A friend has decided to join us in our Thursday night old-folks-home jamborees, and even though he owns several high end Martins and Taylors, he went right out and bought a Guild. He asked me what I thought of new Guilds and I said that if I could go and buy one right now it would be a Tacoma D-50 Bluegrass Special. He said, "I'm glad to hear you say that because that's what I just bought! Then he opened up the case and played it with us. (That makes four Guilds in the group now: His D-50, my DV-52, a JF-30 lefty and an old D-40 lefty.)