Did anyone else see the odd post from Robben the other day admitting he's made many mods to his new signature PRS and initially felt bad doing this for the people that had bought one . It was worded like a reluctant confession but then was deleted shortly after, I screen shot it thankfully. I also saw a month after its launch he posted a pic of it with new pickups which was hastily deleted too. Much ado about nothing I know and he's not the first to alter his signature model....Clapton, Gatton, Beck etc etc own Fenders were nothing like their signature production models. Anyway here are the details in a jpeg RF posted...
https://imgur.com/a/sgAbrFe
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When PRS picked up on it, they started the very long process of going back n' forth with him for, what was it, 15 yrs? Well, it does appear they got the DGT right and launched a very successful and still going model in it which also gave birth to what appears to be successful SE version.
David Grissom's own DGTs all had teflon nuts fitted and fretwork by his guy Ed Reynolds in Austin. He told me that the regular PRS nut wouldn't last more than a few months with his playing. I also was under the impression that there was a change to the signature pickups from the original 2008(?) iterations. I asked him about his earlier guitars and what pickups he favoured then, he said he NEVER used Stock PRS pickups....ever.
BTW...Don't forget the McCarty Goldtop Trem that was his No.1 prior to the DGT was actually a guitar made for Robben Ford that he rejected.
Odd choice of board radius by Robben....7.5.
https://youtu.be/vklGEcGfJXw?si=3VaVowSergU32Mb-