My D-30 is a brick, but I believe it lends to it a certain solidity of tone, especially with all that lovely, scrumptious maple showing through the orange. It also sits nice and firm in my lap.
My D-30 is a brick, but I believe it lends to it a certain solidity of tone, especially with all that lovely, scrumptious maple showing through the orange. It also sits nice and firm in my lap.
So,what it'll be? Lucille (already taken) or Lucy? Or something else? Any suggestions?
Seem to recall that somebody noted the heelblock in their D30 was significantly larger than the one in their G37; heelblocks play a big role in resonance.***Edit see Bobouz's postAgreed Rich. My D-30 weighed a ton and had that hefty neck, but oddly had a very resonant and warm tone with plenty of volume.. Kind of interested they were able to get an overbuilt guitar to sound like that..My D-30 is a brick, but I believe it lends to it a certain solidity of tone, especially with all that lovely, scrumptious maple showing through the orange. It also sits nice and firm in my lap.
Bonneville was that you who noticed the difference in heelblock dimensions?Have yet to play a Guild maple dread that didn't sound good.
IIRC, the 6 lbs 9 oz G37 (the D30 predecessor) I had was heavier than
any of several D-30s and the two DCE-3s.
Yeah, late '70's to early '80's were the height of the heavy-build era according to the reports I can recall.My G37 I believe was an '80. Weight might be close to some of the lighter
solid-body electrics out there.
Just give 'em another ten years to become retro-chic.But boy, the used market seems to pretty much hate cutaway dreads.
I dunno Al - shocking asymmetry in this particular context
might just upset plenty of folks from the get-go
Fwiw - I had mentioned previously that the neckblock on my ‘76 G-37 is significantly larger than those in my other GUild acoustics..... Westerlys built in ‘73, ‘74, ‘92, & ‘94.
If I recall correctly, I said there’s enough wood there to build a house!