Triple Coil Beast! Schecter Sunset Triad 6 Demo

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

*correction* position 3 is just the added single coil isolated. Update: Sweetwater ended their $699 deal, guitar is back at list for $899. Still a hell of a guitar at that price!

[@ikestoddard2458]

This is a great review. Appreciate what you did with the Humbucker and Tribucker.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@ikestoddard2458 thanks. I feel like it is the initial draw to the guitar. But what it does isn’t apparent in alot of demos. Also the fact that it isn’t a humbucker anymore once you switch it into 3-coil mode. But I don’t think it really detracts from the intended tone they were going for!

[@moralrevulsion_live]

Is like an omen and a strat had a love demon child. She sounds wicked. Love schecters I have a damien 7 With them emg and an apocalypse 7 But this one smells unapologetically rude punk I like it a lot. Awesome Review

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

It is one of my most diverse sounding guitars, but the added coil on the humbucker is fat and aggressive.

[@Übereine]

​@@BaritoneGoatStudiothanks so much for your review. I just found a hellraiser c8 absolute beautiful but 25.5 (he is the older one)wont cut it for me. But then again they had their reasons i guess back on 2014. Have you tried that ms omen 7-8 from schecter? Is kinda in the park of sunset like lower than 1k and bites much more than it goes. And them heretic pickups they have remind me lundgren sounds. Love schecter guitars i cant help it.

[@seanabbottband]

Great tone, lots of variation, for the price!

[@pa-james9220]

Prog player here. I play a PRS 408 as it's bridge humbucker is wider than standard size humbuckers and the neck pickup is thinner. Both are on the hotter side. I think this guitar aims to get in the same sonic space as my 408. I also have an Apocalypse Solo II guitar and those are decent pickups. This leads me to believe that this is an excellent guitar in that price range. Nice find!

[@robertdonosobuchner3129]

This guitar sounds really good! I think I have to try it...

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@robertdonosobuchner3129 there are not too many guitars that I recommend people seek out, especially stock! But this is one that I can’t find any inherent flaw! If anyone is in the market for an easy and versatile “metal” guitar, this is one that is worth every penny.

[@tyrannosaurusriffs]

Sounds really good and gives a lot of options! I forgot they had released this. I want to try one but I don’t want to buy it!

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

Ha ha! Well I can see that after getting the Orange amp man! SW had these for $699 like a week ago, now they are back up. I do see a couple floating around used. Definitely one to keep an eye out for to add to the wall of schecter.

[@ValdrVideo]

If you think a triple coil pickup is cool, wait until I put the selector in the middle position and turn my dual humbucker guitar into a quad coil

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

Ha! right? I have been thinking about the physics involved in having two separate humbuckers wired in series and split in the traditional sense (lower resistance) vs. how they have stacked three coils in series to create a humbucker that then adds resistance when the third coil is engaged? Is the reality that the humbucker here is actually a type of coil tap that selects the two coils out of the three? I might have to ask some folks who know more than me!

[@ValdrVideo]

@BaritoneGoatStudio it would be really interesting to learn more about the physics of that. I'll be honest, I've never really thought about how resistance would be affected by that, or what effect the change in resistance has on the sound.

[@sam-cw8eo]

⁠@@BaritoneGoatStudioI haven’t looked into it but its probably in a wye configuration if I had to guess, which is a three way tap/split. I would guess you would want two of the coils to be opposite polarity of the third coil so you could analyze it as if the two coils of the same polarity are some equivalent inductance with joined outputs while the third coil is the other half. You would need double strength coils for the pair due to parallel elements having lower equivalent impedances. The idea here would be that you get ambient electrical noise cancellation typical of humbuckers while sounding like you have combined a highly wound humbucker+a single coil. I could be totally wrong I type this all while on the toilet

[@pitaorj]

killer rhythm tone! what are the settings on the evh??? kudos!

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

Blue channel I have bass and treble at noon. The mids are pulled back to like 11 o’clock the presence is up to around 1 o’clock The resonance control I have up between 1 and 2 o’clock I use an OD in front of the amp. Usually a TS style with the level up all the way and drive down. The tone knob I mess with but usually have it at 90% up. The other part of it is the cab. It is a 2001 Mesa 412 cab with V30s.

[@pitaorj]

@@BaritoneGoatStudio I also have a 5153, but I know where the difference lies... the cab. I'm using a EVH 212 that I´ve replaced one of the G12H by a V30. Thanks man, keep the good work!

