![]() There is a large professionally glued and cleated crack above the pick guard and the bridge has clearly been re-set, since there’s a slightly enlarged footprint. The top is flat, the neck joint is solid, the bridge is tight (now), and the frets are in good shape. The neck is straight and true and the action consistently comfortable (at a bit over 3/32” at the 12th fret low E) all the way to the 20th fret. The 14/20 fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay ends in three-per-side chrome Guild open tuners and the screened headstock logo. The dreadnought style body is bound in black top and back, with a large tortoise pick guard, a rosewood bridge with ivoroid pins, and a multi-stripe rosette. ![]() This Guild D-25M has the mahogany-stained spruce top introduced in 1976 and mahogany back, sides, and neck. The dark reddish finish makes it stand out in a crowd, but it’s the huge sound that will make other musicians turn around to check it out. It has been played regularly, and it has the resonance of its aged woods to prove it. ![]() Made in the fabled Westerly, Rhode Island, plant, this classic Bluegrass D-25M dreadnought has been dominating lesser instruments for 40 years, judging from its serial number (209076 = 1979) and the Guild website.
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