Suhr Guitars

Suhr Guitars: because ordinary is overrated.

John Suhr spent decades repairing other people's mistakes, working at Fender's Custom Shop, and quietly deciding he could do better. Spoiler: he was right.

At Suhr, the vision is simple: design and produce the best musical instruments possible. Founded in 1997 in Lake Elsinore, California, the brand combines obsessive attention to detail, hand-selected tonewoods, and a PLEK fret dress on every single guitar that leaves the factory. Every. Single. One.

Suhr took vintage Fender specs, identified what made them great, and quietly eliminated everything that didn't: better tuning stability, compound-radius fretboards, stainless steel frets. Turns out perfection just needed a little help.

Suhr models available at Guitar Freaks:

  • Classic S — the iconic double-cutaway, done properly this time
  • Classic T / Alt T / Alt T Pro — vintage T-style soul with zero tolerance for mediocrity
  • Standard — the high-performance workhorse in HSS, HH and HSH configs
  • Modern — for players who find vintage specs a little... quaint
  • Modern T — when you can't choose between a T and a Modern, why compromise?
  • Pete Thorn Signature — studio-grade versatility for the chronically indecisive

Guitar Freaks is an authorised Suhr dealer: a boutique electric guitar shop in Louvain-la-Neuve run by the team behind Bass Freaks. Every guitar is brand-new, fully set up, and shipped worldwide from Belgium.