I did it. I bit the bullet and decided to trade my LP for the Paul Reed Smith. It’s a goldtop PRS DGT and you can read about it here. I showed Jack a picture of it and he asked “so how is that different from your old one?” I’m gonna have to work on that boy. [Side note: Jack and I had a guitar lesson this evening and he's actually starting to catch on a little bit. We're working on a simplified version of the main riff to Smoke on the Water and he's making some progress. Pretty awesome.]

This is the exact guitar that I’m getting – you can check out some more pics here if you’re interested, and I know that you are.

This was a somewhat painful decision to make. I loved the tone of my Les Paul, but I didn’t love playing it. Keeping it wasn’t really an option because of the fat neck. I may (and probably will) get another Lester in the future, but it will be one with a modern neck carve.

I had a lot of options on the table, but I decided on the PRS in spite of the fact that I’ve never played this exact model. I kinda took a leap of faith, knowing that I can easily trade or resell it if I decide that I don’t like it. Remember that I paid $1450 for my LP 3 years ago, and this guitar usually sells on the used market for ~$2000 ($2500 new). Not a bad deal.

I really think that this guitar is going to work for me. At least for a while. It should be here by Friday. Once I’ve had a chance to play with it, I’ll post some kind of review.

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