i watched your video because I'm very close to purchasing a Classic HSS. A few yrs ago, I tried out a Suhr SSS relic and it was hands down the best Strat guitar I've ever played, and that's an honest comparison to several Fender CS pieces.
I own a Suhr classic from 2016 in sonic blue with a rosewood fretboard same pickups as yours also Fun fact the V60LPs are John Suhrs favourite pickups he says they are not picky what amp you use and are great with drive pedals
Jezza 6692 I didn’t realise that he’d said that about the pickups. They really do sound great with every amp I’ve put it through. They really are great guitars. I hope you’re just as happy with yours as I am with mine.
Shredsofeden that depends on how everything is set up, really. But with like for like string gauge, springs in the back etc I would say it feels much the same.
Jamie .Loh the tuning pegs/machine heads are staggered in height where the string connects which may help alleviate any problem you mentioned. It doesn’t feel any stiffer to me.
Neil Gregson All good, these things are so relative, but John Suhr has said the same thing I stated in the past on a guitar forum if you want to look it up. I think the angles of the neck and bridge make a big difference too and Suhr might take extra care to get those angles right, lastly raw vintage springs help the string feel more slinky in bends as well if you run a floating bridge.
Jamie .Loh I’m not disagreeing with you at all, this is just my experience with this particular Suhr compared to the Fenders I’ve played. Your experience might differ but I haven’t noticed any appreciable difference in string tension.
@MrNeilfatmonkey you played great, he's just messing with you I'm sure. You did a great job of displaying all the possible tonal options from different pickup configurations in one whole track! I really appreciate it.
