Just had a bid accepted on reverb... was hoping it was the all mahogany version but starting to worry it isn't just the stained top. Should have done more research. Here is the link if anyone can advise if it is or isn't:
https://reverb.com/item/24765076-1974-guild-d25m-6-string-acoustic-guitar
Welcome aboard electriceye!
Another D25 lover here, confirming it's a stained spruce top.
Typically a genuine D25 arched-back 'hog top is NOT labeled D25M; that term was technically
supposed to apply to the stained spruce top, but we've seen mislabels on both types.
I see now the listing verbiage does say spruce top but under "specs" it shows:
"Top Material Mahogany
Back Material Mahogany
Sides Material Mahogany"
Might give you a diplomatic bargaining point if you need it.
If you can cancel with seller and you've got your sights set on a genuine 'hog top archback , '73 is the year with the greatest number of sightings and reports around here.
If the archback isn't part of your requirements,
all flat backed D25's got 'hog tops.
In counterpoint the overwhelming majority of D25's built had the spruce top/arched back configuration:
'Hog top/flatback from '68 to 74 approx. (there was overlap of types in the transition period)
'Hog top archback from '72 to '74 approx. (even know of one oddball from
'76)
Spruce top/archback from
'74 approx to '01
And the return to all-hog from '02-late '03 as Bonneville mentioned.
I like to say "Read between
those lines", but I still get it when it comes to seeking a particular build formula.