NGD - Suhr Aura

russpm

musteatbrain said:

Didn’t notice they started doing LP types.
Suhr get criticised for being heavy guitars. Is this one a weighty beast? Just asking out of interest. My Suhr is so well put together and is super light

It’s listed as 8.31 lbs but I will check this on the scales sometime this week. It certainly doesn’t feel heavy, it plays beautifully and is very well balanced.

musteatbrain

That’s pretty light for an LP. Looks like a great guitar

Offset

That's truly gorgeous.  But what's even more gorgeous is the black number hanging next to it on your man-cave wall.  What is it?!

russpm

Offset said:

That's truly gorgeous.  But what's even more gorgeous is the black number hanging next to it on your man-cave wall.  What is it?!

It’s a custom guitar made for me by Brian Eastwood (Lancs) back in 2000. It’s actually dark blue. I gigged this guitar to death back in the day. It’s just brilliant , ultra slim neck, 24 frets. PAF in the bridge, humbucker in the neck just using the slug coil and there is a piezo pup in the bridge. I’m taking it to Brian’s (son) for a service when that have cleared their backlog. 

Hottubes

Looks Amazing ! For some reason i thought it was going to be a pointy rocker.

Well worth the wait time. Enjoy

Offset

Wow.  Definitely not an Ian Elson special 

Offset

russpm said:

Offset said:

That's truly gorgeous.  But what's even more gorgeous is the black number hanging next to it on your man-cave wall.  What is it?!

It’s a custom guitar made for me by Brian Eastwood (Lancs) back in 2000. It’s actually dark blue. I gigged this guitar to death back in the day. It’s just brilliant , ultra slim neck, 24 frets. PAF in the bridge, humbucker in the neck just using the slug coil and there is a piezo pup in the bridge. I’m taking it to Brian’s (son) for a service when that have cleared their backlog. 

Just visited Brian's FB page and now I'm wishing I hadn't... 

digitalkettle

Dibs!

russpm

digitalkettle said:

Dibs!

You were first to call it so yeah!

Rob1742

Only 100 have been produced worldwide and I think it has taken over a year for them to find their way to the customers.
I was lucky enough to get one, which must have been a cancelled order.
They aren’t numbered, although I think 5 or 6 have dogs names written under the pick up.
Not cheap, think they are around the £8k mark if I remember correctly. 

Whitecat

Rob1742 said:

Only 100 have been produced worldwide and I think it has taken over a year for them to find their way to the customers.
I was lucky enough to get one, which must have been a cancelled order.
They aren’t numbered, although I think 5 or 6 have dogs names written under the pick up.
Not cheap, think they are around the £8k mark if I remember correctly. 

Well over a year - they started appearing at dealers in 2018!

russpm

Whitecat said:

Rob1742 said:

Only 100 have been produced worldwide and I think it has taken over a year for them to find their way to the customers.
I was lucky enough to get one, which must have been a cancelled order.
They aren’t numbered, although I think 5 or 6 have dogs names written under the pick up.
Not cheap, think they are around the £8k mark if I remember correctly. 

Well over a year - they started appearing at dealers in 2018!

They are numbered on the certificate and the suhr spec sheet.

Mickeyji

What a splendid guitar! Congrats!

Esker

I absolutely love it!!!

hubobulous

That's fantastic. I also considered one and may well in the future. Will be interesting to see if the singlecut makes its way into their regular line up. I know John has said that it probably will, but the Aura line might be a one off with the future singlecuts being slightly different.

There are still a few with dealers dotted around so I'll keep my eye on them. I have a Feline custom singlecut needing to get started, (my fault, not Jonathan's), so that takes priority on any funds.

Congrats on the new guitar. Its awesome

hubobulous

Smellyfingers

That's a beautiful piece of wood.

Would it be vulgar to ask how much the guitar cost?

russpm

Smellyfingers said:

That's a beautiful piece of wood.

Would it be vulgar to ask how much the guitar cost?

Not at all, just over £7k.
Not cheap but it’s an amazing guitar.

arayadis

Looks crazy good!!!