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In the cell biology class I taught at the U of U for 30 years, I gave one lecture on the origin of life. In that lecture, I pointed out to my students that every element heavier than Helium was made by nuclear fusion in a star, and every element greater than Iron in a super nova explosion. I...

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Looks like fun! At one point, I had a Celestron C90 (90 mm Maksotov-cassegrain), Celestron C5 (5" Schmidt Cassegrain) and Meade 2020 (10" Schmidt Cassegrain). A lot of late night summer evenings, and COLD winter evenings here in SLC. Once the kids came along, I found I wasn't a good parent the...

When I bought my '72 D-35, I got a black, "tolex"-covered case with a purplish FELT (not plush) lining. The case was separate, meaning not specifically bundled with the guitar... tho' the shop said it was the "official" Guild case, it was un-branded. Might have been the #4520 case listed in...

You might find some of the images linked/posted here interesting...

I am not an electric/archtop expert, but I don't think those are "cracks"... they look to me to be saw cuts, as if the neck was cut off to reset and/or convert it to a bolt on. Someone who knows more abut these guitars will likely chime in soon...

I'm guessing the tuners are aftermarket replacements...

First, welcome to LTG! Al covered pretty much everything you might want to know about your D-25. If you have a small mirror, another place to look for a date is on one of the thin top braces flanking the sound hole. If present, this date is the date the top assembly was completed. I have also...

I may be wrong... but on the video, re: a pipe where the "gun" was aimed too high over the bowl, he mentioned "peening" the end of the gun. It might be that one can use a small hammer to gently flatten the tip of the gun to redirect the air stream over the hole in the bowl? Might be worth a...

You can see it in the pic that GGJaguar posted of the top of a '76 D-40 in this thread:

OK... At the risk of taking some heat, I am going to argue that, at least in the dreadnaught models, Guild Oxnard hasn't introduced any GRAND departure in the top bracing pattern that they have used for years. As exhibit 1, here is a cropped version of the "new" bracing of a dreadnaught top...

There are a number of dread models that have similar, if not identical, specs, except one has a flat (braced) solid back and one an arched (un-braced) laminated back. Examples include: All mahogany, flat-backed (1972 and earlier D-25) and all mahogany arched back (D-25M from 1973-74, D-15...

Is the broken bit left in the hole concave or convex? Will the repair be hidden under the tuning machine? I think anything you try will have some risk involved... but if the broken off bit has a CONCAVE surface, I would think it would act to (more-or-less) center a drill bit while drilling the...

This certainly was not my experience... When I first received my '92 D-55, I was blown away by the richness and "majesty" of its tone, with deep bass you could feel in your gut, and silky-smooth mids and trebles. So much so, that I didn't really feel like it fit my "style" of music, simple...

Likely Australia...

Both D-50 and DV-52 would have Sitka spruce tops and solid EI rosewood back and sides, ebony fret board, and ebony bridge. The D-50 would have the older "domed" or "center raised" head stock shape (sometimes AKA the "paddle" head stock). A DV-52 would have the Gruhn-introduced "tapered" or...

The first movie I vaguely recall seeing was Cinderfella with Jerry Lewis. It came out in '60, so I would have been about 5 yo when my parents took us to see it. After that, Flipper in '63 and Island of the Blue Dolphin in '64. I'm pretty sure Cinderfella was in a Theater... the other two likely...

Just keeping my priorities straight...

At this point in my life, I wouldn't sell any of them for $5K. I need what they give to me far more than I need the $$$...

The guy that used to do my setups had a '74 F-40, with the arched maple back, and I had the opportunity to play it at his shop on a number of occasions. I liked it alot... it had a very clean sound, with great note separation. I thought it would be great for finger style/picking. It wasn't the...