#High quality HSS brands

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fringe crystal
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please give reccs !

cobalt inlet
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most every brands on earth do HSS guitars

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its not like a brand specializes in it

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your questions extremely vague so ill just say go get a Suhr HSS then and call it a day

winter prawn
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You can go for one of those $2000 professional Yamaha Pacificas that I've never seen recommended here

cobalt inlet
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Pacifica Professional Plus ya

copper orbit
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Schecter has some nice ones too

copper orbit
woven nest
worthy goblet
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Ibanez all day

fringe crystal
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budget around 1500 dont have a huge issue with goin up in budget just means another 2 weeks instead of like right now

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@cobalt inlet I have been looking at the suhrs im just wondering if they are maybe to expensive for what you are getting

cobalt inlet
fringe crystal
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not what are they lacking

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but more so are they asking more due to brand/rep

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for example like an eastman vs a gibson

cobalt inlet
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their reputation isnt misplaced

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they really are very good instruments, you do get what you pay for

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if youre asking if you can get something similar to them for cheaper?

fringe crystal
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word my local luthier has been trying to get me on a eastman for a minute now but i love single coils/strats

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Honestly if you can attest to them u seem to play alot/active in community i might just get a used suhr

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i really dig the pacifica i played at my guitar center recently/and the suhr just looks like a more jacked version

cobalt inlet
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i dont play much guitar, most of my experience with suhrs is working on them when i was a technician

fringe crystal
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oh wow thats cool

cobalt inlet
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if you liked the pacifica

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i know they made a jacked up version of it

fringe crystal
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#lovedthepacifica

cobalt inlet
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the pacifica professional plus

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it pretty much has every single spec category jacked to the max for most commercial guitars

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think its 2000 something

fringe crystal
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essentially my research indepently has lead to pacifica due to the high qc or brands like suhr or high end luthier builds

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im gonna go demo a suhr and ill post whatever i buy in this thread in a month or so

cobalt inlet
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bang for buck is higher on the pacifica professional

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ive never played one so cant comment

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but ill bet good money its very well built

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for Suhrs, every one ive come across is really kinda the tip of the spear as far as what you can get in the market of guitars

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quality will top out around the market that Suhr and other boutique brands occupy

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again tho, if bang for buck is important to you. the pacifica professional will likely edge out on the suhr

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once you pass 2k ish, the quality of guitars dont really get too much bigger

fringe crystal
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its only like 600 dollars difference for a used suhr vs new pro plus yamaha

cobalt inlet
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just know that whatever u go with

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ur in the price bracket where quality doesnt have a huge shift

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youll likely be very happy with both

fringe crystal
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bet ill update this whenever it arrives

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ooo the suhr has an hsh model nvm probs gonna get one of these XD

cobalt inlet
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if your store has either id say try em out

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if the suhr u see is an hsh

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ur probably looking at a suhr modern

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which has 24 frets

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as opposed to the yamahas 22

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another thing too, ik most suhr hss standards have non contoured heels. while the yamah has a sculpted heel

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if thats something that matters to you

fringe crystal
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yeah i did see that and it is semi important

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nice touch forsure

cobalt inlet
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ya, suhr 22 fret HSS’s, or any of their standard models, r moreso like extremely well done classic strats

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while Yamahas route is moreso modernized and with some extra bits and bobs like a chambered body, contoured heel, etc

fringe crystal
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mordern strat vibe gotcha

cobalt inlet
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no experience with the pacifica professional yet but its on my bucket list, plenty of suhrs tho, theyre all fun. if i were you i’d go for the moderns too, theyre just not in HSS