Dating My DV-52 Satin

Rich Cohen

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I have a beautifully preserved, great sounding DV-52, and I can't get a clear determination on its date...the available charts from Guild and the Westerly Guild Guitars website don't show my DV-52's serial number up through 1999. Were DV-52's made after 1999 in Westerly, RI? The number is AD523851.
 

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The SN lists available don't cover the last years of Westerly. If he doesn't see this and respond, PM or e-mail LTGer Hans Moust... author of the Guild Guitar Book. He rescued many of the Westerly records when the factory closed, and will be able to give you the date...
 

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I have a beautifully preserved, great sounding DV-52, and I can't get a clear determination on its date...the available charts from Guild and the Westerly Guild Guitars website don't show my DV-52's serial number up through 1999. Were DV-52's made after 1999 in Westerly, RI? The number is AD523851.
In fact Hans Moust has mentioned the records actually only cover up through '97.
DV52S (Satin) still shows on the '01 Westerly price list:
http://westerlyguildguitars.com/files/Guild2001.pdf
If you do want to contact Hans he prefers email because his mailbox here is perpetually full:
http://www.guitarchives.nl/guitarsgalore/
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Hans, in his usual style, answered an email from me about the DV-52. Mine was made in 2001. Where would we be without Hans!:peaceful:
 

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Mine is from 1994. My DV6 (mahogany versio of the DV52) is from 1997.
 

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Is there not a date stamp somewhere on the neck block when viewed through the sound hole?

That should be the body construction date.

Steve.
Hans emailed me saying that by 2001 the practice of placing the date stamp on the neck block had been discontinued.
 
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I just bought a DV52 satin my neck block stamped nov12 1993 but serial is EK101148 can't find the year for number because I think they changed to AD
 

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Mine is SN AD523987. Can anyone tell me what year this is? I believe 2000.
 
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