KCGuildPicker
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Based both on my initial playing of the instrument on Sunday and the helpful comments from forum folks to my D-140 thread, I went ahead and brought home the D-140 CE. I got in a trade where GC not only matched the math that I was thinking prior to talking trade, they also gave me money back with not so much as a complaint and/or raised eyebrow. That is what they should have done . . . I'm just saying that it was nice not to have to fight/haggle for a fair trade. Not trying to say that all GC's provide a smooth and easy trade just that I have had good luck with this particular GC.
Onto the guitar. So far, it is just an impressive piece of wood that check all kinds of boxes: solid wood, bone nut/saddle, cut away, electronics, the neck that we all have come to associate with Guilds. I'm happy. Also confused as to why there were some complaints/reviews that the D-140 was too heavy (Mind you the reviews were not on LTG) . . . to me it is as light as feather (maybe a bit overstated) but compared to the Eastman dread I used in the trade, the D-140 is darn light. It comes with (as I'm sure you know) the Guild cross-over case . . . Is it a case? a bag? Both? In person, it's more impressive than seeing it online.
Anyways, thanks for the help in this decision . . . Looks like I will need to change my screen name as I have no more Eastmans!
I am pretty sure that it had 12-53 NB's in the store, so that is what I replaced them with when I got home . . . We'll see if the NB's are really the strings for this piece of wood. The serial number appears to by G3200250. I read the thread about the Westerly Collection Serial numbers - am I right think that this D-140 is from 2002? Finally, FWIW - I just changed my screen name from GuidEastmanGuy to KCGuildPicker
Onto the guitar. So far, it is just an impressive piece of wood that check all kinds of boxes: solid wood, bone nut/saddle, cut away, electronics, the neck that we all have come to associate with Guilds. I'm happy. Also confused as to why there were some complaints/reviews that the D-140 was too heavy (Mind you the reviews were not on LTG) . . . to me it is as light as feather (maybe a bit overstated) but compared to the Eastman dread I used in the trade, the D-140 is darn light. It comes with (as I'm sure you know) the Guild cross-over case . . . Is it a case? a bag? Both? In person, it's more impressive than seeing it online.
Anyways, thanks for the help in this decision . . . Looks like I will need to change my screen name as I have no more Eastmans!
I am pretty sure that it had 12-53 NB's in the store, so that is what I replaced them with when I got home . . . We'll see if the NB's are really the strings for this piece of wood. The serial number appears to by G3200250. I read the thread about the Westerly Collection Serial numbers - am I right think that this D-140 is from 2002? Finally, FWIW - I just changed my screen name from GuidEastmanGuy to KCGuildPicker
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