Who has/ had a PRS DGT?

[cheesey]

never been a PRS guy but this guitar has my attention.
likes , dislikes ?

[rhollyday]

I do, a custom version from Wildwood guitars. I love it and do not like most PRS guitars with the exception of the McArthy models which the DGT is based upon.

[Wedge]

Have a 2011 ten top and love it, traded a Modern Eagle Quatro for it and happy I did so. Negotiating to get my second also.

Love the neck profile, the pickups and electronics are wonderfully clear and open, big frets, plays wonderfully and stays in tune with the bar. teh eleven gauge strings seem a gauge smaller somehow as it plays so well.

Cant say enough good about it. Check the youtube vid's, it can do country clean to metal, seriously well.

[Lemonhand]

I had one for a couple of years but eventually traded it. My likes were the larger frets and .011 strings, which gave it a very big sound, and the bridge pickup was probably the best sounding bridge pickup I've played. Build quality, finish were PRS's usual quality. My dislikes eventually outweighed those factors though - the neck was a bit skinnier than I liked and I had a lot of trouble with putting the high E string off the fretboard. Mine was rather heavy as well, close to 9 pounds. I really disliked the pickup selector placement and counter-intuitive 3 knob setup, and I found the push/pull pot for the coil split a total nuisance. I also felt the coil split sounds were rather useless, but I'm not a fan of those sounds. If I want a single coil sound I'll play a single coil guitar. I can easily see why many people here love their DGTs as they are great guitars, I just found enough to dislike with mine to part ways with it.

[jimpridx]

I have two DGTs, one of which is a Standard (all-mahogany body). I initially tried PRS guitars in the late 80s, but they never worked for me. The DGT is the one that got me back into them. The first attraction I had to the DGT was the 2-volume, 1-tone system in a double-cut PRS. If you like using the middle pickup position while being able to adjust each pickup for blending in that position, the DGT works very well. As noted above, the neck is narrower than a PRS "wide" version, but it's a little fatter or has a little more depth than a wide/thin. The frets are the most jumbo out there, but I like this. The later DGTs also incorporate a pair of resistors that are grounded to the push/pull pot that supposedly taps a little of the slug coil side of the pickups when split (I'm sure someone with more knowledge could elaborate more on this). As a result, they're better balanced volume-wise with the humbuckers, and while they'll never sound like a Strat or a Tele, I do find the splitting capability useful on occasion. My maple capped DGT is a fairly bright-sounding guitar, so if you're looking for a little more warmth with a darker flavor, the Standard is definitely worth considering. Neither of my DGTs have much bling (no birds or 10-tops), but they're great workingman's guitars with lots of versatility.

[Ken]

Originally Posted by jimpridx

IThe later DGTs also incorporate a pair of resistors that are grounded to the push/pull pot that supposedly taps a little of the slug coil side of the pickups when split (I'm sure someone with more knowledge could elaborate more on this). As a result, they're better balanced volume-wise with the humbuckers.

I have an 08 DGT and would like some feedback if anyone could tell me the value resistors and where to solder them in.

Also to the OP...Love my DGT...There have been plenty around the stores in my area to try out. Maybe you could find one in your area.

[jimpridx]

Originally Posted by Ken

I have an 08 DGT and would like some feedback if anyone could tell me the value resistors and where to solder them in.

Just go to the DGT schematics and click "PDF" for 2012:
http://prsguitars.com/csc/schematics.html

[Ken]

Originally Posted by jimpridx

Just go to the DGT schematics and click "PDF" for 2012:
http://prsguitars.com/csc/schematics.html

Thanks

[TRS1]

Great neck shape
Very open articulate pickups. Some of the best ive heard
Impeccable build quality

[jetydosa]

Do a search dgt*, plenty of talk about that guitar here.


Ive had 6 (!) different ones. They are truly great guitars, the best thats come out in many many years IMHO. Crazy versatile, and has its own vintage-PAF style thing going at the same time. The split tones are fantastic as well.

My real beef with the guitar is the neck shape is just too thin.

[AD]

I've owned a few also...picked this one up from a fellow forum member. They are very consistent and only one that i owned was pretty average. Great versatile guitar.

[DGTCrazy]

My current rig of choice:




I was never really a PRS fan until I played a DGT........then BOOM!

[paintguy]

Fantastic guitar and value. 9lbs of tone.

[SKYHIGH]

7.7 lbs of tone!

[wes37]

I have one. I had heard that the neck is more like a Fender neck than normal PRS necks, and I agree. The only downside so far is that the neck gets sticky...downside to nitro, I suppose.