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Nice instrument, they usually go for around 400-500, so you got a good deal.

They're similar in sound and materials as the Martin D-18, so for $300 you get a guitar that imho is basically the same as a $1400 model by the competition.

Nice deep tone to that, have it checked to see if the saddle has been replaced by a compensated bone type, what do you think of the pale fretboard ??

How is the action, low or medium ? What is your playing style ??

Nice guitar, have fun man.

Very nice box...Guild makes a solid guitar.

I mainly play my 1987 Ovation Adamas Collectors edition. There were only 108 of these made and was Ovaiton's first year of making the collectors a real "high end" line. When I bought it, I had no idea what it was. I was just looking for an Ovation deep bowl and my buddy said he had one and he'd sell it to me very reasonably. Only after I had my Luthier set it up for me did I find out that it was a rare model. It has the super deep bowl and is a real cannon even unplugged. Plays like an electric especially since I had it setup super low.

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I have a 1981 Alvarez "blondie" (named for the blonde Sitka Spruce top and blond sides) that my dad bought new that gets a lot of play also. Nice bluegrass/southern rock/campfire guitar.

I also have a Takamine "Martin Lawsuit" model 12 string that I hardly ever play anymore. The "lawsuit" model was so named because Martin sued Takamine for reproducing guitars based exactly on the D-35 series. Takamine bought a few and just took them apart and copied Martin right down to the bracing (Martin's calim to fame) But...even the best 12s just sound too boxy to me...not to mention unless I play it a lot it destroys my fingers. I had this one setup with the bone saddle and it helped the sound out a lot (for my tastes) The Bone saddles just transfer sound better into the top.

I have a Takamine (japanese model) electric with the birdseye maple neck. You can find these on ebay from time to time and most people don't know what they have. I paid about $300 with a hard case for mine and if it's the Japanese model, they're worth about 3 times that today. I watch for them.

Lastly is the new model Steinberger headless electric. Really fun guitar. I bought it to take with me when traveling for business and it usually lives in my office at work.
I'm still hoping to find that mid 1940s D28 in someone's garage sale....those things are just amazing....

Anyway...play it often and for hours..they don't do any good sitting around in the corner (something I'm guilty of)

Steinberger and Lawsuit 12 string below...for some reason the forum software doesn't show these attachments in the body of the message so I can't move them.

what ziff said about the saddle is right, and apparently the DV-4 had a low quality PLASTIC saddle that really inhibited the sound quality that your guitar could potentially produce. It's an easy fix, have a good luthier or guitar tech set it up for you.

Have fun, get some nice new strings and rock on !!

Finally... a topic that's not about the server speed....and one that makes me happier

Here's my collection:

The Carvin T-Bolt Kit I built myself...swamp ash body, maple neck, transluscent stain on body with Tru-Oil finish on body and neck.

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-Craig

papasled said:

We all talked about our guitars a year or so back, since then I have thought from time to time that it would be a incredibly cool to get all the Dootalk musicians together for a Dootalk Wrench/BBQ/Jam weekend...

Give me enough beer and I can play like Eddie !! (at least that's what it sounds like to me....)

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I am down with a BBQ and Jam session. Who will volunteer to hire the models who flash for the crowd. I know its a tough job, but..........