I'm a self-confessed serial roller. Some profits, some losses. I enjoy trying new guitars, messing around with them for a while, usually selling ot trading them on. I've tried so many guitars in the last few years, which has ultimately helped me work out what I wanted in respect of custom builds (2 x Williams). In that huge pile of guitars which I've moved on in the last two or three years, many were PRS, the first being a 2000 McCarty with moons. It sounded wonderful but I found the lacquered neck a bit sticky, and I really prefer birds to moons. Having also owned two Modern Eagle Quatros and a Modern Eagle singlecut, I'd put a McCarty with birds and a rosewood neck quite high on my wants list, a bit of a Holy Grail guitar. And, now, I have one (don't ask for how long but it feels like it
might be a keeper)...it's also a 2000, this time in dark cherry sunburst.
It arrived with a terrible set-up unfortunately, a bit dirty and way worse tarnishing than I expected (so much for in-store set-up cleaning):
Some Silvo and a lot of rubbing later...
Scrubbed up brilliantly and the rosewood neck is divine. I also think the stock pick-ups are perfect. Switched the knobs for some lampshades to finish the look.
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Looks stonking though and has cleaned up very well indeed.
Stupid question time: Does it have single or double dots on the 12 fret? Is the headstock angled back and thin or straightish and fat? Only asking as I own two beautiful '99 McCartys - a McBurst and a McSoapie and I know they changed spec at some stage so some of the original Mccarty quirks were lost over time. I've found the 'older' ones to be more to my personal liking. The McCarty is pretty much my perfect guitar. If I could have a DGT with a McCarty neck profile that is.
Neck profile is a nice simple wide-fat, which is perfect for me.
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All the older PRS have a single dot. Really used to annoy me. Not quite sure when they switch to two but a definite improvement when they did.
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My band, Red For Dissent
My band, Red For Dissent
Wow, you did a good job getting the tarnish off those metal parts! PRS nickel plating seems to tarnish so easily I don't bother trying to fight it (although mine hasn't got mould-like splotches like the top two pictures).
Lovely guitar by the way, and here I am going on about tarnish...
It wouldnt be the same with a scarf joint
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