Considering my first Guild acoustic--D40 needing a neck reset?

[chazmo]

If you decide to go the vintage route, in the future, Dave's Guitar seem to be offering nice used Guilds at reasonable prices, from time to time. Their used acoustic page is updated frequently.

Not to mention LTG's own FS/FT marketplace.

 

[Boomstick]

@jml12561 I saw this video on Youtube comparing a new one and old one. They sound pretty close, Once the new one breaks in, they should sound nearly identical. Put it on a stand in front of speakers playing loud music when you aren't playing it and that should help. Enjoy your new guitar!

 

[Br1ck]

It is very easy to fall for the romance of an old car, or an old wooden boat or an old guitar. I'm one of those to whom it is satisfying and worth it, but most probably won't view it that way. Still, fifty year old wood just sounds better to me.

 

[Br1ck]

A new guitar will never replicate an old one. There is certainly no reason to buy an old guitar if you don't like what they bring to the table. Old wood can not be reproduced. Patina can be beautiful. Wood quality can be better, and nostalgia can play a part. If none of this floats your boat, buy a guitar less than ten years old.

I can't make anyone appreciate my hundred and ten year old bungalow if they would rather live in a modern condo. But every so often someone comes to my house and is agog like a five year old at Disneyland. Yes those light fixtures are period correct from scouring antique stores. Many don't notice. I focus on the fine finish checking a guitar has acquired in its life, and the natural wear patterns. But I'm like that with everything. We had a power outage recently and had to use my wife's great grandmother's coffee grinder. What a machine!

Suffice to say, if you have the bug, money is secondary.

 

[chazmo]

A new guitar will never replicate an old one. There is certainly no reason to buy an old guitar if you don't like what they bring to the table. Old wood can not be reproduced. Patina can be beautiful. Wood quality can be better, and nostalgia can play a part. If none of this floats your boat, buy a guitar less than ten years old.

I can't make anyone appreciate my hundred and ten year old bungalow if they would rather live in a modern condo. But every so often someone comes to my house and is agog like a five year old at Disneyland. Yes those light fixtures are period correct from scouring antique stores. Many don't notice. I focus on the fine finish checking a guitar has acquired in its life, and the natural wear patterns. But I'm like that with everything. We had a power outage recently and had to use my wife's great grandmother's coffee grinder. What a machine!

Suffice to say, if you have the bug, money is secondary.

Beautiful post, @Br1ck I couldn't agree more.

 

[Br1ck]

We can debate which guitars are better. It would get us nowhere. An old guitar needs to meet your needs and that might be no more than the satisfaction of owning it. It is probably never better financially than buying a five year old used guitar. To some of us it is a price worth paying for what we like. It is very much made worse because the prices of Guilds are cheaper, but the work costs the same.

 

[Westerly Wood]

I second what Brick says above. As an example, I only bought Boneville's 1998 F30R due to right shoulder issues, though over the past 3 years, it has become the only guitar I play. It's always with me, as the saying goes...and was a brilliant cure.

But 1998 was a bit too new for me outside of this anomaly purchase, as I way prefer Guilds from the 70s. If I ever get my F50, it will be from the 70s.

 

[adorshki]

If I never get my F50, it will be from the 70s.

Never say never again.