Picked it up today. Magnificent. I feel like I stole it. I'll post some more details and pix tomorrow, but suffice it to say that I'm delighted!
Some props to Jay and Joey at Matt's Music... They were super-nice and knowledgeable and even let me bring Papi to the shop.
More pix added below. I tightened the TR about 1/3 turn to get the neck perfectly straight and it's just heaven. I put some Dunlop 65 on it, and put in the endpin. The polish was entirely unnecessary, and the strings are just fine.
The soundboard is nice, with some silking. Not much to say about it except this is the first guitar I've had with a satin finish on the soundboard. I really like the way that feels and it doesn't show fingerprints! There's a little bit of dirt on the treble side of the bridge which I didn't even notice until I looked at the picture.
I really like the plain faceplate. The black TRC goes fine on this headstock.
Fretboard is great!
Very pretty grain on the side(s).
Even the tail has gorgeous grain.
Tuners are fine. We've mentioned elsewhere that they're not Gotoh, but we'll see how these hold up. They look fine to me.
The neck joint looks perfect, and I can't see any indication that this might be more than a one piece neck.
I found what appears to be the only ding on this guitar. It's completely unnoticeable unless you take a photo spread like I did.
Just a beautiful slab of bookmatched khaya.
This is a really nice touch... I like how they did this insert at the tail. Very classy and very subtle!
really sweet pieces of khaya...
plenty of saddle, very nicely compensated.... thanks, Guild!
Some props to Jay and Joey at Matt's Music... They were super-nice and knowledgeable and even let me bring Papi to the shop.
More pix added below. I tightened the TR about 1/3 turn to get the neck perfectly straight and it's just heaven. I put some Dunlop 65 on it, and put in the endpin. The polish was entirely unnecessary, and the strings are just fine.
The soundboard is nice, with some silking. Not much to say about it except this is the first guitar I've had with a satin finish on the soundboard. I really like the way that feels and it doesn't show fingerprints!
There's a little bit of dirt on the treble side of the bridge which I didn't even notice until I looked at the picture. I really like the plain faceplate. The black TRC goes fine on this headstock.
Fretboard is great!
Very pretty grain on the side(s).
Even the tail has gorgeous grain.
Tuners are fine. We've mentioned elsewhere that they're not Gotoh, but we'll see how these hold up. They look fine to me.
The neck joint looks perfect, and I can't see any indication that this might be more than a one piece neck.
I found what appears to be the only ding on this guitar. It's completely unnoticeable unless you take a photo spread like I did.
Just a beautiful slab of bookmatched khaya.
This is a really nice touch... I like how they did this insert at the tail. Very classy and very subtle!
really sweet pieces of khaya...
plenty of saddle, very nicely compensated.... thanks, Guild!
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