musical instruments founded 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 founder john suhr steve smith headquarters lake elsinore california united states area served worldwide products electric guitars bass guitars guitar amplifiers pedals and pickups website suhr.com suhr guitars officially js technologies inc is an american company that manufactures electric guitars and basses guitar amplifiers and effect units . the company is based in lake elsinore california and was founded in 1997 by john suhr who has a reputation for building exquisitely crafted guitars 1 and steve smith . 2 contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 electric guitars 2.2 bass guitars 2.3 amplifiers 2.4 effects pedals 3 artists who use suhr guitars 4 references 5 external links history edit prior to founding js technologies inc john suhr had worked at rudy s music stop in new york city doing guitar repair . he also created the first suhr custom guitar in 1984 . 3 teaming up with rudy pensa they started selling guitars under the pensa suhr brand and the signature model they built for former dire straits frontman mark knopfler is perhaps their most famous guitar . a tobacco sunburst suhr classic from the late 1990s with a maple neck and emg pickups . around 1991 suhr moved from nyc to los angeles to work with guitar rig builder bob bradshaw . before leaving nyc they had collaborated on the design of a preamplifier the custom audio electronics cae 3 used for instance by steve lukather . 4 5 they also designed a 100 watt amplifier head the custom audio amplifiers caa od 100 . 3 during this period 1991 1994 john suhr built about 50 custom guitars and focused mainly on building amplifiers . guitars from this period are more rare than guitars from the pensa suhr era and can be identified by the built for information handwritten by suhr in the neck socket . from 1995 to 1997 john suhr worked as senior master builder at fender s custom shop . in 1997 suhr left fender to form his own company with steve smith . suhr had the knowledge about building guitars smith knew about management software and cnc programming . 6 combining their efforts they had total control of the manufacturing process and used the cnc routers to efficiently produce guitar necks and bodies rather than doing it completely by hand . 7 in the 1990s suhr also made a name for himself making pickups such as the custom made single coils for scott henderson 8 bill frisell also uses suhr pickups 9 . during their first years the company built high end guitars to customer specifications introducing a new model about once a year . 2 in 2004 they expanded into guitar amplifiers when they re introduced the caa od 100 which had earlier only been available in very limited numbers . 10 in addition to the od 100 which still bears the custom audio amplifiers brand they now also manufacture the badger line of amplifiers bearing the suhr name . 2005 saw the introduction of the silent single coil system which uses a secondary coil for noise cancellation 11 to enable guitars with single coil pickups to function without picking up noise . later years have also seen introduction of various other electronic accessories like single coil humbucker and electric bass pickups mixers and now also effect pedals . this included a collaboration with doug aldrich to create high output humbucking pickups for an aggressive rock style of playing . in addition to receiving attention for their instruments the company has also received some attention for their usage of modern technology in the design and manufacturing process 12 in what might be regarded as a hand craft niche of the guitar industry . at the 2010 winter namm show the company introduced a new line of guitars with a new brand rasmus guitars . 13 these guitars were manufactured in asia but had the final setup performed at the suhr factory in lake elsinore california . moving production to asia enabled the company to lower costs and these guitars were therefore priced a tier below the suhr pro line . 14 the rasmus line was discontinued in 2012 with the introduction of the modern satin series fully made in lake elsinore but with a simple and standardized finish . 15 products edit a tobacco sunburst suhr classic t with a maple neck featuring their optional hybrid headstock . suhr modern koa gold hardware . suhr modern whale blue maple top . suhr modern satin natural finish . wikimedia commons has media related to suhr guitars . electric guitars edit their guitar models are based on the below mentioned four distinct body shapes and different series are available . 16 all guitars are built to customer specifications with the exception of the pro series which are a limited option series of guitars based on the four available body shapes . 17 classic classic t modern standard bass guitars edit classic j amplifiers edit badger 18 badger 30 badger 35 od 100 pt 100 sh 100 ml 100 se 100 sl 67 sl 68 corso hedgehog bella jim kelley amplifiers effects pedals edit jack rabbit koji comp riot shiba drive kokoboost rufus dual boost artists who use suhr guitars edit reb beach 18 scott henderson 19 20 21 guthrie govan 22 until mid 2012 mike landau 23 pete thorn 24 ian thornley 25 andy wood 26 references edit ellis andy may 1999 . the well tempered 6 string ; three buzz feiten turning system equipped high end axes . guitar player . 33 5 96 100 136 37 . access date requires url help a b suhr guitars . suhr guitars and amps history page . archived from the original on september 14 2009 . retrieved 2009 10 31 . a b salter trent september 2003 . interview with john suhr of suhr guitars . musicians hotline . retrieved 2009 11 01 . stevelukather.net gear . retrieved 2009 11 08 . the tone zone steve lukather . guitar buyer . feb 2007 . egolf james january 2008 ten years after celebrating a decade of suhr guitars premier guitar pp. 17 21 retrieved 2009 10 31 heuchemer bernd 2000 05 01 . cnc s help custom guitar maker rock the house . . wood & wood products . retrieved 2009 10 31 . ellis andy september 1997 . scott henderson hot rod r & b . guitar player . 31 9 33 34 . access date requires url help cleveland barry september 2009 . bill frisell features jazz . guitar player . 43 9 38 41 . access date requires url help guppy nick august 2005 custom audio amplifiers od100 head guitarist pp. 143 144 access date requires url help us 7259318 chiliachki ilitch s magnetic pickup device for a stringed musical instrument with large free shape low impedance coil for noise cancelation issued 2007 08 21 apple inc. suhr guitars . old world craftsmanship modern technology . . retrieved 2009 10 31 . guitar world . rasmus guitars by suhr . retrieved 2010 01 16 . rasmus guitars by suhr . rasmus guitars price list pdf . retrieved 2010 01 16 . suhr modern satin suhr forums . retrieved 2016 07 19 . suhr custom guitars . retrieved 2009 11 12 . suhr pro series guitars . retrieved 2012 03 04 . reb s suhr signature model stage guitars . reb beach . retrieved 2009 11 07 . santiago james february 2001 . live wires scott henderson . guitar player . 35 2 23 . access date requires url help santiago james september 2000 . pickups scott henderson . guitar player . 34 9 51 52 . access date requires url help schmidt martin april 2003 . interview scott henderson . guitar nine records . retrieved 2009 11 07 . jordan oscar march 2010 . guthrie govan ... so far . premier guitar . retrieved 2010 10 15 . matera joe november 2008 . michael landau session star . performing musician . retrieved 2009 11 07 . petethorn.com bio . retrieved 2016 01 03 . 2014 suhr party . retrieved 2014 04 19 . perlmutter adam december 30 2014 . andy wood un chicken pickin . premier guitar . retrieved 2015 05 20 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title suhr guitars & oldid 740139925 categories companies established in 1997guitar amplifier manufacturersguitar manufacturing companiesmanufacturing companies based in californiabass guitar 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