Guild GAD F130ce or Guild OM150

[jrea]

Hey guys!
First post here. Im the proud owner of a gorgeous starfire 2 bass, and I’m about to branch out into my first guild acoustic purchase. I’ll cut to the chase…

I’ve lined up a purchase of a Guild OM150 and im collecting mid next week. Very excited. A guild GAD F130 (not the CE) was my initial instrument of choice, and one was for ‘sale’ for silly money, but shortly into the conversation I concluded it was a scam. Anyway - a Guild GAD F130 ce has since popped up for sale at a similar price point to the OM150, so I’d love some opinions - F130ce or OM150? I’m personally not a massive fan of cutaway acoustic guitars, but could be swayed in the name of quality. OM150 looks like it has nicer embellishments… F130ce comes in a hard case… both are discontinued, both solid wood, etc etc.
hoping there’s someone out there who has played both/owned one or the other at some time - there’s not a whole lot out there about the OM150 non cutaways!

Looking forward to hearing your opinions. Thanks!

 

[F30]

The OM 150 non cutaway is phenominal especially at its price point if you can find one.

 

[jrea]

The OM 150 non cutaway is phenominal especially at its price point if you can find one.

Wonderful - that’s the guitar I’m locked in to buy (for £600). Looks to be in fantastic condition.

I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t making a mistake by passing up a similar priced F130. Thanks for affirming!

 

[D30Man]

I think you will be happy.

 

[chazmo]

Hey guys!
First post here. Im the proud owner of a gorgeous starfire 2 bass, and I’m about to branch out into my first guild acoustic purchase. I’ll cut to the chase…

I’ve lined up a purchase of a Guild OM150 and im collecting mid next week. Very excited. A guild GAD F130 (not the CE) was my initial instrument of choice, and one was for ‘sale’ for silly money, but shortly into the conversation I concluded it was a scam. Anyway - a Guild GAD F130 ce has since popped up for sale at a similar price point to the OM150, so I’d love some opinions - F130ce or OM150? I’m personally not a massive fan of cutaway acoustic guitars, but could be swayed in the name of quality. OM150 looks like it has nicer embellishments… F130ce comes in a hard case… both are discontinued, both solid wood, etc etc.
hoping there’s someone out there who has played both/owned one or the other at some time - there’s not a whole lot out there about the OM150 non cutaways!

Looking forward to hearing your opinions. Thanks!

Welcome to LTG, jrea. Good luck with your inbound OM-150CE

 

[HeyMikey]

Welcomei jrea. I’m a bit late to the thread but I’ve not observed any significant loss of tone or volume between a cutaway and non-cutaway on similar model OM/F30 size Guild guitars. I don’t think the upper bout does that much to move the sound.

 

[D30Man]

Same here on the cutaway / volume loss topic. My DCE5 ( which I love ) and the DCE3 I had up until recently did not lack any volume. In fact they usually overpower in jam sessions. Arched back probably has a little to do with that...

Even flat back cutaways I have owned still projected nicely. I know there are two schools of thought here.