Westerley D40 vs Westerley D50

[evenkeel]

Welcome to LTG land. Nice pair of Guilds. You'll notice in my signature I have a D-35 and a D-60. My impressions of those two dreads are pretty close to yours. Not a surprise as the D-35 is sort of a plain jane D-40, while the D-60 could be described as a blinged up D-50. Like your D-50, my D-60 really comes alive when you dig in and push the guitar. Quiet it is not and it's has a very big low end presence. My D-35 is a bit quieter, but still plenty 0' volume. A bit warmer and woodier tone. Better finger picker in my opinion.

I've gone back and forth with phos/bronze and 80/20's. I do like the 80/20's a bit more on the D-60. Gives it a bit more top end sparkle.

 

[Alexandre IV]

Context is everything, indeed. Basically, how many Guilds would one need to be ready for every situation? I adore my 1959 M20 for strumming or any kind of folk setting where there are no drums. It's the perfect singer-songwriter guitar, small and light, and studio engineers love it. It's perfectly balanced so they don't need to do much in terms of EQing. On most acoustic guitars, you need some sort of low cut when you mix, but not those small parlor guitars. The thing is, the M20 is all mids, which is perfect for accompanying, but literally useless for flatpicking! I think a D50, a D40, an M20 and an F20 or maybe even F30, in other words a parlor gtr with a spruce top, would pretty much cover it.

But then, you need a Nashville tuned guitar and a 12-strings. So yeah, 6 acoustic guitars would pretty much run the gamut. Did I forget anything?

Guys, how come there are no classifieds section on this forum?

 

[bluesypicky]

Guys, how come there are no classifieds section on this forum?

But there is: viewforum.php?f=10