No worry; they usually are peaceful animals (at least the acoustics)... :chuncky:
Oh I'm not worried about intercultural conflict.
Just the fact that even though I could get my ideal build formula with another logo on the headstock, it'd be like the sore thumb Camaro sticking out in a garage full of Mustangs.
:glee:
Of course I am talkinng about keeping it reasonable, and not going further than what can be afforded without threatening vital or essential things (would be kind of an addiction otherwise)...
You seem to have very good guitars already anyway.
Why thanks, and truth be told I've always agreed with those who hold that Guild was always a world-class price-to-value proposition.
Every one of 'em was obtained at significant discount off list ($700.00 OTD, from off a $999.000 "Sale" tag), and the asking price was a major draw on the D25 which got me started in the first place.
The F65ce was at close-out price ($1699.00 "OTD" vs $2299 list, with case and warranty) about a year after Westerly closed (although I was ignorant of the fact at the time).
The D40 was $1495.00 OTD off the $1999.00 list, again as "distressed" (slow moving) inventory.
Actually bought that one when I looked at Fender's website to see what D25's were currently going for and discovered (GASP!!!) the GAD series showing up and no domestic D25 listed, but the new Richie Havens Signature edition D40 was showing.
Thought I saw Fender's writing on the wall re Guild's future and decided I better get one last American-built Guild while I could, although if Richie hadn't already been one of my heroes I probably wouldn't have.
(My earnings had recently been enhanced but I didn't really have a
need and rarely make a purchase on a whim.)
Also didn't know that Fender was already in the process of closing down Corona when I bought it in Mar. '04, although I'm sure Guitar Showcase did.
One of things to my benefit was also that I never developed that pitfall thought that "A different guitar will make me better", I just never
knew any better when it came to set up and figured getting good tone from a given guitar was a matter of me developing better technique.
So the D25 was a real revelation for playability, I never knew it could be so good.
NOw I did buy the F65ce out of sheer lust even though when I tried it out I knew it was going to require major technique adjustment.
But again, I figured that was up to me as a player and so when I first joined up here and saw comments about passing on certain guitars because they were "hard to play", I didn't always agree.
Sometimes you gotta adjust to the guitar and really good ones reward that.
Thee F65ce did it in spades, became my go-to favorite for playing comfort as my poor old shoulders started to complain if playing the dreadnoughts longer than an hour.
Still, there are a couple of things I know I'd like to have on one guitar, that's why there's still the "pipe dream" #4; if Guild ever gets around to offering the specs I want.
I want a 1-11/16 nut width on that shortscale neck, something I can't find they ever offered at all, as a standard spec at least.
I'm hoping they'll revive the F47Rce and offer the neck/nut width as a special order build.
Heck make it an F65Rce (shallow body) with "the neck" and I suspect I'd be in heaven.