Description
Built to keep up with one of the most technically minded and expressive metal guitar players, the Schecter John Browne TAO AZ electric guitar in a stunning Azure Blue finish has been designed to give you a performance-driven signature instrument. Featuring a Swamp Ash body, a multi-piece Wenge/Padauk neck with two carbon fibre reinforcement rods, Hipshot Grip-Lock tuners, Graph Tech nut, and Schecter USA Chaos Breaker humbucker in the bridge and Schecter USA Colossus humbucker in the neck.
Performance Focussed
From the ultra-thin “U” neck shape profile to 24 X-jumbo stainless steel frets, the TAO AZ has been designed for fast and expressive fretwork. The large frets allow you to be controlled with vibrato, using stainless steel for a premium, harder-wearing, and corrosion-free feeling. The ultra-thin “U” neck shape gives you a flatter and accessible feeling up and down the neck, meeting the contoured body with a 4-bolt construction for a snappy feel.
Schecter USA Chaos Breaker and Colossus Humbuckers
These hot-wound, high-gain distortion voiced humbucker pickups are the perfect pairing for heavy metal tones that will blow you away. The Chaos Breaker in the bridge offers crystal clear aggression that is perfect for crunchy and explosive soloing, allowing you to achieve John Browne’s incredible tone. The Colossus humbucker in the neck produces a beefy wall of sound that is ideal for fat chord progressions or fuzzy riffs with articulate undertones.
Key Features
- Ebony Fretboard — Dark and silky material with an exquisite grain; adding brightness to the tonal mix.
- Schecter USA Chaos Breaker & Colossus Humbuckers — Searing-hot pickups optimised for high-gain distortion, yet crystal-clear and vibrant with clean settings.
- 3-Position Pickup Lever Switch — Yields 3 sounds: bridge humbucker, neck humbucker and a blend of the two.
- Push/Pull Volume Knob — Splits the humbuckers so that you can attain jangly single-coil tones too, providing 3 extra sounds for 6 in total!
- Hipshot String – Through-Body Hardtail Bridge — Enhances sustain, with individual saddles allowing for precise action and intonation settings.
- Hipshot Grip-Lock Tuners — The ingenious locking mechanism makes restringing easier and means less string winds around the tuning posts, resulting in better tuning stability.
- Graph Tech XL Black TUSQ Nut — Low-friction material minimises unwanted tuning slips.
Specifications
Body
- Body Material: Swamp Ash
Neck
- Neck Wood: 5-Ply Wenge/Padauk with Carbon Reinforcement Rods
- Neck Shape: Ultra Thin “U”
- Neck Joint: Bolt-On with Ultra Access Heel
- Scale Length: 27″
- Fingerboard Wood: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 16”
- Frets: X-Jumbo Stainless Steel
- Number of Frets: 24
- Inlays: None
- Nut: Graph Tech XL Black TUSQ
Hardware
- Bridge: Hipshot Hardtail
- Tuners: Hipshot Grip-Lock
- Hardware Colour: Black
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Schecter USA Chaos Breaker Humbucker
- Neck Pickup: Schecter USA Colossus Humbucker
- Controls: Volume (Push/Pull), 3-Way Pickup Selector Switch
