How about it, when did you first fall in love with a Guild guitar? I'll start...
Having been through a succession of cheaper guitars including Epiphones and Univox, I decided to go out and get a real guitar. The last guitar I'd owned, a 12 String Japanese Epiphone, was stolen from my barracks while I was in the Navy :evil: When I inquired about insurance or coverage I was told: "Son, if they wanted ya to have a guitar, they'da issued ya one."
Consequently, I avoided GAS for the rest of my enlistment. As soon as I got out of the Navy and found a job at home, I went to Grinnells Music with my first paycheck and bought a brand new 1976 Guild D-25M for $300.00 out the door, including hard shell case. Compared it to Martin D-18's and a mahogany Gibson in the same store, the Guild won hands down both in terms of beauty and tone - the Guild was heavier, it looked and felt and sounded richer and just grabbed me as being the finer instrument with more attention paid to the detail in the wood and finish.
The tone was another thing. There was no comparison in tone, the Guild really rang out and resonated, especially on the bottom end- I don't know how to describe it other than it sounded like hitting the low E on a piano.
The bonus was, the Guild only cost half as much as the Martin And honestly, I walked in there hoping to get a Martin if I could based on "what everybody said" about Martins.
Anyway, the D-25's been to a thousand campfires, jam sessions, gigs, and on plenty of airplanes, and she still sounds like a piano Bought her a new set of tusq / abalone end pins from Don for her 30th birthday
Having been through a succession of cheaper guitars including Epiphones and Univox, I decided to go out and get a real guitar. The last guitar I'd owned, a 12 String Japanese Epiphone, was stolen from my barracks while I was in the Navy :evil: When I inquired about insurance or coverage I was told: "Son, if they wanted ya to have a guitar, they'da issued ya one."
Consequently, I avoided GAS for the rest of my enlistment. As soon as I got out of the Navy and found a job at home, I went to Grinnells Music with my first paycheck and bought a brand new 1976 Guild D-25M for $300.00 out the door, including hard shell case. Compared it to Martin D-18's and a mahogany Gibson in the same store, the Guild won hands down both in terms of beauty and tone - the Guild was heavier, it looked and felt and sounded richer and just grabbed me as being the finer instrument with more attention paid to the detail in the wood and finish.
The tone was another thing. There was no comparison in tone, the Guild really rang out and resonated, especially on the bottom end- I don't know how to describe it other than it sounded like hitting the low E on a piano.
The bonus was, the Guild only cost half as much as the Martin And honestly, I walked in there hoping to get a Martin if I could based on "what everybody said" about Martins.
Anyway, the D-25's been to a thousand campfires, jam sessions, gigs, and on plenty of airplanes, and she still sounds like a piano Bought her a new set of tusq / abalone end pins from Don for her 30th birthday