1963 D 40 Bluegrass Jubilee
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jedzep
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Clearly, the strap.
sailingshoes72
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Check out post #4 in this thread:
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Check out post #2 and #3 in this thread:
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That is a good looking D-40 you have there and also a very early production guitar (1st year of the model). Welcome to LTG! There is a wealth of knowledge about Guild Guitars here and also a lot of fine folks.
70s D-35 and "Bluegrass" tag
I inherited a 1976 D-35 (sunburst finish, uncommon for this model as far as I can tell). Looking up similar instruments on Reverb and elsewhere, I see some listed as "D-35 Bluegrass" and others simply with the model number. Does anyone know if these are in fact two different models, or is...
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How Does One distinguish between a Guild D40 and a Guild D40 Blue Grass Jubilee?
Hello fellow forum insiders: I am somewhat perplexed. I am being told that a D40C is a Blue Grass Jubilee, but nowhere on the guitar or under the hood (Hate that expression) does it identify the guitar as a Blue Grass Jubilee? Could it be a BG Jube? Were the cutaways only Blue Grass...
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And check out this thread in general:
That is a good looking D-40 you have there and also a very early production guitar (1st year of the model). Welcome to LTG! There is a wealth of knowledge about Guild Guitars here and also a lot of fine folks.
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Serial maps to 1963. And welcome.
Guildedagain
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Looks like a Greengrass Jubilee now ;]
Thank you sir
Guildedagain
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Somebody added Schallers later, which incidentally become the factory tuners on these guitars/many Guilds for quite a while.
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Yes, a lot of guys were switching from the open gear Grovers back then, there was some kind of talk that the open geared tuners were somehow inferior
Guildedagain
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German tuners were quite precision. Grovers were more like 1920's technology, but reliable. I like that they can be lubed, but it can get on things.
When old Schaller/Grover/sealed tuners dry out, they can get a bit weird. I hear you can soak them in oil, maybe hot oil, and rejuvenate them.
When old Schaller/Grover/sealed tuners dry out, they can get a bit weird. I hear you can soak them in oil, maybe hot oil, and rejuvenate them.
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A couple of unfortunate abbreviations: "BS and BJ." Just sayin...
No doubt
SFIV1967
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Dec 1963 price list:
1964 catalog:
Ralf
1964 catalog:
Ralf
Wow, didn't know they were named that back in '64!
That's great! Thanks a lotDec 1963 price list:
1964 catalog:
Ralf
Guildedagain
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The big acoustic guitar boom was all but over by 1968.
Bluegrass started perverting old timey Gospel/Country by the 1940's with speed more than anything else, I mean you think the guys might be on some speed, harder faster, I'm still not sure what's more demanding on the guitar, Bluegrass or Rockabilly.
If you could only go back in time and snag a couple:
$230 in 1963 = $2095.57 in 2022
$355 = $3234.47 in 2022
In fact they wouldn't be that cheap at all, adjusted for the value of the dollar over that amount of time, sadly now worth 10% of what it was then, and it makes you wonder what happens when it reaches zero, where does it go from there? Nevermind, I think I know the answer. When I was a kid there was a "story" about a guy that takes a wheelbarrow full of money - you guess the time and country - to the store to buy a loaf of bread, but when he went to retrieve the money outside the store, someone had stolen the wheelbarrow and left the money.
This is why I buy guitars, they have real value. They go up in value, at least enough to ward off inflation. From there on, all tinkering/playing can be regarded as "work", all of that endless guitar stringing/tuning suddenly excusable, etc.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it ;]
Bluegrass started perverting old timey Gospel/Country by the 1940's with speed more than anything else, I mean you think the guys might be on some speed, harder faster, I'm still not sure what's more demanding on the guitar, Bluegrass or Rockabilly.
If you could only go back in time and snag a couple:
$230 in 1963 = $2095.57 in 2022
$355 = $3234.47 in 2022
In fact they wouldn't be that cheap at all, adjusted for the value of the dollar over that amount of time, sadly now worth 10% of what it was then, and it makes you wonder what happens when it reaches zero, where does it go from there? Nevermind, I think I know the answer. When I was a kid there was a "story" about a guy that takes a wheelbarrow full of money - you guess the time and country - to the store to buy a loaf of bread, but when he went to retrieve the money outside the store, someone had stolen the wheelbarrow and left the money.
This is why I buy guitars, they have real value. They go up in value, at least enough to ward off inflation. From there on, all tinkering/playing can be regarded as "work", all of that endless guitar stringing/tuning suddenly excusable, etc.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it ;]
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I bought my D 40 from original owner, he owned a music store. Great buy , sold it to me for a grand
Wow! Very nice deal. Has he got any other Guilds stashed away that he'd like to sell? : )
He has a bunch of Martin's and Nationals some old Gibson J 45s and a ton of vintage electricz I know nothing about. I snagged that Guild as soon a s I saw it. Working on buying his 1937 Martin 000 18 right now, fingers crossed
I can give you his e mail if you are interested 8n contacting him. Actually his son is selling the gear. He passed last year
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