[thechariot1x]

Background to this purchase (feel free to skip this paragraph if you're not interested)So some of you may have read my previous post where I was looking for an alternate tuning/second guitar to my Martin 000C-16RGTE. At the time I was thinking that within the budget of 200-300 the best I could do would be a seagull or solid top Yamaha. Anyway, I unexpectedly found a Guild GAD-50 for $250 and was very impressed so I purchased it.

I just purchased this Guild GAD-50 off of craigslist today. So far I am very impressed. it looks nice, but much more importantly, it plays really well and sounds awesome. I already tuned it down to DADGAD and it is already really impressing me as I work on "Sligo Creek" by Al Petteway. My only concern is that the tuning heads seem kind of loose like a tiny turn changes the tone a lot. Lastly, does anyone know how to date a guild?

I will be really interesting in hearing how this compares to my Martin. Pictures below.