Uncle Mike
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Owning two Suhr Classic T's, and a slew of other manufacturers instruments, I will say that Suhr is good, really good. In my experience their guitars play second to none and are fairly easy to keep setup.
I will also say that I have to setup all of my instruments regularly due to heavy use. My stay at home instruments are checked and set up every few months as they do change. Today for example, I checked my 6 month old Strat and the neck had developed a slight back bow and my low e was buzzing. Three weeks ago it was perfect at my target .006" measured at the 8th fret. I tweaked the neck relief back to .006" and it plays like a dream.
So, on a whim I also checked my Suhr Classic T. The relief was way too much at .015" and was also buzzing. So I adjusted it it back to fairly straight .006".
The buzzing disappeared and it also plays like a dream.
My point is, wood moves with the weather and season and we are speaking of hundredths of an inch in neck relief and 64th's an inch in string height to fix buzzing.
My Suhr fretwork has been perfect and I have never had an issue. That doesn't mean that someone else hasn't. In my three decades of playing I have seen guys who can play 1.3mm without buzzing - NOT ME, I am way too heavy handed so I tend to set my action 2mm and still buzz if I dig in too much.
Your Uncle Mike
I will also say that I have to setup all of my instruments regularly due to heavy use. My stay at home instruments are checked and set up every few months as they do change. Today for example, I checked my 6 month old Strat and the neck had developed a slight back bow and my low e was buzzing. Three weeks ago it was perfect at my target .006" measured at the 8th fret. I tweaked the neck relief back to .006" and it plays like a dream.
So, on a whim I also checked my Suhr Classic T. The relief was way too much at .015" and was also buzzing. So I adjusted it it back to fairly straight .006".
The buzzing disappeared and it also plays like a dream.
My point is, wood moves with the weather and season and we are speaking of hundredths of an inch in neck relief and 64th's an inch in string height to fix buzzing.
My Suhr fretwork has been perfect and I have never had an issue. That doesn't mean that someone else hasn't. In my three decades of playing I have seen guys who can play 1.3mm without buzzing - NOT ME, I am way too heavy handed so I tend to set my action 2mm and still buzz if I dig in too much.
Your Uncle Mike