Should I keep this D6?

[kostask]

Hans:

Thanks for the correction. I sort of doubted that I had it all right. I am anxiously awaiting The Guild Guitar Book Vol. 2. I can only go from what I have gathered on my own, and my memory is not always 100%.

Tunes:

The Westerly DV-6s were spruce topped, mahogany back and sides.

The Tacoma DV-6s were spruce topped, rosewood back and sides.

Both are correct, depending on where the guitar was built. I have a Westerly DV-6, and it is a really good example of a spruce/mahogany Dread, one of the best guitars I have heard.

The Vintage series had things like herringbone or Mother of Pearl rosettes. They also had the Chesterfield on the headstock, gold Rotomatic tuners, and the pickguards were either tortoiseshell (my DV-6) or black (my DV-52). The higher end models had things like turquoise rosettes/fretboard dots, and turquoise Chesterfields and Guild Logos. I don't know if the guitars were voiced differently.

Hans would be best to detail the differences, or whether the DV-6 followed the D-6, for example, which could be the case.

Kostas

 

[Ian]

Man I can see how I get confused. I obviously need a book or something to keep all this straight....

Hey tunes, your D55 has scalloped braces like my 2000 D55 yes ? I wonder how much difference they make to the sound ?

 

[Tunes]

Man I can see how I get confused. I obviously need a book or something to keep all this straight....

Hey tunes, your D55 has scalloped braces like my 2000 D55 yes ? I wonder how much difference they make to the sound ?

Gdude,

Yes indeedy - scalloped braces and maple bridge. According to my luthier (aka guitar "drug" dealer) these are essential components to a great sounding guitar, and make a significant difference in sound.

Considering Guild put scalloped braces in the "low-end" D6 tells us that they really put top quality in all their instruments - which is why the "intelligent players" prefer Guild.


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[plaidseason]

Just to add to the confusion . . . some of the Westerly DV6's had cedar tops.

-Chris

 

[Ian]

Tunes,

You sure about the maple bridge ? Mine is quite a dark coloured wood, thought it was rosewood to be honest !! I wouldn't have thought there a difference between a 98 and an 00 in something like that ?

Cheers, Ian

 

[Tunes]

Tunes,

You sure about the maple bridge ? Mine is quite a dark coloured wood, thought it was rosewood to be honest !! I wouldn't have thought there a difference between a 98 and an 00 in something like that ?

Cheers, Ian

I thought Luthier said the bridge on the D55 was maple - but either I misheard or he is wrong. I looked up the current specs on a D55 and it says the bridge is ebony. Clearly it is.

I was not too clear on the post, but what I was saying is the this particular luthier's opinion is that scalloped braces and a maple bridge were the essential components to good sound in a guitar. I suspect an ebony bridge is at least as good, if not better.

Sorry for the confusion. P.S. The bridge on my Martin is ebony also.

 

[GardMan]

I thought Luthier said the bridge on the D55 was maple - but either I misheard or he is wrong. I looked up the current specs on a D55 and it says the bridge is ebony. Clearly it is.

I was not too clear on the post, but what I was saying is the this particular luthier's opinion is that scalloped braces and a maple bridge were the essential components to good sound in a guitar. I suspect an ebony bridge is at least as good, if not better.

Sorry for the confusion. P.S. The bridge on my Martin is ebony also.

Tunes... D-55 have ebony bridges (and I think always have). In contrast, I think the early D-50s had rosewood bridges, and switched to ebony sometime in the mid-late-'70s.

Your luthier may have said that the bridgePLATE was maple. I have heard others proclaim that maple bridgeplates are more responsive than rosewood, due to the increased mass of rosewood. I have looked inside at the bridgeplates on all my Guild dreads... Some are definitiely rosewood, and some appear to be maple. As I recall, my D-55 has a maple bridgeplate. My recollection is that bridgeplates in my D-55, D-35, and D-44 are maple (the latter non-original), and the D-25 and D-46 are rosewood. I can't remember what's in the G-37. But I'll look again tonight.
Dave

Added: I have also heard some say that rosewood bridges are more responsive than ebony, with the argument that the added mass of ebony reduces vibration of the top.

 

[Tunes]

Guard,

You are a GENIUS - that is exactly what he said !!! Thanks for helping me out. Getting goofy in my old age.