As the seller I wish Darryl all the best with his new (old) D50. I know the 2 previous owners, brothers, and one is a good friend. The older brother had it for a long time, had the inlays done, and played and performed a ton with it, rode her hard and I'm sure it's been in many a bar. The older brother fell on hard times and sold it to the younger who had the neck done and a poor refret with fat wire, badly seated frets etc, so he asked me to look at it a couple of years ago. I took it to Bill Whitsett and he made it right- the neck set is real good and he did a complete refret with Martin fretwire using the variable width tangs to get a real good neck/truss rod/relief setting right down the middle with plenty of adjustment either way and plenty of bridge to work with.
After Bill looked at it I talked it over with the owner and he sold it to me cheap- repairs were expensive and Darryl is barely covering my costs. i think we'll all come out winners- I'll make a few bucks, a good Guild is still playing, and Darryl will enjoy it.
Right now it is sitting awaiting UPS pickup- delayed by the holiday- but happy in an air conditioned environment until Tues.
There's still a while to go before the sale is complete. I left the money in the Paypal account until Darryl finishes trying it- then we can be finished.
