Suhr Modern arrived - custom finish

Paul Warren · #1 08-26-2008, 11:25 AM

My Modern arrived last week with mahagony neck and body, quilted maple top, stainless steel jumbo frets and Aldrich humbuckers. It plays wonderfully and has the best sustain of any guitar I own. I'm really pleased with the way it turned out. Of course, I had to do the black sofa pic of my children.

Myst and rain · #2 08-26-2008, 11:30 AM

A-w-e-s-o-m-e!!!!! That color is Autumn redrise, if I'm not mistaking? Wonderful!

How long did it take for your guitar to be delivered? Was it like a few months? Also, how much pull-up do you have on the tremolo?

Vim Fuego · #3 08-26-2008, 11:31 AM

Beautiful, I'm sure(!) it plays as good as it looks
I love the colour, for years I wanted something similar but with the red by the bridge fading to amber at the cutaways.
What do you call the *burst*, sunrise or sunset maybe?
Jim
(question answered while typing! Doh!)

Myst and rain · #4 08-26-2008, 11:34 AM

I was also wondering this; they say the arm of that tremolo is a combination of screw-in and pop-in. What does that mean, exactly?

jb4674 · #5 08-26-2008, 12:06 PM

I hope you got a discount on account of them running out of paint

Congrats Paul.

Jimmy

Myst and rain · #6 08-26-2008, 12:16 PM

Suhr also has Nitro burst, which is kind of like Autumn red rise rotated 90 degrees. lol Here it is.

Paul Warren · #7 08-26-2008, 12:33 PM

I referred to it as Autumn Redrise when discussing it with Suhr because I have a 7-string in that color which EB built for me, but that is a solid, sparkle finish. Suhr did a great job on this and it's just awesome in person.

Myst, the trem arm slides in very snug - so much so that you wouldn't have to screw it on. But once you push it to the bottom, you can then screw it as it has a threaded hole in the end of the trem bar. It's a very secure fit. I requested the rear rout which they called recessed and that gives you some pull-up, but I can't tell you how much it is in terms of intervals.

It's plenty for me since I'm a trem user, but not abuser.

paul

Myst and rain · #8 08-26-2008, 12:42 PM

So this is the first ever Autumn redrise Modern? Wow.

I've e-mailed the people at Suhr with some questions a few days ago. And they replied almost instantly and were very nice. It's really cool.

This bridge is perfect for me. Double locking trems drive me nuts. lol I don't necessarily have to have tons of pull-up, either. But to be able to pull up a third would be nice.

Congratulations, Paul. You must be very very happy now, with a couch full of guitars like that!

Vim Fuego · #9 08-26-2008, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myst and rain

Suhr also has Nitro burst, which is kind of like Autumn red rise rotated 90 degrees. lol Here it is.

Aha! that's what I was on about above only in the Autumn red rise transparent colours over quilt.
Jim

**jaxadam** · #10 08-26-2008, 12:51 PM

Oooh man, that's nice. Nice collection of guitars you got there, and I think we have the same wall color in our house.

Myst and rain · #11 08-26-2008, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vim Fuego

Aha! that's what I was on about above only in the Autumn red rise transparent colours over quilt.
Jim

Cool!

Myst and rain · #12 08-26-2008, 12:59 PM

You know, looking at these pics I feel that a neck without inlays wouldn't look that bad, actually. On the Modern. I thought it wouldn't look so good, but it's actually kind of cool.