Here is a short factory tour vid from Oxnard (2017) where you clearly can see those "wing braces" (0:42 sec) on M-20 I guess :
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I thought Oxnard abandoned red spruce for tops, and in fact it didn't get used for 17" jumbos and D55's in NH either?Looks like
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I thought that too, that the M20 was absolutely the first model brought to market ("just like in Westerly"), but got surprised in the last year or so when somebody (@GGJaguar , I think?) posted a pic of a D20's s/n which would have made it #1 built in Oxnard. Apparently the "pilot build", and thinking of it that way might make sense if they planned to build more dreads than parlors.
The guitar in the video is a D40. The first guitars to market from Oxnard were the “entry level” M20 and D20. D40 production came later as I understand it. That’s why I found it interesting that the D40 in the vid has the serial C000001.
Yep, uncorrected typo, had "D20" on brain, thanks, fixed.
What is this guitar then? Prototype?I mentioned it, but Ralf had the pic.
Just realized, might have misunderstood Dave number 2. He says the D40 actually has a different s/n, "C000001"as opposed to "C16..."I mentioned it, but Ralf had the pic.
It's weird because the D-40 was introduced in 2016 along with the D-20 and M-20, but the video showing that serial number is from January 2017. Guild also showed it on their web page in Jan 2017.
Make sure you watch the "FLIM". Guess nobody caught that typo.It's weird because the D-40 was introduced in 2016 along with the D-20 and M-20, but the video showing that serial number is from January 2017. Guild also showed it on their web page in Jan 2017.
Too busy tryin' to keep up with this thread!Make sure you watch the "FLIM". Guess nobody caught that typo.
I wonder if Hans is having "fun" with all this?As mentioned, the first production guitar shipped from Oxnard was the D-20 with C160001.
M-20 and D-20 were produced in parallel, the first M-20 and D-20 were shipped out of Oxnard to Chicago Music Exchange in April 2016. I don't know the first M-20 serial number. (I simply have not watched them at dealers to check the serials.)
I have no real good idea why that D-40 got such C000001 serial number. As "00" is no year I simply would assume it was the first D-40 prototype. (It is not the one displayed at NAMM 2017 and also not the one which they used for stock pictures.)
Also note that the laser burned number plate uses a different font compared to the production plates (lines are exchanged). That all points prototype.
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I wonder if he cares much about Oxnard (or NH or Tacoma for that matter). I thought his interest ended with the Corona facility.
I wondered that a few years back myself, but Ralf confirmed he was still paying attention through NH at least. IIRC he had a good relationship w/ Fender, but wouldn't surprise me if Cordoba's been less than enthusiastic with research assistance.
It was while NH was still open, and I asked if he was following 'em after Corona. CMG/Oxnard wouldn't have been a factor yet.Not sure I did..
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