Dillion DR 500 QT

Cost: 499.00 New with hardshell case
Made in Korea in 2006
Amber Burst over Quilted Maple top
Body Style -prs McCarty, Quicksilver
The tuners are non locking chrome Grover style and it has a floating tremolo, it stays in tune pretty well.
The Body is Mahogany with a set in maple neck
The neck is maple with a rosewood fingerboard and has 24 medium jumbo very nicely polished frets. It has a wide-thin neck and is super fast!!
Pickups are made by Dillion they are passive and comparable to a
Duncan Hot Rodded set
It has 1 volume and 1 tone and a 3way Les Paul style pickup selector

I have been playing for over 20 years and I currently own a Gibson Les Paul and an Epi Les Paul and have owned several Fenders, Kramers, Ibanez, Jacksons, and 1 PRS. I usually do not leave stock pickups in a guitar when I buy one but these really have a good hot sound for playing Rock or Metal and clean up nicely when the volume is rolled back. THIS GUITAR WILL SUSTAIN FOR DAYS!!! It has a great sound in the neck position,very "bell like" like that of a Les Pauland in the bridge position Damn!!!, this baby can scream and the pick harmonics are easy to hit. I have used this through a Roland cube 30 modeling amp and a 100 watt all tube Marshall stack and love this guitars sound. I see no need to make any mods here.

SET UP- It came to me in the box and was not set up at all. I took it to Jeff at Strings Attached here in Columbia (one of the best in the biz )and he set the truss rod,intonation, and tremolo as well as the action. I also had him replace the nut with a bone nut.When he called me to come get it he said "this is one great sounding guitar,how much did you pay for it again?".
FINISH- The Guitar is absolutely beautiful, it was hand picked at the factory by one of Dillions people, I have not found any flaws what so ever
FIT - the nut that came on this guitar was not a very good one and it made the strings sit too high at the 1st fret. That was solved with the new bone nut and the action is now comparable to a high end Jackson with no fret buzz

I would never gig without a back up!!
I am pretty sure these knobs/pots will hold up for quite a while. The switch seems to work well,no problems here.
The strap buttons are nice and tight.
The fnish is very well done and I am confident it will hold up. Same goes for the chrome hardware.
I have never been as pleased as I am with a guitar pretty much right out of the box

Have not had any dealings so far other than the initial purchase. I have heard nothing but good things about John and the folks at Dillion Guitars.Tony was very helpful in the purchasing.

This guitar plays incredibley well, I have been looking at another PRS and a Roman Quicksilver and even the Carvin and this one came in with everything I wanted(set neck,mahogany body, quilt top, maple neck)at a fraction of the cost and sounds just as good!!! If this guitar were stolen I would hunt them down and club em like a baby seal and sell their ass to science to buy a new one!! If you are looking for a great looking, great sounding, HIGH quality guitar and don't want to spend thousand$ of dollars, then this is a great way to go. I am getting ready to contact them about another one. I invite you to play this, then play a PRS and see for yourself !!