[@musicalcompanion5890]

kramer same a similar thing in the late 90s very early 2k, the "qaud bucker" 4 coils in a humbucker space. essentially two mini rails. it was garbage.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

I remember that. Never tried one. Did try an Amazon pickup that was similar looking, and it just sounded like a humbucker. Nothing special.

[@finishin.my.coffee8780]

Initially, I had dismissed this guitar because the tri-coil thing seemed gimmicky to me. The more I look at it, the more seriously I'm taking it. It sounds great with overdrive. Seems like it covers a lot of ground. And it's black, which is always good if you're a metalhead like me!

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@finishin.my.coffee8780 same here. Kinda passed it up initially. But the more I came back to it, the more it seemed to be spec’ed out beyond its price point. Once I got it in hand, I was surprised how immediate I took to the feel. Once I messed with the sounds, I was hooked. The tri-coil thing is gimmicky when marketed like a super humbucker, but that isn’t really what it is. I tried to give a sense of what the thing really is and where it could be useful for certain tones.

[@finishin.my.coffee8780]

​@@BaritoneGoatStudioI'll admit, I was drinking when I commented earlier and for whatever reason, I missed the part where you said you thought it was gimmicky. I was skipping/rewinding through the video too. Didnt mean to make it sound like I was just repeating what you said, sorry if it came off that way!

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@finishin.my.coffee8780 nah, I got what you were saying. Figured you were just agreeing and adding some commentary! I appreciate any input people give me on these videos!

[@theonegoose]

Im a really big fan of the OG hellraiser series. About the only other line I cared for was the KM line.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

I recently got a used Hellraiser Tempest, after owning an original diamond series Tempest. Killer guitar, and definitely a step up from some of the standard series. Original C-1s just never felt right in the hand to me, and the demon and omen series are not great in many ways I found. Bolt on necks with most Schecter guitars I played were pretty rough. This guitar and the recent PT baritone I got have both been fantastic.

[@theonegoose]

@BaritoneGoatStudio I had the old schedter hellraiser C8 special when they came out which were pretty bad feel wise. I would be interested to see the QOL changes for the latest models, but I've not seen too many schecters out at the local shops these days.

[@terrylumpkin4219]

I love my triad I can’t put it down🎸

[@danielfenmore2712]

Sounds like there's a lot of electrical interference. Do these pickups amplify it more than other high output pickups?

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@danielfenmore2712 this guitar is actually mostly single coil tones, and the triple coil isn’t hum cancelling due to the extra coil and polarity mismatch. It will pickup more EMI and naturally let through more 60cycle noise. The hybrid Alnico V with flanking Ceramic 8 magnets on the humbucker does create a very powerful magnetic field and does seem to be more susceptible to interference from lighting, computers, and any exposed circuits.

[@danielfenmore2712]

Thanks so much! It is a sick guitar.

[@harryanderson7282]

Honestly? I think it sounds pretty darn heavy. Definitely not a gimmick.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@harryanderson7282 it is a very unique sound. And it makes lead tones much fatter. I like it, but the normal humbucker has so much attack. My main take away is that schecter USA pickups are just really well made!

[@harryanderson7282]

@@BaritoneGoatStudio Well-made and really underrated imo. I'll be curious to see if they release another, higher-end model utilizing their tribucker. I was thinking one of their Keith Merrorws would be a perfect platform for that.

[@alanagottalottasay997]

I think it’s a good counter balance to giving hacks cash grab signature models….heres to hoping some of that cash grab allows then to fund an unorthodox/creativity inducing guitar like this….

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

You raise a good point about how their signature guitars have such hefty price tags when a guitar like this carries many of the same features that matter, just in a stripped-down look. I would even argue that many of the signature guitars aren't that much more interesting. I hope they continue to make triad series guitars and offer some updated aesthetics, but I am sure a new color will command an additional $500 somehow! 🤷‍♂️

[@alanagottalottasay997]

@@BaritoneGoatStudio when that pink tele came out at 1k and is what like maybe 350 w no signature? That dudes audience is kids youre ripping off your own fanbase of kids ffs!!!! Also I watched 3 other reviews of the triple coil and you did best job of just letting it be what it is and showing what its baseline performance delivers....

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@alanagottalottasay997 thanks. I think people were expecting something massive and aggressive for high gain chug stuff… and it can add a little bottom end to that, but to me it makes more sense as a way to fatten up individual notes. I also use the third coil to get more break up on a clean setting, but the standard humbucker is a chuggy and punchy pickup by itself. But the guitar definitely sparks conversation when people see it in person.