I'm pretty happy right now with my new Suhr Guitar, this is my first Suhr ever all i can say is that i'm blow away with the quality of this guitars and TONE this THING Screams!!!
Congratulations on the new guitar StriderHND!!! I'm in the market for one too
. What kind of pickups did you get? Fretboard wood?
I'm not buying that business about mahogany wood causing problems though. The problem more likely lies with either the fretboard wood or the frets weren't filed down enough after they were installed. Gibson has been using mahogany for ages and you don't hear anyone mentioning anything about dead spots. I've built several guitars from mahogany and have never had a problem with this beautiful wood, in looks, functionality, and tone. At least being a bolt on neck it's easily replaced, personally all I think it needs is a good fret dress and crowning, but that should have been done already. If the issue is wood settling and time, than they need to age their wood longer.
Here's my "pointy" version of the Les Paul, mahogany neck and back, birdseye maple top, ebony fretboard. Sorry I don't know how to make tabs like StriderHND
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Not trying to sell anything here, but I am puzzled by Suhr's explanation having to do with mahogany wood. This guitar doesn't have any issues with dead spots. I have come across it in cheaper guitars however, and usually a truss rod adjustment will correct it, but you may have to deal with a forward bowed neck. Changing string gauges sometimes helps too.
Please excuse the Ibanez V7 & V8 pickups, they were all I had left at the time... The guitar is 20 years old and has had a few different pickups in it, it was also in a time capsule about ten years.
Good luck with your Suhr's, I almost used the "Stick Out Tongue" emoji but decided to be nice since it's "Happy Guitar Day!" A time for praise and worship, a holy day.
"Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy." ..and, I'll soon be getting a new guitar too
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So what is it you guys like most about the Suhr's?