NGD - Suhr Standard Plus in Bengal Burst

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New guitar day! Time for the customary wall of text! :rawk

I've had a Classic S for about three years and really liked that guitar a lot, but I'm ready for a change. I can't really justify having two bougie high-end guitars at once, so I traded my Classic S for this new Standard Plus. Basswood body with maple top, roasted maple neck and a pau ferro fretboard (nice and dark). I wanted to try a Standard for the smaller / lighter body and the simplified control layout. Also I've always loved Suhr's Bengal Burst finish. :love

I lived with the strat-style volume knob on my Classic S for a few years but I always wished it wasn't there. It was fine most of the time, but palm muting the B and High E strings forced me to lift my hand over the knob and that motion was actually starting to strain my wrist and hand in a weird way. I didn't want to mess with Suhr's fancy wiring by trying to remove a tone pot and move everything, so this was an easy solution. It's so nice to play this guitar and not even think about the ergonomics - it just works. This guitar feels about a pound and a half lighter than the old one, so that's a nice bonus.

The pickups are two V60 single coils and an SSH+ humbucker. The SSH+ is hotter than I'm used to but it sounds good. I guess it's kind of like Suhr's version of the JB? I dig it. The V60s are super bright compared to the V60LPs in the old guitar. When playing my normal Plexi sounds I find that rolling the tone knob back to 7-ish brings it closer to the sound of the LPs. They certainly sound great, just different.

Tuning stability is a bit lame, but who knows how old these strings are. I doubt they're factory strings because whoever put them on used almost a full wind on each tuning post for some reason? With locking tuners?? :wat Hopefully new strings and some nut lube will fix that.

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New guitar day! Time for the customary wall of text! :rawk

I've had a Classic S for about three years and really liked that guitar a lot, but I'm ready for a change. I can't really justify having two bougie high-end guitars at once, so I traded my Classic S for this new Standard Plus. Basswood body with maple top, roasted maple neck and a pau ferro fretboard (nice and dark). I wanted to try a Standard for the smaller / lighter body and the simplified control layout. Also I've always loved Suhr's Bengal Burst finish. :love

I lived with the strat-style volume knob on my Classic S for a few years but I always wished it wasn't there. It was fine most of the time, but palm muting the B and High E strings forced me to lift my hand over the knob and that motion was actually starting to strain my wrist and hand in a weird way. I didn't want to mess with Suhr's fancy wiring by trying to remove a tone pot and move everything, so this was an easy solution. It's so nice to play this guitar and not even think about the ergonomics - it just works. This guitar feels about a pound and a half lighter than the old one, so that's a nice bonus.

The pickups are two V60 single coils and an SSH+ humbucker. The SSH+ is hotter than I'm used to but it sounds good. I guess it's kind of like Suhr's version of the JB? I dig it. The V60s are super bright compared to the V60LPs in the old guitar. When playing my normal Plexi sounds I find that rolling the tone knob back to 7-ish brings it closer to the sound of the LPs. They certainly sound great, just different.

Tuning stability is a bit lame, but who knows how old these strings are. I doubt they're factory strings because whoever put them on used almost a full wind on each tuning post for some reason? With locking tuners?? :wat Hopefully new strings and some nut lube will fix that.

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Bengal Burst :guiness

Congratulations!
 
Congrats!

You are correct, the V60 pickups are way brighter than the V60 LP. I think the V60 sound better for clean and the V60LP sound better for gain tones. A fresh set of strings properly installed should solve tuning issues.
 
New guitar day! Time for the customary wall of text! :rawk

I've had a Classic S for about three years and really liked that guitar a lot, but I'm ready for a change. I can't really justify having two bougie high-end guitars at once, so I traded my Classic S for this new Standard Plus. Basswood body with maple top, roasted maple neck and a pau ferro fretboard (nice and dark). I wanted to try a Standard for the smaller / lighter body and the simplified control layout. Also I've always loved Suhr's Bengal Burst finish. :love

I lived with the strat-style volume knob on my Classic S for a few years but I always wished it wasn't there. It was fine most of the time, but palm muting the B and High E strings forced me to lift my hand over the knob and that motion was actually starting to strain my wrist and hand in a weird way. I didn't want to mess with Suhr's fancy wiring by trying to remove a tone pot and move everything, so this was an easy solution. It's so nice to play this guitar and not even think about the ergonomics - it just works. This guitar feels about a pound and a half lighter than the old one, so that's a nice bonus.

The pickups are two V60 single coils and an SSH+ humbucker. The SSH+ is hotter than I'm used to but it sounds good. I guess it's kind of like Suhr's version of the JB? I dig it. The V60s are super bright compared to the V60LPs in the old guitar. When playing my normal Plexi sounds I find that rolling the tone knob back to 7-ish brings it closer to the sound of the LPs. They certainly sound great, just different.

Tuning stability is a bit lame, but who knows how old these strings are. I doubt they're factory strings because whoever put them on used almost a full wind on each tuning post for some reason? With locking tuners?? :wat Hopefully new strings and some nut lube will fix that.

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That headstock is insane, trying to wrap my brains around how it's cut, to cause that grain.... just so cool.... I may even like it more than the body. 😉
 
Congratulations! That's a beauty. The thing that really appeals to me about this model vs the Modern is the lower bout cutaway. This to me is the way it should be, just unfettered upper fret access. Does this one have the hum cancelling system for the single coils? Best of luck with the tuning stability.
 
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