Muckman
Member
I'm sure, most of us on this sight already know this. I am still a newbie, not only in my experience with Guild, but also I'm new to taking my acoustic playing serious and really trying to improve. When I got the itch to change gears and really spend time developing my playing, I also decided I would upgrade my instrument.
A buddy of mine had a d18 that he rarely played, so he brought it over for me to check out.....blew me away!!! But he wanted $2000 for it, I passed. Just by luck, a 80' D40 came up on Craigslist the following week. I had been keeping an eye out for an older Guild acoustic, I knew they were well priced and a buddy, years ago, had a D35 that I loved. So, I bought the D40 for half of what the Martin would have cost me and couldn't be happier (I've bought two more Guilds since the first lol).
Over the weekend, I wound up buying that same D18 for a much lower price. When he first offered me the Martin so cheap my gut reaction was to worry that when I get home with this Martin (that blew me away back in August), I will have buyers remorse on one, two or ALL of my Guilds. Well, not even close. I like ALL three of my Guild dreads as well or better. There is some truth to the statement I've seen many times - Martins are voiced for and excel at bluegrass. But, there is also a lot of truth to the statement that I've read here numerous times - Guilds are more balanced, sweeter sounding and will cover anything.
I'm preaching to the choir here, I know....just had to share.
A buddy of mine had a d18 that he rarely played, so he brought it over for me to check out.....blew me away!!! But he wanted $2000 for it, I passed. Just by luck, a 80' D40 came up on Craigslist the following week. I had been keeping an eye out for an older Guild acoustic, I knew they were well priced and a buddy, years ago, had a D35 that I loved. So, I bought the D40 for half of what the Martin would have cost me and couldn't be happier (I've bought two more Guilds since the first lol).
Over the weekend, I wound up buying that same D18 for a much lower price. When he first offered me the Martin so cheap my gut reaction was to worry that when I get home with this Martin (that blew me away back in August), I will have buyers remorse on one, two or ALL of my Guilds. Well, not even close. I like ALL three of my Guild dreads as well or better. There is some truth to the statement I've seen many times - Martins are voiced for and excel at bluegrass. But, there is also a lot of truth to the statement that I've read here numerous times - Guilds are more balanced, sweeter sounding and will cover anything.
I'm preaching to the choir here, I know....just had to share.