John Bohlinger and his Paul Reed Smith PRS DGT

[Mr76lespaul]

Hi John,

Would like to know your opinion on solid state  vs tube rectifiers. I know Valvetrain makes amps with both....great column in P.G.

[lynoj777]

john,

is that a dgt cherry burst or a smoke burst.

thanks!...

[johnbohlinger]

@lynoj777  DGT CHERRY burst. Really a beautiful guitar.

[rockabilly12]

love your column in premier guitar

[johnbohlinger]

@rockabilly12

Thanks for reading the column.

[itsmikal]

Great article in Premier Guitar April 09. Thanks for the perspective and Daly quote.

[mattlittler89]

I think I might have to pick up a set of those pickups for my CE22

[giantrobot9000]

Hey John, I have a McCarty and am wondering what the DGT does better/differently. I'm a Strat guy at heart, but want to have those full humbucker tones, too. I'm wondering if I need to upgrade!

[musicdriven888]

@giantrobot9000 

[musicdriven888]

The DGT has a coil tap in it which is how he got the strat sound. If you want the best of both worlds then check out the PRS 513. Endless pickup possibilities. The 305 is also an amazing guitar outfitted with single coils.

[mazsenior]

@musicdriven888 Yeah, but you don't get any LP grind with a 513 or 305. That's why the DGT is such a hot selling PRSi. Quite a following on Birds & Moons.

[musicdriven888]

You are definitely more of a player then I am (your videos are sick!) but for what is worth, I don't think PRS is trying to offer "LP grind" with any of it's guitars, the same way it's not trying to be a strat with it's addition of single coils. That's why I like PRS - because it has it's own sound. I think many companies are trying to recreate

LPs Strats and teles. If you you want "LP grind get an LP". That's where I'm at. Definitely not trying to ague with you here. Just giving my opinion.

[mazsenior]

@musicdriven888 No, you're right. They want it to sound better. I own a 40 year old LP, and the DGT does it better..LOL David Grissom worked hard to voice the PRS pups to sound like the ones on his 335. That's the reason I bought one. It does LP tone better. Hope that makes more sense, as to why I used the LP example. Rock on!

[watcher33]

Nice playing and tones. How do you find the pickups compared to the originals?

[mazsenior]

Great demo. It helped me pull the trigger on buying one, and I couldn't be happier!

[musicdriven888]

@mazsenior 

[dparel]

Why did you change the stock pickups out?

[johnbohlinger]

The stock pickup are great... I was given some Dimarzio Eric Johnson's to try out and put them in just to see what they'd do. It's an apple orange thing. I really love them both.

[johnbohlinger]

@dparel The stock pickup are great... I was given some Dimarzio Eric Johnson's to try out and put them in just to see what they'd do. It's an apple orange thing. I really love them both.

[leepetersonuk]

nice playing, love my DGT.

[mattlittler89]

Which model of pickups are those?

[hesse13]

Don't understand: DiMarzio pickups???

[johnbohlinger]

@hesse13 The stock pickup are great... I was given some Dimarzio Eric Johnson's to try out and put them in just to see what they'd do. It's an apple orange thing. I really love them both.

[sportsportsport]

Nice! some of those licks are very Grissom! 5 stars *****

[drscooticus]

Nice playing, John. I've been looking at those Valvetrain amps online lately, the 416 being one of them. Nobody carries them where I live. Very cool to see you playing through one. Care to give any thoughts about the 416? A mini mini-review perhaps?

[sonnywee2000]

Hi John, I read your column in Premier Guitar and I wholeheartedly agree with you! My heart goes out to those guys who posted those "instructionals".

[custom24prs]

Wow that amp has a great sound.. I've got a couple CU24s and I love them to death.

[aguuss96]

your are great!!!!!!!!!! perfetc sound!!

[alicho78]

I love that guitar homie. Read your piece in Premier Guitar, good stuff, looking forward to reading more. .

[theblackpiglet]

You Rock! Love the articles in Premier too. Keep it up :-)

[sportsportsport]

David Grissom is the shit! my favorite texan blues rocker...awesome tone, unique style!......just a tasty player!...especially on loud muisc and in his storyville days! Nice playing dude, some of it even sounded grissom like....

[hendrixrokr]

those are awesome looking strings man, what type are they?

[corey747]

Hi John,

Great demo of the PRS! Love your column. Any reason for not trimming your strings?

[johnbohlinger]

thanks very much. I lost many of my string clippers to air line security agents .. apparently they posed a threat to national security.. so my strings stay long for the time being.

[vmhntrd]

Hey john sweet vid, saw the screenshot for this one in your PG article. "Last Call" is my favorite guitar column!

thats a beautiful guitar and some seriously sexy tone. I'm in the market for my first "pro" axe and those PRS's sure are tempting

[augdogman87]

Great picken. Love the jam and tone.

[mheldo]

Great clip!

My DGT is the best dual humbucker guitar I've ever played. Definitely a 'big boy' guitar!