Oh great guru's of the lovely Guild guitars... I have a question. First the story: In 1968 my mom wanted to do something special for my dad so she sold her horse (rural livin' is great!) and bought him a Guild D-40E. When I was 13 I wanted to learn how to play and dad handed me the Guild and I started learning. A year or two later we came home from church one Sunday and a bookshelf that the guitar had been put under had come off the wall, fallen right on the headstock of the guitar and broke it. Until that time I had never seen my father so heart broken over an inanimate object. He contacted Guild and sent it back to have a new neck on it. Fast forward 25 years...my 40th birthday my dad gives me my "Inheritance" as we jokingly call it, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
Now the questions: My question is pertaining to tone and volume, and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of either on this guitar. please note that we had wood heat all the time I grew up making the house very dry and it took its toll on the D-40, there are two racks on the top and the bridge is split down the middle. I plan on taking it to our local hotshot luthier and having some work done on it but what kind of tone/ volume should I expect to see from this guitar? Also I have never seen another guitar like this one with the pickup w/ volume/ tone controls factory installed, is this guitar rare?
Thanks in advance for your comments...I will try and post pics if desired.
Greg
Now the questions: My question is pertaining to tone and volume, and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of either on this guitar. please note that we had wood heat all the time I grew up making the house very dry and it took its toll on the D-40, there are two racks on the top and the bridge is split down the middle. I plan on taking it to our local hotshot luthier and having some work done on it but what kind of tone/ volume should I expect to see from this guitar? Also I have never seen another guitar like this one with the pickup w/ volume/ tone controls factory installed, is this guitar rare?
Thanks in advance for your comments...I will try and post pics if desired.
Greg