Suhr Guitar Replacement Parts

Suhr guitars are some of the best custom strat style guitars you can buy. They are played by people in all types of genres of music. Anyone who plays a Suhr swears by the quality of the guitars they put out. They can build you just about anything you want and you know it will be of the highest quality. When people build guitars like these from scratch you dont want to just throw in some one elses pickups. Companies like that who build everything themselves want to throw in their own pickups specially voiced for their own guitars so the pickups and guitar match together perfectly and maximize the performance of the whole instrument. Doug Aldrich is a famous guitar player most famous for playing in Whitesnake recently. He has his own Suhr pickup which is very popular in the aftermarket world because it is just a good pickup overall. Aldrich and Suhr hooked up to make the best possible pickup for his style of hard rock playing. It is the hottest pickup that Suhr makes. It has a huge sound but doesnt lose focus in being so big. The pickup is super tight, it has a very modern feel to it. It is almost like an active pickup because of how tight it is. The high end is high but somehow it never gets harsh. It is the best kind of high end because it keeps your sound from becoming muddy but it does not make your ears bleed. The low end is super tight and focused and can handle just about anything any other passive pickup can handle. If you are looking for a great hard rock pickup that can play just about anything and is not from the typical pickup companies this pickups is a great choice. More and more people are looking to Suhr not just for guitars but for their guitar parts like these pickups.

The story goes something like this. The best shredder in my arsenal, an RG550 from 1993, used to be outfitted with a set of EMG's. I played it for years. I played the devil out of it. Finally one day one of my pickups went out. I knew it would happen. Tired of active pickups, I decided to switch to some passive ones. After researching a lot of sets at all price points, I decided to roll the die on a set of aldrich pickups from suhr. To be honest I didn't know what to expect. I was told they were aggressive and good for hard rock and metal so that was right up my alley. Considering these are hand wired I think the price is fair. Though we'll see just how good the sound is. Initial testing was done through a Soldano SLO 100 through a mesa standard 412 with vintage 30s in a practice space so I could crank the amp. The first thing that surprised me was how much beef these had. I was told they had a lot of high end and not much bottom going on in the bass but I kind of have to disagree with that. These have a good strong chug in the bass and I had to really lower the bass on my amp to get the bridge pickup to tighten up. But after the amp EQ was dialed up properly they sounded great. The pickups have a nice upper mid bite and a real sizzle to them. Rhythm and lead sounds awesome on the bridge pickup. It's a real high gain monster. Unfortunately I haven't been as impressed with the neck pickup and I feel like i need to adjust the height maybe. It's pretty muddy at times. I feel like maybe I should have a treble boost pedal to use for when I switch to the neck pickup. The good news is they seem to split reasonably well. This is something I like to get out of my high gain humbuckers even if the guitar is more a a shred type. I also tried these with a JCM800 and they did well with that amp too. I'm glad I got these. They seem to be pretty nice especially for the price.

I purchased a heavily modified Fender Stratocaster that was loaded with a Suhr DSH humbucker in the bridge position and it was definitely the high point of that guitar. It is a very dynamic feeling and versatile sounding pickup that I enjoyed using for many styles of music. I did prefer it in more of a rock/hard rock context for sure, but I had no problems using this pickup in a bluesier setting as well. In this alder bodied Strat it was a great match, providing a very thick and punchy rhythm tone as well as a great sounding Van Halen esque lead tone. The tones of this pickup remind a lot of the Seymour Duncan JB in that they're very punchy and have a certain top end "sizzle" that really makes the pickup sound unique. It matched very well with the Fender single coils in the Strat as well. There as no major imbalances in pickup output and they worked well for a wide variety of styles. This pickup cleans up very well with the volume control as well, showcasing that even though it's a bit higher in output, it still retains definition when the volume on the guitar is rolled back. After a period of time, I sold the Strat, but opted to keep the Suhr pickup to try in a vintage Ibanez Performer 300 (Les Paul esque guitar) from 1978. The guitar came stock with Ibanez Super 70s, which I LOVED, but the bridge pickup died so I had to replace it. The Suhr pickup really shined in this guitar I found, and all of those characteristics that I mentioned before about dynamics and that wonderful top end sizzle were there, but more prominent. The pickup in an alder bodied, bolt on guitar was good. The pickup in a mahogany bodied set neck guitar was stellar. I used it as my main guitar for a couple of years before buying my first Gibson, at which point I sold the Ibanez to fund it. All in all I felt that the Suhr DSH was a great pickup that worked very well for hard rock esque styles, but could be dynamic enough for most major styles as well. Definitely a great sounding pickup from a great company.