Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 Electric Guitar - Natural Satin with Red & Teal Stabilized Burl Top

Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 Electric Guitar – Natural Satin / Red & Teal Stabilized Burl Top | No Limit Guitar Co, Idaho Falls

The Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 with Red & Teal Stabilized Burl Top is a handcrafted American instrument that has to be seen in person to be fully believed — built at Schecter's Sun Valley, California facility in 2026, serial number 26-07015, weighing 7.09 lbs., and accompanied by a Schecter Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity signed by Schecter Guitar Research President Michael Ciravolo. The stabilized burl top on this guitar is an unrepeatable natural phenomenon — a vacuum-resin-infused burl wood surface in explosive crimson red, deep teal, emerald green, and rich black that swirls and collides across the full face of the guitar in patterns that no painter, finish artist, or digital process could design or replicate. 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 is as visually explosive as the music it is built to produce.

Product Overview

Looking at this guitar in the photographs — and especially in person — the Red & Teal stabilized burl top is in a different visual category from any production guitar finish that exists. The burl wood's naturally chaotic, swirling, organically complex grain structure has been vacuum-infused under pressure with crimson red and teal resin that saturates the cellular structure of the wood permanently and completely. The result is a collision of color and organic pattern that resembles nothing so much as high-speed fluid dynamics captured in wood — the crimson red dominates large areas of the body in rich, saturated, almost glowing pools that swirl and eddy around the burl's natural knots and figure, while deep teal cuts through and between the red in dramatic veins and pools that create a color contrast of almost violent visual intensity. Black areas where the burl's deepest cavities absorbed the most resin add depth and shadow to the composition, and flashes of green and other intermediate tones appear where the two colors interact and blend at their boundaries.

The composition reads differently at every viewing angle — under direct light the crimson saturates and glows, and the teal reads as a cool, jewel-like counterpoint. Under softer lighting the colors deepen and the burl's organic figure becomes more prominent, adding textural complexity to the color. The stabilized burl material continues up onto the headstock — matching the body's color and figure exactly, creating a top-to-tail visual continuity that makes the guitar feel like a single sculptural object rather than an assembled instrument. The Schecter Sunset Extreme body shape — sharply pointed upper horn, dramatically curved lower bout, aggressive overall silhouette — frames this top perfectly. This is a body shape that was designed to look aggressive, and paired with this top it achieves something closer to visually overwhelming.

Turning the guitar over — as shown in the back photograph — the contrast is immediate and striking. The clean, tightly grained natural swamp ash body in Natural Satin is everything the front is not — calm, precise, organic in a quiet way, the straight grain lines of the ash running smoothly across the back under a satin coat that lets the wood breathe and be touched directly. The 5-ply maple/walnut neck back shows its alternating light and dark strips clearly in this photo — the engineered precision of the multi-ply construction creating a clean, graphic visual element that runs the full length of the neck from the body to the headstock. Front and back together, this guitar communicates two completely different kinds of beauty simultaneously.

The 5-ply maple/walnut neck's cross-grain stability resists warping and dimensional instability far more effectively than single-piece necks, and the walnut strips add a warm tonal contribution alongside maple's brightness. The Macassar ebony fingerboard at 16" radius is among the flattest specifications in Custom Shop production — fret-out-free upper-register bending and maximum technical playing speed across the full 25" scale. Jescar stainless steel extra-jumbo frets maintain their feel through years of heavy use without the repeated leveling that nickel frets require. The Schecter Brimstone H/H pickup set delivers the high-output, aggressive, tonally focused performance that the Sunset Extreme's specification demands, and the Hipshot bridge provides the precise intonation and stable string anchoring that a 25" scale Custom Shop instrument requires.

What Is the Schecter USA Custom Shop?

Schecter Guitar Research has been building guitars in Sun Valley, California since 1976. The USA Custom Shop is where Schecter's most skilled craftsmen build guitars one at a time to the company's highest quality standards — premium components, premium tonewoods, and construction methods unavailable on production instruments. Every Custom Shop guitar is individually documented, signed by Schecter president Michael Ciravolo, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. These are genuinely handcrafted instruments, not upgraded production guitars.

Ideal For

• Collectors and players who want a genuinely one-of-a-kind Custom Shop guitar with a stabilized burl top in red and teal that is specific to this single instrument and will never be reproduced
• Metal and hard rock guitarists who want the Schecter Brimstone H/H pickup set's aggressive, high-output voicing in a handcrafted USA Custom Shop platform with stainless frets and Macassar ebony
• Players who want the 16" flat radius fingerboard's fret-out-free bending and maximum technical playing speed alongside the 5-ply maple/walnut neck's structural stability
• Tone enthusiasts who want swamp ash's bright, articulate, well-balanced tonal character at a comfortable 7.09 lbs. in a Custom Shop instrument
• Guitarists in Idaho Falls looking for a USA Custom Shop Schecter that stops everyone in the room — a guitar that cannot be duplicated anywhere at any price

Key Features

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

Red & Teal Stabilized Burl Top — Completely One-of-a-Kind
Vacuum-resin-infused burl wood in explosive crimson red, deep teal, emerald green, and black — swirling, colliding, and interacting in patterns specific to this single instrument. Matching stabilized burl headstock for complete visual continuity front to back.

Natural Satin Swamp Ash Body — Clean, Articulate, 7.09 lbs.
Swamp ash provides bright, well-balanced, articulate tonal character — the clean, tight natural grain of the ash back beautifully visible under the Natural Satin finish at a comfortable 7.09 lbs.

5-Ply Maple/Walnut Neck — Stable and Visually Distinctive
Alternating maple and walnut strips provide superior warp resistance and tonal complexity over single-piece necks — the multi-ply construction visible and striking on the neck back.

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

Jescar ST110S Stainless Steel Extra-Jumbo Frets
Premium stainless steel frets maintain crown height and consistent playing feel through years of demanding use — no repeated leveling required.

Schecter Brimstone H/H Pickup Set
High-output, aggressive, tonally focused Custom Shop humbuckers — voiced for modern metal and hard rock with the definition and tonal weight the Sunset Extreme demands.

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 — complete all-black hardware throughout.

What's Included

• Schecter USA Custom Shop Sunset Extreme-6 Electric Guitar (Natural Satin / Red & Teal Stabilized Burl 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 Red & Teal Stabilized Burl 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 burl explode under the lights and feel the 5-ply neck in person, or reach out online to arrange your purchase. A guitar this visually extraordinary passes through once.