Schecter Guitar Research

Schecter Guitar Research

Company type	Private
Industry	Musical instruments
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976) in Van Nuys, California, United States
Founder	David Schecter, Herschel Blankenship and Shel Horlick
Headquarters	1840 Valpreda Street Burbank, California 91504 United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	List David Schecter (founder) Herschel Blankenship (founder) Shel Horlick (founder) Hisatake Shibuya (distributor/owner) Michael Ciravolo (president) Marc LaCorte (Vice President)
Products	Electric and acoustic guitars, basses, amplifiers, effects units
Owner	Hisatake Shibuya
Subsidiaries	List Foxgear Pedals Baroni Lab Pedals Wylde Audio Guru Pedals
Website	schecterguitars.com

Schecter Guitar Research, commonly known simply as Schecter, is an American manufacturing company founded in 1976 by David Schecter, which 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 and acoustic guitars, basses, amplifiers and effects units through its own brand and four subsidiary companies.