I’m curious about the DGT’s popularity and longevity. The Core model has been around for a long time and is still going strong. The recent SE model seems to be popular as well. If you have one: what makes it special for you? Why does it hit the bullseye?
I think that the DGT adds some much-needed chili
to the current catalogue. Back when the DGT first came out, PRS took lots of chances with long-gone guitars like the original core NF3, DC3, Starla, Mira and the release of the S2 range (I had an S2 Mira that I never should’ve sold).
Couple of years ago I found a used DGT. It had been out of the shop for about a month and then the guy returned it because he decided that he wanted a Les Paul after all. I have a deep appreciation of my DGT because objectively it’s a great guitar. Do I love it? Welll…. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. The neck is totally freaking awesome. Sustain is awesome. Everything rings like a bell. I string it with 11s. I don’t use the trem much so don’t care much about that. And of course the guitar’s looks great! Tones? The neck pickup is incredible for cleans. Love it. Ditto for blues tones. I do lots of jazz and sometimes that rich DGT clean is just the ticket. The dual-pickup setting, however, isn’t as rich, deep and warm as my other guitars and I rarely use it. The bridge pickup seems to take something away from that magical neck pickup instead of adding to it. For lower-gain grit, the bridge pickup is great if you like that snarl that is typical of the DGT. I play lots of classic rock and classic metal and on some days I love what that bridge pickup gives me. On other days that snarl and the top-end tires my ear too much and I reach for my 20th Anniversary C22 with Dragon-II pickups. The DGT bridge pickup offers so much harmonic content, grit and snarl… I guess that’s the main selling point of this guitar because if you play Grissom-style music you won’t find anything better. Grissom only uses the bridge pickup. But for what I do this pickup can sometimes become just a little bit too much of everything.
I’d hate to sell mine because it’s such a masterpiece of guitar making and the neck is so comfy and its clean tones are so cool. On the other hand it might be the first one to go when in a pinch because I could sell it fast and recover what I paid for it. I’m not emotionally attached to it like I am to my other guitars.
I think that the DGT adds some much-needed chili
to the current catalogue. Back when the DGT first came out, PRS took lots of chances with long-gone guitars like the original core NF3, DC3, Starla, Mira and the release of the S2 range (I had an S2 Mira that I never should’ve sold).Couple of years ago I found a used DGT. It had been out of the shop for about a month and then the guy returned it because he decided that he wanted a Les Paul after all. I have a deep appreciation of my DGT because objectively it’s a great guitar. Do I love it? Welll…. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. The neck is totally freaking awesome. Sustain is awesome. Everything rings like a bell. I string it with 11s. I don’t use the trem much so don’t care much about that. And of course the guitar’s looks great! Tones? The neck pickup is incredible for cleans. Love it. Ditto for blues tones. I do lots of jazz and sometimes that rich DGT clean is just the ticket. The dual-pickup setting, however, isn’t as rich, deep and warm as my other guitars and I rarely use it. The bridge pickup seems to take something away from that magical neck pickup instead of adding to it. For lower-gain grit, the bridge pickup is great if you like that snarl that is typical of the DGT. I play lots of classic rock and classic metal and on some days I love what that bridge pickup gives me. On other days that snarl and the top-end tires my ear too much and I reach for my 20th Anniversary C22 with Dragon-II pickups. The DGT bridge pickup offers so much harmonic content, grit and snarl… I guess that’s the main selling point of this guitar because if you play Grissom-style music you won’t find anything better. Grissom only uses the bridge pickup. But for what I do this pickup can sometimes become just a little bit too much of everything.
I’d hate to sell mine because it’s such a masterpiece of guitar making and the neck is so comfy and its clean tones are so cool. On the other hand it might be the first one to go when in a pinch because I could sell it fast and recover what I paid for it. I’m not emotionally attached to it like I am to my other guitars.
