NGD! Westerly D-17M

Aarfy · Apr 14, 2021

Wow this is a loud cannon! ‘85 westerly model - action is nice, it’s pretty clean - few spots here and there but nothing outrageous. Great tone.

davismanLV · Apr 14, 2021

Wow, @Aarfy that's what I'm talking about!! I love the white binding on these and that natural mahogany color is so great. To me this is the best of the D25 models for sure!! Too bad you couldn't put a foot in one of the photos...... LOL!! Congrats!!

Westerly Wood · Apr 14, 2021

wow, that is a great Guild acoustic right there you got, congrats!
all hog and arched back. I bet it is a cannon and a fantastic strummer.

Aarfy · Apr 14, 2021

I was close, @davismanLV - but didn’t want to be featured in the BGUF thread

thank you - yes what a cannon she is!

dreadnut · Apr 14, 2021

Sweet! Beautiful top grain!

GGJaguar · Apr 14, 2021

Lovely guitar, congrats!

HeyMikey · Apr 14, 2021

That does look really clean. Lots of saddle left too. Nice score Aarfy!

Aarfy · Apr 16, 2021

I just gotta say- this axe is louder and boomier (is that a word?) than either my Oxnard D40 and my NH F50

it is wild - and the bass on it.Wow.

Westerly Wood · Apr 16, 2021

Aarfy said:
I just gotta say- this axe is louder and boomier (is that a word?) than either my Oxnard D40 and my NH F50

it is wild - and the bass on it.Wow.

i am not surprised as the back is arched.
what does surprise me is i never bought a D25 arched while i still could

adorshki · Apr 16, 2021

Aarfy said:
Wow this is a loud cannon! ‘85 westerly model - action is nice, it’s pretty clean - few spots here and there but nothing outrageous. Great tone.

NICE score, but I gotta ask, does it actually say D17M on the label? Because that normally means a spruce top stained mahogany color, but that's unstained...just curious.

Aarfy said:
I just gotta say- this axe is louder and boomier (is that a word?) than either my Oxnard D40 and my NH F50 it is wild - and the bass on it. Wow.

As long as you pronounce it "boomy-yay".

My D25 was louder than the D40 until it finally opened up. Now they're about equal, but the D40 records better. Less distortion.
Flatback tone's really starting to grow on me.

Try it and see.

cupric · Apr 16, 2021

I might be wrong but I believe all D17s are all mahogany. Why the M I'm not sure either. D15, D16, D17, are mahogany with mahogany tops. And all arch back?

Aarfy · Apr 16, 2021

Yes! D17-M gosh I hope it’s all hog or my ears are on back to front

cupric · Apr 16, 2021

Maybe M to differentiate from red?

Westerly Wood · Apr 16, 2021

Aarfy said:
Yes! D17-M gosh I hope it’s all hog or my ears are on back to front

wow and you got the blue ball point pen, now that is special. i dont even think GSRs got the blue ball point pen...

Aarfy · Apr 16, 2021

woody - I don’t know how serious you’re being but that tickled me!

Westerly Wood · Apr 16, 2021

Aarfy said:
woody - I don’t know how serious you’re being but that tickled me!

Guild labels are super rough-shod, total rush jobs, some early ones look to be written in crayon. so for me, it's kind of a funny Guild anecdote...

adorshki · Apr 16, 2021

cupric said:
I might be wrong but I believe all D17s are all mahogany. Why the M I'm not sure either. D15, D16, D17, are mahogany with mahogany tops. And all arch back?

Yep all arch-backed, different levels of bling. D15's started off satin-finish only, for example.
Yeah, it's why I asked. Already all-hog by definition.

cupric said:
Maybe M to differentiate from red?

Yeah, that's what just occurred to me, too, although the red was officially "Cherry" at the time. Those look stupendous, by the way.
And "Nat" is normally used for an unstained top with dark stained sides/back.

Aarfy said:
woody - I don’t know how serious you’re being but that tickled me!

A bit obscure, as I am myself sometimes, but the labels we see are almost always black ink. So blue's pretty rare.
Hans has even ID'd certain label-writers by their handwriting, IIRC.

Thanks for that label pic!

adorshki · Apr 16, 2021

Westerly Wood said:
Guild labels are super rough-shod, total rush jobs, some early ones were even crayon. so for me, it's kind of a funny Guild anecdote...

But it was high-quality crayon. 🖍

Westerly Wood · Apr 16, 2021

adorshki said:
But it was high-quality crayon. 🖍

nothing but Crayola for our Guilds, Al!

Marketing could have led with that...

Aarfy · Apr 16, 2021

adorshki said:
And "Nat" is normally used for an unstained top with dark stained sides/back

this one is all stained the same - or I should say not stained

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