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I bought my first Guild in 1975 when I graduated high school. A new D-50 at about $650.00. I still have it but it's a little rough now but sounds sweet.
thanks John
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09-07-2016 03:37 PM
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man that guild pick really caused some damage!! sheared the pick guard right off!! haha
Originally Posted by powerwagonjohn
I bought my first Guild in 1975 when I graduated high school. A new D-50 at about $650.00. I still have it but it's a little rough now but sounds sweet.
thanks John
cheers
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The pick guard never would stay on the guitar for some reason. I had it reattached a couple times and it still curled up. It must have been all the smoke in the room.
Thanks john
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My only Guild is a 12 string, which is built like a tank. I keep it tuned 2 whole tones low, and the sound is huge, like the guitar itself. I've only encountered a Guild archtop once, and was informed it was not for sale, and if it ever was, I would be a few spots down the line. Maybe sometime!
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I love my '64 Starfire II. I lucked out and found one with a wide and fat neck.
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Guild guitars are bona fide GREAT guitars. Here is an important fact for you: Guild produced the first guitar model in honor of an african american artist--the Guild Josh White Artist model (1964-1965), shortly before Ovation also came out with a Josh White model.
The Josh White guitars, named for and endorsed/used by blues guitarist/singer (my first influence) Josh White, were the first instruments named for a black artist.
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I have a feeling most Starfires had a wide neck, I had one like that too, that I have to sell. Such a great guitar, but I couldn't get along with the wide neck unfortunately. My X50 has pretty narrow neck, it feels super comfortable! Originally Posted by petermelton
I love my '64 Starfire II. I lucked out and found one with a wide and fat neck.
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Some open tuning Guild action from Lera Lynn. If you're a True Detective fan then you will know this one.
Such a beautiful song...
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Oh, if we're posting Guild videos, here's a great 1969 Jimmy Smith concert with guitarist Eddie McFadden playing a Guild (X175?) with the old Franz pickups.
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Philco,Thanks for showing us Lera Lynn. Hadn't heard her till now. Loved it.
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Originally Posted by ingeneri
great clip!...looks like a capri ce-100..plugged into big fender stack
incidentally one of the ones cordoba/guild has reissued..albeit a later edition...(bigsby can be removed with no damage to top)...
cheers
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Originally Posted by ingeneri
Neatomic is right. It's a 1950's CE-100. I had one similar to that compliments of zizala, who posted all those beautiful vintage Guild's earlier in this thread. It was a phenomenal guitar, and one I hope to get back one day.
I pick up another Guild tomorrow morning...a 2011 F-50. I can't wait to tune that up and let her sing. The F-50 is actually on deck (I think) in terms of new production in Oxnard, CA. I'm very excited to see how that turns out.Last edited by snoskier63; 09-09-2016 at 07:05 PM.
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had the good fortune to mingle with richie havens (rip) a few times..majestic character....
played open tuned... uniquely vintage thumb over style player..& major guild loyalist
cheers
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I'm looking at the Guild X-500 and X-700 archtop models , some from the 60's, 70's and up to the Benedetto re-designed models from the 90's . All seem to be nice and useable guitars but
I would like to hear from players, who have had the chance to play these side by side with an electric Gibson L-5 / Tal Farlow / L-4 and hear what their take is on these guitars. Over all there doesn't seem to be much appreciation for the Guild archtops around this forum - I wonder why ?
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Probably because so few were ever made? Originally Posted by gitman
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Originally Posted by gitman
I missed the boat back then and I'm still pissed !
I didn't buy a Starfire, I didn't buy a Duane Eddy, I didn't buy a Bluesbird....the best jazz guy I saw back in the day was playing a single cut probably Hoboken made Guild archtop........He played Les Paul's 'Lover' note for note - same speed - and his right hand was moving so fast it was a blur !! RIP Rick !
My two cents.....
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Back in the 60's I remember that three brands were respected by the NYC jazz guys I knew. Gibson, Guild and Epiphone.
Gretsch was considered to be for country music (although they were made in Brooklyn). Fender was for rock and roll.
But, for some reason, even though they were respected, nobody I knew wanted a Guild. Probably because the giants of the day played Gibsons. Wes, Kenny, Jim, Mundell, Chuck etc.
I knew guys who had the Epiphone Casino, but I don't recall anybody with an archtop in my acquaintance.
One other point. The guys who had L5s wanted D'Angelicos. The guys who had D'Angelicos stopped thinking about what to get next.
Notably, Reg plays a Guild archtop and sounds terrific.
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I have owned three Guild Artists Awards (two from the Benedetto era) and two Starfires (both from the 90's) and have played many others.
I own two L-5's a Super 400 and three ES-175's (and have owned many other 175's, a 330 and many 335's).
I think Guild guitars are fine guitars. But next to a Gibson, they simply fall short in some way.
But for the money, they cannot be beat.
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Mine is a bit louder and more resonant than my Gibsons. Thinner body? It sure feels light.
And as is true of Gibsons, the acoustic carved tops with the floating pickups sound a bit brighter than the set in models.
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I have owned 2 Artist Awards, a Sunburst from the early 1970's and then had a blond from in the middle 80's. The Sunburst one have a bit more openness to it and acoustically better than the blond. They were both great guitars and you really could not go wrong. Trouble is my Barker's smoked them acoustically and even sounded better with the amp. They all had dearmond 1100's except the blond AA, and again it was not quite as good. I felt like the AA were just a bit stiff and overbuilt to really get a warm in addition to volume. Looking back though these are well tested and great guitars. The X500 and X700 again good but they are not Gibson's don't sound like them either.
The kicker here as SS says the fall short of a Gibson. In fact to me they fall far short of a Wesmo L5. It is not that the sound is bad but it is what your ears prefer and frankly not many things better than and L5 for going through an amp.
On the whole they fine guitars well worth the money at a fair price.
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george benson used all kindsa guilds for much of his early career
cheers
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I remember being at Patrick’s house once.
We were screwing around, trying to find the best acoustic Archtop he had. To me, it was hands down, his Guild Artist Award. The 18” Unity was pretty crazy too.
He, thought they were all the best..
JD
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We are all different. My bet is that it matters a lot about our expectations, what we see and feel, and to some degree what we hear.
From a durability standpoint Guilds have held up very well. The fit and finish, sad to say, has been comparable to very good Kalamazoo instruments.
I've been happy with several brands over the years. Guilds have been excellent values in archtops and flattops.
I'm inviting you to check out the chief scientist of Dolby Labs, Poppy Crum. Start this video at 5:20 and listen until Led Zeppelin finishes. This gives you a brief intro into how we distort sound into something coherent we can understand.
Here's more if you are interested.
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Not as high end as what you're looking at, but I have a Westerly built Guild Manhattan X170 and it is a lovely guitar. It is more analogous to an ES175 than an L5 or Tal. And it does not have the same tone that everyone equates with Gibson jazz boxes, which is pretty much THE definitive jazz tone, but it does do a good job of getting a jazz tone.
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