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[SOLD] 2012 PRS DGT Standard - only Vintage White one in the UK
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Frets: 54
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2012 Paul Reed Smith DGT (David Grissom Tremolo) Standard. This is a pretty rare PRS model, and although it wasn’t technically a limited edition, it was only made in 2012 making them quite hard to come by. As I type this, I can find only one other listed for sale in the UK, and it has had a neck repair.
This is an incredible guitar. The best feature is undoubtedly the pickups - David Grissom and Paul Reed Smith spent a year and 40 prototypes refining them into probably the best humbucker pickups I’ve ever heard. The sweet spot for me is rolled back to 7, and they are very responsive to volume tweaks and pick attack. PRS has a fantastic partial-coil-split system that maintains body with single coil sounds, giving good approximations of Strat tones in the neck pickup and Tele tones in bridge and middle positions.
This is an incredible guitar. The best feature is undoubtedly the pickups - David Grissom and Paul Reed Smith spent a year and 40 prototypes refining them into probably the best humbucker pickups I’ve ever heard. The sweet spot for me is rolled back to 7, and they are very responsive to volume tweaks and pick attack. PRS has a fantastic partial-coil-split system that maintains body with single coil sounds, giving good approximations of Strat tones in the neck pickup and Tele tones in bridge and middle positions.
The only mods I have had done to this guitar (professionally, by @FelineGuitars) are the Dunlop Straplock buttons and swapping the push-pull coil split pot on the tone knob to a push-push pot. This means you just have to tap on the knob to toggle between split and humbucking modes, which helps in the heat of gig battle when the knobs can be a bit slippery. The original pot is still in the hardcase, and I am happy to have the mod reversed for a committed buyer.
Woodwise, the body and neck are both mahogany, and the rosewood fingerboard houses moon inlays and the jumbo frets favoured by David Grissom (they are a crucial part of what makes this guitar so incredible to play). The finish PRS used on their 2012 models was their V12 formula, and this is the only DGT Standard in Vintage White finish in the UK.
The Phase III locking tuners and PRS trem bridge keep truly excellent tuning stability - after the strings settled, I literally didn’t need to tune the guitar for over two weeks, through six gigs and two rehearsals. I have had Dunlop Dual Design straplocks put on, but the original ones are in the case and I can have them put back on if preferred.
Condition is very good, with a few signs of use as pictured. There are two paint chips on the front edge of the lower bout, one small and one absolutely tiny, and there is also a small paint break dent in the same area. There is also a mark in the paint near the back edge, and some shallow swirl scratches on the back on and around the trem cavity and control cavity covers. There is also some use wear on the brushed nickel pickup covers. None of these are apparent from the front or from player position when the guitar is in use. From an audience and player point of view, the guitar appears pretty much as new.
This is a serious purchase, and I am happy for a serious buyer to try the guitar out in person. If you are nearby, I am happy to bring it over for you to try through your own setup, or I have an excellent pair of Waza Air headphones that would allow this pretty much anywhere.
[SOLD] £2,200 [SOLD] cash collected from SE or South London. This includes the original PRS hardcase, all hang tags, QC tag and case candy.
Trades considered (with cash adjustment) for a PRS Hollowbody. Feel free to try me with other potential trades, but I am fussy.
If it doesn’t sell, I will not be disappointed to keep it!
All photos can be seen in full resolution here - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iy5per2we8wbez9/AAC6dIdGS0ORWFbMAUbDRQuja?dl=0
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The perfect guitar for the inside sleeve photo shot for that 'notoriously difficult' third album...
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Interestingly, I prefer it in single coil mode…and it nails the Clapton ‘from the cradle’ tone….I don’t think the buyer would be disappointed with a DGT Standard (even without the maple top)
Thanks for all the questions and comments. Yes, I was the person who bought the absolute bargain on eBay earlier this year: it popped up on my notifications, and when I saw the buy-it-now price, I think I had checked out and bought it within 2 minutes.
It genuinely is one of the most amazing guitars I’d played, and when I brought it out that weekend to play with my main function band of the last 10 years, the bass player said “You’ve brought a lot of guitars to this gig, and that one is by far my favourite.”
The only issue I had was the weight: at dead-on 9lbs, it was just a bit too heavy for my aging back for the 3 set gigs I do almost every weekend. Conundrum, as I loved the way it played, felt and sounded.
So I hunted for quite a while for other DGTs, and eventually tracked down a couple attractive options here on this forum. I finally bought one on here a week ago, and after a gig I confirmed that it does everything this one does… plus is lighter. I realised that while I wouldn’t mind having a pair of them, I would always pick that one for that reason - so I decided I should put this one up for sale at what I thought was the going market price and see what happened.
It turns out I probably underpriced it if anything, as I got three messages on here and ten on Facebook Marketplace before the morning was out. I got offered several really interesting straight trades including a Jeff Beck Custom Shop Strat, a custom Suhr, and a National Tricone! I was away gigging, so I told one guy who didn’t live far away from me who wanted to see it that he would be welcome to the next day at 7pm after church. On my way home from the gig, someone messaged me and said he’d been looking for one of these for a couple years and would drive over the next morning with cash. I said I had someone who’d said they wanted to see it the next afternoon, and this guy said he was so sure he wanted mine that he made a higher offer to secure it and agreed to drive a couple of hours the next day to collect.
Anyway, long story short is that he’s blown away with his new guitar… and I’m already talking with someone else here about spending the money on one of my dream guitars that they are selling… hahaha! Such is the way of GAS.
Thanks for all the interest. @tone1, I’m glad you decided to keep yours, it’s a beauty and if you were closer to me I would probably have made you a cheeky offer.
This guitar is SOLD.