I wouldn't have put this up back for sale, but I have a really nasty itch for a vintage 1962/63 Jaguar and this'd go quite a ways towards funding it. Here's a beautiful Suhr Custom Classic no. 137, which places it at roughly around 1997-1998 era, first or second year of production - back when John Suhr was mostly building these by himself - and a relic of Suhr history, at that. It's been lightly modded but is mostly original - I've listed out the upgrades below.
Specs:
- Custom Classic /w heel contour; Swamp ash body, tortoiseshell pickguard, trans Mary Kaye blonde finish (as with most Suhrs, it's an insanely thin poly finish that's smooth as glass - you can even make out the texture of the grain lines through it). I can't remember the exact weight but it's probably around 3.5-3.75kg at the most.
- 25.5" satin finished compound radius maple/maple neck, 22 jumbo nickel silver frets. Minor fret wear - no major grooves or otherwise. Truss rod is straight as an arrow. Neck contour is a really comfortable medium/thin C-shape, and with the satin finish it's a joy to play.
- Buzz Feiten Tuning System (no logo on the back of the headstock, but it came with the BFTS paperwork and I've confirmed with Noel and John that early guitars have the system even if they don't have the logo). Sperzel locking tuners.
- Matched set of Bare Knuckle Irish Tour pickups wired (1vol/1tone) to a Suhr BPSSC (BackPlate Silent Singlecoil System) for pure hot vintage strat toan with virtually no noise at all. If you know BKP pickup quality, you'll know how good these are, and the BPSSC is amazing at cancelling any hum or single-coil buzz. No batteries required at all, too!
- Gotoh 1055 trem with steel saddles, steel block and 5 Raw Vintage Tremolo springs added for maximum resonance/sustain. Combined with the lightweight swamp ash body, this gives the guitar pretty damn good acoustics - unplugged, it's pretty loud and punchy, and plugged in it's even better.
- Misc: All matched cream plastic hardware. Schaller strap locks, side input jack. Currently strung up with Curt Mangan Pure Nickel .10s, but they're pretty old - I'll throw in a new pack. I have an additional parchment 3-ply pickguard cut for this guitar that I'll include with it as well.
Comes with trem bar and G&G Vintage form-fit case. Latches are a fair bit corroded but can probably be polished up.
This is a 16-year-old guitar, and it's in pretty clean shape for its age. There are a few minor surface scuffs and indents, as well a couple patches where the finish has checked, but overall it's in great cosmetic condition without any major problems.
Here's some old pictures, before the BKPs, Raw Vintage springs, and BPSSC with the correct screw-hole pattern were installed. I'll get some more updated pics in later.
Price is set at $2950 FIRM, which I think is fair given the provenance of this guitar and the price of the pickup + BPSSC upgrade - I'll guarantee that this is one of the best Strats you'll ever play, made by one of the best guitar builders in the world. The only thing I'd be willing to trade for is a non-reissue 1962/63 Fender Jaguar in player's condition (any top-up to be negotiated). I'd consider 65-66 models with bound+block fretboards, as well.
Feel free to text me at 9 7 three 0 2 six 0 8.
Specs:
- Custom Classic /w heel contour; Swamp ash body, tortoiseshell pickguard, trans Mary Kaye blonde finish (as with most Suhrs, it's an insanely thin poly finish that's smooth as glass - you can even make out the texture of the grain lines through it). I can't remember the exact weight but it's probably around 3.5-3.75kg at the most.
- 25.5" satin finished compound radius maple/maple neck, 22 jumbo nickel silver frets. Minor fret wear - no major grooves or otherwise. Truss rod is straight as an arrow. Neck contour is a really comfortable medium/thin C-shape, and with the satin finish it's a joy to play.
- Buzz Feiten Tuning System (no logo on the back of the headstock, but it came with the BFTS paperwork and I've confirmed with Noel and John that early guitars have the system even if they don't have the logo). Sperzel locking tuners.
- Matched set of Bare Knuckle Irish Tour pickups wired (1vol/1tone) to a Suhr BPSSC (BackPlate Silent Singlecoil System) for pure hot vintage strat toan with virtually no noise at all. If you know BKP pickup quality, you'll know how good these are, and the BPSSC is amazing at cancelling any hum or single-coil buzz. No batteries required at all, too!
- Gotoh 1055 trem with steel saddles, steel block and 5 Raw Vintage Tremolo springs added for maximum resonance/sustain. Combined with the lightweight swamp ash body, this gives the guitar pretty damn good acoustics - unplugged, it's pretty loud and punchy, and plugged in it's even better.
- Misc: All matched cream plastic hardware. Schaller strap locks, side input jack. Currently strung up with Curt Mangan Pure Nickel .10s, but they're pretty old - I'll throw in a new pack. I have an additional parchment 3-ply pickguard cut for this guitar that I'll include with it as well.
Comes with trem bar and G&G Vintage form-fit case. Latches are a fair bit corroded but can probably be polished up.
This is a 16-year-old guitar, and it's in pretty clean shape for its age. There are a few minor surface scuffs and indents, as well a couple patches where the finish has checked, but overall it's in great cosmetic condition without any major problems.
Here's some old pictures, before the BKPs, Raw Vintage springs, and BPSSC with the correct screw-hole pattern were installed. I'll get some more updated pics in later.
Price is set at $2950 FIRM, which I think is fair given the provenance of this guitar and the price of the pickup + BPSSC upgrade - I'll guarantee that this is one of the best Strats you'll ever play, made by one of the best guitar builders in the world. The only thing I'd be willing to trade for is a non-reissue 1962/63 Fender Jaguar in player's condition (any top-up to be negotiated). I'd consider 65-66 models with bound+block fretboards, as well.
Feel free to text me at 9 7 three 0 2 six 0 8.
