Chewie5150
Fractal Fanatic
If i could get my hands on a Pete Thorn Sig I'd strongly consider that as well. I live in his hometown and met him at a clinic he did for Suhr few years ago. I played his guitar for a few min and it felt real good.
If i could get my hands on a Pete Thorn Sig I'd strongly consider that as well. I live in his hometown and met him at a clinic he did for Suhr few years ago. I played his guitar for a few min and it felt real good.
I just can't do the crazy PRS finishes and birds. No knock on the guitars, as from my experience they tend to be perfectly made. Nor the people that love them. They just really don't do it for me.
I may eat my words on that someday, but even in a state of perpetual GAS, I never look at them.
That is mine, gorgeous guitar.I really liked that satin finish limited edition but looking on suhr website I quite like the Modern plus bengal burst. Other than cosmetics it seems these are Basswood body vs Mahogany. Either way I'd stick with the roasted maple necks. They just feel/sound right to me.
I was the same way, but the first one I picked up played so well that I got over it pretty quickly. Now I have three, and I'd definitely consider getting more. They do make some solid color core guitars, too - black, white, goldtops, and the DGT 'Standard' from ~2012 had a nice cherry finish.
Here's a question for you guitar nerds out there. Do you think there's a discernible difference in 'feel' of a straight up maple neck vs say a Pau Ferro fingerboard? I don't think the tone is that much different or at least negligible in a double blind test...but feel? I want to fly on the neck as much as possible. I imagine maple as it'd be harder and stiffer would accommodate that ,yes?
If i could have both guitars of each to compare that'd be optimal but if i were to order I dont really have that luxury if its not available locally.
Mine is roasted swamp ash... I like itI really liked that satin finish limited edition but looking on suhr website I quite like the Modern plus bengal burst. Other than cosmetics it seems these are Basswood body vs Mahogany. Either way I'd stick with the roasted maple necks. They just feel/sound right to me.
I mean the fingerboard choices of maple vs pau ferro yeah. I like the aesthetic of the pau ferro on a the bengal burst a tad more than straight up maple.I think you're mixing terms - do you mean maple board vs pau ferro? Maple comes with a clearcoat so it's going to feel different versus any other material. I've never noticed a hardness difference between maple and rosewood/pau ferro/ebony but the finish is noticeable. I always end up at rosewood.
Purely cosmetically I think the Pau Ferro is great on the roasted maple neck as the color is quite consistent. I do like the way it feels.I mean the fingerboard choices of maple vs pau ferro yeah. I like the aesthetic of the pau ferro on a the bengal burst a tad more than straight up maple.