wileypickett
Enlightened Member
Anyone know how many D64s are out there?
There's the one I bought from Walrus years ago (KC100006). I don't think I've ever heard tell of another, either in the wild or here on LTG.
There were a number of weirdnesses with this particular guitar.
It's definitely a righty, but the original saddle slot was angled for a lefty guitar, so the intonation was off. (How did this happen?!)
There was also a crack to the back of the guitar which apparently occurred during manufacture and was repaired by Guild before the guitar left the factory.
After being repaired it was stamped "factory second," and sent to a shop where our own Walrus bought it brand new. (The fact that it was new when Walrus bought it suggests that it came from Guild in the state it was in, and that the repairs were done by them. Lending further credence to it being fixed by Guild: the back crack was cleated with the same strips of wood that run down the inside center of the backs of Guild guitars -- which you can see through the soundhole, stamped "Guild.")
It was Walrus's main guitar for years, but when dreadnaught-sized guitars began causing him discomfort, he moved to smaller-sized guitars and offered the D64 for sale. In spite of all its oddnesses, it sounded fantastic. Though Walrus had done general maintenance upkeep over the years, when I bought it it was in pretty much the same shape as when he bought it.
Work I had done: I had the original saddle slot filled with matching rosewood and a new properly angled slot routed and a bone saddle installed. I also upgraded to 18:1 tuners.
It's one of the best sounding Guilds I've ever played.
Anyone know of other D64s? Andrew? Richard?
There's the one I bought from Walrus years ago (KC100006). I don't think I've ever heard tell of another, either in the wild or here on LTG.
There were a number of weirdnesses with this particular guitar.
It's definitely a righty, but the original saddle slot was angled for a lefty guitar, so the intonation was off. (How did this happen?!)
There was also a crack to the back of the guitar which apparently occurred during manufacture and was repaired by Guild before the guitar left the factory.
After being repaired it was stamped "factory second," and sent to a shop where our own Walrus bought it brand new. (The fact that it was new when Walrus bought it suggests that it came from Guild in the state it was in, and that the repairs were done by them. Lending further credence to it being fixed by Guild: the back crack was cleated with the same strips of wood that run down the inside center of the backs of Guild guitars -- which you can see through the soundhole, stamped "Guild.")
It was Walrus's main guitar for years, but when dreadnaught-sized guitars began causing him discomfort, he moved to smaller-sized guitars and offered the D64 for sale. In spite of all its oddnesses, it sounded fantastic. Though Walrus had done general maintenance upkeep over the years, when I bought it it was in pretty much the same shape as when he bought it.
Work I had done: I had the original saddle slot filled with matching rosewood and a new properly angled slot routed and a bone saddle installed. I also upgraded to 18:1 tuners.
It's one of the best sounding Guilds I've ever played.
Anyone know of other D64s? Andrew? Richard?
Last edited:
