Tramp
To and Fro, Mostly Fro
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2016
- Messages
- 94
I got into the PRS game late having owned guitars by many of today's best builders, including Gustavsson, Lentz, d'Pergo, Thorn, Brondel/Thornton, Myka, McIntruff, Collings, Grosh, Suhr and Anderson, not to mention the biggies. My first was a McCarty DC 594, followed by a Private Stock Santana, then a DGT. The 594 was a huge step up from most of the LP style guitars I'd played. I loved the versatility and became especially fond of the split bridge/hum neck position. The Santana was an amazing guitar but more suited to Carlos' style than mine (duh!).
I bought the DGT out of curiosity mainly, having heard such wonderful things over the years. I found a beautiful Artist model online with (to judge by the headstock inscription, not the seller's representation) a dark Brazilian board and some well-earned play wear. I liked it very much initially, but only fell for it when I discovered that, to get the best out of these guitars, you really need to avoid diming ANYTHING. On balance, I play much cleaner than David G and would never turn a tone pot down to zero, but the tones I can get with the tone knob in the 5-8 range and balancing neck and bridge in the middle position are to die for. And the bridge pickup has remarkable clarity for something so hot. I use it far more than any bridge before.
I’ve read that some dislike the largish frets, but the combination of these and what for me is a Goldilocks neck make the DGT supremely playable.
I've spent several years not knowing which of my 4 other electrics are #1. (They've all occupied that spot for months at a time.) The 594 and Santana are gone, though I do have a 53/10 Limited in the U.K. waiting for its CITES paperwork! In the meantime, the DGT is #1 and likely to stay there for a very long time. Truly the most tuneful, versatile guitar I've ever played!
Because this thread would be useless without pics:
I bought the DGT out of curiosity mainly, having heard such wonderful things over the years. I found a beautiful Artist model online with (to judge by the headstock inscription, not the seller's representation) a dark Brazilian board and some well-earned play wear. I liked it very much initially, but only fell for it when I discovered that, to get the best out of these guitars, you really need to avoid diming ANYTHING. On balance, I play much cleaner than David G and would never turn a tone pot down to zero, but the tones I can get with the tone knob in the 5-8 range and balancing neck and bridge in the middle position are to die for. And the bridge pickup has remarkable clarity for something so hot. I use it far more than any bridge before.
I’ve read that some dislike the largish frets, but the combination of these and what for me is a Goldilocks neck make the DGT supremely playable.
I've spent several years not knowing which of my 4 other electrics are #1. (They've all occupied that spot for months at a time.) The 594 and Santana are gone, though I do have a 53/10 Limited in the U.K. waiting for its CITES paperwork! In the meantime, the DGT is #1 and likely to stay there for a very long time. Truly the most tuneful, versatile guitar I've ever played!
Because this thread would be useless without pics:
Last edited:
