A new home for GAD-F212E

[Appalachian Blues]

Well, I've struck a deal with Guitar Guys in Heath, Ohio for the righty GAD-F212E. It is in the process of being converted to a lefty. New bone nut, re-angled bone saddle and I wouldn't be surprised if Rick, one of the owners who is doing the work, adds a pickguard for my side. Since it has the polyester finish, the righty pickguard should be no problem to remove and shouldn't leave a shadow in the finish.
I'll be sure to post a pic of this beauty in all's it's Ice Tea Burst glory.
Strumming it upside down revealed such a lush clear tone, I can't wait to strum my way. I was skeptical of it being made overseas, but after reading an article in Acoustic Guitar of how Donnie Wade personally set-up the shop and defined the details of how these GAD's are to be constructed and with what, and having played this one, it is an incredible value. I've already written a song in Dropped D tuning for it, "The Good Shepherd".

 

[taabru45]

Nice. Its good for the head. Glad you are ok. You're the new parent, aren't you? No more falling.......the fall is the easy part, but the stopping is a bitch. Experience in stopping by concrete here too. All the best my friend. Steffan

 

[count savage]

Enjoy. I'm sure you'll love it and get plenty of joy out of it. You raise an interesting point, too. The conventional wisdom holds that new American made acoustics, which cost double or triple to Asian-made models are better, but I'm not sure that's necessarily true at all, soundwise. It may be sometimes and sometimes not. It would be totally fascinating to hear all the Guild models one after another in audio clips. They did this over at the Larrivee forum. Somebody went through the whole line and essentially recorded the same piece through the same equipment on every Larrivee model. It's a tremendous resource. You can literally hear the differences in size, shape, tonewoods, etc. Were that to occur with the Guild line, it would be an utterly fascinating listen.