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The very first Scepter I built,  was originally intended to be a Steinberger.  I was employed by Steinberger as "Director of  Domestic Marketing" (A fancy title for corporate puppet). Steinberger, at the time, was releasing the headstock model.  The money was excellent and one of my jobs was to give away guitars to rock stars. I made most of my initial contacts in the industry by giving away guitars to famous guitarists.

When I worked for Steinberger, I pushed for names on the guitars. I felt that names were better suited to guitars than the numerical & alphabetical designations that Steinberger was known for. In any case, the names were accepted and then a couple of months later, rejected.  The Scepter became the GS7TA. Hey, does anyone remember the GS7TA? 

Anyway, to make a long story short, I liked the name so I adopted it for my own use when Steinberger decided not to use it. I built about a dozen non pickguard solid wood Scepters like the ones pictured below. It was pretty idiotic of me to use the Fender style headstock but, back in the late 80's and early 90's the Fender shaped headstock actually gave the guitar credibility.  I like my newer headstock shape much better.

 Pearlcaster/Scepter Advantages over the competition