Fender124C41
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Hi. Thanks for accepting me. Years and years ago I owned a D-25 but the headstock broke off and after I had it fixed I just decided to sell it. Then I bought a beat-up mid-70s D-55 with a replaced bridge. I kept that as my only guitar for about 20 years but I had to sell it due to some financial problems. That was back in 2007 and I haven't owned a Guild acoustic again until yesterday, so nearly 16 years.
I traded my Alvarez jumbo acoustic for a DS-240. The seller had put in two (yes, two) passive pickups. One is one of those humbucker models screwed temporarily into the soundhole with the wire going through the end pin socket. But he also installed a set of piezo "dots" or something like that and for that he drilled another hole in the bottom of the guitar for that connection. However I have no volume, tone or any other controls so I'm wondering how to address that for an open mic I have been attending. The "dots" pickup sound the best so maybe I will have my luthier friend just take it out one day but actually I have two pickups with two outlets so I could play in stereo, in a way, or at the open mic I suppose I could have one line going to the P.A. system and the other to a small amp or monitor for my use.
As for the DS-240 I'm guessing it has the stock Nu-Bone nut and saddle. I prefer a warmer sound and so I'm thinking of having bone units installed. Thoughts? Also the seller had installed some D'Andrea (I think) brass end pins ... I've used brass before and I just didn't like the high, brittle sound so I'm thinking of replacing them with ebony or rosewood pins. So does anybody know the size or type of bridge pin for my DS-240?
Sorry for being so wordy. But remember ... I haven't posted here in the nearly 17 years I've been Guild-less.
I traded my Alvarez jumbo acoustic for a DS-240. The seller had put in two (yes, two) passive pickups. One is one of those humbucker models screwed temporarily into the soundhole with the wire going through the end pin socket. But he also installed a set of piezo "dots" or something like that and for that he drilled another hole in the bottom of the guitar for that connection. However I have no volume, tone or any other controls so I'm wondering how to address that for an open mic I have been attending. The "dots" pickup sound the best so maybe I will have my luthier friend just take it out one day but actually I have two pickups with two outlets so I could play in stereo, in a way, or at the open mic I suppose I could have one line going to the P.A. system and the other to a small amp or monitor for my use.
As for the DS-240 I'm guessing it has the stock Nu-Bone nut and saddle. I prefer a warmer sound and so I'm thinking of having bone units installed. Thoughts? Also the seller had installed some D'Andrea (I think) brass end pins ... I've used brass before and I just didn't like the high, brittle sound so I'm thinking of replacing them with ebony or rosewood pins. So does anybody know the size or type of bridge pin for my DS-240?
Sorry for being so wordy. But remember ... I haven't posted here in the nearly 17 years I've been Guild-less.