I've had mine for a few years now.
I wouldn't even consider it a veer but possibly the fleshing out of information regarding Oxnard in relation to other respected factories. I do enjoy and respect the pace at which Oxnard is building it's acoustic line of guitars and your statement made me look and reflect on it's timeline and progress. I hope they keep building more and more types of Guild acoustics with a greater variety of finishes and options. I'm not sure if we'll ever see special runs of guitars commissioned by larger sellers (like Guitar Center) but that has more to do with the state of GC than of what Guild's Oxnard factory is capable! One thing I'd love to see is an updated version of the F65ce with a wider nut, current electronics, and possibly some of the old colors that we enjoyed in the past. I'd think they'd probably sell very well. Now I'm starting to dream and THAT is surely considered a veer!! :encouragement:Sounds funny to be talking about Oxnard in "years".
But then again NH only had a 5 year run, The New Hartford Guild facility began production in early 2009,.....In the late spring/early summer of 2014, Fender's New Hartford Guild facility closed its doors. Oxnard has now run longer than Corona and just about as long as Tacoma. Good stuff.
Sorry for the veer!
You're right they did!! It's my memory that's faulty. So now I'll wait for my F65ce...... nthego:Oxnard did do a special run of the D 40 T Deluxe for Sweetwater. I believe there were less than 15 of those made. (sorry, I guess this is actually a veer)
Yes - it's certainly less "tight" sounding compared to when I got it about three years ago, although it's still not a boomer or anything, obviously.
These things are always subjective though, and incremental. The string change to NB's was a "wow" moment to me, totally opened up the tone.
What are/were your impressions after the guitar opened up? Still have the M20 or have you sold it.
I've had mine about 18 months. Only change-put in bone bridge pins. Stuck with the 80/20s and have found this guitar has opened up and sounds great to my ears. My guitar instructor, who owns an old larrivee (which sounds amazing), has borrowed my guitar in our small group a few times and keeps commenting on the sound.
It has opened up and, without getting into the bridge pin debate, to my ears this also made a difference from the stock plastic bridge pins.
I purchased mine from Custom Inlay
Bone Bridge Pins with Dot Inlays, specs:
Pin Size: Size 1T
Pin Slot: Slotted (To Size Requirement)
Pin Color: Unbleached
Dot Color: Paduak Wood
Dot Size: 3MM
SKU: VVB201-SZ-1T
When I get home, I will take an up close photo of the bridge pins.