I pulled the trigger on a mid-1970's D-40.

[marcellis]

I've been shopping around lately.
Yesterday I found one I bought.
And I bought one I found.

It was the right color and the right era.
I would have preferred Mahogany though.
I already have a hand-made Maple/Spruce dread.
It is my "go-to" recording guitar. It will be interesting
to see how it matches up against the old D-40.

But all-in-all, this one was the closest to what
I was looking for.

One owner since 1976.

Downside is I can't see it in person or play it until I come back to the States in a couple of months. I had it shipped home to Louisiana.

 

[Graham]

Beautiful burst.

You should have sent it to DBS, he could have made it fell very welcome for you. :wink:

 

[Jeff]

Verra nice. Striking resemblance to my G 37.

 

[marcellis]

Jeff:

"Verra nice. Striking resemblance to my G 37. "

Uh oh...I hope the seller didn't sell me your guitar.
:twisted:
Better check to make sure you still have it.

 

[california]

Verra nice. Striking resemblance to my G 37.

Twins separated at birth?

 

[fungusyoung]

I would have preferred Mahogany though.
I already have a hand-made Maple/Spruce dread.

Somebody else will correct me if I'm wrong, Marcellis, but... I think you got mahogany with your purchase of this D40. I don't believe D40's were made with maple back/sides.

In any case, I bet you'll be very happy with this purchase. Looks like a definite winner!

 

[Jeff]

Han's book says D40's were mahogany.

:twisted:
Better check to make sure you still have it.

Nope, she's sitting right here on the stand, still resonating from this morning's practice session. :wink:

My lady found both my maple Guilds.

She bought the F 20 out of the local Newspaper classifieds & gave it to me for Christmas 4 years ago. She found the G 37 on Central Oregon's Craigslist & gave it to me for my birthday two weeks ago.

Uncanny, how she can pick em. Life is good.

 

[Scratch]

Marcellis, nice acquisition... You da man in the 'Nam!!!

 

[GardMan]

Those are both (D-40 and G-37) beautiful bursts! Someday I hope to find one as nice [but I am GAssing over (too many) other things, right now]. Dave

Added: yes, D-40s are 'hogs. And Jeff, I love the "tiger-striped" pickguard on your F-20! Never seen one quite like that...

 

[marcellis]

I hope y'all are right. I hope the D-40 is a Hog and not Maple. I already have a great-sounding Maple dread. I record my music with a hand-made Maple/Spruce dreadnaught I bought in Vietnam. Great recording guitar.

The seller advertised it as Maple. But she may not have known. She was selling all her late Father's instruments. He passed away earlier this year. I hope it's a Hog. Then it's a 100% match for what I wanted.

But I'm not gonna find out for about two months. Because right now, I'm about 12,000 miles away from the D-40. (*It would have cost $400 to ship it to Vietnam - not counting Customs.) So the guitar is in Louisiana and I'm in Vietnam.

 

[marcellis]

fungusyoung & gardman are correct.
Guitar arrived yesterday at my friend's house in DFW.
(I decided to ship it to him, rather than wait two months
to inspect it myself.)

8) It's a hog.

And it appears to have been a good buy.

Here's the report.

"HI Marc,

The guitar arrived in good condition - good packing job. Very nice guitar, in
good shape considering its age and the fact it's been obviously played a lot
over time. It sounds excellent, even with dead strings, so I imagine it'll
sound terrific with a fresh set.

The neck is in good shape - it needs a truss rod adjustment to take some
normal bow out, but nothing out of the ordinary. Action is excellent and it's
got that classic mahogany full round sound to it. It has similar sonic
quality to your d-25, but much more depth.

Great guitar which I'm sure you'll enjoy when you get it. Let me know where
you want me to send it when you get back here.

Peter"

 

[Default]

I just want you guys to know that I hate you all. :twisted:

I sold my D25 years ago in a particularly rough stretch of unemployment, and presently I own NO acoustics at all.

 

[mario1956]

Guild has the best looking sunbursts, don'cha think???

 

[GardMan]

I love the bursts that just hug the edge of the top... especially stunning with the white binding (as on the D-40 and G-37)!

 

[Jeff]

Guild has the best looking sunbursts, don'cha think???

I sure think so !!

Dreadnuts DV 52 with the custom fretboard inlays is my opinion one of the prettiest Sunbursts on the site.

We need a gallery. Wouldn't be anything like it on the net

:idea: :idea: :idea:

Shouldn't be all that tough to do.

 

[marcellis]

I'll try to persuade Mr. Peter Streit, current custodian of my newly-acquired 1976 D-40 to photograph it. I won't be able to photograph it for a couple of months. He's going to do some recording with it though. So I'll have some sound clips.

I think the Antique Sunburst D-55 is the most beautiful steel-string guitar in the world.

 

[capnjuan]

I record my music with a hand-made Maple/Spruce dreadnaught I bought in Vietnam. Great recording guitar.

Hi Marc: was this guitar made in Vietnam? Enjoyed the music!

cj

 

[marcellis]

Yeah. The Maple dread was made in Vietnam. It's gaudy, ugly.
Dragon on the fretboard. Dragon on the headstock. Dragon on
the back. (Biggun).

But it's the best recording guitar I've ever owned. Bright, crisp.
It has a natural compression apparently.

In my experience, for my music at least, Maple/Spruce guitars
are more versatile in recording studio than are Mahogany.

Rosewood is the least versatile & most difficult to record of all 3
major tonewoods in my experience.

I've made good recordings with my old Guild Mahogany D-25. But there
have been other recordings, where it just didn't work. The Maple has
worked every time I've tried it.

I've never been able to even do justice to my Indian Rosewood/Cedar
jumbo on a recording. It's impossible to record. But I love it anyway.
It's the guitar that sits by my bedside. I compose on it. I record the
compositions with the Maple/Spruce. It stays in the case until it's time
to record.