John Suhr first started building and designing guitars with buddy John Pensa back in 1980. They created the brand Pensa Suhr who remains among the best guitar companies USA had durring the 80's. The two parted ways in March 1990 when Suhr left Pensa's workshops to work for Fender as a Senior Master Builder at the Californian company's Custom Shop and established JS Technologies, Inc. with partner Steve Smith in 1997.
Before long, Suhr and his team were building guitars for legends like top studio player Mike Landau, jazz/fusion giant Scott Henderson, rock/shred virtuoso and all-around guitar phenomenon Guthrie Govan, and Reb Beach of Whitesnake. Several other highly skilled builders and craftsmen have since joined Suhr, lending the company well over a century of collective guitar-building experience. All together, 30 employees at Suhr Guitars create an average of 150 guitars and 60 amplifiers each month-and the company currently has a five-month backlog of orders.
The company designs, engineers, manufactures and distributes its products in-house-a process that requires a balance of old world craftsmanship and modern technology. Suhr Guitars cuts its own necks, bodies, and pick guards on state-of-the-art CNC routers, creating one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Each guitar is detailed prior to painting and assembly, providing enhanced control over quality and consistency. Once all the pieces are routed and ready, a builder assembles the guitar to exact specifications. The company's paint process ensures that the beauty of the wood shines through and contributes to the tone of the instrument.
Suhr Guitars don’t merely produce some of the finest hand-crafted guitars and amplifiers – they produce dreams that inspire musical passion and artistic creativity. Their fervent dedication to the highest quality standards possible, their famous fanatical attention to detail, their ears for tone, and their love for music ranging from rock to country to jazz to blues to pop to metal to fusion are all evident in every instrument they produce.

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