Quick heads up before we start: the plain old budget Schecter Banshee has quietly vanished from Thomann’s lineup. What’s there now is the Banshee Mach-6, and it’s a different animal, an Evertune-equipped shredder with carbon-reinforced neck construction and Lundgren pickups. Same family name, considerably more serious guitar.
If you came here expecting a budget sleeper, this isn’t quite that anymore. What it is, though, is one of the more interesting mid-tier metal guitars Schecter makes, and it deserves its own look next to things like the ESP LTD EC-1000.
Let’s dig into why the Evertune bridge changes more about this guitar than any spec sheet lets on.
The Evertune Thing
Evertune is a mechanical constant-tension bridge, and it’s the single biggest reason to buy this guitar over a regular Banshee or a cheap shredder with a normal hardtail. Each saddle has its own internal spring system that keeps the string at pitch regardless of how hard you dig in.
Practically: palm-muted chugs stay in tune, string bends on one string don’t detune the others, and drop tunings hold for weeks between touch-ups. It genuinely changes how confident you feel recording rhythm tracks.
The trade-off is that Evertune takes some getting used to. Big expressive bends feel slightly different under your fingers because the bridge is actively fighting to keep everything at pitch. Vibrato still works, it’s just not identical to a normal guitar.
Build and Playability
Swamp ash body, flamed maple top, and a 5-piece maple/purpleheart neck reinforced with carbon fibre rails. This thing is not going to warp on you. The Ultra Thin C profile is fast without feeling flimsy, and the compound 12″-16″ radius fretboard means low action all the way up without fretting out on bends.
24 X-Jumbo stainless steel frets means bends feel effortless and the frets themselves should outlast several sets of strings without wearing grooves. If you’ve spent time on a Cort G290 Modern, the fast-neck philosophy is similar, just taken a step further here.
Ergonomically it’s a comfortable guitar to sit with. The offset double cutaway gives full access to the highest frets, and it balances well strapped on despite being a fairly substantial piece of ash.
Pickups and Tone
Lundgren M6 humbuckers are a step up from what you’d find on most guitars at this price. They’re tight and articulate under high gain, with none of the boxy mid-hump some cheaper metal humbuckers get. Palm mutes stay percussive rather than turning to mud, even through a heavily saturated amp sim.
There’s just one volume, one push/pull tone (for coil splitting), and a 3-way blade switch. No unnecessary complication. Split the coils and you get a usable, if slightly thin, single-coil tone for cleaner passages, similar in spirit to the flexibility you’d get from a Yamaha Revstar’s pickup switching, just voiced for heavier music.
Who this isn’t for
If you’re after a classic-feeling guitar with expressive, old-school vibrato and bends, Evertune will frustrate you. This is a tool built specifically for tight rhythm playing, drop tunings, and studio consistency. It’s not trying to be a blues guitar, and it shouldn’t be judged like one.
Specs
- Body: Swamp ash with flamed maple top
- Neck: 5-piece maple/purpleheart, carbon fibre reinforced, Ultra Thin C profile
- Fretboard: Ebony, compound radius 12″-16″, offset inlays
- Scale length: 648 mm (25.5″)
- Frets: 24 X-Jumbo, stainless steel
- Pickups: 2x Lundgren M6 humbuckers
- Controls: 1 volume, 1 push/pull tone (coil-split), 3-way blade switch
- Bridge: Evertune constant-tension bridge
- Finish: Fallout Burst
Verdict
The Schecter Banshee Mach-6 Evertune is a genuinely serious metal guitar dressed up in a name that used to mean „budget option.” Lundgren pickups, a carbon-reinforced neck, and an Evertune bridge put this closer to boutique territory than the Banshee name suggests, and the price reflects that shift.
If constant-tension tuning stability and studio-ready rhythm tone matter more to you than classic playing feel, this earns its keep. If you just want a comfortable, fast-necked metal guitar without the Evertune learning curve, it’s worth cross-shopping something like the Epiphone Prophecy Les Paul first.
