Members Hoople Head Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Horizontal scrolling FTL. They should come with a hard case at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newbuilder Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 You guys should check out Redunkle Guitars, Asian company covering the liscence for Picket Guitars. You can get one made in China for around $1000:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 You mean like these?All those boutique guys offer guitars that look pretty low-key. You have to remember that many of their guitars are custom orders, so many times when you see one that's over the top with flame or quilt, it's like that because that's what the customer wanted. Yeah those are nice. Most of the Suhrs I see aren't usually plain. I don't know though. I'm just not convinced by suhr. I don't feel like they offer anything special for the prices they charge. It's CNC poly finished made in america and they charge like it's hand built. I'd take a Hahn over a suhr any day of the week. But what ever. If people are into them and want to pay 3 grand then cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Yeah those are nice. Most of the Suhrs I see aren't usually plain. I don't know though. I'm just not convinced by suhr. I don't feel like they offer anything special for the prices they charge. It's CNC poly finished made in america and they charge like it's hand built. I'd take a Hahn over a suhr any day of the week. But what ever. If people are into them and want to pay 3 grand then cool. I've never actually played a Suhr. I really can't see spending over about $1000 on a basic Strat or Tele style guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 15, 2010 Moderators Share Posted January 15, 2010 I've never actually played a Suhr. I really can't see spending over about $1000 on a basic Strat or Tele style guitar. I been looking at high end Strta pickups for a few weeks now and Suhrs figured in my lookin, and it does seem to me that what Suhr offer is just basically that, reworked Strats and Superstrtas at a lot of money. $1000 is the very top that should happen for the very best in Stratness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallica_00 Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 From reading suhr's posts on tgp it seems like he is all about the technology of making guitars. So that means cnc, plek, vulcanized necks, buzz feiten, silent backplate systems etc. He's got the antique series, which is nitro/reliced, but I get the feeling he's not going for the old world handcrafted vibe most of the the time. It's high tech precision. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be expensive, to the contrary in fact. From everything you hear, he's got a loyal following and people love his guitars and rave about the quality. I've actually never played one, and I don't think they're quite my speed (I prefer the Hahn approach too), but it's obviously working for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I own two Suhrs, have actually gotten to spec one out at the factory with John him self (the strat) and I'm pretty excited about the new guitars. I'm going to NAMM in a few hours and Suhr will definitely be one of my first stops so I'll report back later this evening or tomorrow. And as far as "too blingy" goes, these are mine: Suhr Classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallica_00 Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 $1000 is the very top that should happen for the very best in Stratness I would like to think that is true, since a strat is a relative simple affair (as it was designed to be!). But while most of the 1000 range strats are pretty nice, my personal experience has been that the even more expensive ones are nicer. So maybe they "should" only cost 1000, but in the real world the very best ones don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 15, 2010 Moderators Share Posted January 15, 2010 I would like to think that is true, since a strat is a relative simple affair (as it was designed to be!). But while most of the 1000 range strats are pretty nice, my personal experience has been that the even more expensive ones are nicer. So maybe they "should" only cost 1000, but in the real world the very best ones don't. Aaaah, that's why I used "should" I think most of the Strat type builders/assemblers in this place have found that $1000 makes one hell of a 'Caster, with all the luxury bits like stainless frets, ebony boards, best vibrato and the best pickps and tuners. I don't profess to entertain the retail arena when it comes to 'Casters, I don't see the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cogdog Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Sounds interesting but I think the line will be short lived, as will be others. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 I would rather see them make a budget usa model with say limited options rather than outsource to another factory. They already do that. The Pro Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 I think if I were going to pay a bit under a grand for an Asian import, that's set-up and inspected by an American shop, I'd be going for the St.Blues guitars:http://www.saintblues.com/ I just prefer their style to the Suhrs. Although, it doesn't have the same name recognition as the Suhr guitar, so re-sale will be low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarvinDog Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Man that website is awful. Scrolling to the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted January 15, 2010 Members Share Posted January 15, 2010 Man that website is awful. Scrolling to the right? In ancient Egypt, they scrolled to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cogdog Posted January 16, 2010 Members Share Posted January 16, 2010 dude that is one nice looking Tele! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jedisb Posted January 16, 2010 Members Share Posted January 16, 2010 If I'm going to spend that much I'd rather spend it on a USA made Carvin, particularly a C66. You guys should check out Redunkle Guitars, Asian company covering the liscence for Picket Guitars. You can get one made in China for around $1000:thu: Got a link? Google gives me nothing but referring back to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 I checked the Suhrs and Rasmus guitars out yesterday at NAMM...as much as I love my Suhrs the asian guitars didn't do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axavm Posted January 17, 2010 Members Share Posted January 17, 2010 Talked to them at NAMM today, and yes they should be at about $999.00. Felt pretty solid, but when you compare them to the 2k and up models they have...Well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blahbbs Posted January 17, 2010 Members Share Posted January 17, 2010 The web designer needs to be strangled. Horizontal scrolling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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