1976 Guild D-35 Dreadnought Guitar

Overview: The D-35 is Guild's take on the venerable D-18 and it does much of the same sort of sonic work, though I think Guild's build style means you get a bit more kick in the mids and an overall more-balanced sound. This one is in excellent shape and certainly has plenty of punch and kick.


Tone: It's warm, even, full, and loud with a good, solid low end.


Feel: The neck has a medium C shape with a shallower radius.


Interesting features: It's neat that it still has its proprietary original tuners and it's great to see one of these in such good shape -- it's a lot cleaner than most of the ones I see which have been played close to death.


Repairs included: I gave it a neck reset and recut the saddle slot wider and Jose did a level/dress of the frets, cut a new (fully-compensated) bone saddle, relocated the bridge pin holes slightly aft (for lower break-angle on the saddle), and set it all up. It's playing bang-on and ready to serve.

  • Weight: 5 lbs 9 oz
  • Scale length: 25 5/8"
  • Nut width: 1 11/16"
  • Neck shape: medium C
  • Board radius: 14"
  • Body width: 15 3/4"
  • Body depth: 5"
  • Top wood: solid spruce
  • Back & sides wood: solid mahogany
  • Bracing type: x
  • Bridge: rosewood
  • Fretboard: rosewood
  • Neck wood: mahogany
  • Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
  • String gauges: 54w-12 lights
  • Truss rod: adjustable
  • Neck relief: straight
  • Fret style: medium-lower

Condition notes: For an older Guild, this is a pretty clean guitar. It's entirely original save the saddle. The finish shows fine-line weather-checking throughout and small scuffs, nicks, and scratches here and there, but overall it looks great. The fretboard extension drops a little bit past the neck joint but it plays spot-on through the 17th fret otherwise. The saddle looks ginormously-tall in the pics but has been adjusted-down since I shot them a bit as the guitar settled back in post-reset.


It comes with: It has an original, old, hard case that's in decent condition.


Consignor tag: ROUS


















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