Guild D-55E Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Antique Sunburst Reviews
We're pleased to offer you this beautiful D-55E dreadnought acoustic guitar. The D-55E reflects nearly half a century of Guild's master craftsmanship, featuring the kind of tonewoods that give you an unrivaled level of expression and melodic character. This D-55E's solid AAA Sitka spruce top reflects a warm and woody brilliance that speaks volumes about its tonal character. A breathtaking bookmatched Indian rosewood back and matching sides add extra aesthetic finesse as well as mellow overtones. And the onboard LR Baggs electronics make the D-55E a pleasure to play live.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Worth the wait!
Once ordered my D-55 i was told i had to wait due to backorder and shortage of materials that caused the process to be delayed. At one point i was told not to expect it until December of 2021. Well, i received it in October. I was also expecting to send the guitar to not sound perfect and may have to send it back and get another copy if i did not like this particular one, but its absolutely perfect. The folks over at Guild really made a beautiful D-55. the tonal quality and the finish are stunning on the guitar. Sounds exactly as i wanted it to! thats all you can ask from it.
Amazing tone, questionable finish
After drooling for years over the acoustic version of this, I finally decided to get it (unfortunately it wasn't available at SW). But the guitar I got had some markings in the lacquer (top, back, sides, headstock) and there was even a fingerprint in the neck!! I took it to a luthier and he pointed out the case was marking the guitar. Indeed he was right. The markings followed the same quilted pattern as the case padding! I called Guild and they said I can return it but that would take 6-8 months for an answer/fix/replacement. So I decided to return the guitar.
A few months later I learned that it was being discontinued so I decided to try my luck again. I again received a beautiful sounding guitar but it also had some minor marks on the back (possibly minor because this one didn't spend so much time in its case), and it did have scuffs and other markings in the neck binding. On top of it the frets ends were too sharp and uncomfortable.
Overall, this is a guitar with great resonance, harmonics, etc. but the quality of the finish is not what I would expect for a $4K "flagship" guitar. My other Korean-made Guilds didn't have these issues. And my US-made Guild D20 was absolutely perfect out of the box.
