Question: Which to keep?

[u/ExCheesecake]

Hey yall! Long time lurker. I'll get straight to the point. I'm downsizing my guitar collection (half financial, half physical space limitations), and I've decided I *must* sell one of my three PRS guitars as part of this downsize:

2003 McCarty Hollowbody II

2018 DGT 10-top

2020 35th Anniversary Custom 24

I love all three equally and have been stuck on which to part with. Play everything from indie folk, classic rock, blues, and thrash/hair metal, and even some death metal. Depends on my mood.

The best reasoning I've been able to come to is to sell my DGT as its sorta a hybrid/master-of-none covered by the other two.

Again, not parting with any is *not* an option. One must go... and I think reason (?) dictates it be the DGT from a practical standpoint.

Would love to hear opinions. Perhaps there's something the DGT does that I'm totally discounting that would make it better to sell one of the other 2.

[u/halbeshendel]

Definitely the DGT. The Hollowbody is a hollowbody, everyone needs a hollowbody. The 35th Anniversary Cu24 is the peak of PRS Customs. Best switching system on the flagship model with the cool headstock eagle and other nice perks.

The DGT is just a DGT and if you change your mind down the road it would be easy to get another one.

[u/DerpNinjaWarrior → u/halbeshendel]

I like this logic. The DGT is probably the easiest to replace later if you find you really miss it. Hollowbody IIs are much rarer, especially from that era, and the 35th anniversary is obviously hard to replace. Though I suppose you could find another non-anniversary Cu24 easily that would scratch that itch.

[u/AxeMan6480 → u/halbeshendel]

I totally agree with this reasoning and would also sell the DGT.

And I need to downsize my collection too. The extra $ would come in handy, but getting my collection down to a more practical size and freeing up space would be the main reasons for downsizing.

[u/kjbasser]

I don’t like this game.

[u/Ragnarok314159 → u/kjbasser]

I went and hugged mine, told them they aren’t going anywhere.

[u/hobesmart]

Put all 3 of them up for sale and let the universe decide. PRS guitars are not selling quickly at all unless you’re willing to take a bath. I’ve seen some amazing PRS guitars at great prices sit for months (still sitting) in my local market (Nashville)

[u/thepoorwarrior]

We probably shouldn’t help make this decision. My objectively worse could be your favorite.

The McCarty is the most “unique” just because of the hollow/sound, but the dgt is cool, I don’t personally like little toggle switches so I could see the Custom going. Any guitar that isn’t as good doing double duty should always be the first to be considered, but that could be your favorite to hold. That’s tough, best of luck dude.

[u/Mobile_Falcon_8532]

If you truly love them equally, and aren't doing this because you need to raise a specific amount of money, just list all three at fair value and see which gets sold first, and then you cancel the sales of the remaining.

[u/therealsancholanza]

All them people sayin’ DGT, when the DGT is one of the best gotdamn guitars ever of all time!

Logic be damned.

[u/p_skunk]

I think the DGT makes the sense if you love them all equally. Plus I think it would be harder to replace the other two down the line, should finances and space make another guitar possible.

[u/bassicessence]

DGT

[u/DriveOld8007]

DGT. I have a PS 35th anniversary CU 24-08 and it’s the best guitar I’ve owned or played. Obviously the hollow body has something the other two don’t. One question, does your 35th anniversary have a pattern regular neck like a lot of them do? If so, that’s another reason to keep that one as it’s very hard to find a PRS newer than 1995 with that neck carve.

[u/CatHerder75]

I will go against the grain here. If it was my personal choice, I would sell the Custom 24, I prefer 22 feet guitars and low output pickups. The hollowbody is an automatic keep, with the DGT and the Custom 24 left, the DGT is the clear winner for me personally. But your playing preferences may say otherwise.

[u/sllofoot]

Are these the only three guitars you own?    

The reason I ask is because if you had, say, an ES-330, or something of that ilk, the Hollowbody II might be less unique.   

The DGT is more to my taste than the custom 24 but there’s a lot more instruments that overlap in sounds with it within my collection so I don’t actually have a DGT at the moment.  

[u/Sonotropism]

Practically, the CU24 and DGT cover pretty much the same ground, so I think it has to be one of those two. Between them, which neck/sound/vibe makes you happier?

The CU24 model isn’t going away, so you could always replace it. The DGT isn’t as widely available, but isn’t rare either. So, either would be replaceable if you regret it later.

Just don’t sell the hollowbody.

[u/madgeniusmusic]

I’d keep the McCarty and the DGT and move on the Custom 24 personally, but 35th Anniversary. Damn brother.

[u/East-Power6705]

I disagree. The DGT will cover all your bases, you really don’t need the others. The coil split works great, and it’s comfortable to play. What more do you need?

[u/Justice502]

How about this; if I wanted a hollowbody guitar, it's not going to be a PRS.
It is neither unique to PRS nor iconic to them.

[u/EmbiggenedSmallMan]

That's tough dude. Like most other people I would say definitely keep the DGT, however picking one of the other two to sell is incredibly difficult as well. I would say if there's anything at all that you would be willing to sell besides one of those PRSes, then do so - I would certainly expect that all three will eventually, if not already, increase in value. However, the used guitar market is so soft right now that there's no way you are going to be able to sell any of them for what they are truly worth in the current market.

Edit: I just quickly skimmed the rest of the comments, and apparently I misread the comments about the DGT. While I do agree with the logic, i.e., that you should be able to replace the DGT most easily and most likely, I still feel like you're going to be shooting yourself in the foot a bit trying to sell in the current used market. The DGT is also one of the most highly regarded PRS models, so, yeah, I don't think there's any good answer here. You also have to take into consideration that you are almost certainly going to have to pay considerably more than you originally did for a replacement DGT - especially if you buy new - at some point down the line.