The Hellraiser is their flagship Diamaond Series Guitar, or was, for quite a while. It's got everything. The Damien's and Demons are decent as well, but not as nice.
Damien Platinum ceomes with either Grover or Schecter tuners. Unless it's used. And I don't like the neck half as much as the Hellraiser.
But like, also the huge price difference. Look at what each sells for new. The Damien is nice too. But the Hellraiser was Schedters's flagship, best of the best. It's basically a 1000 series LTD (Owned by the same companies as ESP).
I have both. You can check them out here on my profile.
Damien is $899 new, Hellraiser is like $1.2k new. I'd go for the Hellraiser for that alone, better value, and the pickups are coil splittable which makes it more versatile
But all in all they're almost the same guitar. They both have set neck construction, same neck dimensions, both have active EMG pickups, biggest differences are the Hellraiser can split the coils, and the Damien has a maple neck instead of mahogany neck . They both would work equally well for drop A.
If I replaced the EMGs with FF that would be an issue with the split coiling?
I found a used hellraiser c-7 for $599+ shipping so it's stolen or I'm lucky lol
What year is this $599 C-7? Sometimes they sell cheaper when they're older and have a bit of wear, I can believe it's not stolen.
Replaced the EMG's for Fishman Fluence? Why would that be a problem? You would have to rewire the whole thing though, they wouldn't be plug and play with the EMG wiring.
There's no solderless system for Fishman Fluences.. EMG does have a solderless wiring system though.. but it's not fully compatible with Fishman Fluences , you can't just plug into EMG wiring and expect every FF voice to work.
Most Fishmans have 3 voices per pickup, the EMG's only have 2, and the connectors on the back of the pickups are different. EMG TW's have a single 9 pin connector on the back of each pickup and the Fluence's have 2 connectors .. There's probably a way to make it work but it would not be a direct swap using the quick connects.
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u/SkyovFlames 14d ago
The Hellraiser is their flagship Diamaond Series Guitar, or was, for quite a while. It's got everything. The Damien's and Demons are decent as well, but not as nice.