This a very similar guitar to the Schecter Blackjack 7 that I have been playing for years. One complaint I had with the Blackjack were the hard to see neck position markers. After starting to mess around with the Hellraiser 8 string guitar I really liked the sound and so just for the heck I started looking for a 7 string version of the same. It was suprisingly quick to find and very affordable. It came in black, played beautifully, sounded great – and then my heavy metal playing older kid snatched it from me! There is not much arguing with a 15 year old. After some more searching I found another one. This one even has the same color and finish as the 8 string. So there!