Beautiful guitars and cool cat. Please favor us with a comparison between the DC vs SC 594’s.
It's funny, I saw Chris Robertson (from Black Stone Cherry) posted a video in the PRS owners FaceBook group where he commented that he liked the Singlecut better but couldn't really explain why because he knew they're almost the same guitar. And so far I have to agree. Obviously neither of these are "the real thing" in that they where not made in the late 50's. And both of them try to capture the magic of late 50's Les Pauls. For me, the Singlecut gets closer and it's probably just down to looks and possible weight (a Les Paul is not supposed to be light).
To use an analogy, it's sort of like the Singlecut is like playing through a nice Marshall Plexi, and the Doublecut is like playing through an Axe Fx model of the same Marshall Plexi. The Axe Fx will sound the same (or probably better as most people are not as good at mic'ing cabs as the pro's creating IR's), feel the same and be consistent across whatever volume you want to play at and from one day to the next (this is also why I play my Ax8 with my band and live every time). For most people in most situations, it's the better choice. But every time you play it, you also know it's a computer generating the tone and not glowing tubes. It doesn't matter that it sounds the same or better. It just doesn't feel the same as playing through a nice tube amp because you know it isn't "real".
So to me, even though they are almost the same thing, the Singlecut has a certain something that is hard to describe and somehow just feels better. And the Doublecut being almost identical and at the same time lighter and a bit more comfortable to play with better high fret access. The are both awesome and you really can't go wrong with either one of them. If I had to pick at one at the moment I'd pick the Singlecut but luckily I don't have to choose
The best choice is one of each, every time
Actually, out of my 4 PRS's, if I had to let one go, it'd probably be the Doublecut 594 at the moment. My Signature Ltd with its 408 pickups is just such a versatile beast to play in my covers band. And the P245 Semi-Hollow the same with its Piezo. Between the two of them there's really not anything I cannot play. I do prefer the neck shape of the 594's though so it may be that my "ultimate" guitar would be a 594 trem with 408 pickups and piezo. Maybe a private stock order at some time
Here's Rufus enjoying in the sun!