I grew up in NJ as a kid when Guild was built up the highway. Love my 03 D40 and 20 D20. Since you are not a seller, and you know instruments inside and out, your reviews are always the most informative, topped off with your honesty and anticipation of what the viewer will find useful. Clearly and simply the best. Thank you.
Sooo nice to hear someone who can ACTUALLY PLAY FINGERSTYLE in a guitar review! And play John Fahey, to boot. I am an old Guild fan, and sorry to see so much production go oversees, but I think I may have to get one of these. Seems very much like the JF-4 I used to have.
I really love this thing. I own a Gibson R6 and have always been about the electric guitar. Player quite a bit of acoustics and this one felt and sounded best to me for any guitar under a grand. I love it
Thank you Ben, your playing shows off the soul of this lovely jumbo. The size may not appeal to all, but worth living with for YEARS, because it will lend itself to ANY style of music. You will be heard - and the string to string voices make chords and lines ring out like a criminal on the electric chair. As they should. Every acoustic guitar of a model run will have differing build qualities. That's LIFE. And handmade singles cost more due to that focus. Guitar is for life. If you don't feel that in your bones, get out. Stay hard.
Truly strumtious! Nice review Ben - thanks. my first "good" guitar (way back in mid 1970s!) was a Guild D35, which I loved - until I discovered wider string spacings and other more comfortable body shapes - though it took a while - there wasn't a lot of choice around then!
I understand about the string spacing, but your comment on the nut is confusing as you mention 1 11/16" but the spec on this guitar is actually 1 3/4" .
I drove 50 miles to play one of these today, and if it sounded this good, I would have bought it. The neck needed a little bow in it, so it fretted out but even the open strings had no volume, sounded overbraced to me.
I grew up in NJ as a kid when Guild was built up the highway. Love my 03 D40 and 20 D20.
Since you are not a seller, and you know instruments inside and out, your reviews are always the most informative, topped off with your honesty and anticipation of what the viewer will find useful.
Clearly and simply the best.
Thank you.
Sooo nice to hear someone who can ACTUALLY PLAY FINGERSTYLE in a guitar review! And play John Fahey, to boot. I am an old Guild fan, and sorry to see so much production go oversees, but I think I may have to get one of these. Seems very much like the JF-4 I used to have.
Very nice mic sound but the Sonitone has its familiar quackiness
Still.A guitar worth buying for the money.I have one and I couldn't be happier.
I really love this thing. I own a Gibson R6 and have always been about the electric guitar. Player quite a bit of acoustics and this one felt and sounded best to me for any guitar under a grand. I love it
Great review. Thank you for Mr Fahey
it's a classic tune!
Thank you Ben, your playing shows off the soul of this lovely jumbo. The size may not appeal to all, but worth living with for YEARS, because it will lend itself to ANY style of music. You will be heard - and the string to string voices make chords and lines ring out like a criminal on the electric chair. As they should. Every acoustic guitar of a model run will have differing build qualities. That's LIFE. And handmade singles cost more due to that focus. Guitar is for life. If you don't feel that in your bones, get out. Stay hard.
Truly strumtious! Nice review Ben - thanks. my first "good" guitar (way back in mid 1970s!) was a Guild D35, which I loved - until I discovered wider string spacings and other more comfortable body shapes - though it took a while - there wasn't a lot of choice around then!
I understand about the string spacing, but your comment on the nut is confusing as you mention 1 11/16" but the spec on this guitar is actually 1 3/4" .
Awesome review as always. I would to see you review some the Eastman acoustic guitars. They seem great Value and they are handcrafted.
Thanks Ben.
Those Aston's make it sound great. Two mics creates a more detailed sound overall.
I once knew a Guild master luthier, always positive about what created tone. Thanks for the video
outstanding
What microphone are you using? Sounds stereo?
I drove 50 miles to play one of these today, and if it sounded this good, I would have bought it. The neck needed a little bow in it, so it fretted out but even the open strings had no volume, sounded overbraced to me.
Sounds great when it is miced but the pick up is quacky trash.
That should be Westerly Collection, Newark Street are the electrics🙂
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