Guild D40 serial number

[Christr]

I have a guitar (Guild D40) with serial number "DD400960" and I want to know the year of manufacture of my guitar.
Thank you very much

 

[hansmoust]

Hello Christr,

Welcome! Your Guild D-40 with serial # DD400960 was completed during the year 1999.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[twocorgis]

I have a guitar (Guild D40) with serial number "DD400960" and I want to know the year of manufacture of my guitar.
Thank you very much

Welcome to LTG! You're getting it right from the horse's mouth in the next post. Do you have a photo you can post? We love photos here.

Hello Christr,

Welcome! Your Guild D-40 with serial # DD400960 was completed during the year 1999.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Thanks Hans. This is one of the last D40s produced I think? I thought they were discontinued around this time for a while.

 

[adorshki]

Welcome to LTG! You're getting it right from the horse's mouth in the next post. Do you have a photo you can post? We love photos here.

Thanks Hans. This is one of the last D40s produced I think? I thought they were discontinued around this time for a while.

'98 or 9 was the "comeback" year after being on hiatus for several years; the flatbackhogbodysprucetop niche was filled by the D6, DV6, and DV25 during that time. This was the "end of Westerly" D40 with a snakehead headstock, in Corona they went back to the "paddle", but I think some of the earliest Corona D40's still had snakeheads, as seen on early Corona JF30's as well.

It's been in continuous production since then.

 

[twocorgis]

'98 or 9 was the "comeback" year after being on hiatus for several years; the flatbackhogbodysprucetop niche was filled by the D6, DV6, and DV25 during that time. This was the "end of Westerly" D40 with a snakehead headstock, in Corona they went back to the "paddle", but I think some of the earliest Corona D40's still had snakeheads, as seen on early Corona JF30's as well.

It's been in continuous production since then.

That's correct! I was getting the years mixed up.

 

[Christr]

Foto guild D40 dd400960

 

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[Christr]

Write JAN 11 1988

 

[Christr]

Thank you

 

[hansmoust]

Write JAN 11 1988

Hmmm, I read Jan 11, 1999.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[chazmo]

@Christr , are you dictating to a machine to make your posts for you? Just checking. Please make sure you read Hans' posts above.

 

[fronobulax]

@Christr , are you dictating to a machine to make your posts for you? Just checking. Please make sure you read Hans' posts above.

Or the block stamp was misread.

I can accept that the photo looks to be "Jan 1 1999" but there could be something after the 1 (Jan 1x). The first nines are clear to me but if someone says the last digit in the year is not a 9 I can't argue against that.

In the spirit of overthinking, January 1, 1999 is usually a holiday in the US. So were they actually working that Friday or was it just a convenient date to stamp when they returned to work?

 

[AcornHouse]

I read Jan 11 1999

 

[Christr]

You're right

 

[fronobulax]

You're right

Write JAN 11 1988

Previous comment was a typo then and there is therefore no need to explain it anymore.

But I still want to know if they were really working on New Year's Day.

 

[Christr]

Write JAN 11 1999