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Hi All
I have recently gotten back into playing after a decade off and pulled out my 94 D4 and Taylor 314. After putting on new strings each guitar needed some playing before they woke back up but even after a few months the Guild is noticeably dull compared with others. The mids are the best especially A, D and G strings but the low E, B and high E sound a little dull.
So this was a great opportunity to go down a geeky tone rabbit hole and it has been a fun and educational. I am going to meet with a Luther to adjust the set up and talk about the tone. I discovered that some luthiers and non Luthiers shave a guitars braces to increase the sensitivity of the top which sounds interesting and I am also looking into Tusq pins and saddle.
Then, yesterday I googled, what is a Guild DV4 and realized Guild, to paraphrase many descriptions, seems to have modified the D4 with scalloped braces and a flat mahogany back to make it sound vintage and boomy. I have watched some videos and I really like the tone of the DV.
Ok, thanks for making it this far. Now I am wondering how close I can get to the DV type tone with my D4. I am open to lightly scalloping the braces, if a professional luthier thinks it will not ruin the guitar. I cannot change the arch back but maybe that has advantages over the flat back that will be different but not worse that the flat back.
Does anyone here have relevant info that might help me? A photo of DV bracing could be useful, I assume it is the same pattern as the D4 just scalloped but I could be wrong. Has anyone here experimented with a D4/D25 tone and had success?
thanks
Heath
P.S yes, I am considering buying a Dv4 if I find a good one.
I have recently gotten back into playing after a decade off and pulled out my 94 D4 and Taylor 314. After putting on new strings each guitar needed some playing before they woke back up but even after a few months the Guild is noticeably dull compared with others. The mids are the best especially A, D and G strings but the low E, B and high E sound a little dull.
So this was a great opportunity to go down a geeky tone rabbit hole and it has been a fun and educational. I am going to meet with a Luther to adjust the set up and talk about the tone. I discovered that some luthiers and non Luthiers shave a guitars braces to increase the sensitivity of the top which sounds interesting and I am also looking into Tusq pins and saddle.
Then, yesterday I googled, what is a Guild DV4 and realized Guild, to paraphrase many descriptions, seems to have modified the D4 with scalloped braces and a flat mahogany back to make it sound vintage and boomy. I have watched some videos and I really like the tone of the DV.
Ok, thanks for making it this far. Now I am wondering how close I can get to the DV type tone with my D4. I am open to lightly scalloping the braces, if a professional luthier thinks it will not ruin the guitar. I cannot change the arch back but maybe that has advantages over the flat back that will be different but not worse that the flat back.
Does anyone here have relevant info that might help me? A photo of DV bracing could be useful, I assume it is the same pattern as the D4 just scalloped but I could be wrong. Has anyone here experimented with a D4/D25 tone and had success?
thanks
Heath
P.S yes, I am considering buying a Dv4 if I find a good one.