Ha! Sorry for the tease guys!
Here it is:
Willcutt's Wood Library 594, Livingston Lemonburst finish. A beautiful Brazilian Rosewood board with killer grain. I think this is the first of their WL run received, not 100% sure.
I am really blown away by this particular guitar. It is unquestionably the best sounding non-Private Stock PRS I have ever played. Maybe the best sounding guitar I have ever played, we shall see as I play it some more and after the NGD (N5D?) adrenaline wears off.
Great top and finish. The flame on this top is that 3D some of flames that moves with you as your line of sight or angle viewing the guitar changes. It has perfect subtle vertical grain as well, that helps give it that vintage vibe.
I am not really a fan of Cherry backs, I really love this "Iced Tea" sort of look with the brown back, this finish with the brown back and the cream binding really gets me.
This one is extra special to me, as it is really sort of 7 years in the making. I was first floored by the DC 245 Ted McCarty run in 2009, bought one from Eric at Willcutt's at the PRS Experience in 2009, and that started by now 7 year love affair with the Short Scale PRS Doublecut, that never really existed outside of special runs and Private Stocks, until now. (IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!) So this is full circle with Eric on this epic journey, I co-conspired with him on finishes and specs of the three runs he did, and bought twenty-something of them from him.
I remember also playing my first DC Ted from the 2009 PRS run in BostonGuitar's basement. We agreed it was awesome with the Short Scale and the binding (and the Old Birds - that was the first Old Birds model since the Outline Birds debacle), but that one wasn't 100% there yet re "Vintage" short scale tone. Later examples got better, in that PRS run, in later dealer runs, and even more so with Private Stocks I built. But with the 594, we have arrived at the destination! Mere mortal Core and WL examples of this model are all great, of the 3 I have played and owned so far, and my dealer friends have said the same.
The other thing really cool about this one is that this run was spec'ed while I was at PRS on March 1st with Eric, spec'ing my 594 Private Stock, and playing Paul's Charcoal Burst prototype. I received my GOM 594 a couple of days later, and so the next chapter of my PRS Short Scale Doublecut adventure began...