gretschbigsby
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I recently picked up a gloss DV-52 (c. 1999) off of ebay.... This guitar is shockingly good.
I've always had a love/hate relationship with rosewood. I much prefer mahogany but I like a rosewood guitar in the stable-- especially in the larger sized guitars. By way of background, I've owned the following rosewood guitars: a Martin D-28, a '75 D-28S, an OM-28V, a Gibson Advanced Jumbo, Mossman Great Plains, Larrivee OM-09, and a few others I can't think of right now.
This Guild is as good as, if not better than, every one of those guitars is tone and workmanship and is the loudest of the lot. The most amazing thing is that these guitars can be had used for $700 +/-, less than 50% of the price of almost every other rosewood guitar that I've owned.
Its bass is as deep and rich as any 40 series Martin that I've ever played and, even better, its high end doesn't have that cold metal click that really turns me off in other rosewood guitars.
Anyway, if you are shopping for a rosewood dread-- look no further. And, with the $700 or so that you save, buy yourself a nice F-212 for the perfect Guild acoustic combo!
A happy customer,
Bob
I've always had a love/hate relationship with rosewood. I much prefer mahogany but I like a rosewood guitar in the stable-- especially in the larger sized guitars. By way of background, I've owned the following rosewood guitars: a Martin D-28, a '75 D-28S, an OM-28V, a Gibson Advanced Jumbo, Mossman Great Plains, Larrivee OM-09, and a few others I can't think of right now.
This Guild is as good as, if not better than, every one of those guitars is tone and workmanship and is the loudest of the lot. The most amazing thing is that these guitars can be had used for $700 +/-, less than 50% of the price of almost every other rosewood guitar that I've owned.
Its bass is as deep and rich as any 40 series Martin that I've ever played and, even better, its high end doesn't have that cold metal click that really turns me off in other rosewood guitars.
Anyway, if you are shopping for a rosewood dread-- look no further. And, with the $700 or so that you save, buy yourself a nice F-212 for the perfect Guild acoustic combo!
A happy customer,
Bob