The Official "McCarty 594" Love Thread!!

[Guitpicky]

Pretty basic, but soooooooo good.

While I'm not usually a fan of solid colors hiding the natural beauty of wood, I think the contrast between the black and the beautiful mahogany looks really nice. They compliment each other very well

 

[Guitpicky]

Hotness! Absolutely love the finish. They're such a pleasure specced this way -- that rosewood neck will treat you quite well. Congrats!

I love the "feel" of the rosewood neck. Combined with the pattern vintage contour it really is nice.

 

[Guitpicky]

Jackpot! I love that color and the rosewood neck has got to feel incredible!

The "feel" of it is the best part. I love the look of it too, but in this case form follows function

 

[Guitpicky]

Beautiful guitar! Love the green. I bet your LP will get very lonely.

It's already used to shared love, I also have two very nice acoustics that are a joy to own and play. Any more guitars at this point will probably make feel guilty that each is not getting the attention it deserves

 

[Steve5nine4]

Some beautiful 594s in this thread. I bought a DC 594 Gold Top and is the finest instrument I've ever encountered. I've been play 35 years and had numerous Les Pauls with a strat or tele here and there. This 594 is amazing in every way but I'm a little confused as what to do with it. You see with the manufacturer of said guitar above the first thing I would do is rip out the pots, pickups, tuners and such and start over. I don't have to touch this thing which is strange to me as I like to tinker, out of necessity in my case. Man what a guitar with such a great voice. I can't wait to get a SC 594 Pics to come

 

[stratlanta]

Some beautiful 594s in this thread. I bought a DC 594 Gold Top and is the finest instrument I've ever encountered. I've been play 35 years and had numerous Les Pauls with a strat or tele here and there. This 594 is amazing in every way but I'm a little confused as what to do with it. You see with the manufacturer of said guitar above the first thing I would do is rip out the pots, pickups, tuners and such and start over. I don't have to touch this thing which is strange to me as I like to tinker, out of necessity in my case. Man what a guitar with such a great voice. I can't wait to get a SC 594 Pics to come

Haha you know, I was thinking that exact same thing earlier and even had something similar typed out, but backed off of it because I didn't want to sound like I was bashing other brands. I love all guitars - really, I do - but I TOTALLY get your point.

 

[Steve5nine4]

Haha you know, I was thinking that exact same thing earlier and even had something similar typed out, but backed off of it because I didn't want to sound like I was bashing other brands. I love all guitars - really, I do - but I TOTALLY get your point.

Thanks for bring that to my attention.I too love all brands and didn't mean for it to come off like that. I will say this, the 594 is my go now to and I haven't been smitten by a guitar like this in my 35 years playing.

 

[garrett]

I love that we're still seeing new converts, and I love a goldtop, too!

Totally get it on the mods thing. I mod everything, even my other PRS guitars! But I've declared my 594 will be mod free. It's perfect for me right out of the box.

 

[Guitpicky]

Does anyone here know what finish they're using on the 594 Wood Library/Artist Package guitars?

 

[Steve5nine4]

Does anyone here know what finish they're using on the 594 Wood Library/Artist Package guitars?

Nitro Lacquer I'm pretty sure. Of course I'm the greenhorn here

 

[garrett]

Wood Library will still be their V12 urethane, except I think when they do satin, it's nitro.

Gloss nitro is reserved for Private Stock and a special run here and there.

 

[László]

Garrett's spot-on. However, they can spray the V12 thinner than they could the earlier PRS finishes, and Paul said something about its ingredients being similar to nitro.

Don't ask me how similar, I have no idea. I have both finishes, and they're both super-nice; neither seems to inhibit the tone, though the sound is (to me) a little different.

 

[stratlanta]

Thanks for bring that to my attention.I too love all brands and didn't mean for it to come off like that. I will say this, the 594 is my go now to and I haven't been smitten by a guitar like this in my 35 years playing.

Oh sorry - I wasn't being critical of you or your post at all. Mostly just making fun of myself. Apologize if it came off wrong. Love that gold top!

 

[stratlanta]

I love that we're still seeing new converts........

Haha yeah well, these boxes are all going out tomorrow to fund my next PRS.... so yeah, I'd say I'm a new convert!! LOL>

 

[Steve5nine4]

Haha yeah well, these boxes are all going out tomorrow to fund my next PRS.... so yeah, I'd say I'm a new convert!! LOL>

Awesome!. As you know I just bought a new 594 and want another one bad, and I've never been like this. And then again I've never had a guitar of this caliber. Can't stop playing the dang thing

 

[Guitpicky]

Awesome!. As you know I just bought a new 594 and want another one bad, and I've never been like this. And then again I've never had a guitar of this caliber. Can't stop playing the dang thing

It's like a disease or addiction. After four new guitars in the last 4 months I've told everyone I know to either shoot or institutionalize me if I even think about buying any more. I just took up guitar in my mid 50s less than a year ago because I wanted to learn how music works the fun way.

I've been remodeling my kitchen the last few months and bad carpal tunnel issues have kept me from playing. Since I can't play I've been keeping the dream alive by buying them instead, but the buck stops here.

No regrets, I now have four really sweet guitars but what I really want is to play them. Worst case it'll be this fall after I've finished all my remodeling and the war wounds have healed. Hopefully I won't be living in a refrigerator box under a bridge with 50 guitars by then

 

[László]

Hopefully I won't be living in a refrigerator box under a bridge with 50 guitars by then

With 50 guitars you might need to duct tape a few refrigerator boxes together...

 

[Guitpicky]

With 50 guitars you might need to duct tape a few refrigerator boxes together...

Oh I'd do it up right... with some pallets I could even go multi level. Cable connection, satellite dish, bicycle generator, mini-fridge for beer. I was even thinking about a gas stove but maybe not such a good idea in a cardboard house

 

[Guitpicky]

Wood Library will still be their V12 urethane, except I think when they do satin, it's nitro.

Gloss nitro is reserved for Private Stock and a special run here and there.

This sounds right from what I was able to gather. I just wasn't sure where they drew the line for the nitro.

Thank you for the intel my friend

 

[Princeton]

Hello,

My local store has 3 PRS 594 on stock, so i decided to test them.
I have two Modern Eagle's II and a P22.

When i picked the first one up it just felt right.
The difference in scale was notable and i really liked it.
Playing through an Fender Princeton Reverb the cleans are very nice, (did not test it with Overdrive)
I also liked the split coil options.

The tops on the guitars were not the most fancy one's, but i like the Yellow (MCarty Smoked Burst):
Did not buy it yet...