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Guild GAD40C Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic Guitar (with Case)

Solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, Venetian cutaway.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           8 out of 10
Quality:
           10 out of 10
Value:
           10 out of 10
I Want It:
           9 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           9 out of 10
Support:
           10 out of 10
 
 

"Un-matched value"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from tcn.net
Submitted: 9/29/2006
Style of Music: All
Musical Experience: Hobby
Location: Ontario

 

 
Feature:
For the price, I have not seen a guitar with so much to offer. Gloss finnish, lots of inlay, beautiful dark back and sides, nice tight spruce top and that lovely smell of a solid wood guitar! Case is way cool!

Quality:
Suprising! A guitar made in china would scare off many potential buyers, including myself. This guitar is nearly flawless. I am impressed with the quality of wood and craftmanship for the money.

Value:
I spent 3 months trying a lot of very expensive guitars, and still can not believe this guitar sounds and plays this good. This was the best guitar I could find under $1000, and it had the most features. Great bang for the buck.

Desirability:
I think the dark sides and back are stellar! I also like the chunky look of the large headstock. A cutaway seems to be sexier style of guitar and I love the sowflake fretboard inlays.

Sound:
Sounds great. It is very bright and punchy, and quite loud. I would say it is equal to Taylor 210, and very close to the sound of the Larivee DO3, but it has more to offer with great looks and gloss finnish.

Ease of Use:
I had to bring the action down slightly, I am not a great player yet! The neck is comfortable, but in my opinion not as nice as the Taylor neck. Since it is loud you do not need to strum it that hard.

Support:
Not needed, but they have a nice set up guide available on the web site.

Overall:
I will always be looking for another guitar, but I likley will not part with my GAD40-C as I do not think I will find an equal in sound,looks and price. It was just a great deal.

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Guild GAD-40C Dreadnought Customer Review

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from comcast.net
Submitted: 6/23/2006
Style of Music: rock,blues, jazzand classical
Musical Experience: Active musician
Location: Lake Elsinore California US

 

 
Sound:
You can't get a better acoustic for the money! The sustain is like a Taylor 314. It's also as easy to play. I took a classical class and showed up with this guitar. It easy rivaled most customs.

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