fungusyoung
Senior Member
OK, now that I've posted about my silly case dilemma, I'll post about the wonderful guitar I scored on Ebay & that arrived about 10 days ago.
It's a '92 Westerly made D-25 NT. The sides are a darker color than I'm used to seeing in the mahogany on my Martins. I'm having some issues keeping it in tune, and it was probably stored away in an attick for a good part of the past 10 years because it has a mildewy smell coming from the soundhole.
Aside from those minor issues, I'm LOVING this guitar. Wow. Such tone, mojo & character. Sounds great when plucked by my sloppy fingers and when strummed harder. Taking her to a local ace luthier later this week for a proper set up, recommendations on the tuning issues & to install a thinline pick up. I cannot even imagine the good times I'll have thereafter.
I'd like to say "thanks" to the collective enthusiasm of this board. I lurked here for a while before finally signing on, but it was largely because of your love of these guitars that I went after a Westerly made Guild. As an aside, I hope the DV-52 thread stops very soon or I might do something I really cannot afford to do at this point!
It's a '92 Westerly made D-25 NT. The sides are a darker color than I'm used to seeing in the mahogany on my Martins. I'm having some issues keeping it in tune, and it was probably stored away in an attick for a good part of the past 10 years because it has a mildewy smell coming from the soundhole.
Aside from those minor issues, I'm LOVING this guitar. Wow. Such tone, mojo & character. Sounds great when plucked by my sloppy fingers and when strummed harder. Taking her to a local ace luthier later this week for a proper set up, recommendations on the tuning issues & to install a thinline pick up. I cannot even imagine the good times I'll have thereafter.
I'd like to say "thanks" to the collective enthusiasm of this board. I lurked here for a while before finally signing on, but it was largely because of your love of these guitars that I went after a Westerly made Guild. As an aside, I hope the DV-52 thread stops very soon or I might do something I really cannot afford to do at this point!