Well, after a long 2 week wait, it's finally here!
This is my first Suhr, and I'm really impressed.
Build quality is top notch as has been said about Suhr many times before. Not a single manufacturing defect/anomaly; even the cavities are well manicured.
The walnut top looks spectacular, and tone wise adds a lot of low-mids, so overall, even with the maple neck, it's a fairly dark guitar. VERY focused sounding (not sure if this has to do with the walnut or the Aldrich); had a to crank the mids on my amp more than with any of my other guitars.
Sustains better (way better) than any of my other floyd guitars.
With the locking hipshots and blocked trem it seems extremely stable tuning wise, but time will tell.
The fretwork is spectacular and it's official, I'm a fan of SS frets. I just wish they did the "hot-dog" fret ends like my custom ESPs, but I'm nitpicking.
The neck is a 10-14" compound, but the seller stated it was 10-16" which was a bummer b/c I really wanted a 10-16!!
Pickups are an Aldrich (bridge) and Air Norton S (neck); I'm not really loving either of the pickups...The neck seems too dark and kind of lifeless, and the bridge is thick and grainy. Not sure what I'm going to replace them with, but I'll need something on the brighter side and more middy since the guitar is on the darker side and focused more on the low-mids. Suggestions welcome!
And onto the porn......
This is my first Suhr, and I'm really impressed.
Build quality is top notch as has been said about Suhr many times before. Not a single manufacturing defect/anomaly; even the cavities are well manicured.
The walnut top looks spectacular, and tone wise adds a lot of low-mids, so overall, even with the maple neck, it's a fairly dark guitar. VERY focused sounding (not sure if this has to do with the walnut or the Aldrich); had a to crank the mids on my amp more than with any of my other guitars.
Sustains better (way better) than any of my other floyd guitars.
With the locking hipshots and blocked trem it seems extremely stable tuning wise, but time will tell.
The fretwork is spectacular and it's official, I'm a fan of SS frets. I just wish they did the "hot-dog" fret ends like my custom ESPs, but I'm nitpicking.
The neck is a 10-14" compound, but the seller stated it was 10-16" which was a bummer b/c I really wanted a 10-16!!
Pickups are an Aldrich (bridge) and Air Norton S (neck); I'm not really loving either of the pickups...The neck seems too dark and kind of lifeless, and the bridge is thick and grainy. Not sure what I'm going to replace them with, but I'll need something on the brighter side and more middy since the guitar is on the darker side and focused more on the low-mids. Suggestions welcome!
And onto the porn......
