deepblue Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I got a line on a Guild J30 acoustic...( six string ) Anyone have any opinions on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I don't know that specific model, but Guilds are good guitars, particularly their acoustics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 cool, what year is it? (pre fender or post fender?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Back when I was a teen, my father hauled home this bigass Guild hollowbody, an X-500 (see below). The idea was to sell it for a friend but I got to play it for a few weeks and I remember it being a really nice playing guitar. In retrospect, I wish I could have kept it but probably wouldn't have truly appreciated it being the metal head that I was. Here's a pic of one that looks just like the one I was playing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I wish I could have kept it but probably wouldn't have truly appreciated it being the metal head that I was. So, I wasnt the only metal head kid that would have done just that... Nice looking guitar Rich, too bad you didnt keep her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Heh! I'm still a bit of a metal head only I listen to a greater variety of music these days. What's funny is that, while I'm the token metal guy in my band (well, the drummer is too so that's half the band), we don't play metal and the stuff I write is usually the most mellow songs - and I play a Strat(!!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 As far as Guilds, I had/have: 1979 D-55 OK sounding ...needed a neck reset...sold 1980 D-55 Greatest acoustic I've ever owned..traded for my first Gibby J45..Big mistake. 1999 D-55 Bought new...Hated the way it played...sold 2000 D-55 Closest thing to my '80 I've ever heard...she's a keeper 1998 DV-52 My go to acoustic...great guitar. 1998 JF-55 Was a great guitar...bridge lifted, when they reglued it, it lost it's punch...sold They are heavy and built like tanks. I've seen a lot of Guilds with bridge lifting problems. Even new ones on the dealer walls with their bridges starting to lift. So check that out before buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 and I play a Strat(!!!). oh my god... run man... they are comming to get you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellion102792 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 The Westerly, Rhode Island (pre-Fender) ones are great guitars. Handmade in the factory that was probably about a 45 mins from my house, they kinda proved that big things could come out of our tiny state. I wish it was still around, it closed when I was a little kid. My dad bought this from the Westerly factory: It's a 1985 D-17m, and I can honestly say that it plays better than some of the really high end acoustics that I've played in music stores. For some reason, he didn't like it so much and he took it out of storage last year to let me use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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