Cougar
Enlightened Member
I bit the bullet today and won the bid on a 2005 Tacoma D55.
Well done! Love that abalone rosette (if that's what it is). I gotta get me one of them dreads. You know, diversity. :tiger:
I bit the bullet today and won the bid on a 2005 Tacoma D55.
Man...is it a sunburst?
Congrats on the score! Natural is my preferred top, because I'm a natural kind of guy. :single_eye:Natural top. Couldn't find a burst that was in as good of shape.
....Looks as if the previous owner never played it.....
The Tacoma-builts are obviously newer (2005-2008), so it's probably easier to find one in excellent condition. Westerlys are anywhere from 1967-2001. Coronas slipped in there from 2002-2004. I hear you about the F50R. I recently scored one out of the New Hartford plant (2009-2014), and it's just the ultimate 6-string as far as I'm concerned.
Cougar, I'm with you. I sold or traded all of my Westerlies (except my D50) once I got my hands on a New Hartford Guild. Seems to me the company was after more of the boutique market. The list prices went up there and so did the build materials. Both of mine (F47M and D40 BG Jubilee) have red spruce tops, scalloped bracing, high end open back Gotoh tuners and exquisite build quality. These instruments -- to my hands/ears are the best Guild ever made. I do believe that they are different. Now, I never played a Tacoma or Corona, but lived with Westerlies for decades -- lots of 'em.
What do you all think?
Don't worry about where the Guild was built.
Find one you like and buy it.
The models that you have posted will be great guitars from any of the locations that Guild built them at.
Be sure to look here for used Guilds.
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