- 87 Westerly J-30 Cutaway, a cannon?

[Pikemusic]

Hello Guild-lovers!!!!

I´m going to do some gigs with an acoustic setting consisting of two steelstring acoustic guitars, vocals, a grand piano and a cello.

I would need a cannon with easy access to the higher frets, with a fat monumental tone on single-note playing(melody and soloing), so I saw this one at ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Guild-Jumbo-J30-Cut ... 7C294%3A50

Do you think it sounds the way I´m describing my picture of the sound I would like to achieve?

and what about the price and condition?

Thankful for your great advices!

Jens, pikemusic, - fishing spring-pike in almost icefree rivers in northern Sweden!

 

[Firebird]

IMHO, cannons never came out of the westerly factory. They were all braced too heavy. Sweet sounding-yes but cannons-no.

I think your best bet in finding a Guild cannon is with a Tacoma made instrument with scalloped bracing. The GAD guitars may also fill your volume needs.

 

[dapmdave]

I would have to agree.

And add that (in my own opinion) the maple Guilds especially are not cannons. You'd probably find that this guitar is sweet but not right for what you want to do with it.

Dave

 

[Frosty]

If I'm not mistaken, a Guild J-30 is a guitar... not a cannon. It's why I like them. :wink:

 

[dreadnut]

I agree about the Maple Jumbo maybe not being the one you want, but read what Jay Pilzer has to say about "Guild Cannons in "D":

http://www.guildguy.com/gcidwr.html

I can tell you that an archback D-25 w/ spruce top will give you great tone with a strong bottom end

 

[plaidseason]

Many of the arched back dreads and DV series models were pretty loud. I think the arched back maple jumbos present significant volume as well, they just don't have the bottom end that mahogany and rosewood dreads.

I love my F44 (maple b&s) has incredible tone and decent volume, but it definitely not a cannon. My Westerly DV4 is actually pretty loud though.

-Chris

 

[Pikemusic]

IMHO, cannons never came out of the westerly factory. They were all braced too heavy. Sweet sounding-yes but cannons-no.

I think your best bet in finding a Guild cannon is with a Tacoma made instrument with scalloped bracing. The GAD guitars may also fill your volume needs.

Such as this one, in terms of a GAD-cannon?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Guild-GAD30PCE-Orch ... 7C294%3A50

Jens, northern Sweden

 

[zamn]

Im not sure i agree with the maple f-50. The one i had from 78 was louder than my tacoma d-55. Better tone too! I remember my a-25 being quite as a mouse ^^ But cool in some other way.