Hi Everybody,
Well, I got my D25! This is just a follow up to the post:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14966
Great guitar by the way. I couldn't wait a week for a set up, so I took it home over the weekend. I will take it back this week. It currently has PB EXP lights. The lights sound great, but I think I can get more out of it with mediums (string suggestions anybody?....My vote is currently for JP phosphor bronze). The guitar is in very good condition. It has a few nicks and scratches with some finish checking below the bridge and on the back. It is minimal and I do not think a camera would be able to get it. The neck is straight with no fretware. I did notice that the guitar does have low profile frets, which is something I am not used to. They are not rounded on top, but more leveled. Is this normal? The D25 is a 1994 Westerly (don't have the serial # right now). After I bought it I found out that the guitar has somewhat a famous backstory. It was on consignment at Austin Vintage Guitar, and the seller is the keyboardist/guitarist from the band Spoon. It came with a very obnoxious Texas Flag case that they got at the Austin City Limits festival back in early 2000s. I will post pictures shortly.
There were so many D25s on ebay and I was following everyone. I feel like I got a respectable deal ($600) on this one because the selling price lines up with the ebay ones. And I got to test it out first. I am very satisfied, but my fingers are fried from playing all weekend. I want to thank everybody here who helped me with my search (especially Tunes and Doug aka Guildzilla).
I do have a couple of questions about maintenance, because I want this guitar to last. My other two guitars have pretty heavy lacquer on them, unlike the nitrocellulose? of the D25. I bought my Sigma classical guitar new back in 1994 and still is in excellent condition with no cracks or finish checking. I do nothing to control humidity inside this guitar and it sits on my wall. Can I treat the D25 the same way? I know it is necessary for many guitars to be constantly stored in their cases with humidifiers. Is this one of them? Austin has a good amount of humidity throughout the year. Right now we are in a drought so humidity has been around 30%.
-Ridgemont
Well, I got my D25! This is just a follow up to the post:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14966
Great guitar by the way. I couldn't wait a week for a set up, so I took it home over the weekend. I will take it back this week. It currently has PB EXP lights. The lights sound great, but I think I can get more out of it with mediums (string suggestions anybody?....My vote is currently for JP phosphor bronze). The guitar is in very good condition. It has a few nicks and scratches with some finish checking below the bridge and on the back. It is minimal and I do not think a camera would be able to get it. The neck is straight with no fretware. I did notice that the guitar does have low profile frets, which is something I am not used to. They are not rounded on top, but more leveled. Is this normal? The D25 is a 1994 Westerly (don't have the serial # right now). After I bought it I found out that the guitar has somewhat a famous backstory. It was on consignment at Austin Vintage Guitar, and the seller is the keyboardist/guitarist from the band Spoon. It came with a very obnoxious Texas Flag case that they got at the Austin City Limits festival back in early 2000s. I will post pictures shortly.
There were so many D25s on ebay and I was following everyone. I feel like I got a respectable deal ($600) on this one because the selling price lines up with the ebay ones. And I got to test it out first. I am very satisfied, but my fingers are fried from playing all weekend. I want to thank everybody here who helped me with my search (especially Tunes and Doug aka Guildzilla).
I do have a couple of questions about maintenance, because I want this guitar to last. My other two guitars have pretty heavy lacquer on them, unlike the nitrocellulose? of the D25. I bought my Sigma classical guitar new back in 1994 and still is in excellent condition with no cracks or finish checking. I do nothing to control humidity inside this guitar and it sits on my wall. Can I treat the D25 the same way? I know it is necessary for many guitars to be constantly stored in their cases with humidifiers. Is this one of them? Austin has a good amount of humidity throughout the year. Right now we are in a drought so humidity has been around 30%.
-Ridgemont