Need help dating a D40

[learnintoplay62]

Stupidly I forgot to look at the serial # on the back of 5he headstock but the label serial number is
CVM000108.
i looked on a few posts and sites. I’m thinking it’s from corona.
can anyone help?

 

[chazmo]

Yup, that's a Corona serial number. The branded number on the headstock should match.

I don't have the decoder ring, but I think that era places it somewhere from 2001 through (some of) 2005.

 

[learnintoplay62]

Thanks Chaz. Not sure of the year but I will get it all figured out. While I was in Texas I found her in guitar Tex , guitar shop. Beautiful burst, very lightweight and sounded really good... so I bought her! She should be hear on Friday.

 

[richardp69]

Play in good health. The D 40 is one of my most favorite Guild models. Sounds like you got a nice one.

 

[adorshki]

Stupidly I forgot to look at the serial # on the back of 5he headstock but the label serial number is
CVM000108.
i looked on a few posts and sites. I’m thinking it’s from corona.
can anyone help?

Yup, that's a Corona serial number. The branded number on the headstock should match.

I don't have the decoder ring, but I think that era places it somewhere from 2001 through (some of) 2005.

There is no decoder ring, only Hans' records, BUT:
First Corona model year is '02 through '04 (Corona was actually shut down during '04)
(I suspect it's possible some flattops got built in very late '01, but I don't recall ever seeing Hans confirm that, only that some "kits" were sent to Corona for the new builders to practice on, and that couldn't have happened in '02, it had to have happened sometime in late '01.)
I don't know if any of those "practice" pieces actually got sold or if they actually started making "real production" '02's in Corona in late '01) but they were already producing in Tacoma by Feb '05.

Going by that s/n I'm guessing it's actually a very early one, even an '02, and it might even have a snakehead headstock carried over from the late late Westerly (post '97) D40's.
They got wide paddle style headstocks after the snakeheads got used up.
And it should say Corona on the label!
And even have a decal on the back of the headstock:

 

[SFIV1967]

the label serial number is CVM000108....I’m thinking it’s from corona.

Made in 2002. Where it was made is written on the label as "Crafted in Corona, California USA".
And yes, Al is right, I saw S/N 239 still with the Fender decal on the back of the headstock. (But 239 had the regular headstock).

Those were the specs:

Model Name: D40
Model Number: 380-0100-(Color#)
Category: Traditional Dreadnought Guitars
Body Style: Dreadnought
Scale Length: 25 5/8"
Top: Solid Spruce
Bracing: Hand Shaved
Back: Solid Mahogany Back
Sides: Solid Mahogany Sides
Neck: Mahogany
Width at Nut: 1-11/16"
Fingerboard: Rosewood (12" Radius)
Frets: 20
Bridge: Rosewood
Hardware: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Grover Chrome Plated Die-cast Tuners
Pickups: Optional
Controls: N/A
Pickup Switching: N/A
Finish: High Gloss (Nitro-cellulose Lacquer)
Colors: (806) Black,
(821) Natural,
(837) Antique Burst,
(838) Red Transparent
Other Features: Pearl Dot Position Inlays,
Multiple Bindings,
Classic Guild Rosette,
Tortiose Shell Pickguard
Case: Includes C4520 Deluxe Hardshell Case, p/n 3501075207
U.S. MSRP: $1,499.99
Options: D40 with Fishman Matrix Natural 1 Transducer, p/n 380-0105, $1,899.99
Strings: Replace with Guild L350 Phosphor Bronze,
p/n 3500350000,
Gauges .012, .016, .025, .032, .042, .053
Source: U.S.
Introduced: 1/2002
Discontinued: 12/2003
Notice: Prices and Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice

Ralf

 

[learnintoplay62]

Thanks guys. I’ll know for certain in a few days��