Schecter Van Nuys Article - WHY are DREAM MACHINES SPECIAL ?

I often get asked: what is so special about a Schecter Dream Machine, compared to a modern super Strat like a Suhr or a Tom Anderson or a Fender custom shop  ? :

Well they may not look so different than modern guitars but they are VERY DIFFERENT

so this is a list of what makes a Schecter Dream Machine such special guitars

• AGE : with time passing Wood refines itself by drying and wood cellular composition breaks down and opens up: those guitars are 40 years old, their body and neck wood open up in tone (and sustain)

• Body Wood Construction: most dream machines featured A SINGLE SOLID 1 PIECE body  ! often a big chunk of exotic wood like Koa, Imbuya, Claro Walnut etc ( today's manufacture uses a thin exotic TOP over a one or 2 pieces non exotic body core.

• Necks: were often carved out of 1 solid piece of exotic wood (shedua, padauk, brazilian rosewood, hong kong rosewood, etc), 1 piece, not just a fingerboard.

• Tom Anderson's touch: As confirmed by Brad  Hodges all necks were first put through a Murray profiling machine by Tom and once through the machine then it was up to Tom Anderson to apply his personal magic hands on touches.

• Wood finish : nitro cellulose lacquer was used on painted bodies, no polyurethane .

• Pickups: part of the F500T production were made of a strandwire that is unobtainum today, literally does not exist anymore. AND magnets age too ... again 40 years old. , now add to these unique pickups the very cool 3 mini switches arrangement and you get 27 sounds, not just the 5 sounds on a typical stratocaster.

• Hardware: solid Brass, brass saddles, brass trem plate, brass block , brass nut, brass string tree, not just gold finish, all these change the TONE of the guitar.

All these adds up to something that is very different than a modern guitar.

so yes, I'm sure there are great new guitars out there, but if you pick up an original Van Nuys Schecter, especially a factory made one with S serial number from those days, no doubt you would understand and pick up on all those subtleties that add up to make a vintage Schecter a very special instrument !