infernalservice
Well-Known Member
I had this drop shipped to me right from Suhr last week. Its a modern 7 with a black limba body, cocobolo neck/board, and matching headstock and top in burled maple featuring a faded trans wineburst (first one they have ever done in that color). Stainless frets with the larger modern neck profile, offset inlays, and a 20in straight radius. For electronics it has the Suhr Classic Plus Bridge and Hot 7 neck. Master volume and a mini three way that splits the pickups with the inner coils hum-canceling in the middle like on an EBMM JP.
PICS:
The unveiling crappy iphone photos at home:
The pro shot pics from suhr:
I also contacted Suhr with the serial number of my other modern 7 and they graciously sent over the archive photos of it. They take pics of all their guitars before shipping if any of you other good Suhrs want to take advantage of it.
Here is a comparison shop with my faded bengal flame maple, mahog body, pao ferro neck one:
I took it for a run at rehearsal on Sunday and am digging it. The new one cuts through the mix a little more than the old one and the classic plus pickup is a slightly lower gain model (17k compared to the 20k in the bengal one), which plays nicely with my Kemper presets as I bounce from a couple high gain presets to a crunch and clean during our set. The nicest surprise is the middle position inner coil split. We have an interlude I recorded for our album using an acoustic and finger picking. With that position and a pristine clean channel, I do a great impression of the performance tone-wise in a live setting. The guitar is slightly heavier than my bengal modern. I am guessing from the body combo as the neck feels very similar to my Pao Ferro neck/board on the other one. The bengal is definitely the fatter sounding and rounder of the two. My plan is to using both of them recording, doubling up rhythm guitar parts on each side and then splitting leads between the two as I see fit. Live, I could use either and be stoked!
PICS:
The unveiling crappy iphone photos at home:
The pro shot pics from suhr:
I also contacted Suhr with the serial number of my other modern 7 and they graciously sent over the archive photos of it. They take pics of all their guitars before shipping if any of you other good Suhrs want to take advantage of it.
Here is a comparison shop with my faded bengal flame maple, mahog body, pao ferro neck one:
I took it for a run at rehearsal on Sunday and am digging it. The new one cuts through the mix a little more than the old one and the classic plus pickup is a slightly lower gain model (17k compared to the 20k in the bengal one), which plays nicely with my Kemper presets as I bounce from a couple high gain presets to a crunch and clean during our set. The nicest surprise is the middle position inner coil split. We have an interlude I recorded for our album using an acoustic and finger picking. With that position and a pristine clean channel, I do a great impression of the performance tone-wise in a live setting. The guitar is slightly heavier than my bengal modern. I am guessing from the body combo as the neck feels very similar to my Pao Ferro neck/board on the other one. The bengal is definitely the fatter sounding and rounder of the two. My plan is to using both of them recording, doubling up rhythm guitar parts on each side and then splitting leads between the two as I see fit. Live, I could use either and be stoked!
