Exceed Custom series.

NV/DX series.

PT-CTM.

SD/DX series.

There is very limited information to be found about these online, but they offer several lines of guitars at different price and quality levels. Obviously their designs are very influenced by Tom Anderson, or maybe it's the other way around since Tom worked for Schecter before starting his own shop. They do however look stunning!

I have read some rumours about these guitars being produced by ESP Japan since both companies have the same owner. And comparing them and judging by serial numbers this sounds pretty likely. For example one of the lines (the SD-line) serial numbers start with "SA", which potentially could indicate Sado, which also is (was) the ESP bolt-on custom shop.

The higher-end models, the exceed series which have the designation "custom", prices are comparable to equivalent guitars of the ESP Original/Custom. Schecter Japan exceed series is considered to be among Japan's top quality guitars, and to me, japanese top quality = world top quality. And it's kinda confusing that there isn't more info to be found on them.

Does anyone here have something to share about these lovely looking guitars? Like who actually builds them, if they operate under ESP, if they have different shops for custom/standard series or if it's different lines from the same factory. So far everything is just speculations. Even though there have been a handful of threads about Schecter Japan on different forums over the years, no concrete answers have been given. Also spec-wise, there are limited info on what neck profiles and fingerboard radiuses they offer, or what the general differences are between the "standard" lines?

I feel like there are lots of question marks to clear out on this topic!