Hi, I am looking to buy a new D55. I seen it on sweetwater and other various authorized dealers for $3899 plus tax etc. Tge person I spoke with at sweetwater told me he can get it for me for $3700 total with tax included. Does this seem like a good deal? I asked him if he can drop more but he’s locked on that price. What do you all think? Is there any other place I am missing where I can get it cheaper? Thanks!
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jedzep
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Wow! Guess I won't be buying any new dreads for a while. I'm no fan of big bod Guilds, but that's another story.
Based on NYS taxes at 8%, that sweetens the deal another $250, so I guess in the eyes of SW that's a deal.
Good thing is they're easy to return if you're not impressed.
Based on NYS taxes at 8%, that sweetens the deal another $250, so I guess in the eyes of SW that's a deal.
Good thing is they're easy to return if you're not impressed.
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That's (3899) about 20% off MSRP.
Once upon a time when there was lots of product you could often get a new Guild for closer to 30% off of MSRP. But that was then... Given the availability issues (they do actually have one in hand they can ship tomorrow, right) and the rebuilding of the dealer network that may be about as good as you can get without waiting a few months.
If you can get 30% off MSRP how much is a guitar in hand today worth to you? $400 more than waiting for an indefinite time?
Once upon a time when there was lots of product you could often get a new Guild for closer to 30% off of MSRP. But that was then... Given the availability issues (they do actually have one in hand they can ship tomorrow, right) and the rebuilding of the dealer network that may be about as good as you can get without waiting a few months.
If you can get 30% off MSRP how much is a guitar in hand today worth to you? $400 more than waiting for an indefinite time?
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No, that is not a good deal, IMHO. I would look on reverb for an older D55. Should be around 2k.
West R Lee
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Good gosh! Guitars......ALL guitars have gotten so expensive. New, used, almost regardless of brand.
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West R Lee
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I would have thought so as well Wood, but check this out.
Guild D55 | Reverb
Reverb is a marketplace bringing together a wide-spanning community to buy, sell, and discuss all things music gear.
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wow, so I guess $2500 ishI would have thought so as well Wood, but check this out.
Guild D55 | Reverb
Reverb is a marketplace bringing together a wide-spanning community to buy, sell, and discuss all things music gear.
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Guild D-55 Acoustic Guitar Natural | Reverb
This flagship Guild D-55 acoustic guitar has big dreadnaught tone and body. She's a beast and sounds way better than my old Guild Acoustic D-17. That was my first guitar though, and I've had it for 38 years so I'm holding on to her. This Guild D-55 was made in the New Hartford, CT factory i...
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Cougar
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Yeah, but sold listings show a rather different story....
I was going to say the same thing. Reverb is rife with ridiculously priced guitars.
Guildedagain
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Why should Guild's flagship guitar be cheap?
Guildedagain
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It's amazing how some things, many things, are twice what they were not that long ago and guitars are not immune to this.
This is the actual sold page, high to low, top dogs.
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Guildedagain
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You can get to the store just fine in a Chevy, but you could ride in a Cadillac for a lot more money.
"Champagne taste and beer budget", that's what I got, I can't even look at a D-40.
If you wanna play, you gotta pay. Literally.
"Champagne taste and beer budget", that's what I got, I can't even look at a D-40.
If you wanna play, you gotta pay. Literally.
Br1ck
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A guitar listing for eight months to a year should tell the seller something. They should get what they can now before things get worse. We are in for a rocky spell as things get deglobalized. I've seen clean guitars with the old this is new. I bought it three years ago and never played it. Listed at $200 less than really new with warranty. I think that as Yamaha gets their distribution network going, and folks actually get to play them, the used Guild market will rise. Right now I doubt one in ten guitar players has ever touched a US Guild. That is the primary reason Guild has always brought less than their worth.
We have been living in a very prosperous age. Manufacturers , Guild is really the exception, have been finding ways to sell guitars that are, in some cases, thousands more that the base models. The car makers have really been the masters of greed. Their time is coming. Fret not, A D 40T is a great guitar. So is a D 25. Grab them when you can. You can get by fine, like the farmer can keep fixing his 92 Ford F 150.
About the only way you can buy a basic truck is get one when U haul sells off their stock. The big upside with guitars is once you have them you can enjoy them forever. So find that D 55 and buy it now. No mater what, in twenty years it will seem like a bargain.
It's funny, for ten years I've kinda sorta tried to buy a D 18. But when I play them, they are different, but not better than my D 35. Some day the right one might come along, but it's fine if it doesn't. It has to be great and priced right. That's a hard combination these days.
We have been living in a very prosperous age. Manufacturers , Guild is really the exception, have been finding ways to sell guitars that are, in some cases, thousands more that the base models. The car makers have really been the masters of greed. Their time is coming. Fret not, A D 40T is a great guitar. So is a D 25. Grab them when you can. You can get by fine, like the farmer can keep fixing his 92 Ford F 150.
About the only way you can buy a basic truck is get one when U haul sells off their stock. The big upside with guitars is once you have them you can enjoy them forever. So find that D 55 and buy it now. No mater what, in twenty years it will seem like a bargain.
It's funny, for ten years I've kinda sorta tried to buy a D 18. But when I play them, they are different, but not better than my D 35. Some day the right one might come along, but it's fine if it doesn't. It has to be great and priced right. That's a hard combination these days.
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Nope for this price I as told I still have to wait until June.
Cougar
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Yes, for New or Mint condition D55's.
jedzep
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There's a lot of great used guitar shopping to be had at the $3500 - 4K price point. Once I had that to spend I'd be going slow and widening my search.
It’s getting that way I think. I‘ve been looking for a Martin D18 Authentic 1939 for $3500 for a few years now (most are more like $5K), and I was finally able to find a 2013 for that number about a month ago. It’s everything I had hoped it would be, and I’m very happy. It weighs an extraordinary 3 pounds 15 ounces.
2013 Martin D18 Authentic 1939
Just a wonderful guitar, everything that a great Martin should be.
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