Working on some modifications to the forum & had to restore from a backup done prior to you last couple posts here. I can't restore them in their original form, but here is the text:
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Posted: 09 Dec 2005 04:52 pm by DropD
Thanks for the reply - much appreciated and useful. I wondered whether the pre-Fender thing had an impact on value or quality. When I asked a guy from the music shop where I bought it years ago he said that it didn't matter re: value...that the Fender stuff actually had more consistency. I would have thought otherwise, as you pointed out.
I did learn that this is acutally a 1988 model (D500406) according to the Guild/Fender site. It is in fantastic shap structually, but does have some finish checking, yellowed binding and a few minor dings. I would rate it at Good to Very Good. I've considered selling to make room for a Martin HD28. (Does that make me an outcast now? )
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Posted: 09 Dec 2005 05:20 pm by West R Lee
No, the D-28 thing doesn't make you an outcast and as you well know everyone has an opinion, however, I recently spent about an hour in a room by myself playing a new HD-28 and a D-35. I was comparing the sound of my old Guild D-25M to them, although I had told the salesman I was considering a purchase. I just wasn't real impressed with either. The action was good on both, but neither had the sustain or projection of my old Guild D-25. The other thing that I had never before noticed in playing Martins(it had been a while), is how light they were compared to any Guild I've ever played. That has to say something about the strength of the instrument.
Good luck on your quest in Martinland, but I can't help but feel that you not only have a great guitar in the D-50, but a piece of Guild history.
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