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tjon901 « A 21st century strat »
Published on 05/25/11 at 08:00Suhr guitars is a boutique guitar maker from California. They have taken the classic strat design and taken it into the 21st century. From the outside it looks like a standard strat but when you play it you will feel a world of difference. This one has an alder body like most strats and a vintage style 1 piece maple neck and fretboard. The fretboard has 22 stainless steel frets. It has a standard Fender style tremolo system. It has 3 single coils in a strat configuration but they are modern single coils and very quiet. It has the standard one volume and two tone controls with a 5 way blade style pickup selector.
UTILIZATION
The setups on these guitar are the best. With the stainless steel frets the frets will never wear out. They will always be a smooth as brand new frets. The frets are PLEK'd which means the guitar is put into a machine and a lasers are used to level the frets. This means your action will be as low as possible. With this perfect leveling and stainless steel frets the setup will barely ever need adjusting. Having a setup this good is something strat players will not be use to.
SOUNDS
With Suhr's special pickups there is no noise at all. I dont know what they have done to eliminate the noise but it is great. Without the hum from the single coils you can really hear all the articulation from the pickups. The Suhr pickups blend perfectly with the wood and work together to get a great sound.
OVERALL OPINION
I wish all strats were like this guitar. People frankly should not have to pay this much money to get a strat with a modern setup. If a small company like Suhr can produce quality like this that means a big company could do it a even a lower price.
If you are looking for the best strat on the market and do not care how much it costs the Suhr classic is the strat for you.
UTILIZATION
The setups on these guitar are the best. With the stainless steel frets the frets will never wear out. They will always be a smooth as brand new frets. The frets are PLEK'd which means the guitar is put into a machine and a lasers are used to level the frets. This means your action will be as low as possible. With this perfect leveling and stainless steel frets the setup will barely ever need adjusting. Having a setup this good is something strat players will not be use to.
SOUNDS
With Suhr's special pickups there is no noise at all. I dont know what they have done to eliminate the noise but it is great. Without the hum from the single coils you can really hear all the articulation from the pickups. The Suhr pickups blend perfectly with the wood and work together to get a great sound.
OVERALL OPINION
I wish all strats were like this guitar. People frankly should not have to pay this much money to get a strat with a modern setup. If a small company like Suhr can produce quality like this that means a big company could do it a even a lower price.
If you are looking for the best strat on the market and do not care how much it costs the Suhr classic is the strat for you.