Guild D40

[Mr. P ~]

The D-40 is solid Mahogany back and sides and it has no decorative center strip on the back.

 

[Jeff]

I don't think the DV-72 was much more expensive than a D55 at the time. Only

Turns out the DV 72 maybe was a little better investment. Who would have known??

 

[california]

Gosh Benee...a lot, of course I love them both.

Let's see, the DV-72 has turquoise inlay rosette, the 52 has abalone.
The 72 has Grover silver Imperial tuners, the 52 has Grover gold finish kidney.
The 72 has turquoise inlay block fret markers, the 52 has pearl dot markers.
The 72 has an ebony fretboard, the 52 has a rosewood fretboard.
The 72 has the "G" shield inlaid in turquoise in the headstock, the 52 has a pearl Chesterfield logo.
The 72 has a D100 headstock, the 52 has the standard headstock.
The 72 has turquoise arrows inlaid in the bridge. The 52 has the standard bridge.
The72 has a Herringbone binding, the 52 has white binding with black pinstripes.
The 72 has the wide flared traditional headstock, the 52 has the newer narrow top of the headstock.

I'm sure there are many differences that I haven't mentioned, they do have the basics in common though. They are both rosewood guitars with spruce tops.

Hope this helps,
West

My DV-52 has an ebony fretboard and herringbone around the tone hole and on the back.

 

[West R Lee]

Yea Cal,

Seems like Dred mentioned in an earlier thread that you must have an "older" DV52. What's your serial #? Yours must be like a '94 or so?

West

 

[california]

Yea Cal,

Seems like Dred mentioned in an earlier thread that you must have an "older" DV52. What's your serial #? Yours must be like a '94 or so?

West

Good guess, West, neck is stamped Nov 17, 1993. Hans said that neck stamps usuallly preceed the guitar's build date, so it was probably built early '94.