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I've located a Westerly-made bowl-back Guild D30-Walnut. It is out of state, but from the photos basically the whole instrument looks chocolate brown. The paper sound hole label reads exactly this way: "D30-walnut" and below that a 7-character serial number beginning D3008xx, which makes it a 1989 model according to www.westerlyguildguitars.com. Does "D30-walnut" mean simply walnut-color stain on mahagany sides and back and spruce top, or are the sides and back (and perhaps even top) actually made of walnut? The top/soundboard is the same dark color, but I'm guessing maybe it is just dark stain on a spruce top. I currently own two Guilds, including a 1984 D4 mahogany bowl-back which is not particularly valuable, but plays and sounds AMAZING -- although I had a predisposition, the D4 is the instrument which got me hooked on Guild! Anyway, I'm considering adding this D30 Walnut to my collection but don't know what the back and sides (or even the top) are made of, whether it is rare/valuable, what it might be worth in "player" condition and, most importantly, if it is really walnut construction how that would affect the sound. Can anyone educate me a little about the D30-Walnut?