“Brutal looks, razor-sharp tone, and unbeatable playability”: Schecter unveils the Red Dawn series, sleek and shreddable S-styles with baritone, 7-string and EverTune options – and multi-voiced Fishman Fluence humbuckers as standard

Schecter Red Dawn series: five guitars, finished in gloss black with red trim, lined up for a family photo against the wall.

Sound the alarm. Red Dawn is go. No, we’re not talking about a Cold War invasion. Red Dawn is the name of a new series of high-performance electric guitars from Schecter, presenting five variations on the theme – shreddable hard-tail S-styles with black gloss finishes, red trim, and a lot of spec for the money.

These Red Dawn models (or is it Sunset Red Dawn? Schecter uses both designations) really are stacked when it comes to features, and are bang on the money as far as contemporary metal guitars go – extra-jumbo stainless steel frets, a pair of Fishman Fluence Modern humbuckers as standard, Luminlay side dot markers, locking tuners – and you have options.