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"The Review" Feel free to drop out as soon as you're bored! The Buying Experience: Part of the process that should not be overlooked. Purchased from Wildwood, dealt with Troy. Price was better than average. Guitar was as described, essentially unplayed. This one was a 2011 model so there was some flex in the price. Troy included a DG cd in the case and offered a setup with 10's, standard on the DGT are 11's. Guitar came with 11's on it, was setup perfectly so don't know if a new setup was done. Mentioned this to Troy who immediately offered to pay for a setup with 10's, plus 1 for Troy! I did not request he cover a setup. Guitar was well packed and arrived as scheduled. The Guitar: Well crafted from high quality woods. Beautiful fit and finish. there are a couple small details that Hamer folks take for granted that aren't there. The control cavity is neat with excellent wiring but not quite Hamer. The finish is more 3d than I expected with nice movement of the figure. The neck profile is very comfortable, similar to a vintage carve. The width at the nut is a skootch narrower than what I am used to by 1/32nd. this was more noticeable to me visually than functionally, It is causing me no problems whatsoever. The fret work is impeccable. The controls are smooth and work the way they should. As Austin said the VVT arrangement is familiar. This is the only guitar I currently own with a trem and it is the best trem I have encountered. It returns to tune perfectly, and when bending one string and holding another, stays in tune, unlike most Strats, if the claw is not tightened. Don't love the push/pull pot to split the pups, find it less than ideal to use. Should be able to put one of Murkat's push/push pots here to good use. I really like the tones from this guitar. I generally don't look for a guitar that sounds like X. I either like the way it sounds or not. This guitar sounds great in both the full humbucker and split modes. Not dead quiet in the single coil mode but the volume difference is not significant making this very easy to use either way. I am liking the neck pickup even more than the bridge, but don't think I would change anything. Sounds great both clean and overdriven. This guitar hangs from a strap perfectly, balance and comfort is unsurpassed. This is the first PRS model that I have picked up that I didn't put right back down after a brief trial. I like the neck profile which is unique to this model and the pickups, which are not sterile sounding to me. I have only two small nits to pick. First the push/ pull tone pot. While the tone control works very well, the push/pull thing is a bit awkward. Second the strap buttons are very large in circumference but not very tall. It is hard to get a strap around them. they will probably be the first thing I change and the push/ pull next, assuming I can wire it . Great guitar folks, if you get a chance give one a spin! Gotta say I never thought I'd own a PRS. ArnieZ

Blackberry Brandy - Shit I puked and puked on that stuff one morning. Never again.

Had never found a PRS I could bond with, either the guitar tone did not capture my imagination or I didn't care for the neck. Enter the DGT: neck profile similar to the Hamer vintage carve, big frets, good sounding pickups that split with good results. Found one that appealed to me aesthetically and now it's mine! Review in greater detail to follow, pics now. I think this will be a keeper! I spoke to my Rabbi and he said if Mitch deserved a new guitar so did I

You got a convertible or a dump truck or a place to haul my giant head?

would like to but Venison season starts that day so probably not. It's one of the few things my son and I do together so I won't miss out on it.

Bunch of cool differences.. First off, it has a Hamer-approved VVT layout. Second, it has a thicker body, like a McCarty (the DGT is basically a McCarty trem customized to David Grissoms specs). Third, it has jumbo frets (which I looooove on my Suhr and Studio Custom). And 4th, and probably least important for me personally, it has different, more-vintagey pickups. Also, the way PRS does the splitting on the DGT (and possibly everything nowadays?), it doesn't completely shut off one coil. This leads to a thinner tone, but more powerful than a full split (I've experimented with this myself (it pretty easy to do as long as you have some resistors laying around) and with the pickups I had, I preferred a full spilt, it "felt" better). Ever since it came out, I've always thought of it as the Hamer-lovers PRS. And since they switched the finishes (I'm a nitro-hater), they've been on my "must buy" list. Just haven't found the right one yet. - Austin