andrewpogany
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Not sure how all this works, but here goes... (wow, just reread B4 my post... I wrote a damn book...sorry)
I've owned (and loved) my D35 since the late 70's. Mostly an acoustic player over the years but also acquired a '59 Gibson ES330 somewhere along the line (not 335....it's got the single coil P90s ...very fun ax). I still have my Yahama cheapo but cool looking and ok sounding open head stock 12 string but that thing takes Conan-sized hands and strength to play and is whimpy strength-wise (silk steel strings, etc).
So anyway, local music store is closing down (Salinas, CA) which has been around 73years so that's pretty sad (but a diff story) and I walk in. There's 3 guitars left. One is an acoustic and catches my eye. Because it's a Guild. How come someone didn't snatch this up?
Well, it's pretty beat up and it's a D25 12string with constant high-A string buzz (their 'tech' is supposed to check it out and call me back) supposed owned for the past 25 years by some local lawyer.
I play it. It sounds like a Guild...in other words, awesome ('Cept for the annoying high A string buzzing all the time...perhaps why noone has bought it). Marked at $750, they said they'd take $500. No case. Still seems high to me when I check Ebay, etc. So that is one thing I solicit opinions on from all ye Guild experts.
But then get this: I'm playing the thing and a guy walks in. He's the lawyer who owed it for 25 years! What are the odds? He tells me he loved it and to buy it, blah, blah, blah (and that he still has the case at home and would give it to me if I got him any other brand case for his Ovation...or whatever crap he now has). He owns up to being the "guitar beater" and admits all dings and scratches are from him. I hear the man play. I understand. He's very bad. Very.
So here's the rest:
Model d2512nt (so not a jumbo model, which I've played and heard and like over the years, and which many sites say don't bother unless it's a jumbo, etc; personally, I really like and prefer this thing's sound. Any opinions?
serial D250118. Says made in USA. Arched back. Gold enclosed tuners (kinda wierd that they're gold I'm thinking). Pearl inlay Guild on headstock (not gold paint). Reg dot inlays on frets (like my D35).
The guy swears he didn't have the bridge replaced but it does't look dark enough to me to be orig rosewood. How can I check? does it even matter?
There is about a 2 to 3 inch crack in the seam of the body on the fat end right where the side attaches to the back (no cracks only dings and heavy-handed crappy picking scratches on the soundboard side). Lawyer dude admitted it was due to dropping the poor thing.
IThey claim it's from the late 70's but I can't even find ref to that serial# as low as that starting with "D25" on the Guild site or anywhere else.
I was hoping someone way more obsessed with Guilds than me might be able to help me make up my mind or talk me out of it. It's calling out to me to rescue it from it's cruel previous life....
I've owned (and loved) my D35 since the late 70's. Mostly an acoustic player over the years but also acquired a '59 Gibson ES330 somewhere along the line (not 335....it's got the single coil P90s ...very fun ax). I still have my Yahama cheapo but cool looking and ok sounding open head stock 12 string but that thing takes Conan-sized hands and strength to play and is whimpy strength-wise (silk steel strings, etc).
So anyway, local music store is closing down (Salinas, CA) which has been around 73years so that's pretty sad (but a diff story) and I walk in. There's 3 guitars left. One is an acoustic and catches my eye. Because it's a Guild. How come someone didn't snatch this up?
Well, it's pretty beat up and it's a D25 12string with constant high-A string buzz (their 'tech' is supposed to check it out and call me back) supposed owned for the past 25 years by some local lawyer.
I play it. It sounds like a Guild...in other words, awesome ('Cept for the annoying high A string buzzing all the time...perhaps why noone has bought it). Marked at $750, they said they'd take $500. No case. Still seems high to me when I check Ebay, etc. So that is one thing I solicit opinions on from all ye Guild experts.
But then get this: I'm playing the thing and a guy walks in. He's the lawyer who owed it for 25 years! What are the odds? He tells me he loved it and to buy it, blah, blah, blah (and that he still has the case at home and would give it to me if I got him any other brand case for his Ovation...or whatever crap he now has). He owns up to being the "guitar beater" and admits all dings and scratches are from him. I hear the man play. I understand. He's very bad. Very.
So here's the rest:
Model d2512nt (so not a jumbo model, which I've played and heard and like over the years, and which many sites say don't bother unless it's a jumbo, etc; personally, I really like and prefer this thing's sound. Any opinions?
serial D250118. Says made in USA. Arched back. Gold enclosed tuners (kinda wierd that they're gold I'm thinking). Pearl inlay Guild on headstock (not gold paint). Reg dot inlays on frets (like my D35).
The guy swears he didn't have the bridge replaced but it does't look dark enough to me to be orig rosewood. How can I check? does it even matter?
There is about a 2 to 3 inch crack in the seam of the body on the fat end right where the side attaches to the back (no cracks only dings and heavy-handed crappy picking scratches on the soundboard side). Lawyer dude admitted it was due to dropping the poor thing.
IThey claim it's from the late 70's but I can't even find ref to that serial# as low as that starting with "D25" on the Guild site or anywhere else.
I was hoping someone way more obsessed with Guilds than me might be able to help me make up my mind or talk me out of it. It's calling out to me to rescue it from it's cruel previous life....
