Schecter Guitar Research

Schecter Guitar Research

Type	Private Company
Industry	Musical instruments
Founded	Van Nuys, California, United States (1976)
Founder(s)	David Schecter, Herschel Blankenship and Shel Horlick
Headquarters	1840 Valpreda Street Burbank, California 91504 United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	David Schecter Herschel Blankenship Shel Horlick (founders) Hisatake Shibuya (distributor/owner) Michael Ciravolo (president)
Products	Electric guitar Bass guitar Steel-string acoustic guitar
Owner(s)	Hisatake Shibuya
Subsidiaries	Daisy Rock Guitars
Website	schecterguitars.com

Schecter Guitar Research, commonly known as simply as Schecter, is a US guitar manufacturer. 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.^[1] Today, the company mass-produces its own line of electric guitars, bass guitars, and steel-string acoustic guitars.