Is this fair?

[Treem]

Martin D-18 Golden Era VS Guild D4 :idea:

 

[killdeer43]

Do you think it's unfair to Martin? :wink: What am I missing?

Joe

 

[Geo]

Showing that a $500 Guild sounds as good as a $2,500 Martin is very unfair to the Martin brand. :lol:

George

 

[killdeer43]

Showing that a $500 Guild sounds as good as a $2,500 Martin is very unfair to the Martin brand. :lol:

George

There it is! Thanks for the clarification, George. :wink:

Always curious Joe

 

[learnintoplay62]

I really couldn't hear any differences . The price of the Martin though, bid difference. I wish he had mentioned the playability though.

 

[kitniyatran]

I really couldn't hear any differences . The price of the Martin though, bid difference. I wish he had mentioned the playability though.

I thought the Guild sounded a bit "bigger";more bottom, I suppose. Certainly worth paying $1500 less for!

Kind of hard to properly compare in the format, though.

 

[adorshki]

I really couldn't hear any differences . The price of the Martin though, bid difference. I wish he had mentioned the playability though.

That could be kinda subjective depending on your preference of neck profile. If that D4's anything like my D25, it's got what I think they called the "flattened oval" profile, which feels very slim. Fender actually defined several different neck profiles in their '01 "Frontline' catalog, but I always forget what the specific names were.
THe D40's definitely got more of a "D" profile. It toook me a long time to realize that's why it felt so different from the '25, but I'm used to it now.