A reference to my "NUGD" post last month...after a nerve-wracking week I was able to pull the trigger on an older D25-12...thing's like new and man, does it ring! I'm going to try to post a pic (sorry for the poor quality).
Got a question: the serial # starts "CH"...the headstock is stamped, "Made in U.S.A."...haven't found that designation anywhere, though...?
Congrats, Cabarone!
I assume the label's missing and that's why the seller couldn't ID it correctly?
Suspect it really is a D4-12 that was mis-identified in the ad, "CH" does fit with 92-93 D4-12's and
only that model:
http://guildguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/history_of_your_guild.pdf
Just occurred to me if it's a "satin" finish it
has to be a D4-12, they didn't make 'em in gloss at that time, and a D25 was only finished in High Gloss.
I assume the label's missing and that's why the seller couldn't ID it correctly?
What Mavuser said about 'em being essentially D25's is correct to the point that you'll note that during '94 it looks like there're no D25's , but that was probably because they started using the same s/n sequence for both of 'em during that year, as can be seen starting with the '95 listings, and the D25's couldn't be sorted out from the s/n records alone.
From '95 forward there is no way tell a D4 from a D25 by s/n alone, "read between those lines"...
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