This Suhr Modern Custom Is Set to Stun
Boasting a balanced asymmetrical design and sleek playability, this Suhr Modern Custom offers hot-rodded performance for high-level guitarists with a penchant for full-throttle fretwork. This solidbody electric guitar is built upon a roasted alder body with a spotlight-stealing lacquer finish that’s been subjected to Suhr’s legendary heavy aging process. Its roasted maple neck sports an aerodynamic Modern Elliptical profile, which is capped by a compound-radius fingerboard with jumbo stainless steel frets. An HH complement of Suhr Thornbucker pickups captures the essence of the most coveted PAF-style humbuckers. If pitch pyrotechnics are part of your arsenal, you’ll appreciate this Modern Custom’s Suhr 2-point tremolo, which is reinforced by Suhr locking tuners to ensure the utmost stability and reliability. Players with a proclivity toward high-speed fretboard hijinks will find this Suhr Modern Custom to be their personal pathway to 6-string Swarga.
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Built for potent playability
From the moment you first pick it up, this Modern Custom will inspire the best playing of your life. It all starts with a supremely balanced asymmetrical roasted alder body with a stage-worthy heavy-aged lacquer finish. You’ll benefit from incredible playing comfort, thanks to this Modern Custom’s Modern Elliptical-shaped, roasted maple neck; it becomes one with your hand, and it knows how to stay out of your way. Moreover, this guitar’s compound-radius fingerboard, which is crowned with 24 jumbo stainless steel frets, is the perfect arena for showcasing your finely honed fretboard maneuvers. This Modern Custom also includes an ultra-expressive Suhr 2-point tremolo and heavy-duty Suhr locking tuners.
Tone-packed Suhr Thornbucker pickups
Courtesy of its Thornbucker pickups, this Suhr Modern Custom enables you to harness the most coveted attributes of a ‘50s-era PAF-style humbucker, albeit with a modern-sized dose of overwound oomph. Consequently, these Alnico-loaded humbuckers give you all the warmth, clarity, and flavor of a vintage set, while also ensuring that you have enough output on tap to give the front end of your amplifier a good spanking. Thornbuckers are built using a carefully selected combination of magnets, wire, covers, and windings, infusing every note you play with all the subtleties, nuances, and expressive touch sensitivity you’d get from a true vintage pickup. There are countless PAF aficionados here at Sweetwater, and they’ve all been completely blown away by this Suhr Modern Custom’s Thornbucker pickups.
Suhr: the pinnacle of craftsmanship, playability, and tone
Suhr doesn't just build handcrafted, boutique-quality instruments and amplifiers — the company creates exceptional tools that fuel musical dreams and artistic passions. John Suhr began crafting custom guitars in the mid-1970s, and by the dawn of the 1980s, he was building made-to-order Pensa-Suhr instruments for a who's who of top musicians. In the 1990s, John collaborated with celebrated rig builder Bob Bradshaw to design the now-legendary CAA 3+ and 3+SE preamps and the CAA OD-100 amplifier. In 1997, after a stint as senior master builder for Fender's Custom Shop, John founded his own company, a decision that enabled him to bring to fruition products of unrivaled quality, detail, and craftsmanship. Today, the Suhr name is synonymous with prestige; a guitar, bass, or amplifier with the Suhr marque garners instant respect. With elite players such as Mateus Asato, Reb Beach, Scott Henderson, James Norbert Ivanyi, Andre Nieri, Pete Thorn, Ian Thornley, Doug Aldrich, and Andy Wood on the company's roster, you can be certain that your Suhr places you in esteemed company.
Suhr Modern Custom Features:
- Supremely balanced asymmetrical roasted alder body
- Stage-worthy lacquer finish that’s been subjected to Suhr’s legendary heavy aging process
- Roasted maple neck is carved into a sleek Modern Elliptical shape
- Effortlessly playable compound-radius fingerboard with 24 jumbo stainless steel frets
- Suhr Thornbucker pickups capture the essence of the most coveted PAF-style humbuckers
- Expressive Suhr 2-point tremolo and heavy-duty Suhr locking tuners
