Johnnykuz
New Member
OK, this is a bit of. rant. Not aimed at anyone, just shaking my damn head. I've heard many people talk about how they want to buy a DGT and replace the pickups. WTF!!!! The pickups are a vital part of this signature guitar and replacing them simply lowers the value and makes the guitar sound like it's.....no longer a DGT! If you want to replace the pickups in a guitar, don't buy a signature model. These pickups are part of the "stamp" of a signature guitar. I saw a beautiful DGT on Reverb.com today and in looking at it, i saw that the owner replaced the DGT pickups with Gibson pickups and no longer even has the DGT pickups. To me, that DGT is worthless. At this point I ask, why didn't you just buy a Gibson or a Fender guitar and play with different pickups all you like. I'm almost 70 and have been playing for 57 years. Is this phenomenon a "youth & inexperience" thing? I'm curious because my 38 year old whose been playing for 31 years suggested he'd like to do the same thing. I guess I'm just old because it seems pretty stupid to me to buy a $4-5K guitar and replace the pickups.
OK, end of rant.
PS: I have two DGT's, an '08 maple capped cherry burst and a '12 all mahogany McCarty burst standard. Wouldn't change a thing with them.
OK, end of rant.
PS: I have two DGT's, an '08 maple capped cherry burst and a '12 all mahogany McCarty burst standard. Wouldn't change a thing with them.