Another new guy

[JerryR]

Hey thanks guys and gals for your friendly replies. Anybody out there with a Dv -6. I am really enjoying it ... however it is a little tough on my shoulder, had a shoulder operation last year from a torn labrum. Are all guilds this thick ? Also, anyone on LTG from philly or South Jersey .
Happy to be here.. Bob

Hi to you both - 'wrong note' and 'learn to play' - sound like my kinda guys :mrgreen: Think CJD Player is from Philly - but I'm just an ignorant Brit and don't understand these State abbreviations :roll:

 

[adorshki]

Hi;
Welcome aboard "Learnin'" and "Johnny". I see most of your initial questions are already answered. Only one I still see open is Learnintoplay's question about DV6: are you talking about the depth of the Body? You can check those specs for new models on Guilds website and for vintage models at www.westerlyguildguitars.com
In brief, there were several shallow body acoustics made in Westerly, look for F bodies and S4's. I'm not as familiar with current production.
If it's a WEIGHT issue, you might want to look at vintage archbacks like D25's.

 

[fronobulax]

Also, anyone on LTG from philly or South Jersey .
Happy to be here.. Bob

Me thinks default qualifies and that Grot is in mid-Jersey. I think alpep and billydelight are in Jersey but not quite sure which exit, er.... which part of New Jersey they are in.

 

[learnintoplay62]

s4's . Thanks Al, I checked out westerly site , thanks. It didn't give body thickness on some of them. Do the thinner bodies have the Guild sound?

 

[adorshki]

s4's . Thanks Al, I checked out westerly site , thanks. It didn't give body thickness on some of them. Do the thinner bodies have the Guild sound?

Good question, I'll just vouch for my F65 which is maple so that's one "qualifier", but as far as crystal clarity and consistent intonation up and down the fretboard, yes. In fact even my girlfriend's untrained ear can tell the difference and prefers it. Now that I think about it, it gives up only a little bit in volume if I play it hard. Since the "Westerlyguild" site is a private creation he may not have all the specsheets for models for which he has photos. F47's for example are standard depth. I haven't looked closely at current production models but if they have slightly smaller bodies they may have slightly shallower depths-those specs should be on Guild's website. There've been some recent threads discussing various body sizes because of issues similar to yours.

 

[johnnywrongnote]

Wow.... I was away from the computer for 24 hours and when I came back I've got a bunch of new friends!
Bob Devellis, thanks for writing such a detailed description of the neck angle etc. From the pictures of the guitar I was interested in, it looked like the bridge couldn't have been much taller than 1/4". It seems like the normal bridge height should probably be between 5/16" to 3/8". So if I get to do the straight edge test on said guitar and it lines up below the top of the bridge at all, it might need a neck reset, I'm thinkin.
John

 

[GardMan]

From the pictures of the guitar I was interested in, it looked like the bridge couldn't have been much taller than 1/4". It seems like the normal bridge height should probably be between 5/16" to 3/8". John

John, I don't know much about 12-strings... but several of my dreads from the '70s-'90s have bridges that are barely over 1/4" (measured at the soundhole side under the low E)... and none show evidence of being shaved. The lowest bridge, at barely 1/4", is on the '72 D-35 that I bought new in '73... so I know it's never been shaved. The tallest bridge on any of my dreads is barely over 5/16"... none approach 3/8."

My understanding from past discussions is that the factory had "bins" of bridges of various heights, and a bridge was selected for individual guitar based on its neck angle.

So, a 1/4" bridge may be original, depending on the instrument...

 

[Treem]

Welcome and Welcome!! :lol: :lol: 8)

 

[learnintoplay62]

Hey learningtoplay62 (LTP62 )here, I am not sure how to navigate through the forum. Any suggestions or some previous blogging with helpful hints. I pm'd a couple of people the other day but didn't get a response. Maybe they didn't get to it yet or didn't want to respond ( which is o.k ) As a newbie , this is kind of cool and don't want to miss out on any guitar action.
Thanks

 

[fronobulax]

Hey learningtoplay62 (LTP62 )here, I am not sure how to navigate through the forum. Any suggestions or some previous blogging with helpful hints. I pm'd a couple of people the other day but didn't get a response. Maybe they didn't get to it yet or didn't want to respond ( which is o.k ) As a newbie , this is kind of cool and don't want to miss out on any guitar action.
Thanks

Not sure what you mean by navigating so I can't help, yet.

PMs can be unreliable, but sometimes it is the best you can do. If you open the User Control Panel (upper right, main page) and then Private Messages (left under Options). You will see some "folder" names also under Options. If your PM has been sent but not read, a copy should be in Outbox. If it has been sent and read the copy will be in Sent Messages. This, at least will let you know when you are being ignored

 

[learnintoplay62]

navigating...Thanks Frono for your response ( at least I know I am not being ignorned, at least outside of my own home, ha, ha ) by navigating I meant sending a pm the right way , responding correctly to the topic, setting up my profile , understanding user control panel the right way, etc, ect.....
An example is. There is a black dot next to the bell on my post ( left column next to topics ) what does that mean ? How come my origonal post is mixed in with other posts, I need to search through previously read posts to find responses. Again, I am new to blogging and forums, so I guess these are newbie questions. Also, how do you move smiles to your text?
Thanks again LTP62

 

[killdeer43]

learnin',

Learning to live here is just like anything else -- a new song maybe....it takes practice, practice, practice.
Just stumble around and there will be many helping hands along the way. This forum, collectively, is as good a group of guys and gals as you'll find on this here Internet.

