mavuser
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also no spruce top
Why doesn't Guild offer the D25 any more?
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And if they offered one, would you be buying it??
I thought we were all in agreement that my old Louise is the finest sounding 'dread Guild ever made. No matter that you haven't heard it. 
Probably not, Tom, as I already have one, and also a D15.
I'm just saying, it was such an iconic model and they sold so many of them.
I'm just saying, it was such an iconic model and they sold so many of them.
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Well, the Oxnard D-20 uses rosewood for the fretboard, but the Westerly Series D-240 uses pau ferro.
Nuuska
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Is there even a theoretical chance that if Guild should start building D25 again - one or more - maybe even all of them - of the new guitars would be better than Louise?
And that new "empress" would show up in a musicstore near you . . .
DREAD - be careful now - your wish might turn into nightmare . . .
Naturally I'm just speculating . . .
And that new "empress" would show up in a musicstore near you . . .
DREAD - be careful now - your wish might turn into nightmare . . .
Naturally I'm just speculating . . .
I would definitely go and play them.
kitniyatran
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I'd try one out but knowing the one I have
I don't think I'd have any need to buy one.
I don't think I'd have any need to buy one.
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Br1ck
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Like my trusty 70 D 35, you can't make old wood. So no, they can't make a new D 25 sound like an old one. What they can do is make a new D 25 sound as good as those old guitars were when new.
Should you be willing to commit to being "under water" by buying an old D 25 likely in need of a neck reset, frets, and who knows what else, you'll have a satisfying guitar with a great neck. Same can be said of a D 35 or a D 40. I doubt you'll like anything better you could buy for $1600-1700.
There are quite a few older guitars you could buy and fix that would equal or exceed the cost of a new one. Bryan Kimsey, modder extrordinere, has a recent video of a 74 D 28 he said would have about $3,000 invested in it. It sounded great, and I'd rather have it than a new one. I guess you are addicted or not to old wood.
Should you be willing to commit to being "under water" by buying an old D 25 likely in need of a neck reset, frets, and who knows what else, you'll have a satisfying guitar with a great neck. Same can be said of a D 35 or a D 40. I doubt you'll like anything better you could buy for $1600-1700.
There are quite a few older guitars you could buy and fix that would equal or exceed the cost of a new one. Bryan Kimsey, modder extrordinere, has a recent video of a 74 D 28 he said would have about $3,000 invested in it. It sounded great, and I'd rather have it than a new one. I guess you are addicted or not to old wood.
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I paid $325 for my new '76 D25M, with hsc.
GGJaguar
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$325 in 1976 would be $1712 in 2022.
Sounds about right.
plaidseason
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I paid $400 (with case) for my 1993 DCE1 in early 2021. It's in decent shape, but you can tell it's been played, both by looking at at, but especially from hearing it. New guitars mostly don't have that.