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So this was a fun discovery! Up in my Youtube feed pops this review by Stuart Day:
This is my "signature" Savoy 150A -- why do I call it that? Check out the B-Roll at 1:50, and pay attention to the 12th fret -- that's my signature there on the Mother of Pearl inlay!
Why would I do such a thing to a Guild!?! Because, what Stuart does not say in his review, was I had him change the fret radius from 9 1/2" to 15" and change the frets to Jumbos to adjust for the loss of grip I have in my left hand (due to thumb tendonitis). I decided that when I had these changes made, I was never going to sell this guitar, so, might as well lean into it. It's my guitar now -- forever -- so I signed it.
The setup is great, and the Jumbo frets took a little getting used to, but I am really liking them now.
BTW, I would say that Stuart's assessment/review of the guitar is pretty much spot on. Although I run it through a Mesa Boogie Rosette Amp, which allows me to control the tone, (and it also does a good job of keeping the lighter sound of the Savoy's acoustic properties). I also added a Strymon Flint Trem that thickens the sound so it can stand alone better when using it as a solo accompaniment instrument...
So, I overcome the guitar's shortcomings with post add-ons. But it would be nice if it had a tone knob (I think the 2021s do) and it should probably have a better straight acoustic sound than it does.
Anyway, I had no idea Stuart did this. But it was cool to see it! I thought I would share it.
This is my "signature" Savoy 150A -- why do I call it that? Check out the B-Roll at 1:50, and pay attention to the 12th fret -- that's my signature there on the Mother of Pearl inlay!
Why would I do such a thing to a Guild!?! Because, what Stuart does not say in his review, was I had him change the fret radius from 9 1/2" to 15" and change the frets to Jumbos to adjust for the loss of grip I have in my left hand (due to thumb tendonitis). I decided that when I had these changes made, I was never going to sell this guitar, so, might as well lean into it. It's my guitar now -- forever -- so I signed it.
The setup is great, and the Jumbo frets took a little getting used to, but I am really liking them now.
BTW, I would say that Stuart's assessment/review of the guitar is pretty much spot on. Although I run it through a Mesa Boogie Rosette Amp, which allows me to control the tone, (and it also does a good job of keeping the lighter sound of the Savoy's acoustic properties). I also added a Strymon Flint Trem that thickens the sound so it can stand alone better when using it as a solo accompaniment instrument...
So, I overcome the guitar's shortcomings with post add-ons. But it would be nice if it had a tone knob (I think the 2021s do) and it should probably have a better straight acoustic sound than it does.
Anyway, I had no idea Stuart did this. But it was cool to see it! I thought I would share it.
