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Thats right, I'm pretty excited about it. Its the DC-16RGTE Premium. When i saw that name i thought "Holy Hell, why the long name?" It stands for Dreadnot ,Cutaway,Rosewood, Gloss Top, Electronics. And the premium thing i have no idea. This guitar is for lack of a better word "bombastic." I pretty much crapped myself when i played it with elixer phosphor bronze strings.
I'll do this in regular reviewing format
Sound: this guitar has the rich sound that its primary competetors from taylor couldnt match. I'm talking about the 310E and the 410E. I even think it dominates the 414 but thats a different body type so nevermind. At first i thought the HD-28 was the guitar for me, but its a little too bassy. The D-16 i own is one of the more balanced martins. This guitar is loud too. When its not plugged in is really sings.

Look: Its a pretty modest guitar, no flashy bullshit. Its built like a tank and sounds great. Those are the two factors i really care about.
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Price: Ah heres the part most of you care about. I bought it for $1500. That includes case etc. My parents met me half way so technically i only payed $750. Thanks god for my parents lol. The guitar lists for about $2200 i think. So all my days working as a sandwich artist payed off.

Electronics: I decided on the fishman blender electronics over the Fishman Aura because of the mic built in the guitar. It picks up all th tapping noises and knocking on the guitar itself. So of course to test this i recorded a rough copy of Justin Kings' Knock on Wood.
Heres the Link http://www.purevolume.com/zachweidenbach

Overall: I think overall this guitar is completly awesome and i would recommend it to anyone looking for a sturdy, nice sounding guitar.
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first of all con-fucking-randulations! very sweet thing you got there@
second, how old are you? Because you kick ass on your purevolume,
third, is that layered Knock on Wood? Im familliar with the song, but i didnt know it was possible with only one guitar neck. What tuning are you using/tab?

Wow man. Wow.
very impressed
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It's doable on one neck. King's played it like that.
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Post by Lbacker »

me want guitar, me want your guitar. maybe soon..I've been trying to get my parents to meet me half way, they said they'll meet me a 1/16th of the way or something they thought was funny. HA. Sweet purchase, I hope to own that EXACT guitar within a few months.

:: Ya dude, How old are you. Sweet job on King's Cover
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Post by Twostep13 »

sweet guitar man, and nice job on knock on wood, do you know of a tab for the 1 neck version?
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good job dude. Nice axe
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Post by mattinbeloit »

Very nice guitar and good playing, you are one of the first people i have heard post a cover on that song on here and it sounded good. YA how old are you bor, how long have you been playing?
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Post by emorokr12 »

That guitar sounds really sweet. Do you think you can hook me up with a tab of Knock On Wood??
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Post by 6_strings_for_life »

Twostep13 wrote:sweet guitar man, and nice job on knock on wood, do you know of a tab for the 1 neck version?
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Post by dmb66 »

dude first of all congratulations...

secondly i might be scorin one of these only slightly used for around 900 off a guy on my floor, so i will stay in touch with you i might have some q's about it before i play his
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http://www.freewebs.com/justinking/Knoc ... 20Tab2.txt
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Post by Batstone »

hey, yeah... thats my tab he posted.. its mostly right. except for a few notes at the end... if u have any questions about it ask it up.
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Hey thanks for all the positive feedback. I am 16 years old. dmb66 ask what ever you want about it. So far i havent been disapointed with it at all.Sounds like a good deal to me. Glad you guys like Knock on Wood, it was a pretty sketchy recording but i was too impatient to wait and not tell everyone about this guitar. I havent tabbed the song out but batstone has and it seems to be pretty accurate. I just figured it out by watching his double neck video alot.
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Post by magic2584 »

Nice guitar man! I listend to the stuff on your website and it rocks! Who wrote that song "the situation" and is there a tab for it?
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damnit i want that guitar
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