D-55

[mrcolin2u]

I am looking at maybe purchasing a D-55 serial # AD551642 which makes it older than 1997 (AD550691 was the last one made in 1997).
I know Fender aquired Guild Guitars in 1995, can anyone tell by the serial number if this guitar was made in Westerly RI or Corona ,CA ?

Thank you in advance.

PS I sold my 1990 D-50 a few months ago and miss it a lot, I need another Guild badly.

Cheers
Colin

 

[bluesypicky]

Westerly! It's a buy!!! :lol:
Welcome Colin (I don't recall having told you yet), and keep us posted on thay D55! Great guitar I reckon.....

 

[mrcolin2u]

Westerly! It's a buy!!! :lol:
Welcome Colin (I don't recall having told you yet), and keep us posted on thay D55! Great guitar I reckon.....

Thanks for the welcome and reply.......
I edited my post to relect the fact the guitar is slightly newer than I thought, although it may still have been made in Westerly??
Cheers
Colin

 

[bluesypicky]

Still a buy.... :lol:
The move from Westerly didn't happen until 2004 (If my memory serves me right, if not, it won't take long until we get the correction).....
And in all seriousness, some great guitars have come out of every factory Guild had it's name on. Some of us here just have a "je-ne sais-quoi" in favor of Westerly, as long debated at many occasions before.... :roll: :mrgreen:

 

[Ian]

Hi Colin,

Check this thread.viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21721

Good luck with your D55 !!

Cheers, Ian

 

[bluesypicky]

Westerly was operational until the end of August '01 .

Was I off by 3 years?! :shock:
Pay attention BP, pay attention.....

 

[adorshki]

Westerly was operational until the end of August '01 .

Was I off by 3 years?! :shock:
Pay attention BP, pay attention.....

With 55 starin' me in the face next March I was startin' to get a little nervous about driving 'til I realized all those signs on the highway are speed limits...

 

[bluesypicky]

With 55 starin' me in the face next March I was startin' to get a little nervous about driving 'til I realized all those signs on the highway are speed limits...

When I work on a project requiring tools, I am considering going the "surgeon way" now.
With a mini cassette recorder, disclosing every location where I drop a tool, so I don't spend the next half hour looking for it..... :shock:

 

[mrcolin2u]

Hi Colin,

Check this thread.viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21721

Good luck with your D55 !!

Cheers, Ian

Thanks Ian,
the one I'm looking at must be a 2000 or 1999.
I got rid of my 1990 sunburst D-50 a few months ago, I've played a few Martin dreads but NOTHING comes close to my old D-50. The newer ones' are called Bluegrass specials and have the Adi tops, I like the look and sound of sitka so I'm going for the D-55 (wish it was a sunburst too)
Cheers
Colin

 

[jcwu]

With a mini cassette recorder

What are cassettes?

 

[Christopher Cozad]

With a mini cassette recorder

What are cassettes?

New-fangled 8-tracks!

 

[bluesypicky]

With a mini cassette recorder

What are cassettes?

A pre-historic way of storing audio or video data:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cassette

 

[bluesypicky]

I like the look and sound of sitka so I'm going for the D-55 (wish it was a sunburst too)Cheers Colin

I know a couple of NH burst 55 for sale, about 2 miles from my maison, at a place called "Wolfe's guitars". That is in Fl. tho......
They even had a demo one at reduced price, a couple weeks back.
Yep. Believe it or not, 3 D55 burst in the same store!!!

 

[West R Lee]

I am looking at maybe purchasing a D-55 serial # AD551642 which makes it older than 1997 (AD550691 was the last one made in 1997).
I know Fender aquired Guild Guitars in 1995, can anyone tell by the serial number if this guitar was made in Westerly RI or Corona ,CA ?

Thank you in advance.

PS I sold my 1990 D-50 a few months ago and miss it a lot, I need another Guild badly.

Cheers
Colin

The last Westerly D55's were the AD5526xx's. Those would be '01's.

West

 

[Ian]

and West would also like to point out that he has a nice late Westerly D55 he is selling on behalf of an elderly gentleman:http://letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=20828

Good Luck !!

Cheers, Ian

 

[West R Lee]

and West would also like to point out that he has a nice late Westerly D55 he is selling on behalf of an elderly gentleman:http://letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=20828

Good Luck !!

Cheers, Ian

:lol: It's a '96 though, not an '01.

West

 

[Ian]

Whats 5 years between friends ?

 

[jgmaute]

I've never met a D55 I didn't love. Of course once mine quit getting stolen I've stayed with my '83! Just had it restrung yesterday and am heading to the studio next week. It will shine on at least one and probably two of the four songs I'm recording. joan

 

[6L6]

Never met a GUILD I didn't love!

Love my '06 D-55 to death. It's my main gigging instrument and it just ROCKS.

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'06 D-55
'06 F-412
'77 D-50
'74 D-40