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Guild D-20 - Vintage Sunburst

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Color: Vintage Sunburst


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  • 6-string Acoustic Guitar with Mahogany Top
  • Rosewood Fingerboard - Vintage Sunburst
  • Mahogany Back Sides
  • Mahogany Neck

Description

One of Guild's Original DreadnoughtsThis Guild D-20 6-string acoustic guitar marks Guild's return to the US-made model that was one of the first to roll off of the company's Westerly, Rhode Island, factory line in 1967. This stripped-down guitar boasts top, back, and sides constructed of solid mahogany. The D-20's dreadnought body ensures that the guitar's voice is powerful and warm. You'll enjoy plenty of low end with a great balance of highs and mids. The Guild D-20 6-string acoustic guitar offers vintage-style looks, feel, and tone.One of Guild's first dreadnought guitars The Guild D-20 6-string acoustic guitar is a modern version of the very first dreadnought model to ever be produced by Guild's Westerly, Rhode Island, factory in 1967. And it appropriately coincides with the reintroduction of US-manufactured instruments for Guild Guitars. Even many of the materials and machines used in the crafting of the D-20 acoustic guitars came

Brand: Guild


Color: Vintage Sunburst


Top Material Type: Rosewood, Mahogany Wood


Body Material: Rosewood, Mahogany


Back Material Type: Rosewood, Mahogany Wood


Neck Material Type: Rosewood


Fretboard Material Type: Rosewood


Hand Orientation: Right


Number of Strings: 6


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Item Weight: 4.4 pounds


Product Dimensions: 5 x 16.02 x 41.77 inches


Item model number: D-20 VSB


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: June 18, 2016


Back Material: Rosewood, Mahogany Wood


Body Material: Rosewood, Mahogany


Color Name: Vintage Sunburst


Fretboard Material: Rosewood


Top Material: Rosewood, Mahogany Wood


Neck Material Type: Rosewood


Number of Strings: 6


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    • Best bang-for-buck in US-made guitars and a fantastic, beautiful guitar, period--Guild D-20 beats out Martin D-15M
The Guild D-20 is the best bang for the buck you will find in a USA-made guitar, period. While I will sing the virtues of the guitar itself, the best way to really underscore what a great deal this guitar is, is to talk about how it compares with it's main competition, the mighty Martin D-15M (preview: it trumps the Martin in every way and comes in at a lower pricetag). I purchased mine from Sweetwater. At the moment, the natural sells for about $1279, and the sunburst for a little more. Meanwhile, the Martin D-15M has a minimum advertised price of about $1400 for the natural finish. Whatever configuration you choose, the D-20 sells for less (and comes in less than comparable Taylor guitars, and with better features, but as I am not super familiar with, nor fond of, Taylor's, I will not discuss them). Now, let's do a little comparison. Despite selling for a lower price, the Guild has some serious advantages over the Martin. First, the Guild uses a true, hand-fitted dovetail neck joint. This is a traditional process for American guitars. It is time-consuming, but many makers agree it gives the most traditional, resonant tone. The Martin used to use a "Mortise and Tenon" neck joint; they have since upgraded to a "simple dovetail" (thereby basically admitting they think a Dovetail is superior, or at least that their customers do, and it is a good improvement over the M&T in my opinion). A "simple dovetail" is done entirely by a CNC machine and still includes a bolt the way the M&T did. Meanwhile, again, the Guild uses the traditional, hand-carved and hand-fitted Dovetail, much more labor intensive, again, done entirely in the USA, yet they still are able to charge less for the guitar. The woods are essentially all the same between the Guild and Martin--everything is mahogany except the rosewood fretboard and bridge and the spruce bracing. The wood on the Guild is all of fantastic quality. Martin D-15Ms I've played have varied somewhat, but the wood is good there too. Speaking of bracing, that is another important difference. When Martin designed the cheaper, less labor-intensive M&T neck joint (which, again, has upgraded to the "simple dovetail,"), they had to redesign their bracing. Despite moving to a simple dovetail, the D-15M still uses a form of modified A-frame bracing. It is not Martin's traditional x-bracing. The Guild, on the other hand, still uses the more labor-intensive, traditional x-bracing, because they are able to do that with the true dovetail. It is also positioned about as close to the soundhole as possible, which yields a distinctly vintage tone. (By the way, Guild guitars never had a "bad period" like Martin and Gibson did, so any era of Guild is considered pretty classic.) The Martin's bracing is not scalloped. The Guild's is hand-scalloped. This is a method of removing wood from the bracing where it is not needed, allowing the top to vibrate more freely. Again, more vintage, open tone. This guitar breathes like crazy. There is nothing muffled about it. It is also light as a feather, made with really light woods and having as much wood shaved off as is sensible. So, adding up the sonic difference that the dovetail neck and scalloped x-bracing make (versus the simple dovetail and unscalloped A-frame bracing), you get a guitar that vibrates and resonates more freely. Some might say this is better. I would say it is just different, more traditional (and yes, perhaps better, certainly more time-consuming to build). By the way, speaking again of bracing, master luthier Ren Ferguson (who rebooted Gibson acoustic guitars from the ground up in the late '80s, was hired by Fender, and kept on at Guild to design the entire USA factory) looked over the traditional Guild bracing to make sure these new Guilds were up to snuff. He also made some changes to ensure that these are the best Guilds that have ever been made. I feel like the tuners on the Guild have a slight edge on the Martin as well, perhaps being smoother and higher-ratio. They're really nice. The Guild also has a slightly longer scale length which may or may not make a difference. (It still plays like butter, though, and in my opinion has a better factory setup than the Martin.) They both have bone nuts and saddles, which is nice to have at this price point. The Martin has ebony bridge pins while the Guild has plastic. I personally no longer believe pins make much (if any) difference--the only way they'd make a difference is by adding mass to that area, and the difference in mass between ebony and plastic should not be much. Once the string hits the saddle (again, bone on both), I don't think the pins have any influence on it. The finishes are different. Martin uses a less labor-intensive satin finish on the D-15M (which I believe is still a form of nitrocellulose lacquer); the Guild uses an even more traditional (!) finish, a satin varnish. This is similar to what violins and cellos use and have used for hundreds of years. It's gorgeous in person, thin as can be, and really seems to allow the guitar to resonate. Mine has a very dark finish which screams 1950s to me (which is appropriate) and reminds me of the old oak furniture I grew up with that my grandparents had. It looks fantastic. If a Martin 15 looks like the 1930s (at least on the outside--they are not traditional on the inside!), then the Guild D-20 and M-20 look like a classic 1950s or 1960s guitar. Really, really lovely. The Guild ships with, is setup for, and sounds fantastic (and probably best) with light gauge strings. The Martin D-15M is designed and setup for mediums and ships with mediums. I think I've hit all the differences. Basically, you have a guitar made in a more traditional, time-consuming manner. The Martin was designed to cut costs not just with materials but by minimizing labor. They do a good job with that, and when they switched the 15 series to the 15M series, they upgraded and refreshed their materials; and with the simple dovetail they improved it some more. However, the Guild has the traditional edge with the labor-intensive dovetail neck, scalloped x-bracing, and still comes in at a lower price point. No, the Guild will not sound "like a Martin." It is not designed to. Guilds came about in the 1950s, after Martin and Gibson had been around a long time, and they were able to take what they wanted from both the Martin and Gibson designs. A Guild has its own unique, buttery tone. This Guild in particular, speaking about my D-20, has one of the most incredibly "vintage" tones I've ever heard. If someone told me it were a guitar from the 1950s, I would believe them. It really sounds old. It looks new, of course, but sounds old. It does have that buttery Guild sound, and a nice, springy, woody sound. It is extremely full-sounding due to it's large size, however, one area Guilds have always focused on is balance. I used to think it was odd--who would buy a dreadnought for a balanced sound? But it is a balanced sound yet still a large and full one. No single spectrum drowns any other out. On the Martin D-15M, the treble can sometimes get drowned out not just due to the Martin design but due to the wood. Not so here. (The Martin D-15M is quite midrangy. The Guild D-20 seems to have a fuller spectrum.) It is a very mahogany sound. The bass does not pop out like a spruce top but thrums along very solidly. The sound is extremely sweet. However, there are some things here you don't typically find in all-mahogany guitars. For one, this guitar is loud. Are there spruce-topped guitars that are louder? Yeah, probably, but there are not many mahogany-topped guitars that are. I did not buy it to be a loud guitar, but it is certainly louder than the D-15M (which comes across a bit muffled at times). I would not hesitate to play this unplugged with a group. Not only do I think it could hold its own with other instruments, and with other guitars, but I think it could hold its own with any dreadnought out there, whatever the top is made from. Because of the balance, this is a nice guitar to sing with. It does not overwhelm the voice and seems to co-exist very well with the human vocal spectrum. (Sometimes Martins--thought not the D-15M--can overwhelm the voice and force you to either play with less dynamic or sing really loudly.) Like other mahogany-topped guitars, it seems to have some natural compression, however, I certainly notice this less than with the Martin D-15M. The Guild is extremely dynamic. If you hit it softly, it breathes strong and clear. If you hit it hard, it will work with you and get quite loud before it tops out, while still not overwhelming the vocal. I really like this. I can sing at a medium, play loud, and still be heard. But when I really want to howl and sing loudly, it keeps up just fine. Some guitars peter out a little and cannot keep up with my voice. This one can. I find this guitar fingerpicks quite well. Many dreadnoughts are not the best suited for fingerpicking, but because of the mahogany top's sweetness, and because of this guitar's unique loudness and balance, it makes a fantastic fingerpicker. I can hit the bass notes as loudly as I like with my thumb, and they don't overwhelm the treble. I also don't feel like I have to snap the treble strings to get them loud. They can be heard with a light or firm touch. Capo it up, and it sounds just as sweet. It also sounds absolutely amazing for alternate tunings, and it can be tuned down a half or whole step and still rings out loudly. In fact, tuned down a little, it sounds even more vintage. Tuned down a whole step, with the low E tuned down still another step (so like drop D but everything down a step), it's still loud and powerful. If you haven't figured it out, I absolutely love this guitar. I would stack it toe-to-toe with anything out there, and it would not be found lacking. In American guitars at the lowest price point, there are basically three sets I would tell people to look at. I'd of course tell people to try out the Martin 15 series. I'd also strongly suggest they check out the Gibson J-15, which comes in at the same price point as the Martin 15 series but has a spruce top and walnut back and sides (and a dovetail neck joint, by the way, scalloped bracing... it is fantastic). They are all wonderful guitars, but in my opinion, the Gibson J-15, Guild D-20, and Guild M-20, rule the bottom of the USA-made, all-solid acoustic guitar price point. And not just that, but the Guild D-20 comes in at a lower price than the Martin 15s or the Gibson. But there are no compromises with the Guild D-20. It stands toe to toe with the Gibson J-15 (both fantastic), costs less; and in my opinion, the Guild D-20 is arguably a better guitar than the Martin D-15M, and is undeniably a better value and made in a more traditional way. The Guild D-20 encapsulates the vintage American-made guitar. It is designed to be sold with as much value as possible, but there are no compromises. It is made with all the bells and whistles, just none of the bling. If I were to try to come up with anything negative to say about it, I would not be able to. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed unless they wanted bling, did not like mahogany, did not like big guitars, or wanted it to sound like a Martin or a Gibson, or wanted it to sound "modern". It is a very large (and large-sounding) guitar; it has no bling at all (other than the beautiful Guild logo and quite a fancy headstock); it encapsulates the very best of the mahogany and mahogany top sound; it sounds very much like a Guild and has an extremely vintage tone. If you are looking in this price point, you have to try the Guild D-20, M-20 (concert-sized version), and soon they will have spruce-topped versions called D-40 and M-40 if spruce is your thing (I don't know the price point, but I would imagine they'd be slightly more). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016 by JDW

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