D-55 as "gateway drug" to D-40 Traditional?

[eljayski]

Tongue in cheek . . . I couldn't be happier with my new '55! Kinda makes me want to sample G's mahogany dreadnought offering. Where does it end?

 

[Westerly Wood]

D55 is the great flagship Guild dread. I still see it as that. There are pricier Guild acoustics of course, special runs, etc. Their F512 could also be considered flagship.

I of course prefer hog over rosewood. So a D40 would be a terrific compliment to your D55.

 

[Coop47]

Love both my '85 D50 and my '18 D40T. The D40T is a very impressive guitar, and I think it is going to get even better over time.

 

[GAD]

They’re all gateways to the DV72.

 

[cupric]

All Guilds are a gateway to another Guild. I just wish I had kept most of them.

 

[chazmo]

Tongue in cheek . . . I couldn't be happier with my new '55! Kinda makes me want to sample G's mahogany dreadnought offering. Where does it end?

And, seriously, you might find that you're not married to dreadnoughts if you sample some of Guild's pinched-waist guitars. F-50/F-50R might make you weak in the knees.

 

[mavuser]

Tongue in cheek . . . I couldn't be happier with my new '55! Kinda makes me want to sample G's mahogany dreadnought offering. Where does it end?

"...it's like an Allman Brothers song, it never ends!"
-Homer Simpson

 

[GGJaguar]

For me the D-55 is the alpha and omega of Guild dreadnaughts.

 

[Tom O]

All Guilds are a gateway to another Guild. I just wish I had kept most of them.

I started with a D-40 and ended up with 6 more Guilds, The last a rosewood CV-1CE that was close to a D-55E but with the 1.75 in nut.