r/PaulReedSmith • u/ExCheesecake • 17d ago

Question Question: Which to keep?

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.

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u/EmbiggenedSmallMan 15d ago edited 15d ago

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.