Suhr - What Suhr models perform best distorted modern rock?

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Luth2000

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Purchased and have been playing the Andy Wood single coil (Whiskey Barrel) model, and am impressed, amazed, and in love with the guitar! Like all new Suhr owners, I'm intrigued to try another, and am aiming for a solid rock guitar, with either two humbuckers, or SSH; with whammy (probably locking?). Of course loving the roasted neck on my Andy Wood, and stability of tuning.

I own a VHW Jem, and a PRS Custom 24 (Angry Larry 25th Anniversary with 5708 pickups), as well as a Silver Sky. The first two there are the better high gain options, and of course even the Andy Wood is quite good high gain as well (but has no whammy). Honestly, the Custom 24 is pretty solid in the distortion department...

So what Suhr models do you recommend? I'm not metal, more of the Joe Satriani tones, but also looking for some Les Paul type sounds. It could be that I already have most of the corners covered with what I have, but hey, we're guitar players and owners, so what would fit in there from the Suhr world?

thanks!
 
The JNI model suggestion from Leon is a good call. James plays a lot of high gain guitar parts, so that should fit the bill.

Almost every model that Suhr offers would be suitable for distorted rock guitar so long as it has routes for humbuckers. You might be better served by choosing a model that has the bridge (2-point or Floyd) and neck options (shape, fret size, wood) that you want and then worrying about optimizing it for your particular musical taste afterwards with bit of pickup swapping.

Regarding bridge choice; keep in mind that any guitar with the Gotoh 510 can be made to be very stable for heavy use just by adding the Wilkinson locking saddles. It won't have the same feel or rate of pitch change as a double locking setup, but the tuning stability will be 95% of the way there.
 
OrganicZed said:
The JNI model suggestion from Leon is a good call. James plays a lot of high gain guitar parts, so that should fit the bill.

Almost every model that Suhr offers would be suitable for distorted rock guitar so long as it has routes for humbuckers. You might be better served by choosing a model that has the bridge (2-point or Floyd) and neck options (shape, fret size, wood) that you want and then worrying about optimizing it for your particular musical taste afterwards with bit of pickup swapping.

Regarding bridge choice; keep in mind that any guitar with the Gotoh 510 can be made to be very stable for heavy use just by adding the Wilkinson locking saddles. It won't have the same feel or rate of pitch change as a double locking setup, but the tuning stability will be 95% of the way there.
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I also like the Gotoh locking saddles for the 510 on my Suhr Classic S and Classic T.
 
secondwindow said:
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I also like the Gotoh locking saddles for the 510 on my Suhr Classic S and Classic T.
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A couple of things to watch for on Suhrs:

1) If the guitar uses the SSCII, you need to use a NECK single coil for the middle pickup.
2) Suhr doesn't always route for a neck or bridge HB. So, if changing a SSS model to HSS, you may have to route for the bridge HB. I had to do this for my Classic S. Suhr used to do this kind of work, but they've stopped (at least for now).

Not bad things, just helpful to know.
 
If you like the Andy Wood, maybe you should get the HH model. It would work great.
The Modern would be a great choice, and it has the same neck profile as your Andy Wood.
My favorite Suhr model is the Standard. The one in my avatar has the SSH+ in the bridge, V63 single coil middle and SSV in the neck position. It will cover anything I want to play and sounds absolutely great on hard rock sounds.
 
Fro68 said:
If you like the Andy Wood, maybe you should get the HH model. It would work great.
The Modern would be a great choice, and it has the same neck profile as your Andy Wood.
My favorite Suhr model is the Standard. The one in my avatar has the SSH+ in the bridge, V63 single coil middle and SSV in the neck position. It will cover anything I want to play and sounds absolutely great on hard rock sounds.
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Im glad youre suggesting that, for I've certainly thought about it. Of course the neck is a major plus, I really like the one on my AW SS. When I listen to Andy Wood play his modern, I can't say I connect with his style and tones as much, and know that the player is responsible for much of that. I'd like to see some different people demoing that HH AW with pretty different styles.

I'm also thankful for your comments on the Standard. Youtube is definitely filled with a lot of rockers playing the standard, and what I hear is how you describe it: versatile and able to rock! Does your standard have roasted neck?

thanks!
 
Fro68 said:
If you like the Andy Wood, maybe you should get the HH model. It would work great.
The Modern would be a great choice, and it has the same neck profile as your Andy Wood.
My favorite Suhr model is the Standard. The one in my avatar has the SSH+ in the bridge, V63 single coil middle and SSV in the neck position. It will cover anything I want to play and sounds absolutely great on hard rock sounds.
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Is your standard a custom order?
 
I have two Standards. Both were Humbucker Music select models. Mahogany bodies with maple tops. Mahogany neck with ebony fretboard.
To be honest, I don't believe the wood affects the tone much at all other than sustain. I believe the pickups carry the tone.

One is an HSS with a Thornbucker II bridge and V63 single coils. Same as the Pete Thorn Signature model.
The green one has the pickups described above which are the same as the John Suhr Signature model.
They are also stock in most Moderns you'll see.
The Pete Thorn Signature Standard HH would also work well for what you are describing. It has his signature pickups in both the bridge and neck.
 
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