Models

Suhr Classic S

S-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Suhr Classic S is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Suhr in Lake Elsinore, California. It combines an alder body and a bolt-on tinted maple neck with Suhr V60LP single-coil pickups and a two-post vintage-style tremolo, and is offered in both SSS and HSS pickup configurations, the latter adding an SSV bridge humbucker.

Shüe New Classic S

S-style electric guitar

Malaysia

The New Classic S is a flagship Shüe Guitars electric, hand-built to order in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by the boutique shop founded in 2018 by Ray Akira. Like much of the range it makes innovative use of lightweight local Malaysian jelutong wood.

Paoletti Stratospheric

Chestnut-bodied S-style electric guitar

Italy

The Stratospheric is Paoletti's S-style electric guitar, built in Tuscany, Italy, around a body of aged chestnut reclaimed from 130-170 year old Chianti wine barrels. Offered in SSS and HSS pickup configurations and finishes such as the Loft and Leather series, it pairs vintage Strat-style voicing with the distinctive resonance of old chestnut.

Nash S-63

Aged S-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Nash S-63 is an S-style solid-body electric guitar built by Nash Guitars with aged, relic nitrocellulose finishes. It pairs a standard alder body and rosewood-fingerboard neck with three single-coil pickups and a vintage-style tremolo, paying homage to the early-1960s S-body design while updating playability and sound.

James Tyler Studio Elite HD

S-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Studio Elite HD is one of James Tyler Guitars' most popular models, an S-style solid-body electric guitar built in the USA. It features a solid alder body (with swamp ash or mahogany options), a quartersawn maple neck, a slanted SSH pickup configuration of Tyler single coils and humbucker with a midboost preamp, and a two-post tremolo bridge.

Anderson Drop Top

S-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar · United States

The Drop Top is Tom Anderson Guitarworks' signature S-style electric guitar, introduced in 1990. It features a book-matched exotic tonewood top (flame or quilted maple, walnut, or koa) 'dropped' over a tonewood back of alder, mahogany, swamp ash, or basswood to create a contoured forearm bevel, paired with a bolt-on Anderson neck.

PRS SE Silver Sky

Import-built bolt-on S-style electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Indonesia

The import-built version of the John Mayer Silver Sky, introduced in 2022. It keeps the Silver Sky's bolt-on maple neck, 25.5-inch scale, three single-coil 635JM 'S' pickups, and reverse PRS headstock, but uses a poplar body to reach a lower price while retaining the original's playing feel and single-coil voice.

PRS Silver Sky

Bolt-on S-style solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · United States

Designed with John Mayer and released in 2018, the Silver Sky is PRS's vintage-inspired, Stratocaster-influenced bolt-on model. It pairs an alder body and bolt-on maple neck with three 635JM single-coil pickups, a 25.5-inch scale, a 2-point steel tremolo, and a reverse PRS headstock, delivering classic single-coil tones with PRS fit and finish.

Friedman Vintage-S

USA-built S-style electric guitar with HSS pickups

United States

The Friedman Vintage-S is a double-cutaway, S-style solidbody electric guitar built in the USA by Dave Friedman with luthier Grover Jackson. It pairs an alder body and a bolt-on maple neck with an HSS pickup set: a Friedman Classic+ humbucker at the bridge plus reverse-wound middle and neck single-coils that give hum-cancelling in-between positions, all routed through a two-point vibrato bridge. A 10-to-14-inch compound-radius maple fingerboard, 22 frets, and thin aged nitrocellulose lacquer round out the specification.

PJD Woodford

S-type electric guitar

United Kingdom

The Woodford is a core PJD Guitars model, a versatile S-type electric hand-built in York, England. It offers classic single-coil-style voicing in PJD's Standard, Elite and Limited tiers.

Music Man Cutlass

S-style solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · United States

Ernie Ball Music Man's take on the classic double-cutaway bolt-on, the Cutlass pairs a lightweight alder body with three mid-60s-style Music Man single-coil pickups in an SSS layout, an asymmetric roasted-maple neck, and a smooth modern tremolo. It offers familiar vintage single-coil tones with Music Man playability.

LSL Saticoy

S-style electric guitar

The Saticoy is LsL Instruments' S-style electric, offered in 22- and 24-fret versions with a three-pickup layout and LsL's custom wiring where the lower tone control affects only the bridge pickup. It is hand-built in Santa Clarita and fully customizable.

James Tyler Classic

S-style solid-body electric guitar model

Electric guitar

The Classic is a James Tyler Guitars S-style solid-body electric guitar with vintage-leaning appointments. It features a solid alder body (with optional swamp ash or mahogany), a quartersawn maple neck, an SSS configuration of Tyler true single-coil pickups, and a two-post tremolo bridge, with extensive custom hardware and finish options.

G&L Legacy

S-style solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar

Leo Fender's refinement of the classic double-cutaway bolt-on guitar, the Legacy is G&L's Stratocaster-style model. It carries three single-coil pickups, the G&L PTB (passive treble and bass) tone circuit, and the Leo Fender-designed Dual-Fulcrum vibrato, offering familiar S-style tones with G&L's own hardware and voicing.

G&L Comanche

S-style solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar

A double-cutaway bolt-on guitar built around G&L's distinctive Z-Coil pickups: split, hum-cancelling Magnetic Field Design units designed by Leo Fender that emphasize bass on the low strings and treble on the high strings. The Comanche pairs three Z-Coils with a 5-way switch and expander toggle, the PTB tone circuit, and a Dual-Fulcrum vibrato.

G&L S-500

S-style solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar

Debuting in 1982 as Leo Fender's evolution of the double-cutaway bolt-on guitar, the S-500 carries three Magnetic Field Design single-coil pickups in an SSS layout for a bright, punchy voice with strong midrange focus. It features the PTB tone circuit and the Leo Fender-designed Dual-Fulcrum vibrato.

C.R. Alsip Tejas

S-style electric guitar

The Tejas is C.R. Alsip Guitars' take on the classic S-style electric, hand-built in Georgia by Jake Willoughby. It reflects the shop's boutique approach with carefully selected woods and a setup philosophy that emphasizes very low action.