Finally she's arrived. My second Cv-2C, a sunburst.
I'll skip most of the details since the CV-2C was already reviewed and I'll focus ont he differences.
First the finish: the Guild antique sunburst has something special, and the results on the contemporary series are astonishing...and especially on the maple Cv-2 and CV-2C, where the burst is applied on the top, the back, the sides and the neck...let the pictures do the talking:
It's a pity that the neck is mahogany instead of flame maple, with a maple neck the guitar would have been breathtaking:
The guitar is branded USED as well, and the person who cared of the setup made a good job, although I think he exaggerated sanding the saddle, here there's a close up:
I changed the phosphor bronze D'addario with a set of new Martin SP 80/20...that was a BAD idea...I found out that the bone pins were loose and tuning was a nightmare, they obviously worked out them as well along with the saddle:
I have no idea if the "set up" is factory or was done later at the "rehabilitation center for flawed Guilds", but the guitar resulted more confortable than the blonde CV-2C I previously purchased, although not as low as the guitar now is after a visit to my trusted luthier. About the sound...well, the two guitars are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
They don't even seem to be the same model, it was really surprising, it's possible that it's partially due to the Martin 80/20 strings (the Blonde is fitted with Elixir PB) but the sunburst is a much brighter guitar, even out of the box, while the Blonde is much mellower and stronger on the middle register. Taking into account that it was necessary to play the Blonde for at least one month to get the "real" sound from the guitar, I'm pretty optimistic about this new CV-2C.
Another difference that surprised me was the presence of a "GAD" pickguard with a completely different pattern, probably dedicated to te sunburst finish:
I'm thinking about using it, but on the other side I found for just 5 euro in one of the shops of my town a NOS traditional Guild guitar:
That, as you can see, would need a lot of cutting in order to fit a florentine cutaway Valencia...I would like to ask the advice of the members of the board, which one do you think that would look best on this guitar? :?: :?: :?:
In conclusion, this guitar is extremely handsome and now I've the problem to sell one of my CV-2C since I cannot keep both of them (with the incoming sunburst D-25) and I don't know which one, althought for my way of playing a brighter guitar would suit more. Oh, I forgot to mention that the seller also sent me a baseball cap with the guitar...and it also fits me well too!Now I can have an avatar like West's with sunburst Guild and a hat, even if it's not a Stetson... :mrgreen:
I'll skip most of the details since the CV-2C was already reviewed and I'll focus ont he differences.
First the finish: the Guild antique sunburst has something special, and the results on the contemporary series are astonishing...and especially on the maple Cv-2 and CV-2C, where the burst is applied on the top, the back, the sides and the neck...let the pictures do the talking:
It's a pity that the neck is mahogany instead of flame maple, with a maple neck the guitar would have been breathtaking:
The guitar is branded USED as well, and the person who cared of the setup made a good job, although I think he exaggerated sanding the saddle, here there's a close up:
I changed the phosphor bronze D'addario with a set of new Martin SP 80/20...that was a BAD idea...I found out that the bone pins were loose and tuning was a nightmare, they obviously worked out them as well along with the saddle:
I have no idea if the "set up" is factory or was done later at the "rehabilitation center for flawed Guilds", but the guitar resulted more confortable than the blonde CV-2C I previously purchased, although not as low as the guitar now is after a visit to my trusted luthier. About the sound...well, the two guitars are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
They don't even seem to be the same model, it was really surprising, it's possible that it's partially due to the Martin 80/20 strings (the Blonde is fitted with Elixir PB) but the sunburst is a much brighter guitar, even out of the box, while the Blonde is much mellower and stronger on the middle register. Taking into account that it was necessary to play the Blonde for at least one month to get the "real" sound from the guitar, I'm pretty optimistic about this new CV-2C.
Another difference that surprised me was the presence of a "GAD" pickguard with a completely different pattern, probably dedicated to te sunburst finish:
I'm thinking about using it, but on the other side I found for just 5 euro in one of the shops of my town a NOS traditional Guild guitar:
That, as you can see, would need a lot of cutting in order to fit a florentine cutaway Valencia...I would like to ask the advice of the members of the board, which one do you think that would look best on this guitar? :?: :?: :?:
In conclusion, this guitar is extremely handsome and now I've the problem to sell one of my CV-2C since I cannot keep both of them (with the incoming sunburst D-25) and I don't know which one, althought for my way of playing a brighter guitar would suit more. Oh, I forgot to mention that the seller also sent me a baseball cap with the guitar...and it also fits me well too!Now I can have an avatar like West's with sunburst Guild and a hat, even if it's not a Stetson... :mrgreen:
