it has 7 strings. // 8

Sound: It sounds great with any you play it with; the extra string lets hit those mind-blowing power chords to play along with metal guys without having to down-tune. The strings are easily bent to play along with the greats of classic rock. I use an old Peavy amp the size of a small coffee table, so you wouldn't expect much coming from that, but the Omen 7 delivers great sound. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: The cut-in goes far up, but it makes it a little difficult to reach the 23rd and 24th frets. It's a light body, so it makes it easy to pull off those behind-your-head or between-the-legs solos. I would have enjoyed a few more controls, like bass and brillliance. I was also a little disapointed this didnt have a whammy-bar. But other than the few things I listed, it was an amazing buy at 700 bucks, everything is awesome on it. // 8

Reliability & Durability: Nice and solid, it's lasted me the few shows I've done. I haven't owned it that long, but the hardware is standing fine, the tuning pegs are nice and tight. The strap buttons make it a little hard to get the strap itself on, but once it is, it ain't comin off without a fight. So far the gloss-black finish hasn't got a scratch on it. // 9

Impression: This goes great with my style of music, which is just about everything from bluegrass to heavy metal. I've been playing for 8 years, and this is my first 7 string, but once you go with that extra bass string, it makes a world of difference to your playing. Like I said, I love the 7th string, the small light frame, the 24 frets, and plus the fact that it looks beautiful. The things I dislike were the lack of whammy bar, and the cut-in could have went a tiny but deeper. The best electric guitar I own. // 9

overall: 6.8

Reviewed by: AngryGoldfish, on january 28, 2008

Price paid: $ 488.88

Purchased from: Thomann

Features: Although I am unaware what year it was made in, I know it's fairly recent. It has 24 medium jumbo frets and 25 1/4 inch scale neck to compensate for the lower tunings. It has a laminated top made of Figured Maple and the body is made from Basswood while the finger board is made of Rosewood placed on top of a Maple neck. It has Vector Inlays which look spiffing in my eyes. The bridge is a TOM bridge and has a string thru body. The pickups are two Schecter Alnico Humbuckers. It has a Strat style body shape but I guess you would of checked the picture out by now. It has a volume and tone pot with a three way selector Switch. The nifty little thing about the tone pot is the option to pull it up which disengages the humbuckers and reverses into single coils. A great little edition if you ask me! // 7

Sound: I love playing Korn and Deftones and it suits those very well. Although the pickups can be muddy playing chords, expecially low end power chords, one note groove riffs work a treat. I used my Vox AD 30VT on a low gain setting with plenty of treble and middle to compensate for the low end sludge. It can be a little noisy but for that price, it's to be expected. You have to raise all the settings to increase the tonal quality, which can in turn create a little feedback. The brightness comes from when you activate the single coil option in the pickups. It then becomes sharp and evil. Because of this option there is obviously plenty of tonal options. This is where this guitar shines, the more you mess around with the tones, the more you realise how diverse it is, the more you begin to like it. But like I mentioned, the tone can become mushy and slurd even when you play high up on the fretboard which detracts from the great looks and tonal variety. // 7

Action, Fit & Finish: The action was too low I'm afraid and created enormous fret buzz, particularly on the lower strings. Even after raising it at the bridge, I realised that the problem was in the neck itself and I have no experience in altering necks so I will have to look it up and practise first. The pickups, as I have said, are not the best but it could be nothing to do with the position of them, I have no idea. There were many flaws in the finish, both on the back and front. The plastic coating on the pickups became wedged in the bracket holding the coils and will not come out. The Veneer had a large blemish in it and had already began to peel off even more on the surface. This is a serious flaw and will require either sending back or fixing professionaly. The cream binding doesn't seem to have any flaws or niches and the same goes for the fretboard which seems to be adequate. // 6

Reliability & Durability: I have yet to play this guitar Live, but I would not trust it like my Maverick or Epiphone. The hardware seems to be quite sturdy and the tone and volume pots, along with the pickup selector, are very strong in their hollowed out position. The strap buttons seem to do the job as well, the strap seems very tight in its place. I can't depend on a guitar that has so many flaws, I just don't have that kind of personality. By the looks of it, the finish will not last as the veneer is already peeling off. // 7

Impression: I play all alternative heavy metal and soft rock like Strokes and Interpol but also love Blues and Jazz. It suits Korn one string riffs but it doesn't cut Deftones or lead playing very well due to its thick and noisy pickups. I own far superior gear to this, but this is not as expensive as other instruments I own. I wished I asked about the neck profile and quality first because pickups can be changed, but the neck is a different story I am not to well informed on. I would buy a different guitar, I don't mind paying the extra cash for the corresponding improved neck and sound. I love the brittle and biting sound of the single coils when you hit those low strings with power, it's very punkish and contains the attitude of a true axeman! Apart from that there is nothing I can say concerning the sound that impresses me very much. Either sending it back or replacing the pickups is my choice! Nonetheless it's pretty good, worth the money I hope and looks the business! // 7

Comments

[stumtk]

Man u over paid!! I can get this guitar at the nearest guitar shop for $450 Canadian.

[drfeelgood666]

i want it

[sTx]

It looks sooo sexy!

[Children Of War]

Id Fuck it if I had the chance

[les_kris]

Bass and Brilliance, DEAR GOD.

[cheames]

i think i may be getting one of these, soon, to go with my maverick x-1

[Lilldjuret]

I'm gonna buy myself a barely used Omen 7 Extreme today. They have nice specs and I just want a cheap 7 string, so the extreme was the way to go. Bang for your buck. Schecters are easily the top of that list.

[azrha]

i'm going to buy this guitar for an awesome price of 260 euro's (im dutch :P ), it really is a great guitar and i cant w8 to play it at my home ciao guys , i know now that i'm going to buy this baby for a 100000% !! cya

[dointime024]

I can get it for $349 brand new off musicians friend.

[dx4life68]

i bought this guitar off a friend for $250

[Slacker996]

i want this guitar so bad...good thing they're $350 at The guitar center

[BlueRumRed]

Yer i bought this and its ****ing brilliant i love it. My second electric and first 7 string and i love the lower string for those powerchords like he said but one thing is that the guitar is no where near light it weighs a ton maybe mines been pumped with concrete but the one i got has got massive weight issues and theres no way id lift it above my head but nevertheless i think its really awesome guitar for such sweet price (brought mine $500AUD)

[djmay71]

im def gettinh this guitar next year...

[Manny75586]

I own this guitar (paid $350 since you HAVE to go black, Blue just won't cut it) it is a tad heavy and the pickups are completely satisfying (but how often are stock pickups?)
That's not to say it sounds bad at all. My non-guitar playing friends think it sounds way better than my American Strat so take it for what it's worth.
The 7th string is a MUST if you play metal or Jazz. If you don't have it you may as well take up college rock or some other crap because downtuning a 6 to B just isn't the same as having the full 7 strings...that you can downtune to A or G
If you are looking to dip your feet into the 7 string pool, this is your boy.

[timmymaines]

wow weere do you dudes get your guitars cuz i never wannago there i have this guitar the most i seen it for was 350 the least i seen it was 300 and from what i read you people paid anywhere from 400 - 700 come one and then you bithc cuz no whammy for that much you could of got an ibanez 7string that has a whammy and more verstyle

[lethaldosage45]

I own the Loomis and an Omen7 with a JB and JAzz pickups. The Omen7 isn't that bad of a guitar when put up against the best 7 string schecter has to offer. The scale changes the playability, but it still has a great feel for 7 string noobs.

[IROn 5L1nKY]

I'm not sure if I've had the thing long enough to do a professional review of it, but I sure do love it for the little amount of time I've had to play it. I nearly stole the thing at $200 and since it's my first "REAL" guitar (moving up from a $50 single pickup Les Paul made by some company called Maestro and purchased from wal mart) I'm absolutely loving the tonal improvement that I see in it as well as the expanded string ability. I can't wait to try out some of Trivium's new songs on this!!!!