Bonneville88
Senior Member
I've owned Guilds I found pleasing and some less so, from Hoboken-era to present day.
A few quick notes...
Two Hobo-era D35s were remarkably different guitars - I kept one and sold the other.
Four Hew Hartford F50s (maple) rotated through usage over about a year - I kept one - no plans to part with it.
A Westerly Maple F50 owned for little over a year also departed.
Three D55s (two New Hartford, one Westerly) and a Westerly D50 are now gone - done with Guild Rosewood dreads for now, perhaps forever.
Two New Hartford F30s are still here and being enjoyed but eventually there will be only one.
Two of my current favorites - the Hobo D35 I kept, and a DC3E - from a cosmetic
standpoint, are absolute beaters, but I sure like how they sound and feel.
In the far corner, a semi-beater Hoboken-era F20 sounds better to my ears than the Westerly F20 next to it - the Hobo is also noticeably lighter,
but the Westerly has its charms as well. Keeping both for now, and generally play them one after the other,
pondering the differences.
While I've made an intentional recent pivot towards finding vintage Guilds that have been played, the MIC "Westerly Collection" D120 on the wall
holds its own very well against various Westerly D25s in the house.
Guild on.
A few quick notes...
Two Hobo-era D35s were remarkably different guitars - I kept one and sold the other.
Four Hew Hartford F50s (maple) rotated through usage over about a year - I kept one - no plans to part with it.
A Westerly Maple F50 owned for little over a year also departed.
Three D55s (two New Hartford, one Westerly) and a Westerly D50 are now gone - done with Guild Rosewood dreads for now, perhaps forever.
Two New Hartford F30s are still here and being enjoyed but eventually there will be only one.
Two of my current favorites - the Hobo D35 I kept, and a DC3E - from a cosmetic
standpoint, are absolute beaters, but I sure like how they sound and feel.
In the far corner, a semi-beater Hoboken-era F20 sounds better to my ears than the Westerly F20 next to it - the Hobo is also noticeably lighter,
but the Westerly has its charms as well. Keeping both for now, and generally play them one after the other,
pondering the differences.
While I've made an intentional recent pivot towards finding vintage Guilds that have been played, the MIC "Westerly Collection" D120 on the wall
holds its own very well against various Westerly D25s in the house.
Guild on.
Last edited: