Which one is the best superstrat-style guitar? (Hamer, Suhr, Music Man, PRS)

[belensky]

Many of us love super strat style guitars, with thin neck, high output pickups and tremolo that allow to do some insane Dive-bombs. So I recorded some of my favourite guitars, to see how they hold up together. This is long video, because I was trying to show as many sounds as I could. but below the video you can find timecodes for faster navigation.

Unfortunately I didn't have any Jackson, Kramer, Ibanez, ESP guitars at the moment, so there isn't a comprehensive superstrat battle, but I did my best. Maybe next time I'll have more guitars to try.

Obviously, every guitar makes you play differently; strings, pickups weren't the same, so take this review with a grain of salt. My playing is not the best but im not auditioning for you band anyway

As for me I'm big Hamer guitars fan, I feel that Hamer and some really good Gibson custom Shop reissues has that vintage mojo that everyone is looking for.
but I'm sure everyone there is guitar for everyone, they all good in their own way, and everybody has his own preferences so opinions will be all over the place.

Gear Used,
Guitars: 1989 Hamer Californian, 2013 Suhr Modern, 2016 Music Man Majesty, 1998 Music Man Axis, 2005 PRS Custom 22
Amps & Cabs: Diezel Herbert MK1, 4x12 Diezel Cabinet with Eminence Governor Speakers,
Effects and other stuff: Eventide H3000 for Delay and Modulation, UAD Apollo, Suhr Reactive Load, OwnHammer IR's, Logic Pro X

[paranoid]

of coarse Charvel is the best super strat!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Number Of The Priest]

First post from a newbie and none of the content is Jackson/Charvel related and my first reaction is "This guy just joined JCF to attract viewership to his Youtube channel".

I am glad I listened/watched. I quickly stopped caring for the lack of Jackson/Charvel content. I enjoyed that more than I probably like to admit.

While the differences were minuscule when playing with full gain, each guitar/pickup showcased its own voice on the clean channel. I would like to say the tone and picked chords were beautiful especially in the first group of clean demos.

You got some great sustain during those held bends.

This experiment reminds me of when I play several different guitars in one sitting, and swap between them. A lot of mine sound very similar under heavy gain, especially the ones with similar-rated bridge pickups even across different brands. I understand why there are large communities of pickup enthusiasts who keep swapping pickups and magnets until they find the right sound, but it's overkill for someone like me whose guitars all blend together after a while. I have "my tone" and I still sound "like me" no matter which guitar I'm using. When selecting a guitar to play for an evening, I end up paying less attention to tone (because all my guitars "sound good/alike") and instead prioritize playability, comfort, ergonomics, and ability to inspire me.

I hope you stick around, and hopefully include some Jacksons and Charvels in your Youtube channel full of shootouts.

[belensky]

thank you for kind words.

l I just didn't have any Jackson available, but maybe next time..

I posted it here just to share it. I think people who like Jackson, could admire some other similar guitars as well.

difference is not that big, because player is the same , as well as Amp, cab, microphones, and YouTube compression, the thing we only changing is guitar, which is one of the many components of the end result.