adorshki
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Actually Guild used micarta for saddles and nuts extensively. Has excellent consistency and workability.
Can Anyone Recommend Bridge Pins for a 76 D55?
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Speaking of saddles, my '72 G37 has one .093" thick, and I cannot find one I would not have to sand to thickness. Anyone know of one? Preferably compensated? Height would be no issue but thickness seems to me would be much tougher to achieve by sanding. 1/8" or 3mm is simply way too thick.
1976GuildD55
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Chazmo, Indeed I would! Many thanks!
1976GuildD55
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Thanks for the information! I must say, it has lasted well in my bridge and done a great job of enduring.
1976GuildD55
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Mine also appears thinner than the more recent ones I have seen in recent decades.
edgarmadhook
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I bought these ebony pins & strap button (with MOP dots) for my '77 D50 from an eBay seller in the UK...
They're an exact match for the white ones that came on the guitar (when I bought in anyway).
They're an exact match for the white ones that came on the guitar (when I bought in anyway).
1976GuildD55
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The ebony pins with the inlays look great!
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They're not too "bling" which works well on a fairly plain looking D50 but you can get ones with abalone dots too which are a little fancier & would probably look the part on a D55, what with those luxurious block inlays.
1976GuildD55
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Edgarmadhook, I have long admired the D50, as well. Saw a few on stage over the years, and just loved them… sound and looks. I am going to go with aged bone with abalone, although your ebony pins took me back. Classy touch!
SJS
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Just had a Tusq compensated saddle put on the G37 and according to what I have read Guild bridge saddle slots are smaller and the saddle had to be shaped to fit. It can be done pretty easily with the correct tools, which I don't have so my luthier got to do the job. Works great.
SJS
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Thank you. The guitar was a gift from my buddy, Wilmywood. He's floating around here somewhere. He bought a G37 in 1973 which he still has. I fell in love with the maple archback guitars way back then. This 1978 model sounds like Angels singing. It was bought new in 78 and the owner passed away 3 years later. The guitar was put under the bed until Wilmywood bought it this year. I'm now making sure it gets broken in correctly.
1976GuildD55
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I love the maple arch backs. I traded my 1975 F40 blonde to purchase my D55. Which I had both now. It had the arched back on the jumbo shape with block inlays. I love the story above!Thank you. The guitar was a gift from my buddy, Wilmywood. He's floating around here somewhere. He bought a G37 in 1973 which he still has. I fell in love with the maple archback guitars way back then. This 1978 model sounds like Angels singing. It was bought new in 78 and the owner passed away 3 years later. The guitar was put under the bed until Wilmywood bought it this year. I'm now making sure it gets broken in correctly.
1976GuildD55
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Thank you for all the help. I have arranged with Bob Colosi to send me heavily aged bone with abalone dots, both bridge pins and a matching endpin. He was every bit as helpful and knowledgeable as you suggested. Thanks to those of you who let me know about him, and for all the other suggestions and input!
SJS
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My buddy Otis played it. He played a 1st position D chord, then played the same chord at the 12th fret and it was in perfect tune. I love this guitar. Angels singing.
SJS
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This guitar is "cold dead hands" status. I'm not going to be buried with my Firebird anymore... they're gonna bury me with this G37.
adorshki
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Interesting build detail, saddle widths. My '96 D'25 has a pretty thin saddle, but the F65ce ('01) with a UST is a tad thicker and and the '03 D40 with a different Fishman system is downright fat. I've wondered if Guild adjusted their saddle widths to accept the intended UST in many situations. I know they worked closely with Fishman from at least the early '90's through early Tacoma, and I saw Fishman offered 2 different UST widths on their AGP series, for example. So I wondered if those widths were dictated by production limitations or if Fishman tried to pick the 2 most common widths to work with, and Guild had to "pick one"?
F40's are my personal favorite Guild platform, although I lust after an F47R (or F47rce) with 24-3/4 scale and 1-11/16 nut (since I already have a 16" maple archback in the F65ce). The one combo they never made on that body style....the F65ce's 25-5/8" with a 1-5/8 nut. All of that "Fxxce" series had 1-5/8 nuts even when they had shortscales too, though.
Maybe Yamaha'll realize what a goof it was to abandon that platform. Hope springs eternal but you can't drink it.
Hope Springs:
1976GuildD55
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adorshki, Interesting observations regarding saddle widths over the decades from different shops. Then the under saddle pickup possibly added the need to widen the saddles. Intriguing thoughts! Love those F47’s too! Guild makes wonderful jumbo— or concert, too— shaped guitars. I have always hoped to have an F55 blonde 12-string. Just didn’t prioritize it in my performing years. I am content with my various acoustics, electrics and mandolins. Time to just appreciate them from home. Thanks for your post.
You haven't really lived until you've played Guild's jumbo 12-strings. But, hey, I'll keep feeding that GAS as long as I can...
GGJaguar
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You haven't really lived until you've played Guild's jumbo 12-strings. But, hey, I'll keep feeding that GAS as long as I can...
