NGD - DS 240

[Rusty Chops]

Guild acoustic MIC w solid top.
Definitely sounds good! Like a solid top flat-top acoustic should. No tinny sounds.
Rich well balanced sound and pretty loud.
Excellent workmanship.
Action came a little high for my preferences but there’s PLENTY of saddle sticking up, so getting the action where I like it won’t leave the saddle too low for good leverage & tone. Yay!
I haven’t had an acoustic for a while because of hand problems, so have been looking for a shorter scale flat-top that sounded good and wasn’t terrible expensive.
Finally found it!

 

[walrus]

Love the guitar and the "sandal stand"!

walrus

 

[Stuball48]

Beautiful guitar Rusty Chops

 

[Rusty Chops]

Love the guitar and the "sandal stand"!

walrus

I’ve gotten flack for showing mahogany necked guitars posed precariously. ;-)
Pretty jazzed by this guitar. Surprised even.
Been a long time since I found an acoustic I could enjoy playing.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Really like this model. Congrats! I bet it has a big sound, like a loud J-45.

 

[Cougar]

Wow! That is good looking! Love the burst! And the headstock! I'd oil up that fretboard next string change, hopefully make it little darker, like the nice dark bridge. A beauty! Major congrats!

 

[Westerly Wood]

These are at a great price point too. Great value.

 

[D30Man]

Yeah that model is super classy for its price. That one and the memoir are just snazzy looking guits. Nicely done sir!

 

[D30Man]

Really like this model. Congrats! I bet it has a big sound, like a loud J-45.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find that DS240 sounds better than any of the newer J45’s…

 

[Rusty Chops]

I wouldn’t be surprised to find that DS240 sounds better than any of the newer J45’s…

I think it does.
My first J-45 was a ‘61 w Adirondack spruce top.
Never heard another anywhere close.

This Guild reminds me more of a D-40 I had a few years ago with Adirondack spruce top, after I had tried a lot of J-45’s.
It has scalloped braces and a lively sound, not the whumpy J-45 sound, but the great sound of a good flat-top.
Not quite as loud as a world class dread, but I can’t take 25.5” scale length anymore either, so the shorter (24.5”)
is a relief.
Tomorrow I’ll take a little off the bottom of the saddle and get the action down to “old geezer hands” level.

 

[Rusty Chops]

As I thought, there was enough saddle to take off some and get the action down, and still have good response.
In fact, had to introduce some relief in the neck because I took off just a skoash too much from the saddle.
No buzzing frets, but there was a little fret slap from being close to the low limit.
Just a touch of relief fixed that. Now it’s solid sounding and doesn’t require taking Advil before (or after) playing!

 

[chazmo]

Chops, this is a really cool model. Clearly influenced by the Orpheum slope-shouldered dread from New Hartford. Seems like a wonderful guitar for the $$. Good luck!

 

[Rusty Chops]

Chops, this is a really cool model. Clearly influenced by the Orpheum slope-shouldered dread from New Hartford. Seems like a wonderful guitar for the $$. Good luck!

Thing is a total gas!
Half a kilobuck $!
I should be arrested.
Played some for my lady friend today. Two thumbs up!

 

[Okko]

Guild acoustic MIC w solid top.
Definitely sounds good! Like a solid top flat-top acoustic should. No tinny sounds.
Rich well balanced sound and pretty loud.
Excellent workmanship.
Action came a little high for my preferences but there’s PLENTY of saddle sticking up, so getting the action where I like it won’t leave the saddle too low for good leverage & tone. Yay!
I haven’t had an acoustic for a while because of hand problems, so have been looking for a shorter scale flat-top that sounded good and wasn’t terrible expensive.
Finally found it!

I think @ruedi Might love your toe . BGUF… but the guitar is absolutely beautiful

 

[RBSinTo]

Rusty Chops,
Again, I'm new to the world of Guild guitars and have but one, a GAD jf 30, so I'm not particularly knowledgeable about their various models.
However, your new guitar looks very nice, and based on your comments, it rivals the j-45 series that it physically mimics in sound quality.
However, that resemblence to the Gibsons, right down to the use of the script logo and the open-book shaped headstock instead of the more standard Guild logo-style and headstock shape bothers me a little. Its as if Guild, for this particular guitar wanted to issue a Gibson "wannabe" product, rather than proudly making a slope-shoulder spruce-mahogony dreadnought that is distinctly Guild.
Just my reaction to what I see in the photos.
RBSinTo

 

[fronobulax]

