taabru45
Enlightened Member
kostask said:I have both a DV-6NT HG ('97) and a DV-52 (late '92). My DV-52 is a satin finished guitar with the herringbone rosette as per all of the earlier DV-52s, and is pretty much the rosewood version, and the DV-6 is the mahogany version. The DV-52 has more bass, is about the same in the midrange and top end. The DV-6 sounds smoother/warmer. Both are very, very good guitars. My DV-6 needs a neck reset, as it was improperly set at the factory, but even so, is still a very good sounding guitar by any measure.
I do like the ebony fingerboard on the DV-53 better than the rosewood one on the DV-6, just as a personal preference, and I like the higher gloss finish on the DV-6 better than the satin finish on the DV-52.
I think the DV-6 was produced for fewer years than the DV-52, so there are probably fewer of the DV-6s around. Fender really confused the issue when they made the DV-6 in rosewood in Tacoma for a short while.
Kostas
One day I hope to own one with the herringbone, and gold pegs, I think they are a very classy, great guitar......and nice to see you Kostas, was thinking about you the other day... Steffan