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Gitfiddler
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Why would i spend more $ for one instead of a custom, single cut, or ce-24? I've heard nothing but good things about them. Thoughts?
squank
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Best pickups anywhere. Great neck carve (unique to the DGT).
thiswaythatway
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They are like a tweaked McCarty. Take a McCarty neck and make it a little more narrow and maybe overall a little smaller, put bigger frets on it 
, it's own pickups which are better than the dark McCarty pickups. It can also do split sounds decent enough. It won't replace a strat 2,4 position sounds but it splits the buckers better than a lot of guitars. Of course it tunes with ease and stays in tune great.
When I did a lot of comparing between a McCarty and a Custom 24 I thought the McCarty sounded fatter and I don't like 24 fret guitars in general especially since the neck bucker doesn't sound right to me. So since a DGT is basically a tweaked McCarty it's more tonewise where I want it to be.
Does it sound like a Les Paul? Not exactly but it's not too far off. The DGT neck pickup for distorted leads is like liquid crack. It has a very thick woolly sound, think Gary Moore Still Got The Blues. The bridge pickup sounds good but it may not be as tight as a good LP and it might lack a little of that LP bark. But again, it still sounds great.
Compared to a strat, not exactly either. But since it covers thick humbucker tones and it does split tones well it's an extremely versatile guitar. If you could take 1 guitar to a gig this would be a good one.
And the neck again, for me is really nice. If you like bigger Gibson 50's neck you may not like it. There's tons of threads on TGP.
Here's mine.
Here's Greg Koch at WildWest doing a demo. He's a great player.
, it's own pickups which are better than the dark McCarty pickups. It can also do split sounds decent enough. It won't replace a strat 2,4 position sounds but it splits the buckers better than a lot of guitars. Of course it tunes with ease and stays in tune great.When I did a lot of comparing between a McCarty and a Custom 24 I thought the McCarty sounded fatter and I don't like 24 fret guitars in general especially since the neck bucker doesn't sound right to me. So since a DGT is basically a tweaked McCarty it's more tonewise where I want it to be.
Does it sound like a Les Paul? Not exactly but it's not too far off. The DGT neck pickup for distorted leads is like liquid crack. It has a very thick woolly sound, think Gary Moore Still Got The Blues. The bridge pickup sounds good but it may not be as tight as a good LP and it might lack a little of that LP bark. But again, it still sounds great.
Compared to a strat, not exactly either. But since it covers thick humbucker tones and it does split tones well it's an extremely versatile guitar. If you could take 1 guitar to a gig this would be a good one.
And the neck again, for me is really nice. If you like bigger Gibson 50's neck you may not like it. There's tons of threads on TGP.
Here's mine.
Here's Greg Koch at WildWest doing a demo. He's a great player.
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Gitfiddler
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Thanks! There's a used solid black one locally for $1999 with birds and wildwood has them for right aound there with moons. My concern is that someone may have swapped pickups on the one with birds. Need to check them out. While prs is on the mind, any thoughts on the archon??
thiswaythatway
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Gitfiddler":1vhzy55t said:
2k is too much IMHO. I bought mine for $1500 new but that was when GC was blowing out PRS. But even with birds I've seen some nice one's with flamed tops go for around $1700. A solid white one also sold for $1500 on Reverb. For a solid black one I wouldn't pay much more than $1500.
squank
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I agree with Danyeo - right now used prices are terribly low, and you should be able to pick up a black with birds for several hundred bucks less.Gitfiddler":qxiu4wwb said:
Make sure it's got the DGT pickups - they are really amazing. I love the split neck pickup so much I sold my Nocaster. Really amazing split tones on these pickups. I also dig the high gain tones you get with the full on bridge pickup. I had them in several Singlecuts and they were great.
The Archon is a great high gain amp. It's got some amazing high gain tones, and the cleans aren't bad either. Nothing in its price range touches it. You have to spend $500 more to get to one of my favorite high gainers of all time, the Engl PB II (or $600 more for the Bogner Shiva 20th), but in the Archon's price, it's the best amp around, imho.
suhrimmetal
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My favorite PRS release IMO... Love the pickups... love the neck profile.. Just a solid guitar and well thought out. Wish I could afford to have one again.. I would in a heartbeat. There are always some out there for sale... and can be found as stated above in the $1500 range or so.
glassjaw7
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Whenever I try out PRS the DGTs are the ones I can't quit playing.
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Gitfiddler
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Thanks for the replies. Will try to play one this weekend and then look for better pricing. Need to find an archon as well.
