F55 questions

[Rayk]

He played them in his store after hours and had all 3 next to him, him sitting on a sofa. He played the same songs on each one. You could definitely hear a difference between each D-55. He said he just got them from New Hartford. It was a very good video, it's a pity it was deleted by him. I guess after he was no longer a Guild dealer he cleaned all things Guild from his homepage and Youtube.

Ralf

Maybe I call them up see if he still has it ? lol

 

[Rayk]

When I tried coated strings I hated them, and seem to remember removing them in pretty short order. Unfortunately, I don't really have access to the guitar I tried, so I may never know if uncoated strings would do the trick.

Some coated are not so good . I don’t like the Elixer polywebs but I primarily use Elixer nanowebs and or Martin Monels on all my guitars . If this helps at all .

 

[JohnW63]

Listening to your tunes, Ray, make me want to practice and try to fill in parts of your stuff. I always want to play along.

 

[Rayk]

Listening to your tunes, Ray, make me want to practice and try to fill in parts of your stuff. I always want to play along.

Go for it . I also do collabs , working on some as we speak .

 

[deejayen]

I'm still swinging wildly between different guitar types. It's difficult when you can't get to try them out. I've made around three 400+mile trips, but am still undecided, and it's going to be hard to wangle many more. It's a pity I'm unable to find any more Guilds. I'd been moving to smaller guitars, but am now coming back to thinking a full-range guitar might suit my style, and as of today (it could change tomorrow!), I'm interested in the maple-backed F55...!

 

[chazmo]

That's tough that you can't try a bunch of them anywhere. You might want to consider getting into the used market so you can get delivery and can still do returns by mail. Too bad you don't like your F-55.

If you are willing to go used, look for a New Hartford F-50 traditional or standard series. The standard is a great value.

Anyway, good luck, deejayen!