Got the DGT SE goldtop like 10 days ago, I had the DGT Core before, andOMG, the SE is absolutely fantastic. Love the looks as well, not a fan of dark or balck backs in general, but there is something so plesing in the looks wehere the gold changes to the dark, so cool. Plays as goodd as the Core, I would just say that the SE's have like their own thing going, cos has that same feel of my Paul's Guitar SE that I also find plays phenomenal. And the tone here wow, is that tone that I loved of the Core. Damn, the pickups here are just so so good of the DGT. Hard to tell differences, I would say the bridge the core maybe has a bit slighty more harmonics going, but overall is that same thing, so you are not missing for not having the core pickups I would say. But the bridge I prefer the SE, has like a more noticable glassy thing goin that gives that extra thing, the core sounded warmer to me. If I had extra money for sure, would get a core, why not, but playing one or the other, Im happy and satisfied with either of them, and dot feel im missing something having the SE. I had the Silver sky core and slver sky SE, and I think there you have more differences, because the neck are not the same, frets, radius and chunkiness are different, and pickups on the SS I think are close, but also the SE silver sky pickups are a bit hotter, so are no like the exact same thing being replicated, I love the silver sky SE, I connected more with the 8.5 radius and thought sounded fantastic, but the DGT Se I think its even closer to the core. One detail, that maybe is not real, but I think I noticed that the DGT SE frets are a tad tiny bit lower and les wider than the core. I found the core frets to be huge, and the SE very big, but more comfortable for some reason. Although it might be because the DGT I had the frets were used, you could see the frets how they were parts in various frets the little hole it starts making, although, so a crown level and polish I think would have make it perfect. the DGT Se the frets are polished lovely and out of the box was just a joy to play and bend, felt the same as the stainless steel frets guitars ive had, and it actuallythat makes it just a nicer experience when you play.

Wanted to hear more of Steve!

Great reviews and superb playing. Eagerly awaiting delivery of a GoldTop…

Nice level-headed review. I ordered a goldtop from Chicago Music Exchange and I'm hoping that CME will do a good setup to address your issues out of the box.

I think the 22 fret puts the neck pickup in the right place tone wise

Great review, just bought one (gold top!).

My PRS SE gold was also in bad condition. Actually I am working on the nut and the neck curve. Also some frets are too high... But the guitar sounds killer and resonant and has only a weight of 3,21 kg. Others were more heavier (3,5 or 3,6 kg).

nice guitar, id have the gold top too, i wish they would make a black or a green one, in time perhaps, i have the 85 15 pickups and at home im not that crazy for them, but they shine at live gigs

Hi. Great review. Could you please give a link to the graphtech nut you bought? There seems to be different part numbers online and some people commented that it is little narrow for their PRS SE guitars but, you mentioned yours fitted perfectly.Thank you.

Interesting you had problems out of the box. Mine was really good. Slight tuning issues, but that was cured after a few days playing. I have the tobacco sunburst and in my view its well worth the price. Maybe the more recent batch have had issues as they try to keep up with such a high demand.

The nut is this Achilles heel of these SE's...no worries, either file and sand it down to taste or replace with a GRAPHTEK

Hi, any tips on rolling the edges, the frets do pretty much go to the edge of the fretboard. Seems to be a slight gap between the fret ends and the fingerboard on some of the frets.

Clearly has nothing to do with PRS but UK pricing is always way above the norm … both great guitars the SE DGT and Silver Sky … my DGT came fine but I did hear they where having some issues production wise which is honestly rare for PRS … knobs are great 😉

Alright seems like some of them are coming with a black headstock and black back finished but yours looks like a dark brown to me. Can you confirm please? Did you order it differently or asked for some sort of softener spec? I would love the brown back and headstock finish. And great video. Thanks again

Which would you choose between this one and the SE custom 24?

What's the graph tech replacement nut you put on this one, sir? Is it the 6643?

I don't think they check them when they come back from Indonesia because I got my DGT with almost all the Tuners on an angle which I think is unthinkable for PRS.

I see the DGT's are back up to £980

There's too much hype over this model.Mine came last Sunday,and the finish on 18th fret is really rough, and same problem with the nut being sharp and not bevelled properly, easy fixes,but still you expect better from PRS.

Same pickup with santana ?

Hmm...not the first video pointing up issues with these. Gives the lie somewhat to all the marketing puff beforehand about Mr Grissom insisting on ultra high standards of workmaship... I was taken in, I confess 🥴 My goldtop came in January and I sent it back as it had a very visible wood knot in the binding. Some would say I was being picky, but for a nearly £1k investment I need to be happy with all aspects of the instrument. The retailer recently received two more but they had 'streaky bacon' fingerboards so I declined. Yes, I also picked up from somewhere in the early marketing flurry that these were special and as such were shipped to PRS USA for final inspection/fettling. More nonsense! I like the features of this model, but I'm now nervous about ordering another one in case I end up having to face the palaver of returning it.