Suhr Modern questions

[Shask]

Suhr modern has been my main guitar for years. I have owned a frost, satin, and Now I have one of the limited pro antique guitars. It has nitro with the roasted neck and the pau board.

The suhr modern body carve is the most comfortable body shape I have played and I think it looks amazing compared to most 24 fret guitars. I got mine for $2300-$2400. I can’t reccomend the guitars enough. You can always get a satin with h/h and just block the trem. I think they make the pro models in h/h to. The guitar also feels more like playing a 22 fret compared to some guitars with ultra access.

Good info here, thanks! Don't these have a single action truss rod? I'd have to do some research because every guitar I've owned had the advantage of a double action truss rod. Have you found anything negative with the single action?

I have had no issue with the truss rod at all. You can set the neck absolutely straight or with as much relief as you want. Suhr is so great about any issues. If you buy new just send it to them and they will take care of you. I keep the relief around .005" at the 7th fret when i capo the first fret and hold down the 17th fret. I measure with a feeler gauge on the d and g string. I get a little buzz when i hit hard. One thing to note. Suhr ships guitars with ernie ball now. I must have had one of the last guitars that has nyxl strings. I think the nyxl are much better strings.

Awesome So long as I can set it up to play in D standard, drop D, and Drop C for thrash and Death metal, all will be good. Just want to be able to get a relatively low action with no buzz.

One thing I would note. I had a modern tuned down and I did not like large strings on the nut spacing on these guitars. I play mine in Standard so it is not an issue. On dropped tune guitars or lower tunings I like the wider nut.

That's good to know! 1.65" is the wider nut spacing isn't it?

1.65" tends to be right in between the other 2 common sizes..... 1 5/8 (42 mm, Schecter, ESP, etc...), and 1 11/16 (43 mm, Ibanez, Jackson, Gibson, etc....)

 

[MetalHeadMike]

Suhr modern has been my main guitar for years. I have owned a frost, satin, and Now I have one of the limited pro antique guitars. It has nitro with the roasted neck and the pau board.

The suhr modern body carve is the most comfortable body shape I have played and I think it looks amazing compared to most 24 fret guitars. I got mine for $2300-$2400. I can’t reccomend the guitars enough. You can always get a satin with h/h and just block the trem. I think they make the pro models in h/h to. The guitar also feels more like playing a 22 fret compared to some guitars with ultra access.

Good info here, thanks! Don't these have a single action truss rod? I'd have to do some research because every guitar I've owned had the advantage of a double action truss rod. Have you found anything negative with the single action?

I have had no issue with the truss rod at all. You can set the neck absolutely straight or with as much relief as you want. Suhr is so great about any issues. If you buy new just send it to them and they will take care of you. I keep the relief around .005" at the 7th fret when i capo the first fret and hold down the 17th fret. I measure with a feeler gauge on the d and g string. I get a little buzz when i hit hard. One thing to note. Suhr ships guitars with ernie ball now. I must have had one of the last guitars that has nyxl strings. I think the nyxl are much better strings.

Awesome So long as I can set it up to play in D standard, drop D, and Drop C for thrash and Death metal, all will be good. Just want to be able to get a relatively low action with no buzz.

One thing I would note. I had a modern tuned down and I did not like large strings on the nut spacing on these guitars. I play mine in Standard so it is not an issue. On dropped tune guitars or lower tunings I like the wider nut.

That's good to know! 1.65" is the wider nut spacing isn't it?

1.65" tends to be right in between the other 2 common sizes..... 1 5/8 (42 mm, Schecter, ESP, etc...), and 1 11/16 (43 mm, Ibanez, Jackson, Gibson, etc....)

Thanks Yeah my lazy ass just goggled it before checking back here. Man I can't imagine .5 mm give or take is even gonna be noticeable in terms of running some heavier gauge strings and tuning to drop C, but I have been wrong many times before so.....

 

[MetalHeadMike]

Well I figured what the hell and pulled the trigger on a used Modern with H-H config and a Gotoh hardtail. I'll report back after It gets here. I thought I was dead set on ordering and Anderson the last couple weeks, but something about this used Suhr spoke to me....was like a little devil sitting on my shoulder

Thanks to all for their input here

 

[wIsEbLooD]

You will love it.
I have two moderns, a drip 80's shred and a tiger80's shred. They are the nicest most playable I have owned and sound killer.

 

[MetalHeadMike]

You will love it.
I have two moderns, a drip 80's shred and a tiger80's shred. They are the nicest most playable I have owned and sound killer.

I like hearing this So pretty good for the heavy stuff then?

 

[Shask]

What are the necks like on the Suhr Moderns?

C shape? D shape?

What would they compare to? Ibanez, Jackson, ESP, etc....?

 

[wIsEbLooD]

You will love it.
I have two moderns, a drip 80's shred and a tiger80's shred. They are the nicest most playable I have owned and sound killer.

I like hearing this So pretty good for the heavy stuff then?

mine both have the aldrich pickups and they are great for metal, not sure about other suhr pickups though.

 

[MetalHeadMike]

You will love it.
I have two moderns, a drip 80's shred and a tiger80's shred. They are the nicest most playable I have owned and sound killer.

I like hearing this So pretty good for the heavy stuff then?

mine both have the aldrich pickups and they are great for metal, not sure about other suhr pickups though.

Yep, the one I just grabbed has H-H config (Aldrich). Pups are no biggie anyway, I have a few lying around that would more than fit the bill if the Aldrich pups don't do it for me. More concerned about playability and general quality. The one I grabbed is a 2013>Alder body/black pearl metallic>Roasted maple neck>Pau ferro board>Gotoh hardtail bridge>Suhr locking tuners. Pretty stoked!

 

[GOHOINC]

What are the necks like on the Suhr Moderns?

C shape? D shape?

What would they compare to? Ibanez, Jackson, ESP, etc....?

Bunch of different shapes to pick from. I have two different moderns both with a modern elliptical with what I remember are same dimensions on paper but one has the gg spec, and the difference in shape feels much different and better to me than my modern satin. Most moderns I see have a modern elliptical .800 - .850, or .800 - .880. The shred necks I think are a little thinner like .780 - .830.

 

[MetalHeadMike]

What are the necks like on the Suhr Moderns?

C shape? D shape?

What would they compare to? Ibanez, Jackson, ESP, etc....?

Bunch of different shapes to pick from. I have two different moderns both with a modern elliptical with what I remember are same dimensions on paper but one has the gg spec, and the difference in shape feels much different and better to me than my modern satin. Most moderns I see have a modern elliptical .800 - .850, or .800 - .880. The shred necks I think are a little thinner like .780 - .830.

Yeah the one I ordered supposedly has Modern eliptical .850-.890. Doesn't mean much to me number wise; just have to wait until gets here and see how it feels.