These guitars were custom shop models based on Fender designs. In 1979, Schecter offered, for the first time, its own fully assembled electric guitars. By the late 1970s Schecter offered more than 400 guitar parts, but did not offer any finished instruments. Contrary to popular belief, Schecter never supplied parts to Fender nor Gibson. The shop manufactured replacement guitar necks and bodies, complete pickup assemblies, bridges, pickguards, tuners, knobs, potentiometers, and other miscellaneous guitar parts. In 1976, David Schecter opened Schecter Guitar Research, a repair shop in Van Nuys, California.

Today, the company mass-produces its own line of electric guitars, bass guitars, and steel-string acoustic guitars, and offers hand-built custom instruments and a small line of guitar amplifiers. The company was founded in 1976 by David Schecter and originally produced only replacement parts for existing guitars from manufacturers such as Fender and Gibson. Schecter Guitar Research, commonly known simply as Schecter, is a USguitar, bass and amplifier manufacturer.

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