The newer Guild Gad guitars seem impressive......

[taabru45]

The reason I'm asking is that there was a GAD maple F40 (maybe) that I played lately....It was at the place where I met the Guild D41, the Guild D100, Guild D55, Martin 100th anniversary and a few other beauties....I noticed this blond GAD guild on a stand...in the same room as all the others, and didn't say anything....This was a private meeting with a guy who studied along side with Jean Larrivee and has been in the game for a lot of years....he is very very knowing....so....after having my mind blown by the D100 and others he tells me to check out the GAD...now this is a guy who carries a mirror etc with him when he goes to buy a guitar....he checks out all the angles....inside and out.....nothing gets past him....That Guild had the ebony fingerboard and bridge, looked and played as well as any of the other guitars there, and sounded like a very high end maple guitar should....He said the new GADs, or at least this example is an extraordinary guitar for the price, the only thing he did was to lower the action a little for his personal preference....This was really a sweet guitar, and I'm impressed that Larry had 'approved' it even to the point of purchasing it....I asked him about the finish, he said it was a polywhich was really tough, or one of the finishes that dries in minutes with the UV light.....but that it was very thin, in that you could see the raised grain of the wood, a little bit, like the old lacquer on the vintage instruments which is quite thin by then....not like a piece of thick glass which I remember being on the earlier Gads....I was surprised by his being that impressed..he basically said 'they are getting it right'....I was also impressed, even in the company of some of Guilds best work..... Steffan

 

[killdeer43]

Re: Who's bought one of the newer Gad guitar.....

With that said, I continue to be impressed with my 2nd GAD30. I'm surprised at how good it sounds and especially surprised with the sustain. Why was the first one so much less likable? Is it the pickguard, you think? :wink:

I thought that this would be THE campfire guitar, and with a 3-day camping weekend ahead, I'm having a tough time deciding which guitar to take along. Sheesh! :roll:

Decisions, decisions,
Joe

 

[Taylor Martin Guild]

I like the GAD line.
They are great guitars.
My only complaint is that Guild should have labeled it differently.
Look at all the adds that are trying to pass off GAD's as American built guitars.

 

[Scratch]

I like the GAD line.
They are great guitars.
My only complaint is that Guild should have labeled it differently.
Look at all the adds that are trying to pass off GAD's as American built guitars.

+1 Or is it 2?

 

[wileypickett]

I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but like many of us, I suspect, I've looked down my nose on the GAD line (not made in the US of A and all) and typically, if saw a Guild with that tell-tale skinny GAD pickguard, I didn't give it a second look.

I was trying out the Guilds at Union Music in Worcester, MA, a few months ago, and was very impressed with one in particular. (I forget now the model, but it looked pretty classy -- it didn't have a pickguard -- and sounded great.)

After playing it for a few minutes I looked inside the sound hole to see what it was I was playing, and was slightly shocked that it was a GAD.

Since then, I haven't been quite such a snob about them. Worth a second look in my opinion.

Glenn//.

 

[killdeer43]

It's amazing what a new pickguard will do.

Made this GAD30 sound great! 8)

Joe

 

[Graham]

I liked them from the get go as I did not know much about Guild at the time.

Since then I think they have gotten better.

Without name dropping, West R Lee recently played one and was very impressed!! :shock:

 

[cjd-player]

Without name dropping, West R Lee recently played one and was very impressed!! :shock:

You're so subtle. :roll: :lol:

 

[Scratch]

Without name dropping, West R Lee recently played one and was very impressed!! :shock:

You're so subtle. :roll: :lol:

Sheesh :!: Can you at least give us the person's initials? :? :roll:

 

[chazmo]

Without name dropping, West R Lee recently played one and was very impressed!! :shock:

You're so subtle. :roll: :lol:

Sheesh :!: Can you at least give us the person's initials? :? :roll:

Bwahahahaha!!!!! Subtle... Yeah, that's it!

 

[Ridgemont]

Yes they are fine guitars. I have had two, a GAD30 and a GAD30R. These are great all around guitars for very little $$$. The GAD30R was an exceptional example but I sold it once I heard the STD F30R. They are structurally equivalent, but the F30R had much more character and tonal qualities I value in a guitar. This is an unfair comparison considering I sold/bought my GAD30R for $650 and the STD F30R sells for $2K. Unfair, yes, but I did not like rosewood until I played the STD F30R. One thing that my GADs were missing was a certain woody characteristic I prize so much. My D25 has it, which made me not appreciate the GAD30. My F30 has it, as well as my 000-15. All hog guitars so the woodiness is understandable. I did not hear that in my GAD30R which possessed a crystalline sound, but was generic. I heard this characteristic in the STD F30R and I am discovering it in my new Martin as well. But again, apples and oranges.

 

[killdeer43]

Apples and oranges and throw in a GAD30 for $219.38.... you can't really ask for much more in today's economy! 8)
And he's going camping this weekend! Yow-zah!

Life....good,
Joe

 

[Ridgemont]

Apples and oranges and throw in a GAD30 for $219.38.... you can't really ask for much more in today's economy! 8)
And he's going camping this weekend! Yow-zah!

Life....good,
Joe

That polyurethane finish can handle anything so put it to good use!

 

[Graham]

Without name dropping, West R Lee recently played one and was very impressed!! :shock:

You're so subtle. :roll: :lol:

Sheesh :!: Can you at least give us the person's initials? :? :roll:

I respect their privacy so no initials will be released!

 

[West R Lee]

:lol:

I don't know if I'd use the word "impressed", I was surprised. I've played a few GAD's and haven't been impressed, but I was surprised by that one. A GAD50 as I recall. That may have been the first rosewood GAD I've played.....it did sound pretty nice. Impressed in comaparison to other GAD's I've played.....yes.

West

 

[adorshki]

Impressed in comaparison to other GAD's I've played.....yes.
West

Subtle, sir. VERY subtle. :lol:

 

[West R Lee]

Impressed in comaparison to other GAD's I've played.....yes.
West

Subtle, sir. VERY subtle. :lol:

Well Al, there is political correctness, then there is pure honesty. No offense intended to any GAD owners. Like I said, the one I played a couple of weeks ago sounded good.

West

 

[twocorgis]

:lol:

I don't know if I'd use the word "impressed", I was surprised. I've played a few GAD's and haven't been impressed, but I was surprised by that one. A GAD50 as I recall. That may have been the first rosewood GAD I've played.....it did sound pretty nice. Impressed in comaparison to other GAD's I've played.....yes.

West

There's faint praise if I've ever heard it. :lol:

All y'all know how I feel about Chinese guitars, even if they're good. I'm stubborn like that. :roll:

 

[adorshki]

B-O-O--O-Y-Y this could lead me to some snarky sniping today but I'm in a "Joe Cool" kinda mood...let's just say my lead-off thought was that if it wasn't for GAD's we'd never have seen some of our more "playful" members here...Graham's the first one that comes to mind. 8)
Anybody notice he seems to have modified his habits a bit, recently? Or maybe he's just watchin' a lot of hockey. :wink:

 

[ladytexan]

Apples and oranges and throw in a GAD30 for $219.38.... you can't really ask for much more in today's economy! 8)
And he's going camping this weekend! Yow-zah!

Life....good,
Joe

Enjoy your weekend, Joe!!!

Toni