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Nice! Yeah, my D-25 was $300 in '76, with a hard shell case. It's on it's 3rd case now, wore out the other two cases, but the guitar is still going strong so I guess they did their job!
 

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Nice. No mistakes I could hear. Feels like a sound track, thing, where people are traveling from place to place and no dialog. And being in a minor key, they aren't real happy doing it !
 

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Nice! Yeah, my D-25 was $300 in '76, with a hard shell case. It's on it's 3rd case now, wore out the other two cases, but the guitar is still going strong so I guess they did their job!

wow, $300 with a case in '76. so in 5 years the D25 went up well, nothing? i keep forgetting in the 70s when real inflation all of a sudden happened.
 

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I assumed yours included a case, WW. Yeah, I remember the case was $75, the guitar was $225 at Grinnell's Music Store. I tried out Martins and Gibsons there too, but I came home with the Guild. After 41 years, I think there is some evidence that I made the right choice.
 

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Nice one Woody!

This D25 cost $225 in 1971. Really? Yes.

Nice! Yeah, my D-25 was $300 in '76, with a hard shell case.

wow, $300 with a case in '76. so in 5 years the D25 went up well, nothing? i keep forgetting in the 70s when real inflation all of a sudden happened.

Well, depending on when exactly you bought it during 1976 the list price of a D-25 was $ 340.00 or $ 360.00. A hardshell case would set you back $ 75.00 (or $ 95.00 if you bought the plush lined one), so your D-25 with case listed for well over $ 400.00 during that time.
The $ 300.00 you payed for it indicates they gave you a discount of at least 25%, which was a good discount for a period when people started expecting to pay less than the official list price for a new product. Discounts went totally crazy during the '80s!

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Hans Moust
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Nice one Woody!







Well, depending on when exactly you bought it during 1976 the list price of a D-25 was $ 340.00 or $ 360.00. A hardshell case would set you back $ 75.00 (or $ 95.00 if you bought the plush lined one), so your D-25 with case listed for well over $ 400.00 during that time.
The $ 300.00 you payed for it indicates they gave you a discount of at least 25%, which was a good discount for a period when people started expecting to pay less than the official list price for a new product. Discounts went totally crazy during the '80s!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

thanks Hans. And would the flatback vs arched back made no change in cost really outside of inflation of 225-340 in that time frame? What I am asking, and not in a real clear way :), is the 225-340 inflation or the fact they priced higher for arched due to the extra work involved with pressing? and i could be wrong re extra work, maybe arched is easier build...

thanks
 

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Nice piece of music, Wood. I can picture the fly (it's a nice change from the annoying laid-off wasps that we usually get at this time of year).

I paid $400 (Canadian) for my D25 in 1983. No case.
 

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And would the flatback vs arched back made no change in cost really outside of inflation of 225-340 in that time frame? What I am asking, and not in a real clear way :), is the 225-340 inflation or the fact they priced higher for arched due to the extra work involved with pressing? and i could be wrong re extra work, maybe arched is easier build...

Hello Woody,

If you look at the gradual price increase of the D-25 between 1970 and 1976 and you compare that to the price increase of the D-35, you will see that they both follow a similar pattern. In the case of the D-35 the price went from $ 275.00 to $ 395.00.
And even though there's a small amount of extra labor involved with the manufacture of a braced back, it doesn't look like the introduction of the arched back on the D-25 resulted in a smaller price increase compared to the D-35.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
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Hello Woody,

If you look at the gradual price increase of the D-25 between 1970 and 1976 and you compare that to the price increase of the D-35, you will see that they both follow a similar pattern. In the case of the D-35 the price went from $ 275.00 to $ 395.00.
And even though there's a small amount of extra labor involved with the manufacture of a braced back, it doesn't look like the introduction of the arched back on the D-25 resulted in a smaller price increase compared to the D-35.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Thanks Hans for the info...Funny how many times I have doubled the sales price of the Br over the years in upkeep...:)

and Terry and Ross, thanks for listening and your kind words...
 

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Very nice, indeed. I thought, though, that you are a dig in strumming kinda guy. Obviously you can do it all! Thank for sharing.
 

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Thanks Hans, not only did I get a lifetime guitar, I guess I got a deal on it too! I was sold on both the tone and the beauty of the wood on my D-25; I went there figuring on coming home with a Martin. (Of course it didn't hurt that this Guild was about $250 less than the Martin D-18.)
 

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Thanks Hans, not only did I get a lifetime guitar, I guess I got a deal on it too! I was sold on both the tone and the beauty of the wood on my D-25; I went there figuring on coming home with a Martin. (Of course it didn't hurt that this Guild was about $250 less than the Martin D-18.)

Wow, only $250 less than a D-18? I guess back in ‘76 Martins we’re still reasonably priced. I hear the 70s were not Martin’s hey day. 😀
 
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