Suhr Custom Classic S HSS Guitar, Roasted Flamed Neck, Surf Green, Hardshell Case

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$ 3,999.00

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This is a Suhr Custom Classic S HSS Roasted Body Flamed Neck guitar.

Starting with the highly regarded Classic S, we added several significant upgrades to this Custom Suhr guitar such as a roasted alder body, roasted flamed maple neck, and abalone dot inlays. Aesthetically, we chose an aged green pickguard, and raw nickel cover for the humbucker. This guitars also features low noise Suhr V60LP and SSV pickups with SSCII electronics, stainless steel frets and modern hardware like Suhr Locking Tuners and a Gotoh 510 Tremolo Bridge.

And of course, each Classic S Roasted Select goes through the same renowned individual setup process that $10-15k Suhr Custom guitars go through.

Alder is known for its rich low and mid-range tonal qualities, especially when roasted. Suhr takes great care in finishing the body with an ultra "Thin Skin" urethane finish, allowing for the wood to resonate freely while still providing plenty of protection to ensure the longevity of these guitars.

The neck is made from beautiful roasted flamed maple and features a vintage 60's C shape with medium stainless steel frets. The frets feature rolled edges and a 9"-12" compound radius, great for smooth bends. These appointments create a comfortable, fast feeling neck with long lasting playability.

Serial Number: 61780
Weight: 8 lbs 9 oz

Specifications:

Body: Roasted Alder, 2 Piece
Neck: Premium Roasted Flamed Maple w/ Rosewood Fingerboard
Neck Shape: 60's C Vintage Medium, .830 - .950
Fingerboard Radius: 9"-12" Compound
Fret Markers: Abalone Dots
Nut Material: Tusq
Nut Width: 1.650"
Frets: 22 Frets, Stainless Steel, Medium
Bridge: Gotoh 2-Post 510, Bent Saddles, Non-Recessed, Steel Block
Tuners: Suhr Locking Tuners
Pickguard: 3-Ply Aged Green
Electronics: SSCII Wiring, Volume, 2-Tone, 5 Way
Knobs: Aged Green
Neck Pickup: Suhr V60LP, Aged Green
Middle Pickup: Suhr V60LP, Aged Green
Bridge Pickup: Suhr SSV, Raw Nickel
Finish: "Thin Skin" Urethane
Case: Suhr Deluxe Hardshell Case
Special Feature: John Suhr Signature Lazer Engraved Headstock
String Gauge: .010 - .046

About the Pickups in this Guitar

Every V60LP pickup is hand-built, precisely wound (using Suhr's proprietary winding process) The V60LP pickups faithfully recreate the classic single-coil sounds of the 60's. These pickups also use the same magnets that were used in the pickups made during this era. What you get are clear bell-like highs, warm and punchy mids, and big yet firm lows that are the hallmark of great vintage pickups, which aren't as common as one might be led to believe. John Suhr examined a variety of vintage pickups and found that some sound much better than others and took apart the great ones to find out why, measuring the gauss of the magnets to counting the number of turns of the coil wires. The V60LP replicates the handwound pattern of some early-60's single-coil pickups and impart sweeter and rounder highs.

The SSV Humbucker in the bridge has a broad sonic aperture with very little compression, making for a dynamic, vintage output humbucker. The SSV is a versatile pickup that combines the warmth of a vintage humbucker with increased clarity and definition. The SSV Bridge is wound a bit hotter for more output, increased sustain and a sweet midrange response.

If you're thinking about purchasing this guitar, here are some things you should know:

Suhr essentially has two ways they build guitars. Every guitar that leaves their factory is either a one off custom built guitar, or it's part of a small production run of guitars where each spec (body shape, wood type, fingerboard radius, neck carve, pickups, etc) is the same, but only the color is different. In both cases, the EXACT same people construct, paint, and setup the guitars. These small runs allow many things to happen to reduce the price of the guitar, but IN NO WAY sacrifice quality. In other words, if you decided you wanted a custom guitar from Suhr and you requested the exact same specs as a Classic S in Olympic White ($2799), you would receive the exact same guitar as a production run Classic S in Olympic White, but you'd pay around $3465, which is about 25% more.

Of course, there's nothing strange going on here. It's just a matter of the time and effort it takes to select different wood, retool machines, change out hardware, wiring differences, clean the paint booth guns, etc each time a custom guitar is ran through. It's just more efficient to run guitars in numbers, so Suhr is able to reduce the price and pass that to the customer. Again, IN NO WAY has any compromises been made. What that boils down to is if a production Suhr's specs meets your needs and desires, it's a no-brainer. Buy that guitar. A custom Suhr will be no different in quality. With that said, all of our special runs of Classic S Roasted Select guitars are essentially custom guitars, but since they are ran all at the same time, we were able to negotiate better pricing for our customers than a custom price. We are listing these at $3199, but if they were custom ordered they would be $3942. Even if we knocked 10% off the custom price, you're still looking at $3548.

So, we just wanted to explain that if you're liking the specs on this guitar (which we and Suhr carefully selected together), then again, it's a no-brainer.

Naturally, if you have any questions about this or any other Suhr guitar please feel free to reach out. We're more than;happy to answer any questions you may have.