hansmoust
Enlightened Member
Are you sure those are mini tuners?
Yes, they are Schaller Mini tuners, which would be standard on a mid-'80s model.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Are you sure those are mini tuners?
Yes, they are Schaller Mini tuners, which would be standard on a mid-'80s model.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
Good Lord that D47 is ugly. You know, in a beautiful Guild sort of way. :emmersed:
Well that ends that debate!
Since we're talkin' D-46's...
It's the pickguard! Not sure what the deal is with the pickguard as I've seen them with and without them. If I were to venture a guess, it seems like the pickguard might have been shipped loose for Owner installation. I peeled the pickguard off of my DS-48. I would also peel it off that D-47!
...I'm happy it's a 2-piece back, but wish it had the tighter grain like the neck does....
Nice symmetrical bookmatching though. Congrats, GAD!
GAD, that's my life tonight. I was playing and singing and having a good time but apparently new amplification doesn't make me a better player, NOR a singer!!! Imagine that?? Such a great guitar!! I hope you're gonna keep it.... if not I'm almost sorry for my "No More Dreads" policy..... jeeeze!! :encouragement::encouragement:
It's the pickguard! Not sure what the deal is with the pickguard as I've seen them with and without them. If I were to venture a guess, it seems like the pickguard might have been shipped loose for Owner installation. I peeled the pickguard off of my DS-48. I would also peel it off that D-47!
"I knew that"Fender has used ash for electric guitars going back to the '50s. Some very iconic guitars were made of ash: https://www.fender.com/articles/tech-talk/ash-vs-alder-whats-the-diff/
... and baseball bats because it bends and turns well, but tone isn't really a consideration there. :subdued:
Somehow I missed this yesterday, but that pickguard thing got me wondering, is it possible that in fact your DS48 is finished with poly?
I remember a new member asking about finish for an FS46 (?) a while back, and I assured him Westerly was all nitro all the time, when lo and behold Hans came in and corrected me that in fact that particular model had been finished in poly.
Think it was due to the solid-body nature of the instrument not being benefited by NCL acoustically, but anyway it always stuck with me, because it was the first time.
SO I'm thinking perhaps the 'guard was installed over the finish (because Westerly typically finished over the guard), and was therefore easily lost.
There was a new member recently who reported the 'guard was easily removed from his satin-finished D4, tending to confirm another new member's certainty that his D4's satin finish was actually poly as well.
Hans did say once that they did "experiment" (I forget the precise wording) with poly in Westerly but that model I mentioned is the only specific confirmation I remember, so maybe we're seeing evidence of its use on models previously thought to only have used NCL? (By me, anyway)
Food for thought?