I have a line on well-used D-50NT. It's a player with pick wear around the bottom of the sound hole, some cracking in the binding near the neck, some finish checking and some buckle rash. Somebody really liked this guitar and played it every day for a long time...
Serial number lookup (SN 128167) says it's from 1960, but I know the online lookups can be unreliable. The label is the same style as my Westerly-built D4, but does not list the city or state of manufacture. Here are my questions:
1) What year is the guitar?
2) What was the city/state of manufacture?
3) The buckle rash, finish checking and pick wear are all cosmetic, and from what I've read here and elsewhere not altogether uncommon for Guilds of this age. The cracked binding concerns me, however. What should I be looking for related to that issue?
4) What other condition issues should I be looking for?
Thanks in advance for the feedback! I've been shopping for a rosewood Guild dread for a long time, and none have seemed to fit the bill for me. They've all either been nearly perfect museum pieces, or they have structural issues like bridge lift or need a neck reset. This one seems to be in the Goldilocks Zone for me, and I'm pretty excited about it.
Serial number lookup (SN 128167) says it's from 1960, but I know the online lookups can be unreliable. The label is the same style as my Westerly-built D4, but does not list the city or state of manufacture. Here are my questions:
1) What year is the guitar?
2) What was the city/state of manufacture?
3) The buckle rash, finish checking and pick wear are all cosmetic, and from what I've read here and elsewhere not altogether uncommon for Guilds of this age. The cracked binding concerns me, however. What should I be looking for related to that issue?
4) What other condition issues should I be looking for?
Thanks in advance for the feedback! I've been shopping for a rosewood Guild dread for a long time, and none have seemed to fit the bill for me. They've all either been nearly perfect museum pieces, or they have structural issues like bridge lift or need a neck reset. This one seems to be in the Goldilocks Zone for me, and I'm pretty excited about it.