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With some reluctance, I have decided it is time to pass my D-46 on to someone who will play and enjoy it as much as I did. It was my main player and "go-to" guitar for more than five years, when I bought it in 2007 off of eBay until about 2012. It's playing time fell off as I fell under the...

Finally got around to changing out the strings (last change was in March?) and clean up my DV-72s yesterday, and noticed that the top binding of my "Blue 72" is separating at the waist on the bass side... over about 4". Didn't notice it while playing the other day, or even while removing the...

I am helping my wife's co-worker, Carol, sell her Martin OOO-28EC Eric Clapton model guitar, #20345 in the series. The Martin SN (#1805396) dates it to 2014 (the original owner's card indicates it was first sold/registered in 2015). The guitar was bought used by Carol's ex-husband... she doesn't...

I’ve had my new (to me) 1982 D-70 for nearly 3 months now (thanks again, BeeCee!). During that time, I’ve played it nearly every day... either alone, or in comparison to one or more of my DV-7Xs (all are currently strung with John Pearse PB bluegrass strings, which are medium bass and light...

Yesterday was my first NGD in more than 4 years... when I took delivery of BeeCee's (Bill) 1982 D-70 as an "early" 65th birthday (early June 2020) or "late" retirement (Jan 2019) gift to myself. Bill's D-70 will join my stable of rosewood dreads, which includes blue and green DV-72s from 1994...

While cleaning out my office at the U earlier this year, I stumbled upon four (4) tuners (2L & 2R) with ferrules from a mid-70s (I think it was 1974?) D-40. These are the same tuners that would be found on a G-37 from that era (which is why I bought them), and I think Hans told me they were an...

While doing my semiannual string change and polish on my DVs today, I noted a short stretch of binding loose between the nut and 1st fret on the treble side of my DV-72MKs neck. It's really a very short stretch, and I think there is greater risk in sending it out to be repaired than doing it...

About a month ago, I posted some positive comments re: my G7th Heritage capo in this thread started by Tommym... Wouldn't you know it... shortly after I posted those comments, I started having issues with my Heritage capo. I first noticed that I seemed to be having to tighten it down more to...

Repeated my performance from last year at the "Heber Valley Western Music and Cowboy Poetry Gathering" last Friday... but was given a 35 minute set this year (last year I played just 3 songs in 15 minutes). My eight song set included: Night Rider's lament (Michael Burton)/Still got my home on...

I occasionally search the web for images of the higher end DV models, hoping to turn up pics of either a DV-76 or the one of DV-82. Hasn't happened yet, but tonight's search turned up a DV-74 on Facebook (posted in Nov 2016), apparently in Berlin. This one is #17 (of 18 made?). #15 was for sale...

My cousin (second, once removed) has a crowd funding campaign to help finance production his album of all original harp guitar music. There are a couple video samples on his IndieGoGo page... have a listen, and if you like it, consider supporting his music. More background info can be found...

This was posted over on AGF. Short vignettes with JTs views on life and music... I found it interesting and enjoyable. Hope some of you will too.

I purchased my first Guild, a 1972 D-35, in January 1973 ( a story that I have retold several times on LTG, and will save retelling again for another day). Sometime around 1986, I purchased a second D-35 (from 1978), for Anne. I immediately noticed that the two guitars, tho the same model built...

SOLD LOCALLY!

Pics added below. My "new" 1994 DV-72 arrived yesterday afternoon. But, with day time temps @35F and night time @ 25F during its two day transit, I waited t open the case to this morning. About halfway thru the night I realized I had not asked about smoke smell. It's usually one of my standard...

Altho’ my primary on-line guitar hangout is “Lets Talk Guild,” I have also spent a considerable amount of time over on the “Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum.” I have never joined UMGF, partly because I hear horror stories about the Yuko BB platform used, and also because I have no intention of...

Frono suggested that I post my list of dread models as a "Blog," so that they would be more accessible to other LTGers, without having to search through the entire LTG archives... so here it is! In future installments, perhaps I'll add my summary of Guild dread bracing, and more about my foray...

In response to the ongoing "Differences between a DV 72, DV 73 and DV 74 ", I have compiled and revised my PPT "sketches" of the dread bracing patterns I have observed on Guild dreads I have owned. The first pic shows the three bracing patterns, as viewed from outside the guitar, as well as...

I've been watching these Dream Catcher truss rod covers come and go on eBay for several years... but never seemed to know which Guild to put one on, so always passed them up. One popped up again recently, and I thought... that would look nice on the DV-72MK! The pearl feathers match the pearl...

I have been doing a lot of re-arranging of my Guild photo album, in light of the recent sales of four of my Guilds, and realized I never really took any portraits of the '94 DV-72MK I acquired from Derrick last fall... just group shots and a couple with its younger sister ('95 DV-73). So I shot...