Top Guild Myths

[bluesypicky]

IOW, not all Westerly's are heavy... and not all heavy guitars lack tone and volume.

Right on!
My D25 is the lightest acoustic guitar I ever held and my DV72 the heaviest and the best sounding one, both "Westerlies"..... :wink:

 

[charliea]

It's been posted before that Guilds went off their diet about '74, plumping up accordingly. In other words, the majority of Westerly Guilds are porkers. I wasn't knocking the sound of Westerly guitars, but I think some folks might be surprised if they A/B'd their prized Westerly dread with, say, a NH D-55.

 

[West R Lee]

Hans has told me that if two like models weigh the same, it's purely by chance. That the woods used weigh differently, some braces weigh more than others, some necks are heavier than others and so on. My DV72 and DV73 are supposed to be the same guitar........ I've never weighed them, but the DV73 is noticably heavier.

West

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Hans has told me that if two like models weigh the same, it's purely by chance.

Interesting. I had no idea. I would have guessed that they'd be almost identical.

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

my '71 D-44 @ 4# 6 oz.

Do maple guitars tend to weigh less than rosewood (if all other variables are equal)?

 

[SFIV1967]

Do maple guitars tend to weigh less than rosewood (if all other variables are equal)?

Rosewood has an average weight of 850kg/mt3.
Maple is lighter, between 600 and 700kg/mt3. As far as I read it. All just rough values. (And that's an answer to Darryl's question, not a myth...)
Ralf

 

[chazmo]

I think, historically, the maple (and mahogany) sandwiches that have been used for the arch-back Guilds have probably been heavier than their braced, solid-wood (rosewood) equivalents. That said, I think the biggest adder of weight with maple is the neck. My '90s JF-30-12 has a striped maple neck that's to die for, but it's hefty. The whole guitar is a friggin tank.

Wood density is somewhat irrelevant with regard to body panels, Ralf, because thickness can vary a lot.

 

[GardMan]

my '71 D-44 @ 4# 6 oz.

Do maple guitars tend to weigh less than rosewood (if all other variables are equal)?

Darryl... just to remind you, my D-44 is pearwood.

 

[SFIV1967]

I think, historically, the maple (and mahogany) sandwiches that have been used for the arch-back Guilds have probably been heavier than their braced, solid-wood (rosewood) equivalents. That said, I think the biggest adder of weight with maple is the neck. My '90s JF-30-12 has a striped maple neck that's to die for, but it's hefty. The whole guitar is a friggin tank.
Wood density is somewhat irrelevant with regard to body panels, Ralf, because thickness can vary a lot.

Good points! I didn't think about all of that and didn't read Darryl's question correctly. Darryl asked about guitars not just the wood. Agreed.
Ralf

 

[jrich78]

I have a Corona D50CE one of the best guitars I have ever picked up, I know that people feel that Fender ruined Guild, but I wouldn't trade my Corona Guild for anything

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Thanks, guys.