The Schecter I have was a custom made diamond series for this local music chain. The pick-ups are Seymour Duncan, and the guitar has a nice strat feel to it, very warm and fat sounding. The neck and frets are a little fatter then the standard stock model. A very nice guitar, especially for my needs...I'm not really into heavy metal so I find the DiMazio pick-ups a little too hot, and I never, ever want a guitar with a tremelo bar on it again, especially a locking unit one.