Greetings, with a question about D-55's.

[capnjuan]

Honestly Steffan ... I really don't know ... at one time they were about even ... another time it took a little more than one of yours to make one of ours ... whereas it's always taken more than one of ours to make one of Jerry's .... but I don't buy as much Canadian whiskey or bacon as I used to ... :wink:

 

[jmm55]

I live near the town of Punta Arenes, on the southern tip of Chile and Argentina. It is no more than a thirty mile trek into the foothills, and with the express Donkey service that finally arrived last year, it can be accomplished in about four hours.

Jeez; with a sense of humor like that :wink: , pull up a chair ... one way or the other, this crowd will get you fitted with a D-55. Welcome to LTG!

You may have already mentioned but are you talking $C or $US ... or Pesos?

I’m easy, this time, but I’ll have you know that in another forum (unrelated to guitar) I did have a lively dispute with others about how to correctly convert metric decimals into imperial fractions, and for a time took to expressing my measurements furlongs and fathoms to stymie the opposition.

 

[taabru45]

Was that in the "Attitudes are Us" forum....? :lol: Steffan

 

[capnjuan]

... I took to expressing my measurements furlongs and fathoms to stymie the opposition.

I'd say you're my kind of guy but I wouldn't want to stigmatize you ....

Was that in the "Attitudes are Us" forum.

Yes ... I think that's it ... if it isn't, then you can go to hell ... :evil: :lol: :lol:

 

[jmm55]

The AaU moniker certainly applied there on some occasions, so now seems like a great time to say again (as jmm55 leverages more future leniency with another dollop of truth) LTG operators never fail to amaze me. Your quote system is clever enough to quote not only the new quote, but the old quote as well. Why in every other forum I have participated in, the previous quote is not transferred, resulting in lost context. The Next time I am frustrated with a forum operator, I am going to tell them to go look at LTG for textbook forum operating protocols. If my anticipated D-55 works as well as the board, I will be in good order.

 

[capnjuan]

Above the Draft window, there's a set of function boxes including the Quote function. I 'quoted' your post by hitting the Quote button below/right and then shortened it. Because I wanted to tie in Steffan's remark to my post, I hit the 'Quote' box above the draft window and it does this ....

quote] [/quote] (I removed the left-most bracket for the sake of the illustration)

To edit it to make it specific for Steffan, edit it to read (left-most bracket still missing)

quote="Steffan"][/quote]

I copied and and pasted Steffan's remark in (left-most bracket still missing)
quote="Steffan"]Was that in the "Attitudes are Us" forum.[/quote]

Adding back the left-most bracket produces ....

Was that in the "Attitudes are Us" forum.

Hope this helps ... or just confuses ... :wink:

 

[taabru45]

Why does it matter?..................... :lol: Steffan

 

[chazmo]

The AaU moniker certainly applied there on some occasions, so now seems like a great time to say again (as jmm55 leverages more future leniency with another dollop of truth) LTG operators never fail to amaze me. Your quote system is clever enough to quote not only the new quote, but the old quote as well. Why in every other forum I have participated in, the previous quote is not transferred, resulting in lost context. The Next time I am frustrated with a forum operator, I am going to tell them to go look at LTG for textbook forum operating protocols. If my anticipated D-55 works as well as the board, I will be in good order.

Not that I can take any credit for it, but we aim to please.

Again, welcome aboard, and stay with us.

 

[West R Lee]

Don has done a fantastic job with the site. Heck, I can remember when he changed the place and several of us were thinking it was fine the way it was, but leave it to Don, he made it better.

jmm, I can't send a friend's guitar for approval...sorry. I appreciate your interest.

West

 

[Ian]

Thanks for the warm welcomes. My hunt is not going so well. For some strange reason, the D-55's I have come across so far are grossly overpriced. To elaborate, the seller wanted $2200 for the 97 I mentioned in my first post. He described it as in "immaculate condition" but when I got there, the bridge was lifting and the saddle was poorly cut and uncompensated, which caused concern. I offered an amount in the range West suggested, and was declined. The seller was so unreasonable, I then offered full price, contingent upon having the bridge re-glued and new saddle installed, and at my cost if I buy the guitar after hearing it in proper working order (it was certainly shy on power compared to the new one I scouted, and I put this down to the bridge and saddle issues).

