WaltW
Member
The question has run around in my head for decades: Why has Guild or any other guitar maker not made a 12 string Dreadnaught with higher level appointments like a D55 / D72 Guild or D42 / D45 Martin. They both have manufactured higher end conventional shaped guitars ie Guild F-512 and Martin J-40.
For this little guy, 5'7" a dreadnaught is more comfortable to play and I've always liked a nicely appointed instrument, they don't sound different to me but, it's another sense, sight, that can be stimulated.
I actually had a J-42 made by Martin Custom Shop in 1990, when money was less frugally spent by me. It was beautiful to look at but there was something seriously different about it than a stock J-40 12 that I had played. i finally sold it in 1994 during my divorce because I needed the $$.
I considered a D-42 Martin Custom 12 recently but the $9200. price tag changed my mind. Does anyone here have any inside knowledge about Guild's reasons or at least some opinions. Does guild have a custom Shop, with the recent Yamaha acquisition, that an inquiry can be spoken to?
For this little guy, 5'7" a dreadnaught is more comfortable to play and I've always liked a nicely appointed instrument, they don't sound different to me but, it's another sense, sight, that can be stimulated.
I actually had a J-42 made by Martin Custom Shop in 1990, when money was less frugally spent by me. It was beautiful to look at but there was something seriously different about it than a stock J-40 12 that I had played. i finally sold it in 1994 during my divorce because I needed the $$.
I considered a D-42 Martin Custom 12 recently but the $9200. price tag changed my mind. Does anyone here have any inside knowledge about Guild's reasons or at least some opinions. Does guild have a custom Shop, with the recent Yamaha acquisition, that an inquiry can be spoken to?