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Hey all. I’m fairly new here to the forum. I am mostly a bass player, but I also dabble in some acoustic guitar and want to see about upgrading my acoustic. Several years ago I decided to buy myself a nicer acoustic and got a Guild D140CE and started falling in love with Guilds. I’m also angling to get a Starfire IV semi hollow, but that’s for another part of the forum.
Anyway, I want to upgrade my acoustic. I’d love to get a higher quality, USA made acoustic. And from my experience with the D140 and other experiences I think I’ve settled on the D40. But now I see there are 3 flavors from the Oxnard plant I can find that are “new”. There is the D40 Standard coming in around $2400 new, the D40 Traditional coming in at $2800. But there is a wild card. The now discontinued D40E that already has the electronics installed. I can apparently get this for $1500-$2000
My main question, is the D40E more like the standard or the Traditional? What are people’s thoughts of them in comparison?
Thanks all.
Anyway, I want to upgrade my acoustic. I’d love to get a higher quality, USA made acoustic. And from my experience with the D140 and other experiences I think I’ve settled on the D40. But now I see there are 3 flavors from the Oxnard plant I can find that are “new”. There is the D40 Standard coming in around $2400 new, the D40 Traditional coming in at $2800. But there is a wild card. The now discontinued D40E that already has the electronics installed. I can apparently get this for $1500-$2000
My main question, is the D40E more like the standard or the Traditional? What are people’s thoughts of them in comparison?
Thanks all.