I Have McFever! (Pics Needed)

[sergiodeblanc]

I have McFever pretty bad. Not 594 or SC, just plain ol' McCarty Fever.

Help me out and show me yours and tell me about it.

 

[dmatthews]

Boo yeah! My fav player is my 2001 McCarty with rosewood neck. Wide fat neck is so comfy and easy to play. Bought it used off a kid locally. It was dirty, poorly strung, but 5 minutes after touching it I was out the door with a huge sh!t a$$ grin on my face. Beautiful, well balanced, and killer tone.
Love it!












Everybody needs a McCarty!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

That's gorgeous, Dave!

 

[xjbebop]

I tend to appreciate and gravitate towards 'simple, easy', which the McCarty exudes in spades...
Stumbled on this McKorina for a great price a few years ago. It's like new. Story was that somebody was cleaning out their studio and traded this and a couple of others in. Our budget was low at the time but I traded in a couple of nice-but-not-getting-played gittars to get this guy...

Super light & sweet sounding. And it's got the Brazzy board if that matters....

 

[bodia]

I gots nuthin'

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I tend to appreciate and gravitate towards 'simple, easy', which the McCarty exudes in spades...
Stumbled on this McKorina for a great price a few years ago. It's like new. Story was that somebody was cleaning out their studio and traded this and a couple of others in. Our budget was low at the time but I traded in a couple of nice-but-not-getting-played gittars to get this guy...

Super light & sweet sounding. And it's got the Brazzy board if that matters....

Hot damn! That's rad! Korina and Brazilian is better than chocolate and peanut butter.

 

[dmatthews]

I tend to appreciate and gravitate towards 'simple, easy', which the McCarty exudes in spades...
Stumbled on this McKorina for a great price a few years ago. It's like new. Story was that somebody was cleaning out their studio and traded this and a couple of others in. Our budget was low at the time but I traded in a couple of nice-but-not-getting-played gittars to get this guy...

Super light & sweet sounding. And it's got the Brazzy board if that matters....

Brilliant! Great photos. Lovely piece!

 

[dmatthews]

I gots nuthin'

You know what to do then. I have faith

 

[dmatthews]

That's gorgeous, Dave!

Why thank you sir! I can't believe I tripped over such a gem.

 

[Glide-bpm]

Only thing I have no variation, nor hybrid variation of... only played a McCarty in the stores/shops.

 

[toothace]

Picked up at Experience last year (thanks Brian!!)
Blueberry, 10 top, 58/15 pups, ebony board. It has become my favorite

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Picked up at Experience last year (thanks Brian!!)
Blueberry, 10 top, 58/15 pups, ebony board. It has become my favorite

Lookin' good!

 

[Elliot]

What I'm proposing isn't a regular McCarty. But I think it's perhaps dearer to the DeBlanc needs. As far as I know, you only have one axe with a figured top and it's quilted. (That nice SE CU22 semi-hollow) Therefor, I think you deserve a hot flamed maple top. I have the perfect fit for you, buddy.

24.5 scale - one of your favorites, I think
Santana headstock - feels familiar in the hands
Pups - 57/08 to 58/15 you pick your PAF

Here is mine

Last, but not least - you can find 10-top 2009's or 2010's, used, for sub-1.9k no problem. Mine was 2015 and I got a screaming deal.

edit: I've seen "figured" tops go for even better prices

 

[Tosca]

My first PRS...PS #222. I was a Strat player, and not particularly interested in all those fancy PRSi at the time...but when I saw this one, something clicked. To this day I think it is one of the most beautiful guitars I've ever seen...and classiest inlays (black onyx w 14K gold outlines). Classic sound follows classic beauty...the straight ahead combo of South American mahogany body/neck and Brazilian board allow this one to whisper or scream with equal authority. Purchased used, the original owner had switched out the original McCarty PUs for #7's (which now reside in my ZM SE). She got a makeover with 57/08's a few years back...and P/P coil splits on both vol and tone pots to allow all SC/HB combinations. The thing I can't figure out about this one is how she has slinkier string action for bending than almost all of my shorter scale guitars. Magic I guess...my first PRS and only McCarty, ever...a keeper.

 

[veinbuster]

Not like the others, but my second PRS is a McCarty. At least that is what the headstock (not shown, but trust me) says.

 

[bodia]

What the heck was I thinking! I can play x2!

 

[László]

I had several older versions of the McCarty that I liked a lot (at one time I had two McSoaps and two 'hog necked versions), but I like this new version a bit better due to some of the details, like the locking PRS tuners, pickups, and this WL version having the brass inserts on the bridge (I think I get a more solid fundamental tone, though this may or may not be why).

I get a lot of use out of this guitar in my work. The 25" scale length makes it just a little bit different tonally from the shorter scale length models PRS makes. The coil splits are excellent, and I like the basic tone of the 58/15s. This one has the BRW fretboard. The tone is clear and snappy.

 

[dmatthews]

Picked up at Experience last year (thanks Brian!!)
Blueberry, 10 top, 58/15 pups, ebony board. It has become my favorite

Blueberry!!!! Yum...

 

[dmatthews]

My first PRS...PS #222. I was a Strat player, and not particularly interested in all those fancy PRSi at the time...but when I saw this one, something clicked. To this day I think it is one of the most beautiful guitars I've ever seen...and classiest inlays (black onyx w 14K gold outlines). Classic sound follows classic beauty...the straight ahead combo of South American mahogany body/neck and Brazilian board allow this one to whisper or scream with equal authority. Purchased used, the original owner had switched out the original McCarty PUs for #7's (which now reside in my ZM SE). She got a makeover with 57/08's a few years back...and P/P coil splits on both vol and tone pots to allow all SC/HB combinations. The thing I can't figure out about this one is how she has slinkier string action for bending than almost all of my shorter scale guitars. Magic I guess...my first PRS and only McCarty, ever...a keeper.

Fantastic in every way!

 

[dmatthews]

Not like the others, but my second PRS is a McCarty. At least that is what the headstock (not shown, but trust me) says.

That is gorgeous!
I need f holes...