I don't think you sounded like a dick at all, and I thank you for your response.
I don't think everything I've said about Schecter on here was positive. I did also state that the Guitar I recently received had faults which was a shame. For example, the pickup routing was so poor, that they were off to the left by almost an inch, and it wasn't stamped as a factory second, and in my mind it should have been. But it made no difference to the sound to me, and I confirmed it with Rick Hunt of EMG that it wouldn't affect it negatively. In fact surprisingly, I felt it sounded better than my C-7 which was flawless. I couldn't tell you why, I am only assuming that the extra neck wood of being an 8 added something tonally, but I don't know. It's a real shame for me, as I intended to put in Bare Knuckles, and being an open pickup, the routing issue would have become far more noticable. However another member on here suggested putting EMG style covers on to sort this out, which I believe it will.
I have seen faults with other Schecter's I've owned also. My first was a C-7 Hellraiser FR, and the nut was installed so badly that everytime I used the floyd, the strings would click and the sustain died of death. This turned out to be that the screws holding the locking nut on had somehow worn out the holes they went into, which I rectified, and it was perfect from then on. It also had weird markings behind the nut which I could only describe as "teeth marks", which I couldn't explain. It however made no difference to me, I loved it anyway.
A Guitar is a tool, and so long as it does the job you want it to, it doesn't matter what it is. I think it's awesome that there are so many different kinds out there, that appeal to everyone else's tastes. If this weren't the case, the world would be that much of a boring place. Had it not been for forums such as this, I wouldn't know about half of them. I even bought my former Ibanez LACS through SS.org, which was great for me at that time, but I moved back to Schecter as it was more suitable to my playing and sound. Again, it may be right for me, but not for someone else.
But on the note of overwhelming positivity, you may be referring to the fact that someone started a thread asking about what was good about Schecters. Schecter often tends to get bad press on forums like these, and considering the title, why would I not put forward my positive experiences with them? Again, I am not an endorsee of Schecter, but frankly I want to be. I've been offered Dean, Ibanez, Vigier, Jayden Rose, ESP, and a few others including customs, but I'm holding out for the one I really want, which is much more difficult to get over here. I'm sure you can appreciate that considering this site comes up top in google when searching relevant keywords that anything negative I write could go against me. When applying for endorsements, the reps go to the lengths of researching the artist, and I wouldn't want to have shot myself in the foot.
So I'd like to apologise to anyone I might have offended. It's not intentional, I just feel that it should be OK for me to like Schecter without saying I give the brand a metaphorical blow job! Your main I see is a Telecaster. That's cool, I've owned them myself and I find them really comfortable. It's not my bag as a main instrument but that's just me.