D30Man
Senior Member
I know I have been off the gird a couple of weeks due a crazy schedule and work related travel. However, I am more than pleased to say the D52 came in a couple of weeks ago from my man Refret. Unbeknownst to him the bridge was raising up so he graciously refunded the cost to get it re-glued and I took it to my luthier who did just that. So I picked her up a couple of days ago and I am getting to know her.
She is every bit the robust dreadnought seen in the pictures below. This thing has tone & volume for days, is built like a german tank and it a beauty to boot. I dig the crazing seen in a couple of the pictures. I am pleased to say given its age it came in far better condition than I expected. I am loving the herringbone rosette as well. My next move is to have my luthier install a dual source pick up so I can play her live.
Here are some pictures as well as a couple of sound clips. The first one is me strumming in G and the other is me fingerpicking a song I wrote called "This Old World". Forgive the singing and my dog barking in the background which I think add a certain mojo. I had just written the song and wanted to get it down for reference. The guitar sounds much prettier.
This guitar reminds me a lot of the D25 I owned. There is a touch of dark with serious volume and sustain.
https://soundcloud.com/user-379706425/d52
https://soundcloud.com/user-379706425/this-old-world
She is every bit the robust dreadnought seen in the pictures below. This thing has tone & volume for days, is built like a german tank and it a beauty to boot. I dig the crazing seen in a couple of the pictures. I am pleased to say given its age it came in far better condition than I expected. I am loving the herringbone rosette as well. My next move is to have my luthier install a dual source pick up so I can play her live.
Here are some pictures as well as a couple of sound clips. The first one is me strumming in G and the other is me fingerpicking a song I wrote called "This Old World". Forgive the singing and my dog barking in the background which I think add a certain mojo. I had just written the song and wanted to get it down for reference. The guitar sounds much prettier.
This guitar reminds me a lot of the D25 I owned. There is a touch of dark with serious volume and sustain.
https://soundcloud.com/user-379706425/d52
https://soundcloud.com/user-379706425/this-old-world