Suhr Pete Thorn Standard HSS Ocean Turquoise

Product information "Suhr Pete Thorn Standard HSS Ocean Turquoise"

  1. Body Material: Alder
  2. Body Shape: Modern Strat
  3. Body finish: High Gloss
  4. Bridge / Tremolo: Wilkinson WVS130 Locking Saddle Bridge
  5. Bridge Pickup: Suhr Thornbucker II
  6. Color/ Finish: Ocean Turquoise
  7. Colour: Blue
  8. Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
  9. Country of Origin: USA
  10. Custom shop: yes
  11. Factory Stringing: D'Addario NYXL
  12. Finish: Nitrocellulose
  13. Fretboard: Ebony
  14. Fretboard Inlays: Pearl Dots
  15. Fretboard radius: 10" - 14" Compound
  16. Fret material: stainless steel
  17. Frets: 22
  18. Fret size: Jumbo
  19. Hardware: Chrome
  20. Includes: Suhr Koffer, Echtheitszertifikat
  21. Middle Pickup: Suhr V63
  22. Neck: Roasted Maple
  23. Neck Pickup: Suhr V63
  24. Neck Profile: Pete Thorn 60's Soft V .830"-.910"
  25. Neck construction: Bolt on neck
  26. Neck finish: Satin
  27. Nut Width: 42.85 mm / 1.687 in
  28. Nut material: Graph Tech® TUSQ®
  29. Pickguard: Black 3-Ply
  30. Pickup Configuration: H-S-S (1x Humbucker, 2x Single Coil)
  31. Pickup Cover: Black
  32. Pickup Selector Switch: 5-way switch
  33. Pickup type: passive
  34. Pot Caps: Knurled Dome Knobs
  35. Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
  36. Serial number: 78986
  37. Signature Artist: Pete Thorn
  38. Signature Model: yes
  39. Special Features: Silent Single Coil System II
  40. Strings: 6 string
  41. Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
  42. Technology: Solid Body
  43. Translation: 1:18
  44. Tuning Machines: Suhr Locking
  45. Weight: 3,65 kg
About Suhr

In the early 1980s John Suhr, who regularly played guitar in local bars and was skilled with his hands, began building electric guitars and searching for the sound that was perfect to his ears. He started working at Rudy's Music Shop under Rudy Pensa, who is still known today for his high-quality guitars. The collaboration was a huge success: under the name "Pensa Suhr" John Suhr built electric guitars for, among others, Mark Knopfler, Reb Beach, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Steve Stevens and many more.
In 1995 John Suhr joined the Fender Custom Shop as a Senior Masterbuilder, before fulfilling his lifelong dream in 1997 by founding Suhr Guitars and opening a small guitar workshop in California. John already had a growing fanbase, especially among professional guitarists—the aforementioned Reb Beach and Mark Knopfler remained customers and drew in new interest. For the first time John Suhr had full control over the entire production process. Even today the guitars are inspected down to the smallest detail after completion. Due to high demand the small factory has since grown many times over.
Today the name Suhr Guitars from Lake Elsinore, California stands not only for top-class pickups and guitar amps, but above all for Custom Shop electric guitars and basses that score highly not only in workmanship, finest woods and tone, but especially in design. Professional artists have remained loyal to Suhr, so alongside the standard lines there are numerous signature instruments, including those from Andre Nieri, Andy Wood, Mateus Asato and of course Pete Thorn.