Guild DV52 driving me crazy
hp2...@my-dejanews.com
Just happened to play a Guild DV52 today and was really surprised at
how good I thought it sounded. I have been playing (mostly
fingerpickin') small bodied guitars (Taylor 712, Martin 000-1, couple
of classicals) and frankly I was just about blown away. I don't mean
that it was just loud, but really rich, if that would be a good word.
So, is that just a property of dreadnaughts in general? The sucker felt
really big on my lap but it sure did sound nice. The strange thing is
I have never considered Guilds at all, always heard they were just
overbraced tanks, but right now I can't think about anything else!
Help me please. Any comments from you experienced folks would be
appreciated... help me.... help me.....
Ol' Don again in BA
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guitars with all the other big players like Martin, Taylor, etc. the first
time I picked up a Guild it was a D55, they're top line production acoustic
priced at about $1300. I played it side by side with a Martin HD-28,
HD-28VR, and HD-35 (all dreadnaughts) and some Taylor 800 series. I was
also blown away at how well the Guild performed compared to the others. It
sound just as clear, resonant, warm and deep as the rest. If not better I
would say.
one thing about the DV-52 is that it uses a special type of bracing that is
supposed to give it a more "vintage" sound quality, hence the "V' in DV52.
it is a solid rosewood bodied acoustic and a has solid spruce top, some of
the best tone woods.
bc
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On Thu, 13 May 1999 20:17:19 GMT, hp2...@my-dejanews.com brewed up the
following, and served it to the group:
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>So, is that just a property of dreadnaughts in general? The sucker
felt
>really big on my lap but it sure did sound nice. The strange thing
is
>I have never considered Guilds at all, always heard they were just
>overbraced tanks, but right now I can't think about anything else!
>Help me please. Any comments from you experienced folks would be
>appreciated... help me.... help me.....
Don,
People have been misleading you. Guild makes some of the best damn
production guitars out there. (And I repeat--they don't pay me a dime
to say that. But the offer still holds if they want to send that
D4-12 my way...)
I have done comparisons between my Guild D16-M all mahogany dread and
several "high-end" guitars...and have rarely heard one that sounded or
felt better. Most of the "high-end" guitars I tried didn't even feel
or sound as good to me as my Guild. Now, that 00028 EC Martin, now
that was sweet...but anyway...
No, you can't go wrong with a Guild dread.
(Hey, guys...can I have my D4-12 now?)
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hp2...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Hi all and George,
>
> Just happened to play a Guild DV52 today and was really surprised at
> how good I thought it sounded. I have been playing (mostly
> fingerpickin') small bodied guitars (Taylor 712, Martin 000-1, couple
> of classicals) and frankly I was just about blown away. I don't mean
> that it was just loud, but really rich, if that would be a good word.
>
felt
> really big on my lap but it sure did sound nice. The strange thing is
> I have never considered Guilds at all, always heard they were just
> overbraced tanks, but right now I can't think about anything else!
> Help me please. Any comments from you experienced folks would be
> appreciated... help me.... help me.....
>
>
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The one's I've seen over the last year have been fairly consisent. And,
at least in the Minneapolis area, they been available for around $800. I
think that is a good price for an all solid rosewood and spruce dread,
especially when they toss in a hard shell case.
On another note, I played a Guild all mahogany M-20 yesterday, and that
guitar was less than inspiring. Of course, I was just finger noodling
with it. Perhaps some aggresive flatpicking would open it up.
George Garklavs
aerie
Oh Don, you just landed in my neck o' the woods, so to speak. I've been
playing a Guild D25 for over 20 years and have never even made eyes at
another because of it. Yes, she is a big battleship -- the old ones were
braced in the event that World War III breaks out -- but the tone,
projection and sustain have become incredible over the years.
Welcome to the party!
All the best,
Ann
hp2...@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7hfc0c$qmh$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
no...@pacbell.net
>
> Hi all and George,
>
> Just happened to play a Guild DV52 today and was really surprised at
> how good I thought it sounded. I have been playing (mostly
> fingerpickin') small bodied guitars (Taylor 712, Martin 000-1, couple
> of classicals) and frankly I was just about blown away. I don't mean
> that it was just loud, but really rich, if that would be a good word.
