Stumbled across this killer Suhr

[Metlupass2]

I see somebody has a Suhr standard for sale in the classifieds that he claims to have paid $5400.00 for. If he did he got raped. If you call around and find the right dealer you should be able to get near 40% off of list.

I saw that too and wanted to call him out on it but disn't want to bash his fs thread and just ignored it.

 

[LWD]

Me too. That's why I didn't post it there. I hope for his sake he's just trying to make the asking price look like a better deal.

 

[Tone Zone]

I see somebody has a Suhr standard for sale in the classifieds that he claims to have paid $5400.00 for. If he did he got raped. If you call around and find the right dealer you should be able to get near 40% off of list.

I saw that too and wanted to call him out on it but disn't want to bash his fs thread and just ignored it.

Same here.....so tempted, but I held back. $5400 my ass! Maybe.....maybe retail, but definitely not what he paid.

 

[the4thlast1]

that price is ridiculous.

There is no doubt in my mind that Shur guitars are just sick guitars...

I had a really top shelf Suhr modern last summer I paid 4k for .... it was a ridiculous guitar, but ya what he said about the price.

I have had $6k Gibson Custom shops and $8k PRS Modern Eagels and all that jazz years back and they came and went...

Today my main guitars are a $700 USA Fender hardtail strat from the 90's I bought brand new back then and a $800 Charvel USA pro-mod I bought new in 2011 on clearance...

With small tweeks and pickups, they both have tone and playability for days.

Out of the 2 dozen Les Pauls (custom shops included) I have bought and paid out the ass for, the best one by far was used 1998 Les Paul studio I paid $650 for in 2003... No lie.

I played that guitar at rehearsal and live in the nasty south florida humidity for a what seemed like ages until it just wore out.

The nut finally got totally jacked up from a nice collision with a mic stand at a gig... It was a tone beast and played like a dream. I should have just kept it and sent to a good luthier for re-fret and all that...

There has been 2-3 PRS's I had in the early to mid 2000's that I paid $1600 to $2200 for that were winners that hung out for a good while...

But I marvel at the fact the best guitars I have owned and loved, that have inspired me to some cool write riffs on and hit the stage with were not very expensive at all...

I just scored a KILLER Schecter USA custom shop and I don't even want to say what I paid for it... (after getting a discount).

By today standards I probably didn't pay enough for it to be considered a really cool guitar...

I have owned expensive Suhr and PRS guitars also.....I do agree that a great guitar can be had for way less. As far as expensive guitars go nothing I have tried so far beats my Tom Anderson guitars. I have three and they are all winners. I cant say that about any other brand out there, I find all other guitar manufactures to be inconsistent.

With that being said I think the Japan and USA built Charvel production model guitars were an amazing value, especially used. You have to jive with Alder and a Floyd though.

 

[ejecta]

 

[Candiria]

Prices sure are getting nuts. TA just raised his prices. Saw a post on another forum that Suhr is offering a 24 fret tele like Andy Woods. Says the MSRP is $4280.00. I believe MSRP=30% off of list. Ridiculous price for a swamp ash body with regular roasted neck and a satin finish.

And my dream gets one step further away.

 

[xzyryabx]

I see somebody has a Suhr standard for sale in the classifieds that he claims to have paid $5400.00 for. If he did he got raped. If you call around and find the right dealer you should be able to get near 40% off of list.

I saw that too and wanted to call him out on it but disn't want to bash his fs thread and just ignored it.

Yeh that made me do a double-take as well.
Was giving the benefit of the doubt that maybe he bought it outside the US, but still....!

 

[LWD]

I think Suhr's and Andersons do go for ABSURD prices in Japan. Ive also read that if they get them with crappy maple tops they wont accept them.

 

[cardinal]

^ yeah, I sold an Anderson a few months ago that I'm fairly certain went to a guy planning to arbitrage it by selling it in Japan at a much higher price.