A Terrible Admission....

[The Retro Rocker]

Tastes change, moods change, and the sounds you’re looking for evolve. You owe it to yourself to find that sound, that instrument, whatever it is that makes you happy, be it Guild, Taylor, Gibson... whatever! I sold my Guild X160rockabilly when I got my Gretsch guitars without regret. The Guild was a fine guitar, but it just wasn’t what I wanted. In fact, now that I have my Falcon, I don’t play my 6120 at all.
But, like Cougar so eloquently stated, just try a Guild F50 r...or any Guild Jumbo.

 

[ezstrummer]

I have my 79 Guild G37 and also a very high end Breedlove which I love above all things....Lately I find myself picking up my Guild each time I want to play???

 

[bobouz]

Saddle change maybe? If your D-35 still has the original Micarta, a switch to Tusq or bone could change everything tonally. I prefer Tusq saddles & put them on all my acoustics - sometimes with huge results, as on my ‘76 G-37.

 

[Guildedagain]

A very informative chart indeed, well done ;]]

 

[lcjones]

Likes change. Ears change. Tastes change. No big deal. It happens. Most everything's been said about it. But I would reiterate Tom's sentiment, "and if you find another brand of guitar and buy it, tell us about it. I like guitars, period. "

 

[Rayk]

@dreadnut It's a '76 D35.

I've tried lots of new strings. I've used Martin 80/20, PB, Monel... DR Rare and Sunbeams... Daddario 80/20, NB, and PB... all in several different gauges. Tried Ebony bridge pins, bone pins. I think maybe what I like in a guitar has changed in the five years I've owned it. I gigged it hard for a long time and was super happy with it. It's sentimental, but taking up space and I'm not playing it anymore.

Well you know what it sounds like so it's unlikely its going to change . Did you have the Taylor before or after you realized the tone change in your Guild ?

@dreadnut It's a '76 D35.

I've tried lots of new strings. I've used Martin 80/20, PB, Monel... DR Rare and Sunbeams... Daddario 80/20, NB, and PB... all in several different gauges. Tried Ebony bridge pins, bone pins. I think maybe what I like in a guitar has changed in the five years I've owned it. I gigged it hard for a long time and was super happy with it. It's sentimental, but taking up space and I'm not playing it anymore.

It seems your ears have learned a lot over the years of playing and hearing guitars . You've experienced these tones and started putting them into a order of preference . As a result there's a certain sound you like and subconsciously your working towards that goal.
The Guild just doesnt fit your goal . So sell it and replace it with another Guild thats a step up .
Guitars are wonderful in there tonal differences and theres a place for such a tone, it'll fit in somewhere and with some one.
Finding the tones you like and want to have is a great journey .

 

[c70man]

I have sold way too many Guilds in my life. My fav.....D25, F20, F30, and a few 12-ers. WIsh I still had them....but they are gone never to come back.
Really, evaluate your relationship with your guitar. I get mad at my brother from time to time, but I still love him.

I became a Gibson Guy, A Martin Guy, and I'm now a Breedlove Guy of sorts. But my heart will always be torn and somewhat hollow without a "Westerly" on the wall.
I will buy another. Probably next year, after Xmas. My sanity depends on it.

Hold on to your guitar if you bonded to it and are attached to it. If you don't you will always be looking back instead of forward.

 

[Br1ck]

Truth be told, if you lined up 20 random Guilds from all eras, I might like five of them. I had an F 40 I could not wait to get rid of. I've played two or three D 40s from the late 70s to the 90s, what I call heavy Westerles, that I thought were merely OK. Every 12 string has been good, and every D 55 has been good. D 25s I like because I think they are great values more than how they sound. If I were giging in harsh surroundings or a loud band I'd have one. At any given point in time your taste can change. I play my D 35 because it plays better than anything else. You need to play what you like, even if it's a Taylor.

 

[Rambozo96]

Perhaps it’ll be a phase that passes? I have a MIM partscaster I’ve had for 7 years and used and modded very heavily in that time. Sometime last month I picked it up to okay and in the first time since owning it I didn’t really feel inspired to do much of anything on it. Tried to mess with the controls but it wasn’t really doing much for me. Then a month later I go back to using it fairly regularly. Odd

 

[ezstrummer]

That's why people have so many guitars... Variety keeps things fresh and keeps me interested...

 

[GF60]

Try a completely different style Guild. A jumbo has been suggested. Maybe with rosewood or maple instead of mahogany. I have owned several different Guilds, but landed on a GF60. A maple jumbo. It hangs with any of my Martins (which I love).

 

[netspirit]

One night, all my guitars sounded like shit. Next day they were fine.

I 've experienced that too. Wondered about it.

 

[tommym]

I too was on my way out of the Guild family a few years back. My beloved early seventies Guild F30 (Mahogany/Sitka, mini jumbos) started to sound too boxy for my aging ears, and arthritis was pushing me towards wider string spacing at the nut and saddle for relief. My Froggy Bottom Model M addressed all those issues and then some. “Opulence, I has it!”

However, with the demise of Guild in New Hartford and the possibility that Guild as a company would be no more, I grudgingly jumped on the opportunity to purchase two NOS New Hartford Guilds: The NH F30 Standard, and the NH F30R Standard. Grudgingly I say because I already had the Froggy Bottom Model M. But, being a Guild fanboy at heart, the allure that these two guitars might end up being the last batch of U.S.A. built F30’s ever, and the fact that they had a wider string spacing at the nut and saddle was too much for my heart to resist. Cordoba / Oxnard told me after the fact, that they will honor the New Hartford factory warranty on my two NOS guitars. Great!

An Apples and Oranges comparison…..the Guild NH F30R Standard (OM) (EIR/Sitka) is a slightly larger guitar than my Froggy Bottom Model M (Mini Jumbo) (EIR/Adirondack), but for my ergonomic needs the slightly larger Guild NH F30R Standard is a more comfortable guitar for me to handle. Also, I find nothing lacking in the sound department or quality of construction.

Time will tell if Guild (Oxnard) plans to resurrects the U.S.A. built F30 / F30R. And if they do, what will they choose for the scale length, nut width, string spacing, etc.? And what will Oxnard come up with for the new naming convention: OM-20, OM-25 (California Burst), OM-40, OM-50, etc.?

So, like many have said in the thread, you sometimes need to shop around for another Guild to fit your current needs and wants. But do talk to your luthier first.

Tommy

 

[mario1956]

Yeah, me too, but I'm just moody according to my wife.