So, back in early 2020 I bought a minty 1995 DV 52 on Reverb at a pretty fair price. The seller was a newbie and I might add a great guy and he did a nice job packing the guitar. But alas, it still arrived damaged. The entire bottom of the guitar on either side of the 1/4" input jack was cracked and cracked badly. It was gaping actually.
I contacted the buyer and he apologized up and down (although he did everything pretty right) and said return it for a full refund including 2 way shipping. In the meantime Reverb got ahold of me and asked what it would take for me to keep the guitar. I told them I wouldn't want to pay more than $265 for it with the crack. They said well, o.k. then it's yours for $265 and sent me a credit immediately. I never really thought they'd go for that but they did and were positively wonderful about the whole thing.
After looking at it on my wall for a bit I decided to send it to Tom Jacobs to repair the crack and also to have some fun with it. Now trust me on this, I really don't have much of an ego. I mean there's not much I do very well so it's easy for me not to have one. But, I've always wanted my own guitar with my name on it. So, I asked Tom to put my name in inlays on the fingerboard. We discussed that and concluded it could for sure be done but if I ever wanted to move it I'd need to find someone named Rich or who just didn't care. So, we decided to put it on the PG in Abalone. I told him to do whatever he thought best.
I love the entire DV series but always had a real fondness for the DV 52. It reminds me a lot about one of my all-time favorite Guild models, the D 50. Here's a few pics of the finished product. I wouldn't mind a few more nice ones getting damaged in shipment if I can get them for that kinda price.
I contacted the buyer and he apologized up and down (although he did everything pretty right) and said return it for a full refund including 2 way shipping. In the meantime Reverb got ahold of me and asked what it would take for me to keep the guitar. I told them I wouldn't want to pay more than $265 for it with the crack. They said well, o.k. then it's yours for $265 and sent me a credit immediately. I never really thought they'd go for that but they did and were positively wonderful about the whole thing.
After looking at it on my wall for a bit I decided to send it to Tom Jacobs to repair the crack and also to have some fun with it. Now trust me on this, I really don't have much of an ego. I mean there's not much I do very well so it's easy for me not to have one. But, I've always wanted my own guitar with my name on it. So, I asked Tom to put my name in inlays on the fingerboard. We discussed that and concluded it could for sure be done but if I ever wanted to move it I'd need to find someone named Rich or who just didn't care. So, we decided to put it on the PG in Abalone. I told him to do whatever he thought best.
I love the entire DV series but always had a real fondness for the DV 52. It reminds me a lot about one of my all-time favorite Guild models, the D 50. Here's a few pics of the finished product. I wouldn't mind a few more nice ones getting damaged in shipment if I can get them for that kinda price.