Anyone Own a Suhr Pete Thorn Guitar?

[ewill52]

The HH model has my attention and checks all the boxes. Curious about others experience with it?

 

[CarlF]

I got one a couple years now. Beautiful guitar, it plays awesome, it sounds awesome. It stays in tune really well.
In fact, if it wasn’t so expensive, I would like to get the new version as well.

 

[ewill52]

I got one a couple years now. Beautiful guitar, it plays awesome, it sounds awesome. It stays in tune really well.
In fact, if it wasn’t so expensive, I would like to get the new version as well.

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That's literally the exact one i'm looking at, same color. I found a used one that looks like a good deal.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

I don't own one but I've played a couple in stores. They're well made guitars that play great. Nothing really jumped out at me as being strange or a weird design choice. They feel like high quality super strats, no big surprises. It's a great choice for that kind of guitar.

By contrast, I've played a few Andy Wood signature telecasters in stores, and while they're also high quality and sound great, the neck profile was all wrong for me. They have relatively thin necks with big shoulders, like a compressed D shape, but with a more obviously flattened back of the neck for your thumb. It feels designed for classical position playing but makes baseball bat gripping the neck feel really awkward. I can see how it works for Andy but personally I couldn't stand it.

The Pete Thorn signature necks feel much closer to a standard C profile. It's a really well made, comfortable and predictable feeling super strat.

 

[ewill52]

Thanks gents!

 

[VonBonfire]

I don't own one but I've played a couple in stores. Suhrs are nice but my PRS slays all through my Wizard MC II.

Have to agree with this.^

 

[CoreyW]

I don't own one but I've played a couple in stores. They're well made guitars that play great. Nothing really jumped out at me as being strange or a weird design choice. They feel like high quality super strats, no big surprises. It's a great choice for that kind of guitar.

By contrast, I've played a few Andy Wood signature telecasters in stores, and while they're also high quality and sound great, the neck profile was all wrong for me. They have relatively thin necks with big shoulders, like a compressed D shape, but with a more obviously flattened back of the neck for your thumb. It feels designed for classical position playing but makes baseball bat gripping the neck feel really awkward. I can see how it works for Andy but personally I couldn't stand it.

The Pete Thorn signature necks feel much closer to a standard C profile. It's a really well made, comfortable and predictable feeling super strat.

Ive wanted to get my hands on the PT sig, and while I like the looks of his new one, It is listed as having a V neck profile, which I can not play, and I saw Pete mention something about how even his HH sig will be moving to a V neck profile in the future

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Ive wanted to get my hands on the PT sig, and while I like the looks of his new one, It is listed as having a V neck profile, which I can not play, and I saw Pete mention something about how even his HH sig will be moving to a V neck profile in the future

Just so you know, it's an extremely subtle V. You almost don't even notice it unless you're looking for it. It's nothing like the necks on some V-neck acoustics where you could just about split logs with the damn things. It would almost be more accurate to describe it as a standard profile neck, but with a bit more shoulder sanded down than normal. Either way, I'd encourage you to at least put your hands on one before writing it off. It might not be for you but it's not really accurate to call it a straight up V-neck .

 

[CoreyW]

Just so you know, it's an extremely subtle V. You almost don't even notice it unless you're looking for it. It's nothing like the necks on some V-neck acoustics where you could just about split logs with the damn things. It would almost be more accurate to describe it as a standard profile neck, but with a bit more shoulder sanded down than normal. Either way, I'd encourage you to at least put your hands on one before writing it off. It might not be for you but it's not really accurate to call it a straight up V-neck .

Unfortunately, Suhrs don't seem to be that common in shops around the south east, I would love to get my hands on one... the big Atlanta GC had a couple of the HH models, but they had installed barbed wire strings to keep people from playing them.

The main V neck I have had much experience with was the SRV sig, and I did not like it at all.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Unfortunately, Suhrs don't seem to be that common in shops around the south east, I would love to get my hands on one... the big Atlanta GC had a couple of the HH models, but they had installed barbed wire strings to keep people from playing them.

The main V neck I have had much experience with was the SRV sig, and I did not like it at all.

FWIW, the Nashville GC platinum room has a bunch of Suhrs if you can make the trip there.

 

[CoreyW]

FWIW, the Nashville GC platinum room has a bunch of Suhrs if you can make the trip there.

That particular one is pretty intimidating.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

That particular one is pretty intimidating.

Yeah there's a ton of great gear in there. Tony runs a tight ship (which is honestly exactly what you want around that much expensive gear) but he's plenty cool if you're also cool and respectful.

 

[IndyWS6]

I heard he was a D-lister. Why would anyone want that guitar?

 

[CoreyW]

Yeah there's a ton of great gear in there. Tony runs a tight ship (which is honestly exactly what you want around that much expensive gear) but he's plenty cool if you're also cool and respectful.

I stop in there a decent bit when I am working up around Nashville, I've peaked my head in and said Hi a couple of times.

 

[Kelly]

Unfortunately, Suhrs don't seem to be that common in shops around the south east, I would love to get my hands on one... the big Atlanta GC had a couple of the HH models, but they had installed barbed wire strings to keep people from playing them.

The main V neck I have had much experience with was the SRV sig, and I did not like it at all.

The SRV Strat is a D neck, not a V. Midwood Guitar Studio in Charlotte, and Soundpure in Raleigh both usually have Suhrs in stock.

 

[CoreyW]

The SRV Strat is a D neck, not a V. Midwood Guitar Studio in Charlotte, and Soundpure in Raleigh both usually have Suhrs in stock.

The one I was missing with in a local shop was V, at least I remember it having one, anyway. Ill have to check them out if I get up in the Carolinas

 

[Kelly]

The one I was missing with in a local shop was V, at least I remember it having one, anyway. Ill have to check them out if I get up in the Carolinas

It wasn't a real SRV neck then. The SRV carve is an offset D. I have a '94 model sitting right here.

 

[CoreyW]

It wasn't a real SRV neck then. The SRV carve is an offset D. I have a '94 model sitting right here.

Im not doubting you.

 

[VonBonfire]

The one I was missing with in a local shop was V, at least I remember it having one, anyway. Ill have to check them out if I get up in the Carolinas

The old Clapton strat had a V shape IIRC.

 

[jski59]

Unfortunately, Suhrs don't seem to be that common in shops around the south east, I would love to get my hands on one... the big Atlanta GC had a couple of the HH models, but they had installed barbed wire strings to keep people from playing them.

The main V neck I have had much experience with was the SRV sig, and I did not like it at all.

Righteous Guitars in Atlanta used to have a bunch of Suhrs.

I dig the short pickguard design of the new PT sig, it’s different and looks cool to me.