Recent content by David O'Brien

UPDATE - ONE YEAR LATER Hi everyone - I wanted to write an update with my thoughts after working with the guitar a lot more since I first started this post. I’ve been preparing for a few months for an upcoming out of town recording session, and after a previous bad recording experience with my...

Original product specs card for the guitar: https://flic.kr/p/2jsiUbc Bridge pickup cavity: https://flic.kr/p/2jsePLu Back of bridge pickup: https://flic.kr/p/2jsjubm

I think this is excellent advice, and very insightful:

By the way, I had to open up one of the pickup cavities because I lowered one of the pickups too far and the screw unthreaded from the pickup. I confirmed that the pickups are in fact "McCarty" pickups (or at least the bridge pickup - and I have no reason to believe the neck is different, the...

Thank you so much to everyone for all the helpful information. Based on everyone's input and some reflection and experimenting, I really think it's a combination of factors that were negatively impacting my view of the guitar's tone: My playing abilities: The guitar is built so darn perfectly...

Oh boy, I just did the same thing. To both sides! Then while trying to reattach the first screw the spring flew across the room and I may never find it again! I'm not sure I will be able to attach it, if I do. It's very difficult to do this with just two hands, holding everything together...

A couple other questions about the guitar: - Why does it have a bridge that has no adjustable saddles? Is the guitar just so well made that saddles don't need to be adjusted to get it to intonate? What if I change string gauge? - Has the McCarty 594 made this guitar obsolete or less valuable...

Thanks for all the thoughtful replies. I want to be clear that I am not trolling! I have thought about this a long time and I am not here to troll PRS guitars or the McCarty. To answer a few questions: - The guitar has the stock McCarty pickups in it. I have done nothing to alter the guitar...

I have a beautiful 2007 McCarty with an amber sunburst finish. I bought it new back in 2007 or 2008. The guitar is perfectly built, stays in tune, intonates well, has good sustain, etc. I want to love the guitar, but there is something about the tone of the guitar that has always left me...