Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 Electric Guitar - Natural Satin with Green/Blue Stabilized Top

Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 Electric Guitar – Natural Satin with Green/Blue Stabilized Top | No Limit Guitar Co, Idaho Falls

The Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 is one of the most visually extraordinary guitars we have ever had on the floor at No Limit Guitar Co — a handcrafted American instrument built at Schecter's Sun Valley, California facility in 2026, serial number 26-07016, weighing just 6.85 lbs., and accompanied by a Schecter Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity signed by Schecter Guitar Research President Michael Ciravolo. The stabilized wood top on this guitar is not a finish — it is a naturally patterned, resin-stabilized burl wood surface in deep emerald green and cobalt blue that is completely unique to this single instrument and will never be replicated exactly on any other guitar. A 5-ply maple/walnut neck, Macassar ebony fingerboard at 16" radius, Jescar stainless steel extra-jumbo frets, Schecter Brimstone H/H pickup set, Hipshot bridge, Schecter locking tuners, and all-black hardware on a swamp ash body at 25" scale — a Custom Shop guitar that demands attention from across the room and delivers the performance to justify it.

Product Overview

Looking at the Sunset Extreme-6 in the photographs, the stabilized top is genuinely difficult to describe in terms that fully communicate what it looks like in person — but the attempt is worth making. The top is built from stabilized burl wood — a natural burl that has been vacuum-infused with colored resin under pressure, saturating the wood's porous cellular structure with pigment that becomes permanently bonded to the grain. The result is a wood surface where the natural burl's swirling, organic, unpredictable grain pattern is preserved and enhanced by the deep emerald green and cobalt blue resin that fills and tints every cell — the colors shifting and interacting with the wood grain in patterns that no painter, no finish artist, and no digital process could design or replicate. The green dominates the center and upper horn areas in rich, jewel-like tones that shift from forest green to emerald to teal depending on the light angle, while the cobalt blue pools in the lower body areas in deep, saturated concentrations that fade and blend into the green through intermediate tones of teal and blue-green. The burl figure itself — swirling, knotted, dramatically figured — is visible through and under the color as a textural layer that gives the top genuine three-dimensional depth. No two stabilized tops are identical. This one is extraordinary.

The Natural Satin finish on the swamp ash body sides and back provides a warm, understated contrast to the dramatic stabilized top — the natural wood grain of the swamp ash visible under the satin coat, the body's light, resonant character contributing to the overall tonal balance. Swamp ash is specifically prized in guitar building for its exceptional weight-to-resonance ratio — producing a bright, well-balanced, articulate tonal character while keeping body weight low. At 6.85 lbs. for a Custom Shop guitar with a stabilized wood top, the Sunset Extreme-6 is a remarkably comfortable wearing instrument for its specification level.

The 5-ply maple/walnut neck is a visually and tonally distinctive construction choice — alternating strips of maple and walnut create a neck that is both aesthetically striking in its own right and structurally superior to a single-piece neck, the cross-grain orientation of multiple wood species providing resistance to warping and dimensional instability that single-piece necks are more susceptible to. The Macassar ebony fingerboard at a 16" radius is one of the flattest and most bend-friendly radius specifications available in production Custom Shop guitars — the 16" radius sits at the flatter end of the spectrum, providing fret-out-free upper-register bending and a fast, effortless playing feel that suits technically demanding metal and shred playing. Jescar stainless steel extra-jumbo frets maintain their crown height and playing feel through years of demanding use without the repeated leveling that nickel frets require.

The Schecter Brimstone pickup set in H/H configuration delivers the high-output, aggressive, tonally focused character associated with Schecter's premium Custom Shop pickup line — voiced for modern metal and hard rock playing with the definition, clarity, and tonal weight that the Sunset Extreme's construction and specification demands. The Hipshot bridge provides precise intonation and reliable, stable string anchoring, and Schecter locking tuners maintain pitch stability through demanding playing and enable quick string changes.

What Is the Schecter USA Custom Shop?

Schecter Guitar Research has been building guitars in Sun Valley, California since 1976 — one of the longest-running American guitar manufacturing operations in the industry. The USA Custom Shop is where Schecter's most skilled craftsmen build guitars to the highest quality standards the company is capable of, using premium components, premium tonewoods, and construction methods that production-line instruments cannot replicate. Every Custom Shop guitar is individually documented, signed off by Schecter president Michael Ciravolo, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity confirming its Custom Shop provenance. These are genuinely handcrafted instruments built one at a time.

Ideal For

• Collectors and players who want a completely one-of-a-kind Custom Shop guitar with a stabilized burl top that will never be exactly replicated on any other instrument
• Metal and hard rock guitarists who want the Schecter Brimstone pickup set's aggressive, high-output H/H voicing in a Custom Shop platform with stainless frets and Macassar ebony fingerboard
• Players who want the 16" flat radius fingerboard's fret-out-free bending and fast technical playing feel alongside the 5-ply maple/walnut neck's stability and visual character
• Tone enthusiasts who appreciate the tonal contribution of a swamp ash body — bright, articulate, well-balanced — at a remarkably light 6.85 lbs. for a Custom Shop instrument
• Guitarists in Idaho Falls looking for a USA Custom Shop Schecter that is genuinely unlike any other guitar in existence

Key Features

Schecter USA Custom Shop — Handcrafted in Sun Valley, California
Built by Schecter's finest craftsmen at their Sun Valley, CA facility and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Schecter Guitar Research President Michael Ciravolo — a genuinely handcrafted American guitar, one at a time.

Green/Blue Stabilized Burl Top — Completely One-of-a-Kind
A vacuum-resin-stabilized burl wood top in deep emerald green and cobalt blue — the natural burl grain pattern preserved and enhanced by permanently bonded pigment resin in a pattern that is unique to this single guitar and can never be exactly replicated.

Swamp Ash Body — Natural Satin Finish, 6.85 lbs.
Swamp ash provides the bright, articulate, well-balanced tonal character and exceptional weight-to-resonance ratio that makes it a premier tonewood choice — at just 6.85 lbs., an extraordinarily comfortable Custom Shop guitar.

5-Ply Maple/Walnut Neck
Alternating maple and walnut strips create a structurally superior, visually distinctive multi-ply neck with the cross-grain stability that single-piece necks cannot match.

Macassar Ebony Fingerboard — 16" Radius
One of the flattest and most bend-friendly radius specifications in Custom Shop production — fret-out-free upper-register bending and fast, effortless playing feel for technically demanding playing.

Jescar ST110S Stainless Steel Extra-Jumbo Frets
Stainless steel frets maintain crown height and playing feel through years of heavy use — the premium fret specification that eliminates repeated nickel fret leveling.

Schecter Brimstone H/H Pickup Set
Schecter's Custom Shop Brimstone humbuckers deliver high-output, aggressive, tonally focused metal and hard rock performance — voiced specifically for the Sunset Extreme's construction and playing application.

Hipshot Bridge and Schecter Locking Tuners — All Black Hardware
Hipshot bridge for precise intonation and stable string anchoring, Schecter locking tuners for pitch stability and quick string changes — fully unified all-black hardware presentation.

What's Included

• Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 Electric Guitar (Natural Satin / Green Blue Stabilized Top)
• Schecter Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity (Signed by Michael Ciravolo)
• Free standard shipping

Technical Specifications

Get Your Hands on This Schecter Custom Shop Guitar Today

The Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 with Green/Blue Stabilized Top is available now at No Limit Guitar Co in Idaho Falls — and there is exactly one of them in existence. Stop in to see the stabilized top react under the lights in person, or reach out online to arrange your purchase before it's gone. A guitar this unique doesn't come through twice.