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I am interested in a DGT and I noticed this in a product shot for the guitar I am considering: Notice how in the last few frets it looks like sort of finishing compound, or something? Does anyone know what this is? I played a DGT goldtop last weekend and I noticed the exact same thing. I am...

Hi folks, I was wondering if someone could tell me how their sanding process has gone. I assume that there's a very thin layer of nitro on these Custom necks and a poly layer underneath it, but I'm not quite so sure given that from what I understand there's a Cellulose Acetate Butyrate...

Hello all! I had a 1997 CE24 with the wide/thin neck and while I loved everything about the guitar, the neck always made my fretting hand cramp after a short while so I sold it. This was with classical hand positions, thumb over, soft touch, didn’t matter. I don’t squeeze the neck or fret...

Intro into how I got here (Skip if you don't care): Hey guys! new to the forum but not new to guitars or PRS. My CU22 from 2016 has been my favourite guitar for a bit now. Im a huge Strat fan and have always been curious about the Silver Sky but for whatever reason I was always hesitant. Last...

Hi! I have a PRS SE One, my guitar tech changed its radius to 12 and installed Jescar 57110 frets. Now the problem is that the radius of its wraparound bridge is 10. And it is not easy to change its radius without causing problems with strings slipping in the grooves and making noises. So, I...

I’ve got a PRS Custom 24 SE currently and looking at ordering a PS, as none of my other guitar seem to play quite like my PRS, and I’m just looking at wood options and wondering. Are the Cocobolo necks any good? I absolutely love the way they look, but I’m not sure on how bad pricing is and if...

Hello everybody, Do you think it’s realistic to expect bird inlays back in the Vela model? I’ve been expecting for years for them to make a comeback on the model, or at least to include them in an upgraded version. Maybe a CE version? At some point I made peaces with the possibility of them not...

I just bought a used (barely!) 2017 Private Stock 24:08 with a Brazilian rosewood neck. I've owned several PRS with rosewood (Brazilian and Indian) necks but this is the most pronounced grain I've felt under thumb - and I'm a touch concerned about it. Does this need any special treatment...

Hey everyone! I've been playing guitar for about a year and a half now, and I've put in my fair share of time practicing. I've been playing my lovely Strat copy and my dad's Ibanez Roadstar II with a rosewood board almost exclusively. Both guitars have standard C-profile necks. I decided to...

Hi guys, recently I saw several Private Stocks with an inlay on the back of the neck, precisely at the junction between the neck and the body. I want to understand how is called this lil type of "upgrade" for PRS, because I would like to add this gem to my private stock order. I've heard...

Hi everyone, I bought a PRS 35th Anniversary SE Custom 24 and it's a really nice guitar. I really like the neck, weight and how it feels overall. I do like the coil-split functionality, but for some reason I don't like the humbucker sounds. This is specially evident with the neck pickup, it...

So, I can't get to a PRS dealer soon and I've been doing some reading. I just tried a PRS Acoustic SE and I have a firm idea on the feel of the neck. Now I know that they're different but how different are the pattern regular necks from the wide fat? I've read that the pattern regular is a...

Hey Everyone, I have a 2005 McCarty and last November, noticed some lacquer problems around the neck joint. I asked a top PRS dealer in Wisconsin their opinion - the tech said it seems cosmetic and the sales manager told me this is a common cosmetic issue with old PRS Guitars due to the...

Is it normal to have a gap between the neck and the body here?

I've been searching for a 2020 Silver Sky with the modified neck shape that has the rounder shoulders. It was announced that 2020 would mark the year maple necks/fretboards were offered. I'm curious, does anyone know if the maple neck has that rounder Neck profile? If not, anyone knows when...

I'm wondering is there any reason that SE Custom 24 use Maple for neck wood, not Mahogany like the Core Custom 24? Because of COST or TONE? Does anybody know this secret?

Hey Guys! This is my very first post here as I am finally the proud owner of an artist package McCarty 594. After I received this guitar the first thing I noticed was how bad a tape job they did around the body and neck, I have an unpainted flame maple neck, and where it meets the body it...

I have a 2018 SE Chris Robertson. It's a great guitar, in fact one of the best sounding electrics that I have. The color is perfect. It is sort of heavy, but that does not bother me. What does bother me is the neck. It has the chunkiest wide-fat neck I have ever played.....it is baseball bat...

Hello. First post here. I recently acquired a lovely 2001 McCarty with the solid rosewood neck. The guitar is great and I have really been enjoying playing it. Recently I was adjusting the neck relief and when I slipped my capo over the neck, the metal edge of it dug into the neck and left a...

Hi everyone! I just received a Silver sky and the scarf joint near the headstock was quite noticeable due to different shades of the two maple pieces. While I find scarf joint a great idea from a functional point of view, it did bother me a bit from the esthetic. How is it on your SS? If you...