NGD: PRS SE McCarty 594 Singlecut

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Incoming!

PRS SE McCarty 594 Singlecut

I watched @KyleBull ’s video yesterday, really liked what I saw and drove to the store this afternoon to check it out. Easily one of the most resonant guitars I‘ve ever tried. I compared it to some other singlecuts in its price range (LTD Eclipse 1000T, Epiphone LP Standard & Modern) and it was a difference like night and day. The Epis and LTD sounded ridiculously lifeless and flat compared to the PRS. I thought the shorter scale length would bother me, bit surprisingly that wasn‘t the case at all.

It will of course get the usual EMG treatment (and locking tuners) as soon as it is delivered. ;-)

 

[FuzzyAce]

Very nice! Hope you enjoy.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Most excellent

I'll always be a les paul lover, but there's something so perfect about the 594s. between the neck profile and asymmetry and the shorter scale length it just plays like bacon grease

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Most excellent

I'll always be a les paul lover, but there's something so perfect about the 594s. between the neck profile and asymmetry and the shorter scale length it just plays like bacon grease

The scale length actually surprised me. I'm usually more of a Super Strat 25.5" guy and am already skeptical of the usual 24.75" LP scale length. That's why I assumed that an even shorter scale length would be an exclusion criterion for me. But far from it! The guitar felt and sounded really great.

 

[nicolasrivera]

Congrats!!!

 

[holoholo]

How's the neck on these? They're gloss right?

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

How's the neck on these? They're gloss right?

Yep, it‘s glossy. But in the shop it didn‘t feel too sticky to me. The gloss finish on my S2 Custom 22 actually feels more sticky.

 

[la szum]

Fucking sweet! Congrats Zoltan The True!

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

The guitar was reduced from 1219 to 749 Euro. So basically I'll get all the modifications I have planned (EMG 81 & 66 Chrome, Gotoh SD90 Locking Tuners, Graph Tech Nut, PLEK Setup) for free.

 

[Byrdman]

That's is SWEET!! I played one in GC earlier this week. I was down the road for work and have been wanting to take a look at the SE DGT, so I dropped in but no one around here has any in stock and I saw a 594 that looked nice.

It was a nice guitar and sounded great through the AC10 I was playing through, but I just didn't like the neck. Not sure if it was width, thickness, and/or scale or what, just didn't dig it. I'm sure I could get use to it, if I had to

 

[paisleywookiee]

EMG’s though?

 

[Los-D]

EMGs (Devil’s Advocate here)

(There’s a time and a place, of course, but nice to have at least 1 guitar with them)

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

EMG’s though?

Without EMGs you lose your balls and the last e in your name.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Without EMGs you lose your balls and the last e in your name.

I actually hate the 81 in particular, BUT not EMGs in general. I dig the 66/57 set, and the Het Set. That’s a fucking great guitar you scored. Post up about the tuners when you get them too.

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

The guitar has arrived this afternoon and it's FAN-TAS-TIC-O!

Does it have the same build quality as my PRS S2 Custom 22? No (found a sharp fret edge that I'll have to file down and there are some minor cosmetic irregularities shining through the finish) but damn, the S2 costs 2,5 times as much! Acoustically this is by far the loudest, most resonant guitar I own - when strumming some simple chords unamplified it seems nearly twice as loud as my S2.

My wife doesn‘t like the guitar, though („Yuck, it‘s ugly, too colorful!“).

Change of plans: I just ordered a set of DiMarzio D-Activators PRS \m/ Treble instead of EMGs.

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Haha, I looked at PRS and DiMarzio wiring diagrams and suddenly felt too stupid to do the replacement myself without the help of a luthier. Since this all seemed too complicated for me, I canceled the DiMarzios and ordered a PRS \m/ bridge pickup instead. If all goes well and I like it, I will also order the neck version. Graph Tech Nut and Gotoh Locking Tuners have been ordered, tomorrow I will make an appointment for the PLEK service. This thing will slay.

 

[Eagle]

The nut is graphite anyway don’t change it. I have done this a bunch of times and there is nothing wrong with the one on.

 

[the-trooper]

Did you even try stock pickups?

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

The nut is graphite anyway don’t change it. I have done this a bunch of times and there is nothing wrong with the one on.

AFAIK S2 and Core models come with graphite nuts, SEs don‘t.

Edit: I was wrong, see post #25.

 

[Eagle]

AFAIK S2 and Core models come with graphite nuts, SEs don‘t.

They actually do have them fitted. I have removed them at least a dozen times and fitted near identical graphtech ones .