Westerly Wood
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It is shipping out to me today, will get it sometime next week. Will do what I can to make it more playable for me, and have a local repair shop that can help with lowering saddle etc. I do plan on staving off the neck reset for a couple 3 years, and I am good at doing that . The Br did not get a reset done till like year 3, so I am confident I can do the same with Jalopy. Oh, that is what I am calling it...
Pics are from the reverb listing: https://reverb.com/item/20232932-guild-d-35-dreadnought-1970s-acoustic-guitar
The seller and I had some great rapport, I helped him properly identify the old dread, he first had it listed as a D50. The serial number according to Guild serial number site ( I know, I know, we just never really know, but Hans will) locks it into a 1973 build year. 93950. He was selling for a friend and I wanted to help out.
I was inspired by Neal's "Gallopy" from back in 2014 or 2016, I forget. While Jalopy is not in same state, it is pretty close.
The mojo factor is high on this one, and I really wanted a 2nd Guild dread (Westerly of course) to have lying around for when the kids get older and one of them gets the call to play. And I return to the same Guild dread state I had when I first joined the LTG. A D25 and a D35, both flat backs, the only difference being the top.
Ray, give me a couple weeks on the video bud. I need to get this pup into playing shape and that will take some initial work.
Pics are from the reverb listing: https://reverb.com/item/20232932-guild-d-35-dreadnought-1970s-acoustic-guitar
The seller and I had some great rapport, I helped him properly identify the old dread, he first had it listed as a D50. The serial number according to Guild serial number site ( I know, I know, we just never really know, but Hans will) locks it into a 1973 build year. 93950. He was selling for a friend and I wanted to help out.
I was inspired by Neal's "Gallopy" from back in 2014 or 2016, I forget. While Jalopy is not in same state, it is pretty close.
The mojo factor is high on this one, and I really wanted a 2nd Guild dread (Westerly of course) to have lying around for when the kids get older and one of them gets the call to play. And I return to the same Guild dread state I had when I first joined the LTG. A D25 and a D35, both flat backs, the only difference being the top.
Ray, give me a couple weeks on the video bud. I need to get this pup into playing shape and that will take some initial work.