adorshki
Reverential Member
Actually I agree. Just wanted to acknowledge we're aware of it and it's a real "oddball".I never really consider the DV-25 to be part of the "direct" D-25 lineage...
I'm thinking now maybe it bridged the gap between DV-6 and revived D40, but can't readily compare production years from s/n records and don't have catalogs to research with.
Heck now that I think about it there was even a DV-4 in '99 at least, same thing, flat-backed 'hog.
I think maybe what I'm noticing is that the DV build details definitely excluded arched backs.
And I can understand why you consider "DV" 's to be a different type of instrument from the standard dreadnought builds even when there are model number similarities.
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Yes all versions of DV-6's were flat-backed and as far as I can tell they simply replaced the D40 (starting as D6 in '93) for a while as the flat-back 'hog body dread.The DV-6 is a problematic model: The Westerly DV-6 model had mahogany back and sides (I think it was flat-backed)
Going by s/n charts, it looks like they only built about 30 D40's per year in '90, 91, and '92, so maybe that's why the new model.
Then we've got the curious situation of D40 being revived just before move to Corona, no DV6 in Corona, in fact no arched back dreads out of Corona OR Tacoma OR NH, and then DV6 coming back in rosewood as you said.