The metallic pearl pink paint job, Floyd Rose, pointy headstock and those dual humbuckers would go together perfectly with striped spandex pants and high-cut tennis shoes. Don't we all long for the good ol' days when MTV videos looked like they were shot by film school dropouts and bands actually managed to sell warehouse loads of records?
But back to the guitar.
I found it interesting that basswood was the body wood of choice on this axe -- a staple on Ibanez's shred guitars for decades. Basswood is a softer wood that helps to temper the shrill metallic, top-end frequencies of Floyd Rose bridges. The addition of a maple top tightens up the top-end a little and also provides a more stable anchor for the Gotoh Floyd's bridge stud mounts.
And what about that 24-fret scalloped maple fingerboard with a compound radius no less? Dare I say -- pure CNC perfection!
Jumbo stainless steel frets, Sperzel locking tuners (kind of redundant in this case, except that they don't need any winding around the string posts), 5-way switch, single volume and tone, and Suhr Doug Aldrich signature humbuckers make this piece of guitar eye-candy a functioning instrument.
The icing and the cherry on this cake is the Suhr logo inlaid in abalone and the laser-etched wood Certificate of Authenticity.
The Suhr guitars booth at this year's NAMM show surely wins my vote for most imaginative variations on a single theme. Ok, never mind that I wasn't actually there. But maybe next year..
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