This was an outrageously good offer, since he would either get his full asking price, or at least then have his guitar in proper working order to play or sell much more easily. His response was deep annoyance with my many good faith efforts to find a clever way to get a deal done, ending with a strange warning to not contact him further. He also expressed some contempt by saying "go buy the $1600 guitar with no issues." I had told him there was another D-55 for sale in the area, and that D-55's should be selling for about $1600, which he mistakenly construed as my having said that D-55 was $1600. Even if I would have said the other one was $1600, in the scope of untruth's, it would have paled in comparision to being told the guitar was in immaculate condition, when it actually had issues that I had to discover.

Another 98 D-55 is selling around here for $2500, which is just way out of line when those in the know say $1400 to 1800 is the current range for D-55's without issues.

I would love to have that guitar West, because the price is right, but I will have to play any guitar I buy. It is just too worrisome to me otherwise. If you and your friend decide at some point that it might be worth discussing the idea of selling the guitar with a short return window, I might be willing to give it a go, but I trust you will continue to work towards a firm sale, and I fully understand.

I will keep up to date here with details of the pursuit.

Hi Jmm55,

If it were me I'd jump on the guitar of West's. At least you know it's a good one and lets be honest, if you end up being underimpressed then you will (A): be able to sell it for much the same as you paid for it. (B) be in a much wiser position about what you do want.

I've actually bought all my guilds sight unseen off or through members here, it seems to me you are looking at paying over the odds for a guitar you can play first. It might suprise you to learn that the guitar which I like the least is the one I played in the shop for a couple of days running before I bought it. I think what happenned is that after the initial favourable impression wore off, buyers remorse set in and I got to thinking I could have done better elsewhere.

Thats just my thoughts anyway, good luck !!

Cheers, Ian

 

[jmm55]

West, I completely understand, as firm sales are the norm. Just for the record though, I would not have expected the guitar to be shipped without payment prior. I appreciate your mentioning the guitar regardless, and I will keep it somewhere in the back of my mind if it would happen to be available after giving myself enough time to find one I can spend some time with and latch on to. I have put the word out at some good music stores around here who see a fair amount of used guitar traffic, and have more to call yet. I have barely been looking for a week.

 

[jcwu]

I have barely been looking for a week.

Around here, that's about 6 days too long to be looking.

 

[taabru45]

Now that made me laugh out loud......only because its true, the only thing that might slow us down is a shortage of funds, and that sometimes doesn't work either.... Steffan

 

[6L6]

Consider yourself lucky for NOT buying that guy's D-55 with issues.

There are many great D-55's out there and there's no need to settle for anything less. I agree with the prices falling between $1600 and $2K for a nice Westerly. And I would not hestitate to buy from West or any of the other folks prominent on this board.

BTW, my main gigging axe for the past four years has been my '06 D-55 with a Fishman Matrix pup in it. Truly an inspirational instrument!

Best of luck in your search!

6

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

 

[jgmaute]

Hi jmm55, welcome to LTG, kick your shoes off, relax your mind. I think we met over on AGF. One warning...on this board GAS means Guild Acquisition Syndrome and it's a highly contagious strain of GAS. Ian (GuitarDude) lives in NZ, he heard about his F30 here on the board when I played it at a local store. He bought it and I shipped it to him. Later, when I just couldn't get comfortable with my '65 M20 he bought that too. We like to keep good Guilds in the family. We also check out local guitars for others (someone played my M20 for me before I bought it, so I knew it needed a neck reset but also knew it sounded great). We also celebrate when a member bags a great Guild and we're visual, so when you finally bag your D55, pictures, we want pictures. joan

 

[jmm55]

Indeed we did, and I'm grateful for the cordialities here and there.

However, I am compelled to make an observation. Certain commonly shared traits will cause people to gather into groups, and this tradition is as old as time itself. But we must always be able to distinguish one group from another. This this end, I must say that really anyone can have GAS, but only you people (not yet owning a Guild forbids me to be counted) belong to the ranks of GUILDERS

Guild's
Unusually
Influential
League of
Demonstrably
Excessive and
Rebellious
Stockpilers.

 

[jcwu]

Stockpilers

I think you hit the nail on the head!!