Rusty Chops,
Again, I'm new to the world of Guild guitars and have but one, a GAD jf 30, so I'm not particularly knowledgeable about their various models.
However, your new guitar looks very nice, and based on your comments, it rivals the j-45 series that it physically mimics in sound quality.
However, that resemblence to the Gibsons, right down to the use of the script logo and the open-book shaped headstock instead of the more standard Guild logo-stryle and headstock shape bothers me a little. Its as if Guild, for this particular guitar wanted to issue a Gibson "wannabe" product, rather than proudly making a slope-shoulder spruce-mahogony dreadnought that is distinctly Guild.
Just my reaction to what I see in the photos.
RBSinTo

Since you are new to Guild, you might want to view this in terms of recent history. While Ren Ferguson (of Gibson fame) worked for Guild in New Hartford he designed the Orpheum line of Guilds. They were sloped shouldered and Ren designed what he imagined Guild would have built in the 1930's if Guild had been around to make guitars in the 1930's. So while you see the similarities to Gibson, others will focus on the similarities to the Orpheum line. The Orpheums are comparatively rare and much loved and so there was much conversation about whether this was the direction Orpheum was going in or whether the Orpheum design would be revived and built in Oxnard.

 

[SFIV1967]

... right down to the use of the script logo ...

What frono said and:

NAMM 2019: New P-240 and DS-240 in Westerly Collection

Alread talked about it here and here, but below is the official NAMM 2019 press release: "NAMM 2019: Guild Guitars Adds Vintage-Inspired Acoustics to Westerly Collection Lineup Two New Affordable Models Add Early 20th Century Aesthetics to Guild’s Acoustic Lineup Guild is pleased to announce...

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Guild used script logos since the 50ies already, multiple examples in 3 posts here:

P-240 Parlor Anyone?

Except for the cheesy looking peghead logo, I think I'd like this little couch guitar. I'm considering a low priced used one. The label on these says 'designed in Ca', but I'm wondering if these are actually built here. If anyone knows, I'd appreciate hearing about it, as well as opinion if...

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Ralf

 

[RBSinTo]

Ralf,
Again, I don't know the Guild product line well at all, so my comments are based solely on my gut reaction to seeing the guitar's photos in the original post. Nothing more or less.
RBSinTo

 

[SFIV1967]

my comments are based solely on my gut reaction to seeing the guitar's photos in the original post. Nothing more or less.

No problem, my reply was also just to show some previous discussion and that the script logo was nothing new for Guild and that the models originated out of Ren Fergussons hands with the Orpheum line back in 2013 and the new owners picked the idea up for some lower line models. I fully understood your thoughts.

Ralf

 

[Rusty Chops]

Rusty Chops,
Again, I'm new to the world of Guild guitars and have but one, a GAD jf 30, so I'm not particularly knowledgeable about their various models.
However, your new guitar looks very nice, and based on your comments, it rivals the j-45 series that it physically mimics in sound quality.
However, that resemblence to the Gibsons, right down to the use of the script logo and the open-book shaped headstock instead of the more standard Guild logo-style and headstock shape bothers me a little. Its as if Guild, for this particular guitar wanted to issue a Gibson "wannabe" product, rather than proudly making a slope-shoulder spruce-mahogony dreadnought that is distinctly Guild.
Just my reaction to what I see in the photos.
RBSinTo

Since you are new to Guild, you might want to view this in terms of recent history. While Ren Ferguson (of Gibson fame) worked for Guild in New Hartford he designed the Orpheum line of Guilds. They were sloped shouldered and Ren designed what he imagined Guild would have built in the 1930's if Guild had been around to make guitars in the 1930's. So while you see the similarities to Gibson, others will focus on the similarities to the Orpheum line. The Orpheums are comparatively rare and much loved and so there was much conversation about whether this was the direction Orpheum was going in or whether the Orpheum design would be revived and built in Oxnard.

Ralf,
Again, I don't know the Guild product line well at all, so my comments are based solely on my gut reaction to seeing the guitar's photos in the original post. Nothing more or less.
RBSinTo

Ren Furguson: I’m a fan! Had several The Heritage jazzers.

Slope shouldered: squared dread: don’t much care, but the short scale is a must for me an’ my finners!
Taylor short-scaled dreads, etc. well, they don’t sound as good as this. Worthy guitars -have had several- but just not right for me.
The last outstanding sounding flat-top I owned was a D-40 Adirondack spruce top, several years ago. I’ve been following the Guild story for years, but not closely.
Got the X350 recently and was surprised by the QC, et al.

Took a chance on this and am delighted. Thanks guys. I’ll try to keep my toes out of future shots.