>
> So, is that just a property of dreadnaughts in general? The sucker felt
> really big on my lap but it sure did sound nice. The strange thing is
> I have never considered Guilds at all, always heard they were just
> overbraced tanks, but right now I can't think about anything else!
> Help me please. Any comments from you experienced folks would be
> appreciated... help me.... help me.....
>
i would suggest buying the guild
i've always liked guilds, recently spent an a couple of hours at GC,
playing the martin larivee taylor guilds, from 499-4999 in price-the
winner?
guild d4, 4999-this guitar had the wonderful balanced rich tone with no
playability problems, great intonation, live as it could be. who woulda
thunk it
C.D. Damron
cdd
hp2...@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7hfc0c$qmh$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Hi all and George,
>
>Just happened to play a Guild DV52 today and was really surprised at
>how good I thought it sounded. I have been playing (mostly
>fingerpickin') small bodied guitars (Taylor 712, Martin 000-1, couple
>of classicals) and frankly I was just about blown away. I don't mean
>that it was just loud, but really rich, if that would be a good word.
>
>So, is that just a property of dreadnaughts in general? The sucker felt
>really big on my lap but it sure did sound nice. The strange thing is
>I have never considered Guilds at all, always heard they were just
>overbraced tanks, but right now I can't think about anything else!
>Help me please. Any comments from you experienced folks would be
>appreciated... help me.... help me.....
>
SMC4454
a particular manufacturer.
A Lurker
C.D. Damron
number of said guitar. I'm sick of seeing the same folks saying they
played a 100 different guitars!!!!
cdd
SMC4454 wrote in message <19990515123120...@ng-cc1.aol.com>...
hp2...@my-dejanews.com
Seems like we dwell a lot here on Martin - Collings - Santa Cruz-
Goodall - and I appreciate the positive comments about a guitar I had
never seriously considered before. Now I feel that my impressions of
this beast being nice feeling and nice sounding are not unreasonable.
Think I might just buy it. Everybody should have one dreadnought I
guess!
Ol' Don in BA
In article <7hkbf7$sm6$1...@nw001t.infi.net>,
"C.D. Damron" <dam...@lex.infi.net> wrote:
> I think that anyone that comments on a guitar should also submit the
serial
> number of said guitar. I'm sick of seeing the same folks saying they
> played a 100 different guitars!!!!
>
> cdd
> SMC4454 wrote in message <19990515123120.00982.00001181@ng-
cc1.aol.com>...
> >It's refreshing to see a series of posts in which no one bashes the
hell
> out of
> >a particular manufacturer.
> >
> >A Lurker
>
>
Charlie Bryant
balanced. Maple back and sides. Weighed about 400 pounds and sounded
like a piano. For less than a thousand bucks I have seen no better
guitar. This one was $929. Hoo wee.
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> the more you hear guild's the more you will love them. Buy it bring it home be happy.
(God! I feel nostalgic seeing that stuff was posted from Deja News!)
Donald Erickson
> Hi all and George,
>
> Just happened to play a Guild DV52 today and was really surprised at
> how good I thought it sounded. I have been playing (mostly
> fingerpickin') small bodied guitars (Taylor 712, Martin 000-1, couple
> of classicals) and frankly I was just about blown away. I don't mean
> that it was just loud, but really rich, if that would be a good word.
>
> So, is that just a property of dreadnaughts in general? The sucker felt
> really big on my lap but it sure did sound nice. The strange thing is
> I have never considered Guilds at all, always heard they were just
> overbraced tanks, but right now I can't think about anything else!
> Help me please. Any comments from you experienced folks would be
> appreciated... help me.... help me.....
>
> Ol' Don again in BA
>
>
> ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---
Don in Simi
Bill
> On Thursday, May 13, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, hp2...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>> Hi all and George,
>>
>> Just happened to play a Guild DV52 today and was really surprised at
>> how good I thought it sounded. I have been playing (mostly
>> fingerpickin') small bodied guitars (Taylor 712, Martin 000-1, couple
>> of classicals) and frankly I was just about blown away. I don't mean
>> that it was just loud, but really rich, if that would be a good word.
>>
>> So, is that just a property of dreadnaughts in general?
etc.) that it is unfair to generalize here. You don't have to like all
dreadnaughts, but if you find one you like....
