Tucson Thump
Mint Heavy Relic
Has your wife checked the "husband protection" filter?Weird, I can’t see the pictures (on my iPad)
Has your wife checked the "husband protection" filter?Weird, I can’t see the pictures (on my iPad)
HaHa! Speaking of shoes, how does it feel to have one on the other foot? Go get him, MA Pete!Thanks for this. My itchy index finger is trying hard to hold out until after 594 Fest. Not sure I’ll be able to!
...goes off thinking where to hide new guitar purchases from wife.
Man, that charcoal is more or less my dream 594! Knowing me, I’d likely swap out the bridge pickup for a 5708 or 5909 and ruin the whole TCI deal, but that guitar is the straight dope to me. Feel free to donate it to me if you decide to get rid of it!Okay, so back in 2016 I started the Unofficial McCarty 594 and Singlecut 594 threads, and they did great over time. It was a great place for all things 594 as things progressed an many folks out there acquired their own, after the Feb 2016 GOM Private Stock run of 26 DC 594s, and later the Oct 2016 arrival of my SC 594 Prototype, the November launch of the SC 594, and the SCs starting to show up in dealers in early 2017. That's where it all started, what an adventure that his been! Look at it now, the 594 has been one of PRS's most successful models EVER, and 2020 is taking that to a new level with a cool S2 lineup, and significant changes/improvements to the Core 594s! So I thought it would be great to start a thread here to capture the story of the 2020 594 adventures with everyone.
I will start!
Earlier this month, I got a call from CME saying that this 2020 Prototype SC 594 was off the charts awesome. I drove down *THAT DAY*, played it, and was blown away - bought it on the spot.
It is the very best playing and sounding non-Private Stock PRS I have played or owned. It is pretty close to being as good as my Holy Grail guitar, the 2016 Private Stock SC 594 Prototype. How could this be?
A reminder on changes for the 2020s:
So then I scooped up another one, I had to know if other ones out there were as consistently good.
- Nitro Finish
- New Vintage Tuners
- New TCI'ed Pickups (and a new Spec for the SCs - 5815 LT+'s - a hair brighter and a bit more output, optimized for the SCs)
- Some tweaks to the bridge (per the Howard Leese/Tim Pierce Video)
To my surprise, this one was just about as great!! PRS is really onto something with these improvements to the 2020 McCarty 594s. (By the way, the 2020 "regular" 25" scale McCarty sounded just as amazing as the 594s in the Howard Leese / Tim Pierce video. I bet those are just as consistently good. The 594 scale and 2 Vol 2 Tone setup is just more my thing.)
So the next thing I really need to know is - are the 2020 DC 594s just as amazing as the SC 594s??
As you guys out there get your own 2020 594s, please post about them here! (After the obligatory NGD thread, of course!) Also for those considering one, let's discuss and share thoughts here...
Oh, I’ve been down this road before. Pete is my kryptonite!HaHa! Speaking of shoes, how does it feel to have one on the other foot? Go get him, MA Pete!
You’re effing killing me here. The SC has my heart though.Yup, the 2020 DC's are great too, if this one is a good representation of them!
I have thought of doing a Private Stock DC 594 with the Stoptail Bridge
Dibs on intellectual property, I like it!dibs
dibs
Man, that charcoal is more or less my dream 594! Knowing me, I’d likely swap out the bridge pickup for a 5708 or 5909 and ruin the whole TCI deal, but that guitar is the straight dope to me. Feel free to donate it to me if you decide to get rid of it!
You’re effing killing me here. The SC has my heart though.
Nice!!
Glad to be of a bad influence!
Been there, done that! Just waiting for the guitar to get completed.....in my case the toggle switch remains on the horn though (I’ll explain why when the guitar is done)How about this configuration - DC 594 with the DGT Electronics Layout, and the PRS Stoptail. Maybe throw in a mini-toggle for the coil tap instead of a push pull. That would be cool!
Been there, done that! Just waiting for the guitar to get completed.....in my case the toggle switch remains on the horn though (I’ll explain why when the guitar is done)
594...nitro...LT 58/15...yes, yes, and yes...
It's banged up a bit from table tennis with Tosca during studio breaks.
Interesting! I can't wait to see/hear more about it!
Wow. That is just AWESOME!! SC 594 Envy!
Turns out I couldn’t. Itchy trigger finger won.Thanks for this. My itchy index finger is trying hard to hold out until after 594 Fest. Not sure I’ll be able to!
Turns out I couldn’t. Itchy trigger finger won.
I am firmly in the DO IT camp.Okl I gotta ask the learned minds here, I'm 73 yo and I havent gigged in some time. So now I play mostly for myself. I have my 98 McCarty and my Texas special strat that Ive had for years. I have a custom shop Fender ProSonic and a Dr Z Maz38.
So I have some decent stuff. BUT I have my eye on a 594 SC with tci+
Etc.
So should I buy it????. I'm not going to live forever but I'm in decent health and I frequent the gym regularly.
Opinions welcomed!