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Still, we are psyched to see what you one day come home with. Please post pics!
Stubsll48,Guild McSeven:
Welcome to an unbelievable group of Guild guitar folks who's enthusiasm is topped only by their knowledge.
I have never bought a new Guild but bought 12--15 in the last five years and most from LTG members. In fact, I have bought six or seven from the very Richard you spoke of in a previous post. I found the guitars I bought from LTG "regular posters" to be,actually, better than they were represented to me.
Not one thing wrong with new but older Guilds will compete with any brand - for fewer bucks.
I live about 35 miles west of Nashville and visit Carter's Vintage Guitars and Gruhn's several times a year. Very seldom do Guilds last long at these two shops, especially, a high end acoustic like you mentioned.
Good luck and save your money - Guilds like partners.
Yes indeed, great minds think alike!Go to Nashville. Play as many Guilds as you can, old and new, D series and F series. Play them against comparable Gibsons, Martins and Taylors. Play them against smaller shop offerings from Collings, Santa Cruz, Huss & Dalton, and Bourgeois.
You will know when the right one is sitting in your lap.
Well, finding the right one may take a while. Donāt think I forgot about it if you hear little from me.Still, we are psyched to see what you one day come home with. Please post pics!
Boneman,Hi McSeven, and welcome to LTG! My brother lives in Knoxville, and Iām planning a trip late Oct for a visit. I like it there especially that time of year, Vols, fall foliage, crisp air. Well anyway, good luck in your quest, as once you find the Guild for you, you will be smitten and the sounds emanating from it will be worth enduring that search. Iām also of the camp you donāt need to buy new, and sounds like you are not opposed to it either. Coupled with your preference to play it first, I would recommend used as well. I have found my Martin DM and my Guild D25 on my local Craigslist, separate occasions of course but in each case I contacted the seller right away because nicer instruments wonāt last long, (I always check the ad created date, if itās been awhile, more room to haggle). Anyway I arranged to go look at them and once I ran them through their paces and heard the sounds I was getting, I nabbed them of course. So I got to try before I buy and so glad I went that route. I feel they are both now keepers. Not to mention the savings over a brand new D55 for instance, and you wonāt have to drive out to Nashville (Though someday I may need to add one).
The D46 you see I also bought used, met the seller in person on a different guitar altogether, he tried to sell it to me and it sounded great, played effortlessly and looked like no other guitar Iād seen in person to that point. I didnāt have the funds. I agonized over that decision and 6 months later when I did have some cash I sought him out and obviously he still had it. The flip side is the 12er I bought new online from SW during the pandemic without having played it at all. Turned out another good decision . Point is between playing one and being on LTG, youāll go down a rabbit hole and have more Guilds than you know this time next year. lol
you could even run up to Chattanooga area and play this one:
1976 Guild D-40c First Cutaway Dreadnaught guitar ever built -...
Not only is this a 1976 Guild vintage guitar that plays, sounds and looks fantastic itās also the first cutaway dreadnaught ever made according to the internet and the internet is never wrong. But...chattanooga.craigslist.org
Excited to know what you end up with, cheers
BobouzI believe you can order a brand new Guild online from Guitar Center, have it shipped to your local store, try it in store, and return it if it doesn't suit you - without losing a penny. As for buying used, I have purchased many used instruments from GC without fear because of their return policy.
But all of that said, I do think your best bet is to go to Nashville first. Nothing beats being in a roomful of high quality instruments with a chance to do in-hand comparisons. Enjoy the quest!
Aināt that the truth! The best bunch of folks around to help you spend your GAS money.And yes, we are enablers.
Pike,The post Fender Westerly D55ās are very good. My ā98 was better than the D60 and the D66. It had the thinnest top of all of them. I also owned a post Fender Westerly D40 that was lighter and more responsive than a ā76 D40 that lived here for a while.
Thank you for that Guitar Center information.
I have never bought anything online from Guitar Center and that is truly valuable advice.
25$ is not much of a risk in the attempt of finding a great instrument.
I will look into the details.