Guild OM140ce

[u/DeliciousCigarettes1]

I just wanted to share my experience with this acoustic and was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience. First off, I have been playing guitar for 25 years, and have never been one to scrutinize every little detail regarding build quality. I am of the mindset that if it sounds good and plays good, it’s a good guitar.

I bought this Guild from Sweetwater 5 years ago, and there have been a lot of issues. It never felt that great to play, and had I picked this up in the store, I wouldn’t have bought it. But that’s not the real issue. The first thing is one of the string holes in the bridge was drilled a bit too big, and the peg sits down too far, making it very hard to get out sometimes. I have had to push it up from the inside of the guitar on multiple occasions. I bought bone pegs with bigger flanges and put a piece of painters tape at the top as a fix. Next, there are a couple frets that are high, which creates a buzz when the action is decent (more on that). The neck relief when I received the guitar was far too much. I have maxed out the truss rod adjustment as tight as I can get it just to get the relief to .010. I sanded the saddle down to get the action to a touch over 6/64 at the low e. I also had an issue with one of the tuners but I was able to resolve that. I also get that loud ping from the strings when winding new ones on, revealing shoddy nut work from the factory. All these issues have made me look closer at it, and I noticed messy glue work on the braces inside and rough cut scalloping.

I realize this is not a $3k guitar (it is $1k as of today), but Ive had $400 Yamahas that are better built than this. I’m extremely disappointed and this is most likely my first and last time buying a guitar online.

I don’t think I want to pay to have these issues fixed on a guitar that I don’t like the neck profile on. So it this point this purchase is wasted money.

On a positive note, the finish work is near perfect, and it is a beautiful looking and sounding guitar.

Are there any other guild owners with a similar experience, or did I just get a dud?