Suhr Guitars Interview

[yngwie308]

Informative Suhr guitars interview:
http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/suhr_guitars.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

yngwie308

[T.L.]

I enjoyed reading that...

[Doug H]

ya, good score

[cole]

Interesting interview. I say that because when we, as guitar players can discuss say...(I'll use pickups as an example)...we talk about a PAF and oh..it's alnico II or alnico V and "man that was a great sound...what magnet did you use, etc." But essentially, the Suhr interview taps on the idea that it's a bit more than types of things...more of a 'recipe' to get great sounding guitars, and in reality has little to do with a specific 'kind' of pickup, or say the way a specific neck was cut, quarter-sawn, or otherwise. The magnets we use today are not the same in many cases as was used back in the day, the finished used today are not the same as was used 50 years ago and the list goes on...

It helps to learn about these things at a deeper level, and not just say that nitro is the only finish I want on my guitar, or I'll only ever use an Alnico V type pickup. If there is one thing that is consistent is inconsistency in materials. We could always stand to learn more, and that is why forums like Metro is what it is, a learning ground and a sharing platform for getting educated.

Three years ago I knew little to nothing about amps, and today I could handpick items from a parts list to build a tone MONSTER. That is the power of education from forums like this one. All one needs is the desire to want to know.

Cole

[flieger67]

Very interesting read, especially the parts about the Plek machine and stainless steel frets.

Thanks for posting the link.

[yngwie308]

But on a cellular level, people have looked at the grain of maple and found it’s almost corrugated where the rings are connected and some people feel that gives it a strength. The main [neck] wood I really despise is figured wood. It’s not because I don’t think it looks pretty but, personally, there’s just something about many of them that bugs me — I might not like them because of the way they’re adjusting or how hard it was to get them to stay straight or because I don’t like the tone. I don’t ever remember having to replace a plain grain neck for a customer. I can definitely remember [replacing] a flame maple neck. Flame is so bad that we don’t use it. The other problem with figured necks is that often they need more adjusting than any of the other cuts. It’s diseased wood so I think we’re going to announce that we’re not even gonna offer bird’s eye in the new year.
I read this interview again on the newstand...I am recieving soon the most expensive guitar I have ever bought, my NOS 1993 Washburn SS80, with a maple quilt top on poplar body and what is termed, museum grade birdseye maple neck. Reading what John says, I am praying that my new guitars neck will be stable.
Anyone else have experience with a birdsye maple neck, hopefully more stable than say a flamed maple neck, I hadn't heard of that until John mentioned it.
Since the guitar was built for delivery to Steve Stevens himself, and was in the possesion of the owner of Washburn guitars museum/private collection, that all is well!!



Any experiences are welcomed!! Diseased wood indeed??
Dave

[Doug H]

I had a birds eye neck put on a squire strat way back. I don't remember anything funky about the neck.

[fivecoyote]

Holy crap that's a sweet guitar Yngwie!