Originally Posted by
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That was one of the two models Guild made for Barnes as a condition of his switching to their instruments. Kress was a Guild guy from the early days of the company - remember that Guild was a latecomer compared to Gibson. Kress brought Barnes to Guild in about 1960 with the condition that they make the Acousti-lectric and a smaller archtop he could tune higher (the "F guitar"), so he could write and play parts that complemented Kress in their duets. Your Acousti-lectric is rare, as I think they only made about a dozen. They were all hand carved by Guild's master luthier at the time, and I'm told they sound magnificent live. For those who don't know the model, it had no f-holes because Barnes believed they were the main source of feedback. instead, there were ports around the pickups. The little one is even rarer - I've never seen one.
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