Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: hhcave on March 14, 2008, 08:09:07 AM
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Does anyone know anything about the S1/S2? Has anyone played them and if so what do you think? I would mainly use it for jazz/fusion and instrumental rock stuff so are they good for that?
Also, what would you say is better for those styles - a 1pc maple neck/fingerboard or a maple neck/rosewood fretboard?
Cant remember what the body wood is though :roll: \
If i hear good things im pulling the trigger on one!
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Can't speak from personal experience, but my wife's tutor owns a (several?) Suhr's and swears by them, my wife said it sounded really good too.
Not very specific I know :) but if I had the opportunity to get a Suhr I'd take it.
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I've played em at 48St Custom Guitars. Very, very nice guitars. I would give Tom Anderson a slight edge in terms of playability, for my own personal taste, but the Suhr guitars are not slackers by any means.
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hmm, what do you mean by Tom Anderson has better playability? Is the neck thinner..? Or do Andersons have a more recessed heel or something?
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No, I found the Anderson neck to be wider, which for me is more comfortable.
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I've played the S1 and S2. Fantastic guitars - very refined, superb build quality, sound great. I was on a Strat-quest recently and tried many Fenders and Suhrs. The S1 and S2 were better than any of the Fenders I tried, including a couple of Custom Shop models. I preferred the S1 (rosewood board) to the S2 (maple).
However, I ended up going the extra mile and buying a Suhr Standard. Best guitar I've ever owned. Just fantastic.
A couple of points to bear in mind:
Wouldn't you want a humbucker in the neck for jazz?
The necks on most Suhrs are quite thin. Suits me fine, but those liking a chunkier neck might be disappointed.