What is good about the PRS DGT?

ellwood

Intrigued by these. Would be interested to try one against my Modern Eagle and then the McCarty.

PVO_Dave

Love my DGT.

Had a Studio, SC245 and a stripped 58, as great as they all were the DGT ended up being the only keeper, such a great sounding versatile guitar, once I’d set it up to my tastes (10’s and a lower action) it hasn’t needed any more tweaking or setting up, had it for around 3 years now. 

SimpleSimon

BluesyDave said:

richardhomer said:

I’m so taken with it, that I’ve decided my ‘real’ ‘64 335 is no longer needed. It’s ‘that’ good....

You know, you're not helping mate!

I keep getting the same itch.  But fortunately I'm only drawn to the Gold Top version, and thankfully there don't seem to be as many of them.

Peach have a dot neck one in used....

BluesyDave

Noooooooooo.....!!  I don't need to be spending on another gui....Wait a minute.

richardhomer

BluesyDave said:

Noooooooooo.....!!  I don't need to be spending on another gui....Wait a minute.

Just use it as an opportunity to cull some others

SimpleSimon

richardhomer said:

BluesyDave said:

Noooooooooo.....!!  I don't need to be spending on another gui....Wait a minute.

Just use it as an opportunity to cull some others

I did the same when mine landed, its taken me some time to convince myself i needed anything else. The truth is i dont really

crunchman

I ended up selling the one in my avatar.  The best all rounder I've ever come across, but the coil tap sounds didn't quite have that little something that a really good Strat or Tele has, and the humbucker sounds didn't quite have the beef of a good Les Paul.  If I could only have one electric then it would probably still be a DGT.

The DGT is a great guitar.

monquixote

I have 2 US Fenders and a Gretsch and I pretty much just play the DGT. I occasionally think about acquiring something else, but it would be a waste of time.

mburekenge

It looks like a good versatile working musicians tool but I've never been impressed with the tone of it when I've heard it played on 'that pedal show ' etc


Can anyone point me in the direction of a cracking demo?

edit - just seen the link from @Kebabkid and will check it out.

richardhomer

mburekenge said:

It looks like a good versatile working musicians tool but I've never been impressed with the tone of it when I've heard it played on 'that pedal show ' etc


Can anyone point me in the direction of a cracking demo?

edit - just seen the link from @Kebabkid and will check it out.

I’ll try to find time to do a demo and post the Soundcloud link. The sound is the biggest surprise to me - the best PRS I’ve played in that respect.

I don’t think there are many guitars I’d buy based on how they sound on TPS. Both Dan & Mick’s idea of ‘great’ tone is a mile off mine - which isn’t a criticism as such - it’s all a matter of taste.

mburekenge

@richardhomer Thanks, I'd appreciate it.

photek

@mburekenge This is the vid that forced me to purchase mine (two of them in fact).

TimmyO

They are awful and over-hyped.

You should all dump yours on the used market, lowering the prices so I can get a second one ;-) 

guitars4you

ellwood said:

Intrigued by these. Would be interested to try one against my Modern Eagle and then the McCarty.

built on a similar chassis to the ME and Mc with the addition of the trem, so different in a different way, so that doesn't mean better - I play an ME a lot and still love the DGT, even though I don't own one, but could easily go for one - Pick-ups are exclusive to the DGT and Dave has always made a big point of these when the early prototypes were produced - neck shape is marginally different to the ME + Mc

A great all round guitar that can do  a lot

guitars4you

@richardhomer - congrats - they are a nice guitar - far less 'clinical' in tone to a Custom 22 - Can easily handle the LP/335 flavoured tones without having to replicate them in a DNA format 

Bucket

I've never played one, and I don't normally like PRS guitars at all, but the goldtop ones are very pretty...

Kebabkid

They're great guitars. I've tried a few this last year and they were in the running for me. I even had a go of monquixote's one when I picked up a pedal They're versatile and all the ones I played felt great and were all consistently good players and sounded great .

Despite the DGT having a lot of useable sounds, and even me mentioning Rob Harris from Jamiroquai picking this model guitar to cover stuff from his Strats and Tele, the pull of quackier/spankier Strat sounds with a humbucker pulled me in a different direction. However, as Rob Harris also says in another interview, as nice as Strat sounds are, these variants seem to sit a lot better in a mix and cut through.

@Bucket - as has been mentioned, there's a nice, used, gold top one in Peach Guitars

BGG

Just sold one of mine, awesome guitars but not gigging these days so kept one, sold one.

richardhomer

Given the recent Silver Sky threads, it’s good to see how many DGT owners we have on here - perhaps someone will buy a Silver Sky and have the bottle to do an NGD about it?

PVO_Dave

richardhomer said:

Given the recent Silver Sky threads, it’s good to see how many DGT owners we have on here - perhaps someone will buy a Silver Sky and have the bottle to do an NGD about it?

Wish I had the spare cash for one. 

Given your affection for and knowledge of Strats, I’d like to read your opinion on one, if you could get to play one locally?