The 1970's Guild who will ring greatly! It is! It is an affordable one! It is!Martin, along with Gibson, is a famous Guild which is famous as America's three biggest acoustic guitar makers.With the rise of Taylor guitar etc, there is a feeling that it became completely thin shadow recently, but it is a traditional guitar maker which supported the music scene of 1950s-1970s.This arrival is the D-40 made in 1979 in the heyday of the Guild. Unlike recent years' reissue, a bold sound is one of the attractions!Spruce TOP, Mahogany SIDE & BACK, Mahogany NECK, Rosewood Fingerboard & Bridge, 43 mm Nut, 25.5 inch Scale Guild Dreadnought.Original wearing such as bracing is heavy, the overall weight is heavy, it is a feature of the original guild, and hence the original, guild and sound that plays roaringly powerfully is the real pleasure of this era!Sound has a low center of gravity, a banging sound that gets snuggly and powerful! Although there is no delicacy like Martin Sound, it musically sounds rude to that extent.Because there is no feeling as rough as Gibson, there is sustain more than Gibson, so Martin is too gentle and Gibson is too rough, I think that it sounds perfect for those who think!If you flutter with a flat pick, you can enjoy powerfully striking strokes and sounds. If you pluck it with fingers, you will get a honest and translucent sound that seems like a maho / body, so play style and genre Regardless of you, I think it sounds you can use Almighty! There are scratches, feeling of use, feeling of aging, etc. of the musical instruments, such as age, but there are no flashy scars and no damage, and we keep a clean and beautiful condition.The crack entering along the PG inner line which tends to be in the guild of this age is about 1.5 cm hanging from the 1st string side fingerboard end to the sound hole, but now it is firmly glued, reinforced from the back Because the cleat is struck, there is no worry about strength.As a somewhat noticeable scratch, there are scratches that appear to be about 1 cm cracks around the bottom of the 3-string bridge, but this is not a crack due to scratches on the surface.Others are somewhat like scratches, dent marks, scratches, etc. due to weather checks and picking that entered a little, but there is no particularly unnatural point from the age of this instrument, but if it says rather a healthy body I think I can say that!Neck condition is also good and beautiful straight, the current string height is set on the 12 frets on the 6th string side 2.6mm, on the 1st string side about 2.1mm.There is not much room in the saddle anymore, but it seems that you can drop it by about 0.1 mm. Although frets are somewhat reduced centering on low frets, the height of about 60% of the original remains even in the area where it is the most reduced, so we are not worried about the reflet for the time being.Please enjoy the Original Guild of the good old days!With Original Hard case.Serial number: 203206