Westerly Wood
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Bing k
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Guild built some satin guitars while in Tacoma that were pretty darn good "bang for the buck" instruments. They were USA made both in rosewood and mahogany. The DV-6 was the rosewood. The ones we had go through here had good tone and played well.
I'll bet they were, Bing. I never saw the Tacoma versions, only the MIM ones that came later. Of those, the mahogany DV-4 really outshone the rosewood DV-6 in my mind. I think they were a hand-rubbed finish, but I'm not sure. All I remember was how raw they seemed .. as in, seemingly unfinished. The headstocks on those looked like they'd been cut by a shop class student with a bandsaw.
algionfriddo
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Really wanted a D55 w/ 1.75" nut.
Very much wanted a Guild D55 NT with Adirondack top & 1.75" nut width and 2.25" spacing at the saddle (US made only). Contacted the company several times but specifics were lacking and the latest e-mail from the company was not clear if that would be possible anytime soon. So... I just bought a used 2008 Martin D28 Marquis NT with KK already installed for $3,190. That is a very big price for me to shell out and I do prefer the Guild sound. I will get the D28 Monday (5/9/16). It does have the wider string spacing at both the nut & saddle I want so this may well be my final guitar purchase. Living in a rural area far from a city is fine with me but there aren't any music stores for me to buy a hands on played guitar.
I still have my 1979 Guild F212XL NT (for over 30 years now) and it still plays well. The sound is wonderful & can be played both softly and takes a hard strumming with no problem.
I also have a 1996 Guild JF55 that needs a neck reset. It plays fine now but the saddle is very low an I think it cuts down on the intonation. I'm sending it off to Bryan Kimsey in a week or so. This JF55 has a legit 1.75" nut width so he will look to refit the nut for wider string spacing. Specs say the JF55 had a 1 11/16th nut width but Hans Moust e-mailed me that some early 1990's JF55's were sometimes 1.75" for some oddball reason. I looked for quite a long time & found one with the wider nut. The string spacing at the nut is closer than it needs to be & needs to be refitted. Mr. Kimsey looks to refit the bridge & saddle as well to get out to 2.25" if possible. That won't be cheap but it will make for a very rare Guild JF55 when he's done.
Hope Guild continues to produce great guitars & the company remain viable. Their resale value is of little interest to me. The sound and play-ability is my main concern. Less importantly but a factor... they are just beautiful instruments. I look to pass these on to my adult guitar playing children. Hopefully that will still be a few more years away.
Very much wanted a Guild D55 NT with Adirondack top & 1.75" nut width and 2.25" spacing at the saddle (US made only). Contacted the company several times but specifics were lacking and the latest e-mail from the company was not clear if that would be possible anytime soon. So... I just bought a used 2008 Martin D28 Marquis NT with KK already installed for $3,190. That is a very big price for me to shell out and I do prefer the Guild sound. I will get the D28 Monday (5/9/16). It does have the wider string spacing at both the nut & saddle I want so this may well be my final guitar purchase. Living in a rural area far from a city is fine with me but there aren't any music stores for me to buy a hands on played guitar.
I still have my 1979 Guild F212XL NT (for over 30 years now) and it still plays well. The sound is wonderful & can be played both softly and takes a hard strumming with no problem.
I also have a 1996 Guild JF55 that needs a neck reset. It plays fine now but the saddle is very low an I think it cuts down on the intonation. I'm sending it off to Bryan Kimsey in a week or so. This JF55 has a legit 1.75" nut width so he will look to refit the nut for wider string spacing. Specs say the JF55 had a 1 11/16th nut width but Hans Moust e-mailed me that some early 1990's JF55's were sometimes 1.75" for some oddball reason. I looked for quite a long time & found one with the wider nut. The string spacing at the nut is closer than it needs to be & needs to be refitted. Mr. Kimsey looks to refit the bridge & saddle as well to get out to 2.25" if possible. That won't be cheap but it will make for a very rare Guild JF55 when he's done.
Hope Guild continues to produce great guitars & the company remain viable. Their resale value is of little interest to me. The sound and play-ability is my main concern. Less importantly but a factor... they are just beautiful instruments. I look to pass these on to my adult guitar playing children. Hopefully that will still be a few more years away.
Bing k
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If your are looking for a Guild Dread with an Adirondack top and bracing, find a D-50 Bluegrass Special. They build the D-55 with sitka spruce. The last ones were built with red spruce bracing.