But that's just the way I see it, :wink:
Joe

 

[GardMan]

Hey LTP...
There isn't that much to tell about navigating LTG... Each topic, or "thread," is just stream of responses to the original post... arranged chronologically (in your user control panel, you can choose whether to haver them displayed first>last or last>first).

There is a means to "subscribe" to particular threads... which will then notify you (by e-mail, I think) when there is a new post in that thread. I haven't really played with this... too much e-mail already. So, I don't know how it really works...

If you want to start a new thread, say to ask a question about a certain model, you simply click the "new topic" button at the top of the "View forum" page (not the "Board index," but one of the forums, like "Acoustic/Acoustic electric"). Give your topic a title (informative titles, like "Questions about D-30," make it easier for board readers).

I don't know about a "bell" to the left of the topics... I think it is 'sposed to be a piece of paper... like a note? Anyway... there is a legend/key at the bottom of the forum page for the symbols... "New posts..." "New posts (popular)..." "No new posts..." etc. I think a black dot next to it means that you have posted in that thread.

Also in your user control... you can set LTG to notify you if you have a PM coming in, either by sending an e-mail and/or a pop-up when you log-in (but the latter doesn't seem to be working for me since the last crash a month ago). I tend to use PM's sparinglly... for questions or comments that I think are off topic or may not interest others, or occasionally for private communication (for example, ordering T-shirts. strings, etc from Don... our fearless leader).

Another useful point of information... the search function doesn't recognize "-" (hypens) in model names. So, if you want to search for info on a D-30, your search string should be "D30"... I don't know how far back the archive goes... I think some of it might have been lost during one of the crashes a year or so ago, because some of my original posts from '06 no longer show up.

Lastly... enjoy the forum. It's a good, congenial, group of folk, many of whom have vast knowledge about Guilds, guitars, and music in general.
Dave

 

[fronobulax]

navigating...Thanks Frono for your response ( at least I know I am not being ignorned, at least outside of my own home, ha, ha ) by navigating I meant sending a pm the right way , responding correctly to the topic, setting up my profile , understanding user control panel the right way, etc, ect.....
An example is. There is a black dot next to the bell on my post ( left column next to topics ) what does that mean ? How come my origonal post is mixed in with other posts, I need to search through previously read posts to find responses. Again, I am new to blogging and forums, so I guess these are newbie questions. Also, how do you move smiles to your text?
Thanks again LTP62

Low hanging fruit first. More answers later.

The bell like thing is actually a piece of paper fluttering in the wind. If it is just an outline then there are no new posts in the topic. If it is filled in with a kind of tan tint then there have been new posts since you last visited. If there is a black dot then it means you have posted in the topic.

When I am composing a reply there is a section on the right that has Smilies. If I want to insert one in my reply then I position the cursor in the reply where I want the smilie and then press on the smilie I want. Like this :wink: . While working on the reply there will be text where the smilie will be but if you Preview your post the image will be inserted.

Speaking of which, Preview is your friend. It is a way to make sure links, images and other things appear as you want them.

See also the FAQ which might address some of your questions.

At the lowest level of organization are topics. People start new topics or reply to old ones. Things are organized by topic and not poster. So if you start a topic all the responses to your original post are listed in the topic in the order in which they were written. If you reply to a topic your post is mixed in, in order, with every other post on that same topic.

There are probably ways to be selective in what you see but I don't use LTG that way so I'm not sure what the options are. I just look for topics with new posts and then read the topic (or not) based upon the subject and whether I have contributed, or not. Note that there is an option to mark a Topic as Read without actually reading all of the posts. In multi page topics I sometimes jump to the last, or next to last page, if I am only interested in new material.

 

[killdeer43]

See what I was saying, learnin'.... Dave (GardMan) is the epitome of "helping hands" and "good guys." He also has a superb family of Guilds!

And then Frono comes onboard to punctuate Dave's post.
What a place to learn!

Joe

 

[capnjuan]

See what I was saying, learnin'.... Dave (GardMan) is the epitome of "helping hands" and "good guys." He also has a superb family of Guilds! And then Frono comes onboard to punctuate Dave's post. What a place to learn!

Hi Joe; I saw Dave's helpful remarks and Frono's value-adding comments ... exactly what does your post do to help LTP learn how to navigate?

Hi LTP; if you'll take the time to browse some of the Forums which are listed by hitting 'Board Index' in the upper left, you'll see the major topical subdivisions. If you want to start a thread, choose an area that you think most closely matches the subject of what you want to say; if you just want to BS on a subject that doesn't exactly fall into a specific area, there's a 'Miscellaneous' section too.

You can browse by Forum or if you hit 'View Active Topics', you get a list of threads organized by which one contains the most recent post. the 'Forum view' sorts threads by subject and date while the View Active Topics lists threads/posts in reverse chronological order without regard to in which Forum they were originally threaded. And finally, you are allowed to hit nearly all of the light-blue 'hot' keys anywhere without penalty; you'll learn just as fast by stumbling around as you will from text directions. Good luck and welcome to LTG! CJ

 

[Ian]

...and just in case you both thought that the southern hemisphere was being rude and unwelcoming, I'd like to add a big Gidday to both you blokes from New Zealand !!

(sorry for being late, it's summer time here, picture F30's under the tree with a couple of cold ones...)

PS: the reason I havent got any new Guilds is that I'm broke. :lol: