Suhr Pickups?

[TimmyPage]

Well, after playing a bunch of Suhr guitars at the store recently I realised, they are some of the most wonderful sounding guitars I've ever heard. I can't afford one at the moment, however, it'll take me a while. In the mean time I have enough to throw some out on just some pickups.

I understand it deals with build quality too, but the pickups have a distinct tonality about them that I noticed was missing in one that was used where the owner had switched the pickups out.

Thoughts?

[austin]

I've never played a Suhr guitar, but I've tried a few different Suhr pickups in my Hamers (Aldrich set, SSV bridge (well, o.k., it was the Aldrich neck in a bridge slot, but the guys at Suhr told me the 2 are the same), DSV neck) and I think they're great! Very uncompressed/unforgiving, full sounding, but not muddy (they seem to have a sort of pleasent high end presence to them).

-Austin

[Yngwiestein]

Suhr makes nice guitars. I used to think of them and Tom Andersons as ridiculously expensive Fenders but they are better than that. I wasn't particularly stricken with Suhr pickups as I was with the ones in the Tom Andersons.

I ended up demoing a Suhr strat on a Matchless I went to check out. I'm not a strat player but I spent a longer time than planned because it was a lot of fun playing. Now that I think about it, the pickups were darn good! I got some amazing sounds out of that amp. I guess I would liked to try a Suhr humbucker. Only had singles in this one. Clear as a bell! Better than stock Fenders

Hope it helps you a little!

[TimmyPage]

Very uncompressed/unforgiving, full sounding, but not muddy (they seem to have a sort of pleasent high end presence to them).

-Austin

Thats sort of what I hear. The bridge pickups just had that.. high end singing into feedback kind of quality that I love in leads. The neck was so mellow and I usually hate humbuckers under gain but it was clear. I could feel that it was forcing me to play better because it was really shooting down my mistakes.. I think I'll try a set.

[JB_From_Hell]

For some reason, I'm under the impression that Suhr pickups are actually made by DiMarzio.

[ex-250]

ive been curious about the aldrich ones for a while

[austin]

For some reason, I'm under the impression that Suhr pickups are actually made by DiMarzio.

Absolutely wrong! If you go to www.suhrguitars.com and check out the factory tour, they show their pickup winder. No involvement with Dimarzio.

http://www.suhrguitars.com/factory.aspx#slideShow

-Austin

[austin]

ive been curious about the aldrich ones for a while

The Aldrich set is great. I had one in my Hamer Studio (w/Floyd Rose bridge). I recently replaced the neck pickup with a DSV neck. It has a similar feel, but it's not as thick, so it sounds better to me clean. The Aldrich neck sounded great split; I haven't had a chance to try DSV yet.

-Austin

[Gearjoneser]

The most revolutionary product Suhr has is the BPSSC system, which uses a coil attached to the back plate to counteract the hum in normal vintage singles.

They aren't cheap, plus you have to have a strat pickup set that does NOT have the rw/rp middle. So, you'd have to buy a bridge and 2 necks separately.

But the system works great, and I can't believe Seymour didn't come up with it first.
I'd love to have at least one, for a main strat. All the tone of vintage singles of your choice, all made silent by the coil. Amazing product.

[JB_From_Hell]

Absolutely wrong! If you go to www.suhrguitars.com and check out the factory tour, they show their pickup winder. No involvement with Dimarzio.

http://www.suhrguitars.com/factory.aspx#slideShow

-Austin

Ok, nevermind then. I wonder where I'd heard that.

[jmh151]

John Suhr monitors this board as well.

About a year ago, I made a statement that it appeared Suhr guitars were made from component parts from Warmoth and another manufacturer I found that had an identical rear control route.

John Suhr appeared on the board here himself. He indicated that while in NYC and partners with Rudy Pensa, they did use Warmoth parts, but the consistency wasn't up to his standards. So he spend alot of money setting up a factory for himself to build his own necks and bodies, pickups, etc..., in order to ensure consistency.

[jhale667]

John Suhr appeared on the board here himself. He indicated that while in NYC and partners with Rudy Pensa, they did use Warmoth parts, but the consistency wasn't up to his standards. So he spend alot of money setting up a factory for himself to build his own necks and bodies, pickups, etc..., in order to ensure consistency.

Wow, never heard a complaint about Warmoth's quality or consistency...I've built two complete guitars from their parts and have one of their necks on a third...say it isn't so...

I know you have to pay extra to get them to do things they used to do as the "Warmoth Standard Construction", but didnt know the quality is going downhill...

[iron_iguana]

Off topic but the Warmoth I had made last fall is awesome. Very high quality IMO. Turned out better then I expected actually.

[JohnnyGuitar]

The most revolutionary product Suhr has is the BPSSC system, which uses a coil attached to the back plate to counteract the hum in normal vintage singles.

They aren't cheap, plus you have to have a strat pickup set that does NOT have the rw/rp middle. So, you'd have to buy a bridge and 2 necks separately.

But the system works great, and I can't believe Seymour didn't come up with it first.
I'd love to have at least one, for a main strat. All the tone of vintage singles of your choice, all made silent by the coil. Amazing product.

+1
It's also sad that the solution is only limited to Strats...

[austin]

+1
It's also sad that the solution is only limited to Strats...

I think they were working on a solution for P90's as well, but, for one, most P90 guitars don't have backplates, so it seems like they would have to change the form factor somehow to offer it as an aftermarket device. Same deal with Teles.

-Austin

[uOpt]

Blind coils are an old concept, I have a 1977 book mentioning it.

Pickup makers prefer to put the blind coil directly into the pickup and call it a stack. Since the original coil cannot have it's full wind anyway it'll be smaller, so there's some space. Of course putting it elsewhere in the guitar more outside the field of the magnets is the better solution.