Paul Reed Smith David Grissom DGT 10Top McCarty Sunburst

Studio and session musician David Grissom has worked with Paul Reed Smith for more than 20 years. As a result of this productive exchange between two perfectionists and guitar enthusiasts, the DGT (David Grissom Trem) model was born, based on the McCarty platform. The neck profile, frets and the arrangement of the control unit correspond exactly to Grissom's requirements. David Grissom and Paul Reed Smith devoted a great deal of attention to the development of the pickups. Grissom had a typical vintage sound in mind, based on Jimmy Page's guitar sound on the early Led Zeppelin albums. A year of extensive A/B testing with more than forty pickup sets later, the characteristic DGT humbuckers emerged with an authentic vintage tone that is second to none. An additional push/pull master tone control also enables effective pickup splitting with a variety of humbucker and single coil combinations. The whole thing is rounded off by an extremely stable PRS Gen III tremolo and high-quality Phase III locking mechanics.
The model shown here has a magnificent Maple Top (10 Top) in "McCarty Sunburst". Optics, sound and handling - everything really fits here and is extremely inspiring!
"The DGT is a product a lot of miles down the road: a lot of gigs, a lot of records. It's like picking up a vintage guitar. It sounds like a vintage guitar, and out of the box it's ready to go. There's a whole lot of thought gone into this. The DGT is pretty perfect to me." – David Grissom