I just bought this Guild D-120 Westerly dreadnaught. It was bought for someone else, but I'm having fun playing it for a week or so.
It's a truly great guitar, and all solid wood. I've been playing for over 50 years and this guitar is as good sounding as the best I've played. Why I'm not sure, as it cost me just under $1,000Australian. I'm currently selling all my guitars, because I'm moving onto a different kind of instrument, but I'm still in possession of my Gibson J45 and in a direct comparison between my Gibson and the Guild I'd choose this specific Guild D-120 any day. It just sounds so alive and responsive.
My last 4 guitars have been all mahogany guitars, one of them a Martin 00015S. I'm now a 100% convert to guitars made of all mahogany. For "my" playing purposes a mahogany top just sounds much better than a spruce or cedar top. Over the past 2 years I've played over 50 or so all mahogany guitars, and I have yet to play one that disappointed me with the tone.
I'm using the D-120 for fingerpicking, and boy is it loud and responsive to all fingerpicking approaches ...... alternating bass style, arpeggio fingerpicking, monotonic bass style, single string runs. I almost can't believe that I got a brand new guitar this good for such a reasonable price.
If all Guild D-120s are this good sounding then I'd certainly recommend them.
EDIT: The Guild "hard" foam case it comes in is a fantastic alternative to the more usual type of hard case. It's solid and sturdy and is also extremely light. It's the first time I've had a case like this. I much prefer this type of hard case to the heavier wood type hard cases.
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