D15 for me!

[Daveyo]

Got my new to me Guild d15 , all mahogany , gloss and very nice cond.
Made in 1987,and looks like new.
Will try to post pics soon, I have to show off this guitar, I am a very lucky dude.
Dave

 

[poser]

Congrats. I've been wanting a mahogany top guitar for a while now. But I need to get rid of one before I do. And I just can' seem to part with any.

 

[john_m]

Congratulations Daveyo! We'll definitely be waiting for those pics!

At the risk of derailing this thread, may I ask anyone who knows why there's little bracing on the D15 / D25 models? In all the photos of them I've seen, there's no bracing inside the soundhole. Is it because mahogany is a much stiffer wood that too much bracing isn't required? Hehe I apologize for my ignorance.

 

[poser]

The D-15 and the D-25 have solid mahogany sides, but a laminated back. The back was pressed into the arched shape. As I understand it, that process made it stiff enough that it didn't require bracing. The tops of those guitars are still braced.

 

[taabru45]

Maybe it was previously owned by an orthodontist who removed the braces.

 

[Ridgemont]

The top bracing on the D25s of the '90s vintage have in scalloped braces which are rear shifted relative to a standard Martin X-brace. My guess is that the D15 has the same.

 

[killdeer43]

Maybe it was previously owned by an orthodontist who removed the braces.

Yeah, Steffan's back with the groaners, eh? :biggrin-new:

 

[john_m]

Ah, yes. The arched laminated back reinforces it. Thanks all!

And congrats again, Daveyo!

 

[howardjeffreymusic]

I got my (1988) D15 last week. It's very interesting. The tone is different than any of the others. It rings like a bell -- but not like a maple guitar. It is not big on the low end -- but hardly thin sounding. Very, very "woody" sounding. That's about the best way to describe it. Loud too. (Oh yeah, it's a Guild -- of COURSE it's "loud.") I guess the biggest surprise is how ballsy the guitar sounds when strummed or played percussively. That I did not expect from an all hog dread. I really, really like it. I play it constantly since I've gotten it.

 

[adorshki]

The top bracing on the D25s of the '90s vintage have in scalloped braces which are rear shifted relative to a standard Martin X-brace. My guess is that the D15 has the same.

Scalloped? On a D25? Not according to '96 or catalog or first Guild Gallery, at least. Methinks you were thinking of D55 or just had an "oopsie" moment... :wink:
Entry level axes like D4/D25/D15/D17 got "Standard" bracing as far as I've ever seen.