PRS DGT vs PRS Tremonti

knox318

Has anyone owned both? Can share their opinions on them?

I used to own a DGT and loved it - great tone, loved the playability and the tremolo

However, I grew up playing Les Pauls and I am very accustomed to having two tone controls and the pickup selector above the pickups 

I mainly play classic/hard /southern rock - Guns n' Roses, AC DC etc. and wouldn't venture into metal territory very often

I am sure the DGT and Tremonti are very different beasts, and at this point, I am thinking the Tremonti pickups will be too hot for the styles I play? Any thoughts on this? (maybe mistaken?)

If I changed the pickups on a Tremonti to DGT pickups or PAF pickups do you think you'd be in DGT single cut territory?? 

The problem I have is that I can't try a Tremonti in a music shop in  Northern Ireland, so would either have to buy used unseen or wait until I am over in the UK mainland again

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

ennspek

I think it really depends on whether you want a trem or not.

knox318

Sorry, I probably should have said I was interested in the Tremonti with the trem 

Blueingreen

ennspek said:

I think it really depends on whether you want a trem or not.

They both have trems?

Interested in this.  I love my DGT and have always tended to discount the Tremonti because it doesn't have the big frets and I don't generally like hot pickups.  But I do wonder if that's accurate.

guitars4you

as an overview, the more gain you use the more the Tremonti comes into play - The neck pick-up on the Tremonti is more than useful in a clean or less overdriven amp setting - But bone crunching riffs and screamin lead then the Tremonti should win
DGT is more classic rock blues and more of a LP flavour - it can rock, but more melodic and softer than the Tremonti

Coil tap option on the DGT - non on the Tremonti - so some useful single coil tones on the DGT

Wide/thin profile on the Tremonti - more of a  standard profile on the DGT - tad slimmer nut width and a tad more depth

1 of each might be a good compromise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ennspek

Blueingreen said:

ennspek said:

I think it really depends on whether you want a trem or not.

They both have trems?

Interested in this.  I love my DGT and have always tended to discount the Tremonti because it doesn't have the big frets and I don't generally like hot pickups.  But I do wonder if that's accurate.

Yeah my bad. I always think of the handrail Tremonti. Not sure why.

Deijavoo

Get a Tremonti with Suhr Doug Aldrich pickups.  Works for me.  

Adamski

I've had both, still got the Tremonti. 

They are are pretty different. As said, the DGT has more depth to the neck but a skinner width and the Tremonti is the opposite. The DGT is great in and around the blues rock territory and the Tremonti is a rock/metal screamer. It starts sounding great the more gain you give it. 

Id say neither are the guitar you want in the PRS range - you need a 594 singlecut or on the used market a stripped 58 or singlecut. It seems silly to buy a Tremonti for the 'Les Paul' style considering it has a slim neck, a tremolo and hot pickups!