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Outstanding!
Awesome, looks like a twin to mine.
Wow, that is really beautiful!! Thanks for sharing the pics.
Reminds me of my original Feb 2016 GOM DC 594 (long gone now), and my recent acquisition of the "Rumbleseat Prototype", same finish, "Vintage McCarty Burst", I believe it is called. But yours has a better top than both of mine!
Ask The Google, and The Google shall provide...
https://www.google.com/search?q=prs...wc_UAhWFPCYKHdqYA-oQ_AUICygC&biw=1045&bih=409
Hey, thanks Pete!
I have to say, that your original 594 DC GOM, had my favourite top/flame, of any 594 I've seen (which is a lot!). Whilst they are all unique, I thought that one was just a bit different than the norm for a PS top. I do like wide flame, hence pouncing on this SC.
Of course, how it sounds is the most important thing!
Every time I've played an SC 594, against a DC, I've just felt that the SC wins on tone - just has slightly wider frequency spectrum. Probably only a 5% difference, but noticeable side by side.
No want to see WHALE BLUE, not WHALE BLUE FADED....but thx!
With regards to your highlight above - I couldn't agree more, and that is a great way to articulate it. The DC 594 is an awesome model, so incredible to get those classic tones in that svelte package of a Doublecut. But the SC 594 tone, very consistently across the many I have sampled - WOW, killer, my favorite guitar model ever. Agree it is only like 5%, but there is something just so magical about it, the tone plus the feel.
I went from the biggest DC 594 fan on the planet to a raging SC 594 FANATIC in a matter of about six to nine months, since that darn SC 594 Prototype showed up in October 2016! Hard to believe I have no DC's and all SC's these days!
I've loved my DC Artist 594, but my heart was always set on an SC 594 since they came out. So the DC is now up for sale, with my PS on the way. My other electric is an Eric Johnson Strat, so to really get the most separation in this guitar from that (tone and looks) it really makes a difference to me. On top of that, have always dreamed of a Private Stock and this guitar I've bought checks every box for the SC594 I was searching for, including vintage McCarty Burst which I couldn't get otherwise in a non-PS. And we wait....
Agree it is only like 5%, but there is something just so magical about it, the tone plus the feel.
Yea, I went through this recently trying to decide between DC and SC - and finally found a shop where I could a/b them. And while you may say it's only 5-10% difference - maybe if you're just listening to what's coming out of the amp - there's a big difference in feel, just inherent with the neck meeting more of the body. It just adds a heftness that is pretty noticeable, even through YouTube comparison videos imho.
Well, I woke up this morning to an email that says they're preparing for shipment, so the whole 8 week thing above apparently was worst case, and maybe because of the factors I mention above in my "rant", someone somewhere told them "nah, you're good". And we wait.....
Yes, sorry, didn't notice the Brazzie comment earlier. This is Maddy Rosewood, as you suggest.
They say it could take up to 8 weeks to process the paperwork (read:acquire permits on both sides of the transaction), but hopefully they're just trying to keep me from emailing every 3 days asking where it is. Surely it will take less time, but, hey, lots less time than ordering a Private Stock from PRS!
So, while I'm on CITES, how stupid is the whole thing. Here PRS has properly acquired the Rosewood, manufactured a finished guitar with it, and certified same with CITES permit when they shipped it to Europe. With me so far? So why in the heck can't that permit stay with the finished guitar in the dealer's possession, then transfer to me as the consumer? Why the completely new re-exporting and re-importing paperwork, re-permitting exercise? Isn't it the same finished guitar, with the same permit already approved and lineage? How is there any possible violation of CITES Appendix II regulations if nothing has been done to the finished guitar and it's basically "travelling around" in its finished state? So stupid.
Apparently sales and order processing were communicating different things. (This is coming from Thomann in Germany, maybe it's the translation.) Anyway, while I've since discovered I need not apply for an "import" permit, they still need to apply for the re-export permit and they're saying that's 6-8 weeks in their experience. And so we wait...
By the way, my guitar's brother (sister?) is for sale there: https://www.thomannmusic.com/prs_mccarty_594_private_stock6521.htm
Well, you've snagged one at a reasonable starting price, at least (assuming yours cost the same?)
Indeed! #winning
Since it'll be weeks, here's one more shot of mine, body shot this time...