New Guthrie Govan signature guitar.

[brainleaf]

 

[MrGuitarabuse]

Lovely guitar, wonderful player, but bloody Nora, did he age 25 years in 5 years?

 

[brainleaf]

Lovely guitar, wonderful player, but bloody Nora, did he age 25 years in 5 years?

For real! I saw a recent Marco Minnemann drum video and it's the same story. Maybe The Aristocrats have been practicing some sort of dark magic.

 

[Jirai]

Lovely guitar, wonderful player, but bloody Nora, did he age 25 years in 5 years?

It took me a moment to recognize him.

 

[Justincase]

Age catches up with us all...

 

[iaresee]

I had no idea he was British.

Or that he was FIFTY!

 

[Chewie5150]

Saw this on my youtube/IG feeds as well. looks like a great guitar. Would love to try one out when they're out and available at stores

 

[Doc Rock]

I have his signature Suhr from several years ago, and it plays like a beauty, has basically all the same features as this one apart from the glow-in-the-dark inlays and knobs. I doubt many folks would pick fault with anything on the Suhr. I have two other Suhrs as well, but the Guthrie Signature model is the most versatile. It has the booster button, that when pressed, any tone, volume, pickup switch settings you have are bypassed and it goes straight to the bridge pickup on full output. Press the button again, and it goes back to where you were. Very useful on live gigs - push the button, play the solo, push the button, and back to backing settings. Guthrie implies in this video that this is his first signature guitar, but it ain't so. Not sure what the squabble was when he fell out with John Suhr, but the Suhr one I have would be very similar to this Charvel. And yes, he's got old quickly, but he can still play the pants of most of us...!

 

[ESW]

Lovely guitar, wonderful player, but bloody Nora, did he age 25 years in 5 years?

Guessing he stopped dying his hair.

 

[sandmannn69]

I have his signature Suhr from several years ago, and it plays like a beauty, has basically all the same features as this one apart from the glow-in-the-dark inlays and knobs. I doubt many folks would pick fault with anything on the Suhr. I have two other Suhrs as well, but the Guthrie Signature model is the most versatile. It has the booster button, that when pressed, any tone, volume, pickup switch settings you have are bypassed and it goes straight to the bridge pickup on full output. Press the button again, and it goes back to where you were. Very useful on live gigs - push the button, play the solo, push the button, and back to backing settings. Guthrie implies in this video that this is his first signature guitar, but it ain't so. Not sure what the squabble was when he fell out with John Suhr, but the Suhr one I have would be very similar to this Charvel. And yes, he's got old quickly, but he can still play the pants of most of us...!

Why would he want to play our pants?

 

[unix-guy]

I had no idea he was British.

Or that he was FIFTY!

Were you thinking older or younger?

I'm guessing you never saw a video where he was speaking... Cuz that makes the British thing pretty obvious

He's a very animated speaker, too.

 

[iaresee]

Were you thinking older or younger?

I'm guessing you never saw a video where he was speaking... Cuz that makes the British thing pretty obvious

He's a very animated speaker, too.

Yea, never heard him speak before. And all that hair -- he could have passed for SF hipster 30s.

 

[unix-guy]

Yea, never heard him speak before. And all that hair -- he could have passed for SF hipster 30s.

I always thought he was older and then learned he was younger than me when I attended the G4 Experience.

 

[AxeManDan]

Not sure what the squabble was when he fell out with John Suhr…

The issue was not between John Suhr himself and Guthrie, it was someone working with Suhr that did not treat Guthrie right and that’s why he left the brand.

 

[Doc Rock]

The issue was not between John Suhr himself and Guthrie, it was someone working with Suhr that did not treat Guthrie right and that’s why he left the brand.

Didn't know that - thanks for the info. That's a pity, because as nice as Charvels are, I think Suhrs - at least the three I have - are a league above!

 

[Scorched]

The issue was not between John Suhr himself and Guthrie, it was someone working with Suhr that did not treat Guthrie right and that’s why he left the brand.

Interesting. First time I've read this.

 

[Dave Merrill]

I want one.
But it's not available yet.
And I'd be hard pressed to afford it if it was.
But I want one.

 

[dpeterson]

Yeah not sure why they didn't do the MIM model instead of MIJ, price is still very high for what it is.

 

[Keybi]

Lovely guitar, wonderful player, but bloody Nora, did he age 25 years in 5 years?

Attention. Practicing too much can lead to faster aging.

 

[AxeManDan]

Interesting. First time I've read this.

It was brought up during an episode of Tone Talk that John Suhr was on. He was honest about what happened without airing all the dirty laundry. You could tell he was really disappointed that one of his artist/customers was not treated the right way.