Hope you could teach way cool jr. or top secret by Ratt! You definitely have one of the best channels for solos. I've learned a lot of Van Halen and Ratt solos from your lessons.

Hello wanna know your chorus is in front of the preamp? Nice guitar!!

Hey Steve! Yeah, it was just a decade ago when I only played on two guitars! Good seeing you! :)

Thanks! I really appreciate the nice comment! :) 🎸

Hey Bill, thanks! Yeah I was really happy with that too... was afraid they weren't going to sound "Strat-y" :)

Right on bro. I remember thinking PRS guitars back then were the most exotic and "out of reach" guitars back then, but the Pensa-Suhr guitars seemed even more out of reach given they were built by a shop in NYC :)

Thank you Diogo! :)

Hey Dave, I was surprised they don't mention it either. Given the nature of the EMG 85 and that it technically can't be split, it prompted me to reach out to Suhr while I was waiting for the guitar to arrive, and clarify how position 2 worked, and it was then that the Suhr support team informed me that it includes the MK mod. I'm guessing it's Suhr being careful not to call this guitar a Pensa Suhr clone, even though it was really John Suhr doing all of the design and work back in the day.

@@PDXguitarfreak yep, I think you’re right there - they can’t mention MK, but I’m a little surprised they didn’t come up with some kind of name for the mod as it’s a really useful feature. Great guitar though and I’m sure you’re very happy with it! I’d be very tempted to get one myself if I wasn’t currently saving for a custom Suhr to buy next year!

@@PDXguitarfreak the other thing they could’ve done would be to use the 89, which has both a humbucker and single coil mode, but I guess John wanted to stay true to the original guitar.

@@guitardave Yeah, exactly - I was thinking the same thing :)

Hey Al, thank you and hope all is well with you too! :)

Thanks CTP! I'm not affiliated with Suhr, so I didn't think to include any links. :)

Right! :) Only problem is the neighborhood HOA rules specifically state "No wall of Marshall or equivalent guitar amps allowed." :)

Hey Bob! Thanks! Yeah, the stay tuned is pun intended for sure :)

LOL it's okay - thumbs down don't bother me. Kids will be kids. As for the guitar, no, Suhr did not give it to me. The only guitars that I have gotten free from manufacturers are the Donner guitars. :)

Thanks Ryan! :)

LOL I hear you bro! :)

$3,499 is budget?

Thank you!!! :)

Yes... definitely, yes

I think it was still considered new and cool back and then, in the late 80s. I always shied away from them, and really for no other reason than not many of my guitar heroes used them :)

Yeah, I love that one too. That one feels even more '80s than the Legacy guitar, but it was custom while the Legacy guitars are limited edition off the shelf :)

@@PDXguitarfreak I think it's worth of being featured in one of your lessons. The color would probably go with a Warrant or Poison solo. May be Danger Danger.

@@AleX-ux2qz Totally! I actually used it not long ago for a Bon Jovi solo lesson :)

Yeah I remember friends having the same issue with their active pickups. This Suhr, however, is pretty darn quiet... or at least on par with regular pickups :)

Thank you, I’ve been looking for this answer ever since I heard Leon Todd playing it

I don't have that problem, but I totally get it. My hands are a little on the smaller side so I guess it's the opposite.. I don't do well with wide necks.

Thanks! The neck pickup definitely sounds like a single coil should. However, I've found that with enough midrange added, I can fatten up single coils nicely if desired. Won't sound like a humbucking neck pickup exactly, but fuller.

Good to know. Thanks!

I have not tried the older carved top models. There are probably only two things I would do different with this guitar, if I had the option: 1) carved top, and 2) jumbo frets, although I have no problem with the heavy frets, I just like jumbo best. :)

@@PDXguitarfreak I just ordered one like yours, I have bought other guitars trying to be close to this, but now this is it! Very inspiring instrument, it will be played a lot! Best wishes, JC

Oh yeah, several boxes! :)

Rock on! :)

Hi and welcome! It is something I just threw together for the video. :)

Thank you sir...I loved it. That melody line is soooooo good.... caught my ear IMMEDIATELY.. The G you hit on the 20th fret ... FUCKING MONEY!!! Wonder what else you have up your sleeve :) @@PDXguitarfreak

Solid #1 fan here sir of you.. i watching all your videos everytime you upload new

Thanks for watching, my friend! :)

LOL it really seems to have a mind of its own :)