Oxnard built acoustics

[SFIV1967]

Ah, I see, so we misunderstood you. I was wondering... And the D-40 was the standard model that got satin finished.

Ralf

 

[GGJaguar]

You sure about that?

Pretty sure.

 

[adorshki]

Pretty sure.

Thanks! Not that I truly "doubted", but we all have our moments. Mine just started a lot later.
A
nyway your caveat "That doesn't mean it was the first guitar built in the new facility, though" made it clear there could be reasons for the "anomaly".

But now my curiosity's up.

 

[SFIV1967]

Anyway your caveat "That doesn't mean it was the first guitar built in the new facility, though" made it clear there could be reasons for the "anomaly".
But now my curiosity's up.

Well, that's a topic we can only speculate about unless we would have input from a factory employee or Ren himself... Ren tasked many builds and some were M-20 and some D-20. There were pictures around that time of them. As we all know the biggest issue was finishing, so they had done many trial runs, and we don't know which were shipping and which were scrapped.
In any case the offical first serial number out of Oxnard was that D-20 with C160001.

Ralf

 

[Deep Blue]

Just picked up a 2018 D55, set it up today - fret polish a 1.5mm lowering of the saddle, fretboard oil and new strings,

GET IT BOUGHT THEY ARE FABULOUS

 

[Wellington]

Do you feel there is enough variance in sound/tone between the D-40 Traditional and the satin F-40? I've often thought about the regular F-40 but I own a D-40 Traditional already, I don't own many guitars at once, so I can't just have one for the heck of it at this point? What are the major differences?

 

[GGJaguar]

Do you feel there is enough variance in sound/tone between the D-40 Traditional and the satin F-40?

I have an F-40 Traditional, but I do not have a D-40 Traditional. Compared to my non-Guild mahogany dreadnaughts, the F-40 is in the same tonal range, but the response is different. The F-40 reacts like a big 000 or OM style guitar. The sound is very sweet, good bass response, and great note separation. What the dreadnaughts have is a more focused midrange that gives it punch and projection. The dreads are also a bit louder and have more headroom. Are they different enough to have both? I guess it depends on how you will use them. I really like the F-40 for fingerstyle and the dreadnaughts for flat picking, so for me, there's enough of a difference.