I’m Guitar.com’s resident shredder, and this bargain Schecter Black Friday deal could tempt me into a new guitar

“I have enough guitars; I don’t need any more.” This is what I tell myself, and most of the year, it works to stave off my gear addiction. But when Black Friday rolls around, some of the bargains are just a little too tempting to resist.

As Guitar.com’s resident shred fanatic, a solid deal on a double-humbucker metal machine built for speed is always going to pique my interest, and with nearly £100 off this Schecter Omen 6 at Thomann, it might be time to get my wallet out once again.

It doesn’t make it any better that I don’t have a Schecter currently, so my collection – which I take pride in for its metal leanings – doesn’t feel complete until I get one. I started writing this article to convince you to buy one, but I think I’ve just convinced myself. BRB.

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So let’s talk specs: for just £392, the Schecter Omen 6 sports a basswood body with a bolt-on maple neck and rosewood fingerboard (with 24 frets, for those shred solos in the uber-high registers, naturally…) This fingerboard is decorated with metal-esque semi-goth inlays, while a pair of Schecter Diamond Plus humbuckers are on hand to provide all the high-gain tones you’ll need.

Further hardware includes a Graph Tech XL Black TUSQ nut, singular volume and tone controls, a three-way selector switch, Schecter machine heads and a Tune-O-Matic-style bridge with a string-through setup.

If you’re looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the metalhead in your life, I promise the Schecter Omen 6 will make you the hero. Or, hell, get it for yourself and be your own hero, mate.

Check out the deal at Thomann.

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