About this instrument

This was my first really good acoustic guitar that I owned and I used it to record the HalfLife albums.

The Guild DV-52 is an American-made acoustic dreadnought guitar produced in Westerly, Rhode Island, during the 1990s.

Specs

  • Year / model1992 Guild DV-52
  • Body shapeDreadnought; 15 3/4" wide, 5" deep
  • TopSolid Sitka spruce
  • Back & sidesSolid Indian rosewood
  • BracingScalloped
  • RosetteAbalone
  • NeckMahogany
  • FingerboardUnbound ebony with pearl dot inlays; 20 frets
  • Nut width1 11/16"
  • Scale length25.5" to 25.8" (standard Westerly scale)
  • BridgeEbony
  • TunersGold Grover Rotomatic
  • HeadstockSnakehead style with Chesterfield and peaked Guild inlay
  • FinishNitrocellulose high gloss (HG)
  • SerialAD521362
  • Made inWesterly, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Personal instrument — not for sale.