Key Features
- Enjoy roaring power in your music thanks to Diamond KM humbuckers
- Experience a rapid playing action with expertly-designed neck - ideal for shredding
- Built with metal in mind with design by renowned metal soloist Keith Merrow
- Exquisite playability and monstrous sound tailored for the modern metal performer
DISC Schecter Keith Merrow KM-7 MK-III Standard, Stealth Grey Overview
Play with precision. Perform with power. The Schecter Keith Merrow KM-7 MK-III Standard represents everything that a heavy metal guitar should be. And more. Designed by renowned metal guitarist Keith Merrow, it's loaded with industry-leading hardware, features a neck at the peak of playability, and has hell-raising pickups that are capable of taking your music to a place it's never been before.
About those pickups. They're loud. Really loud. So as a result, they're awesome for playing live with - in any venue. And they'll deliver their meaty, humbucking tones with clarity, too. Sleek maple and ebony used for the neck and fingerboard both provide a rapid playing action. And you won't miss a note thanks to an increased playing area brought by X-jumbo frets. Bring excellence to your music.
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Full Description
View Full DescriptionProduce a wall of sound
Output. Clarity. And enough control over your sound to let you shape your perfect tone. The Schecter Keith Merrow is equipped with a set of powerful Diamond KM humbuckers that are perfect for both live and studio use. You can crank the volume up to 11 and never worry about sound quality - they're designed to eliminate noise interference, providing you with maximum clarity. Your audience will hear every note.
This kind of fidelity is ideal for laying down tracks in the studio, too. And you'll never worry about being limited in how you can sound. A 3-way pickup switch and 2-way coil-split toggle gives you a wealth of options over the tone of your electronics. Tailor them intricately to perform for you.
Unleash hell
Every aspect of the Schecter Keith Merrow KM-7 has been designed to ensure maximum playability and give exhilarating dynamism to your playing. You can be certain that every millimeter of this guitar has had care and attention paid to it - with the ultimate goal of crafting a magnificent instrument that's perfect for heavy metal.
Key to this is the sizzling speed with which you can play when you've got one of these in your hands. The sleekness of the ebony and maple used for the fingerboard and neck respectively minimises friction - allowing your hand to move at rapid pace from fret to fret. Your fingers will become a blur.
You'll enjoy accuracy as you shred, too. That's because large X-jumbo frets increase your playing area, making it easier to nail every note. Even at the speed of light. And a double cutaway body means you don't have to think about bridging over a clunky neck joint to hit notes at the top of the scale. So you can concentrate entirely on what you're playing - without ever being held back.
Optimum tuning
Banish your tuning woes to the past. Because there's nothing more irritating to a guitarist than an instrument that's always dropping out of tune. So Schecter have fitted the KM-7 MK-III with a top-quality Ernie Ball compensated nut. One of the biggest, most respected names in guitar hardware, Ernie Ball are relied upon by some of music's greatest artists to help them sound at their best. The compensated nut holds your strings firmly in place, maintaining their tuning. This means you'll spend less time perfecting your guitar's key, and more time playing.
By a metal guitarist, for metal guitarists
Keith Merrow knows metal. The American has worked in pretty much every field within the heavy metal music industry. He has been a songwriter, performing artist, producer, teacher - the list goes on. Keith rose to prominence after debuting his metal gear demonstrations on YouTube in 2008, showcasing his supreme knowledge. These caught the eye of Schecter, premium guitar manufacturers, who signed Merrow up as a collaborator.
In recent years, the company has become renowned for producing top of the range metal guitars, in no small part because of Keith's excellent expert input. You can be certain that with a Schecter-Merrow collaboration, you're buying a guitar magnificently suited to the metal genre. Seether, Avenged Sevenfold and The Cure all use Schecter instruments. It's about time you were too.
Specifications
Body
- Model Name: Schecter Keith Merrow KM-7 MK-III Standard, Stealth Grey
- Model Code: SCH832
- Body Material: Swamp Ash
- Top Contour: Radius Top
- Dexterity: Right Handed
- Construction: Bolt-On
- Binding: Black 1-Ply
- Colour: Stealth Grey
Neck and Fingerboard
- Neck Material: Maple 3-Piece w/Carbon Fibre Reinforcement Rods
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Inlays: Red 'Predator'
- Side Dot Markers: Glow-in-the-Dark
- Scale Length: 26.5"
- Neck Shape: Ultra Thin "C"
- Neck Thickness at Fret 1: 0.763"
- Neck Thickness at Fret 12: 0.822"
- No. of Frets: 24
- Fret Size: X-Jumbo
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" - 16" Compound Radius
Hardware and Electronics
- Tuning Machines: Schecter
- Nut: Ernie Ball Compensated Nut
- Nut Width: 1.889"
- Truss Rod: 2-Way Adjustable Rod w/Heel Access Spoke Wheel
- Hardware Colour: Black
- Bridge: Schecter Custom Hardtail w/String Thru Body
- Bridge Pickup: Schecter Diamond KM Humbucker
- Neck Pickup: Schecter Diamond KM Humbucker
- Controls: Volume/3-Way Pickup Switch/2-Way Coil Split Toggle Switch
- Control Knobs: Metal Knurled w/Set Screw
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Ernie Ball 7-String (.009/.011/.016/.026/.036/.046/.062)
- Case: SGR-1C (Sold Separately)