It's day 8 since I opened the case. It's been mostly in the case with sponges, in the body even, without strings the whole time. It's gone through quite a few transmorphations, the top buckling slightly and then settling down, and finish checking becoming more pronounced each day.
I filed the fret ends and cleaned up the fingerboard damage, now virtually invisible. This rosewood board has 3D grain up by the neck, wow! Also to note, very high grade Mahogany in the back and sides.
I'm still hydrating it and the neck angle is actually spot on, it's good without any tension on the top and still good after being tuned to pitch all night. Showing off a picture of the very inexpensive USA made straight edge I picked up on feeBay, got here so fast, still in time to use it. You'd have to be a madman to go anywhere near a fine guitar with a heavy old carpenter's square (I tried it), like some guys recommend, not to mention they're rough on the edges.
This 24" rule is 3/16" thick, aluminum, weighs 1lb, stands by itself, price of admission, $20. Awesome.
Also visible is some vintage Guild swag, thx to Reverb/eBay. Little purchases help you get between the big ones. Wife thinks it's actually cute when I walk around the house saying "Guildy, Guildy, Guildy" when goodies come in the mail...
Last night, I played it real late upstairs (about the time you start passing out on the edge of the bed because it's putting you to sleep) with wife downstairs on her treadle sewing machine, and this morning, "I said, how was it for you?" and she said she thought I was singing with the guitar. I wasn't, but I heard the same thing, this lilting "human voice"... it's got a weird mid range, totally different from the dread, boomy, but soft at the same time.
Besides, it's way to big to fit into either one of the stoves without chopping it up ;-)
1970 Guid price list and picks, along with the magic Guild cloth.
Awesome piece for the guitar tech in your life ;-)
Amazing neck angle actually, and you can tell the neck has been off, so it probably won't need anything like that.