Schecter is breaking new musical ground with their Slim Line Series of electric guitars. Designed with an ultra-thin, lighting fast neck and a sleek contoured body, the Blackjack SLS C-8 EX Active is armed with a pair of active Seymour Duncan Blackout pickups, a Hipshot Custom-8 string-thru body bridge, and Schecter locking tuners. Elegant design appointments include a "Hell"s Gate Skull" inlay on its ebony fretboard, and the entire guitar is adorned with black chrome hardware. 3-Piece Maple neck w/Carbon Fiber reinforcement rods Made with 3 pieces of maple for extra stability. Where standard necks may show aging defects from temperature and moisture changes throughout the years, this 3-piece neck will stay nice and straight for a lifetime of playability. Two carbon fiber rods are installed next to the truss rod for extra stability. Stronger than an equivalent volume of steel, carbon fiber adds little weight, but significant stiffness. Satin finish and Ultra-Thin profile The SLS collection features a satin finish neck for lightning fast playing above and below the 12th fret, an ultra-thin neck profile (19mm at 1st fret/ 20mm at 12th fret), and a new Ultra Access neck joint shape for easier access to the last frets. Ebony fretboard Ebony has a snappy, crisp attack with the density of maple, but with more brittle grains, oilier pores, and a stronger fundamental tone than maple. It has a tremendous amount of percussive overtones in the pick attack, that mute out shortly thereafter to foster great, long sustain. Seymour Duncan Blackout 8-string AHB-1 active pickups 9-Volt active pickups like its predecessors, the 6-string and 7-string versions of the Blackouts, but built to direct retrofit nearly all 8-string electric guitars. Perfect for old school metal and new school screamers, especially dark pounding metal that incorporates extreme lows. Balanced inputs with a differential preamp for reduced noise. Ceramic magnets and calibrated wind for both neck and bridge versions provide for greater dynamic range and allow for specific character in each register. Schecter locking tuning machines These tuners feature a locking screw pin to lock the string into place for greater tuning stability. Details include a 19:1 gear ratio allowing for precise fine tuning adjustments, removable knobs, threaded peghead bushing, and a 10mm diameter peg hole. Hell"s Gate Skull inlay The Mother of Pearl "Hell"s Gate Skull" inlay compliments the beautiful ebony fretboard. The thin white binding strip adds a nice highlight.Mahogany contoured body Flamed maple top 28" Extended scale 3-piece maple neck Ebony fretboard 24 X-Jumbo frets Mother-of-pearl "Hell"s Gate Skull" inlay Seymour Duncan Blackout active neck pickup Seymour Duncan Blackout active bridge pickup Hipshot Custom-8 string-thru body bridge Schecter locking tuning machines Individual volume and master tone control 3-Way pickup selector