Guitar Brothers are proud to announce their appointment as dealers of Suhr (USA) Guitars, Basses, Amplification and pickups.

If you are not familiar with Suhr Guitars, here is some background. John Suhr started his building career some 35 years ago in New Jersey. Searching for the perfect tone during his bar band days, he began building his own instruments. In the early 80's John started working for Rudy Pensa at Rudy's Music Stop in NYC. It was during this time that the "Pensa-Suhr" guitars were born. John built guitars under the "Pensa-Suhr" brand for Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Lou Reed,Bill Connors, Steve Stevens, Reb Beach,Pat Thrall, Little Steven, Victor Bailey Pensa-Suhr Bass, Chuck Loeb, Eddie Martinez (Robert Palmer) and many others.

With an obsession for tube amp design, John left NYC to work with Robert Bradshaw in 91' and designed the CAA 3+ and 3+SE tube preamps and CAA OD100 amp with Robert Bradshaw. Four years later John felt his original calling and accepted a job as Senior Master Builder at the Fender Custom Shop. There he built custom guitars to order and was involved in R&D for new product development. His clients included and still include Michael Landau, Scott Henderson, Doug Aldrich and Peter Frampton. Making his true dream a reality, John Suhr opened up his own small factory building custom guitars to order in 1997. John finally had total control over the entire process of building the ideal electric guitars and basses. From picking out the lumber to cutting the bodies and necks on the in-house CNC machines to painting and finish work to winding John’s own-design pickups to final assembly and set-up, John was now able to oversee every aspect of the guitars being built with the highest quality standards possible and unflinching attention to detail.

Other master builder colleagues of John’s at the Fender Custom Shop soon joined John to build a strong nucleus of master craftsmen and the company has continued to grow to where it is today – building over 80 custom instruments on a monthly basis. Suhr Guitars create some of the finest hand-crafted guitars and amplifiers on the planet – instruments that inspire musical passion and artistic creativity. Suhr's dedication to the highest quality standards possible, fanatical attention to detail, their ears for tone, and love for music ranging from rock to country to jazz to blues to pop to metal to fusion are all evident in every instrument they produce.

Suhr Guitars have a close working relationship with some of the very best players and artists on the planet. From the sophisticated bluesy jazz fusion of Scott Henderson, to the fiery and passionate hard rock/metal stylisms of Doug Aldrich, to the incredible technical mastery and all-around versatility of Guthrie Govan, to the melodic inventiveness and awe-inspiring tones of Mike Landau, to the over-the-top shred fretboard wizardry of Robert Marcello, to the soulful feel and remarkable command of Kirk Fletcher, to the amazing precision and musical flair of Reb Beach, Suhr artists define the cutting edge and the pinnacle of contemporary electric guitar artistry.

"Covering genres that range from rock to metal to blues to fusion to jazz to country, classic rock and everything else that come in between, our artists choose Suhr so they can focus on their music, not fiddling with gear or going on an endless merry-go-round search for the tonal "Holy Grail". If you're serious about the guitar you play, let Guitar Brothers and Suhr Guitars expand your experience of tone.

Check out Suhr Guitars at Guitar Brothers,95 Musgrave Road Red Hill, Brisbane .