I use 10s on my 2018 Core DGT but am aware they ship ‘em with 11s. Just curious what strings y’all prefer on this guitar and why…?
I’ll admit to having gradually moved away from the DGT’s tone, especially the clean tones. Over the last 5 years I’ve embraced hollowbodies, both semis and true hollowbodies, and that woody sound ingrained itself in my brain. As a result the DGT increasingly sounded very direct and aggressive to my ears, like a slap in the face. I’m considering to sell, even though the neck is fabulous and the thing looks and plays amazing. Now my pick-up height as always been factory-spec on this guitar but today I lowered them to be flush with the mounting rings. What a difference that makes… The DGT sounds much more woody, airy and, well, sweet. Whereas I used to feel I was hearing just the strings, now I’m hearing wood and little bells and overtones. Wow. I think I’ll hang on to it. Anyone have similar experiences with lowering pickups?
PS there’s not much wrong with the split sounds but I rarely use it. Somehow I prefer to grab a guitar with dedicated single coils instead of tapping the DGT.
I’ll admit to having gradually moved away from the DGT’s tone, especially the clean tones. Over the last 5 years I’ve embraced hollowbodies, both semis and true hollowbodies, and that woody sound ingrained itself in my brain. As a result the DGT increasingly sounded very direct and aggressive to my ears, like a slap in the face. I’m considering to sell, even though the neck is fabulous and the thing looks and plays amazing. Now my pick-up height as always been factory-spec on this guitar but today I lowered them to be flush with the mounting rings. What a difference that makes… The DGT sounds much more woody, airy and, well, sweet. Whereas I used to feel I was hearing just the strings, now I’m hearing wood and little bells and overtones. Wow. I think I’ll hang on to it. Anyone have similar experiences with lowering pickups?
PS there’s not much wrong with the split sounds but I rarely use it. Somehow I prefer to grab a guitar with dedicated single coils instead of tapping the DGT.