That's one reason I want to have two guitars, so if a string breaks while playing, I can grab the other one and continue playing while my 'Roadie' fixes the broken string(s). As far as the Floyd Rose is concerned, if a string breaks, a string breaks. I've been looking for a guitar with humbuckers, and the DK2 appears to have what I am looking for. I made sure to write down the SKU # if the guitar is not in stock when I come back make my purchase. That can make or break for an instrument purchase (IMHO). The Dinky was not too heavy, although I wish the music store would provide a strap for playing standing up. I think having the H-S-S configuration verses the H-H configeration gives me more options tonally.

I preferred this guitar over Fender's Showmaster FMT HH with 5-way switching. I played an Eerie Dess colored Dinky and really enjoyed it. It was easy to reach the upper registers and chording or barring was no problem for me. It almost sounded as if they were stacked humbuckers. When I played this guitar, I heard no hum from the two SC-102 Single Coil pickups. Unique Features: Compound (12' - 14') Fingerboard Radius Neck Pickup: Duncan Designed SC-101 Single Coil (See above)Д«ridge: Licensed under Floyd Rose Tremolo Middle Pickup: Duncan Designed SC-101 Single Coil (See above)

The tone is chimey and bright with exceptional 'quack' in the notch positions.'Д«ody: Alder with Flame Maple Veneer on Transparent ColorsД«ridge Pickup: Duncan Designed HB-102B (see above) The three single coil models are each specially calibrated to either bridge, middle or neck positions, with the middle pickup reverse wound, reverse polarity. Unlike many inexpensive single coils that have a large ceramic magnet glued underneath non-magnetic steel slugs, the SC-101s use real Alnico V rod pole pieces with a flat magnet stagger for exceptional string balance. The bridge pickup is Trembucker-spaced.' Here are the Middle and Neck pickup specs: 'SC-101 ~ single coils represent a tonal cross between Seymour Duncan's SSL-2 Vintage Flat and SSL-6 Custom Flat models. Like the HB-101s, these pickups also use Alnico 5 magnets, but have a hotter winding spec, based on the world's most popular 'hot-rodded' humbucker. Here are the specs on the pickups:Д«ridge: 'HB-102 ~ modeled after Seymour's favorite humbucker combination, the USA made SH-4 JB bridge and SH-2N Jazz Model neck set. Personally I've chosen the M-II over the DK1 multiple times and would definitely chose it over a DKMG or DK2.Д«ut, yes, these are all opinions of preference.This is a really nice axe. The DK1 and MII are comparable guitars, but they feel very different. ESP has a extra thin U, thin U or extra thin flat, but the Dinky profile is between thin and extra thin C and has a compound radius. Regardless the necks are definitely different. There are also H/S M-IIs with bolt on necks. The OP said he was leaning towards that one, but the M-II has no shortage of options from this one with the painted neck, to bolt ons with extra thin flat unpainted necks and neck thrus with satin extra thin Us. It's not apples to apples, but the OP is asking for opinions on the two.Д«ut if we're talking about the M-II more generally, only the M-II Custom, LTD Elite and E-II M-IIs have painted necks. The DKMG is a fine guitar, but I don't think there's a question that the M-II is higher quality.

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