Searing S-style Firepower with a Premium Tonewood Twist
Primed for hard-hitting tone and effortless performance, this Suhr Standard Custom wields a distinct arrangement of appointments unavailable on the brand’s standard-issue instruments. A premier set of attention-demanding tonewoods, starting with a densely figured 2-piece burl maple top and a 2-piece genuine mahogany body, distinguishes this model from other conventional designs. Shaped into Suhr’s modernized S-style body, this all-time classic tonewood pairing elevates your licks, riffs, and solos with soaring sustain and cutting clarity. Next, a mahogany neck in Suhr’s Even C Slim profile comes topped with a 10-inch to 14-inch compound-radius fingerboard and 22 stainless-steel frets, forming a high-speed foundation for all manner of 6-string technicality. As for the tone, two Pete Thorn-designed Thornbucker pickups capture all the depth and musicality of a coveted PAF humbucker while simultaneously smoothing over a few of their less-desired vintage quirks. You also get a top-quality set of Suhr locking tuners and a Wilkinson tremolo unit that unlocks expressive pitch bending with unyielding string stability. Built to superior standards in Suhr’s Lake Elsinore, California, workshop, this Suhr Standard Custom melds visual elegance with peak playability and genre-defying tone.
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Top-quality tonewoods
This guitar is built from fine tonewoods — even by Suhr’s lofty standards. The body is made from a 2-piece slab of genuine mahogany with a 2-piece burl maple top, both of which Suhr selected for their top-tier quality, grain, and figure. Played acoustically, this sonic cocktail gives you a balanced and sustain-rich tone. A mahogany neck in the Even C Slim profile and an ebony compound-radius fingerboard complete the package for smooth playability.
Tone-packed Suhr Thornbucker pickups
Courtesy of its Thornbucker pickups, this Suhr Standard 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 would get from a true vintage. There are countless PAF aficionados here at Sweetwater, and they’ve all been completely blown away by this Suhr Standard 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 Standard Custom Features:
- Hand-crafted Suhr creation from the brand’s Lake Elsinore, California, workshop
- Distinct combination of specs unavailable on Suhr’s standard models
- 2-piece genuine mahogany body with a 2-piece burl maple top dishes out rich sustain and impeccable clarity
- Mahogany neck in Suhr’s Even C Slim profile facilitates high-speed technicality with optimal comfort
- Ebony fingerboard with 10-in. to 14-in. compound radius and 22 hard-wearing stainless-steel frets
- Thornbucker and Thornbucker Plus pickups deliver all the warmth, depth, and dynamism of a PAF with a few choice modern enhancements
- 5-way switching and series/parallel switching unlock a plethora of distinct sounds to choose from
- Top-of-the-line hardware includes Suhr’s own locking tuners and a Wilkinson WVS 130 tremolo
- Premium upgrades include scraped natural body binding, abalone dot inlays, and a TUSQ nut
