What Guild is right for me ?

[geoguy]

Maple options would include a D30 (as noted above; also known as a G37 for some time), & a D44M.

D-15 is a de-blinged D-25, IIRC. Not that a D-25 has much bling to start with . . .

 

[adorshki]

D-15?

Think you meant to ask dreadnut that question, but it's an all-hog arched back dreadnought, a sort of a mid-'80s re-issue of the D25 from ca. '72-'74, when it still had a 'hog top but was given an arched back, prior to finally getting a spruce top, the most commonly seen version.

 

[adorshki]

Maple options would include a D30 (as noted above; also known as a G37 for some time), & a D44M.

D-15 is a de-blinged D-25, IIRC. Not that a D-25 has much bling to start with . . .

See my post #42 (I didn't see your post when I started composing), it's a version of the rarest of the 3 iterations of the D25.

 

[Br1ck]

You should play an arch back D 25. Might be just what you need in a band mix driven hard. It is what I'd look for in a gig instrument. Find a worry free distressed guitar and thrash it all you want. You almost have to buy a few, evaluate what you like and move the rest on. Or start a collection. A big consideration is do you mind spending more than the market value by buying and older Guild in need of a neck reset or other work and fixing it. It's not like buying a 72 D 18 for $1200-1400 needing a neck reset and spending another $1000 on it. You pretty much break even with a decent chance of a price rise over time. Even buying my D 35 for $250, I still have $1400 in it. What could I get for it, $1000-1200? Maybe. But value vs market was not my consideration.

 

[dpc915]

There is an 82 d25 on reverb. I’m eyeing it. The bridge looks like two separate pieces?

 

[Westerly Wood]

There is an 82 d25 on reverb. I’m eyeing it. The bridge looks like two separate pieces?

got a link to it?

 

[dpc915]

Guild D-25 1974 - 1986 | Reverb

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[jfilm]

Just the saddle is cracked in two pieces. Easily replaced.

 

[Westerly Wood]

that is pricey too for a D25, but these days, on reverb, D25s are increasing in price. It's hard to find one in good shape under 800 anymore.

 

[donnylang]

I would not pay more than $700-$800 for any D25, and that top price would only be for a '68-'70 model with the smaller pickguard. I don't think I've ever actually seen a 1968 D25. There have been some 1969-70 models out there. The '72 I bought was $550 (neck had been reset too), and this was in 2019 on a standard Reverb listing. And these all-mahogany versions are supposed to be worth more $$$.

Being that you can get a good, early D35 for under $1000 (there's been a 1971 D35 on my local craigslist for over a year at that price) ... seems like the D25 should never approach that price to me. I guess the deal would be if you want mahogany ... or the arched back. But the thing is, the arched back models are so very common that you'd probably only have to wait a week or two for more to pop up if you couldn't find one you like for a good price at any given moment in time.

 

[adorshki]

I would not pay more than $700-$800 for any D25, and that top price would only be for a '68-'70 model with the smaller pickguard. I don't think I've ever actually seen a 1968 D25.

It's been years but I think we saw one once. Funny thing, couple years back while eyeballing s/n charts I realized '25 production through '69 was miniscule compared to D35 production: 233 for D25's compared to 1592 for D35's.

 

[donnylang]

It's been years but I think we saw one once. Funny thing, couple years back while eyeballing s/n charts I realized '25 production through '69 was miniscule compared to D35 production: 233 for D25's compared to 1592 for D35's.

Yeh I also noticed the D35 appears in the June 1968 price list, but no D25. The D25 first appeared in a later price list in the fall. Along with the info you noted above, I figure that 1968-69 D25s are very rare. The ones I've seen were all 1969 (and maybe these were actually 1970 anyway- hard to tell in that weird serial number transition zone) and all brown, except one red one (I wanted to buy that one but the listing had too little info and was priced too high).

 

[donnylang]

Oh wow I just checked- the one I wanted is back:

Guild D-25 Mahogany Cherry Stain Guitar Bought at Manny's in 1969. Single Owner. | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Guild D-25 Mahogany Cherry Stain Guitar Bought at Manny's in 1969. Single Owner. at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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Again though- $800 tops, and that's probably a stretch for this one tbh.

 

[adorshki]

Yeh I also noticed the D35 appears in the June 1968 price list, but no D25. The D25 first appeared in a later price list in the fall. Along with the info you noted above, I figure that 1968-69 D25s are very rare. The ones I've seen were all 1969 (and maybe these were actually 1970 anyway- hard to tell in that weird serial number transition zone) and all brown, except one red one (I wanted to buy that one but the listing had too little info and was priced too high).

Ah, always wondered if the '25 may have been released later, accounting for at least some of the discrepancy in volume, but not that much.

 

[donnylang]

Serial # OC-231 makes this one the earliest I've seen. And only '60s one w/ cherry red & cloud bridge. It's very cool but looks funky w/ replaced tuners, poor photos, old strings ... not a $2100 guitar even in a best case.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Not surprised re more D35s vs 25s (all hog initial D25s), as spruce tops so much more popular.

 

[adorshki]

Not surprised re more D35s vs 25s (all hog initial D25s), as spruce tops so much more popular.

Apparently so, and by the '79-'81 charts where models are broken out individually agin, the now archbacked/sprucetop '25 is well outselling the D35.

Suspect it happened when the spruce top was finally incorporated, but I guess no way to tell, unless Hans might know.

 

[dpc915]

Oh wow I just checked- the one I wanted is back:

Guild D-25 Mahogany Cherry Stain Guitar Bought at Manny's in 1969. Single Owner. | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Guild D-25 Mahogany Cherry Stain Guitar Bought at Manny's in 1969. Single Owner. at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Again though- $800 tops, and that's probably a stretch for this one tbh.

I want a twelve string in this color !

 

[Westerly Wood]

I want a twelve string in this color !

Do not pay 2100 for that please.

 

[adorshki]

I want a twelve string in this color !

I do believe you could get a JF30-12 in Woodgrain Red
Ah, here we go: