Guild spottings on TV

LEFTY · Oct 5, 2006

I guess since I just bought my first guild. I am starting to notice them more. This morning I was watching TV in the Hotel, and spotted four.
The stupid commerical with the guy playing an upside down guild acoustic (please).
Then a 60's Rock CD commercial, which showed John Fogerty playing a Guild (Proud Mary) I knew his bother always playe one, but had never noticed him playing one. Also the Lovin Spoonfull with Zal playing his.
Later I saw a clip of Tom and Dicky Smothers with Tom on his.
Funny how when you own one, you notice them more.
Lefty

Mr. P ~ · Oct 5, 2006

It's funny how that happens. I guess it happens to all of us and it is true of most any "Mark", like Guild, Porche, Hateras, etc.

dklsplace · Oct 5, 2006

Hateras P? Now you're talkin', but I've always dreamed of having an Ocean SuperSport. 8)

Mr. P ~ · Oct 5, 2006

Glad I spelled it right. I don't even think about thinks that pricey!!

If I had that kind of money I think I would by a different Westerly for each day of the month!!! 8)

dklsplace · Oct 5, 2006

I think I could live with the few Guilds I have if I could call this my home away from home.

Ocean Yachts SuperSport 42

West R Lee · Oct 5, 2006

Don,

You must be close to Lake Michagan, aren't any oceans near you! I assume that's a boat?

West

dklsplace · Oct 5, 2006

We must've posted within seconds of each other West. Yeah, I'm about 40 minutes from Lake Michigan, though I think I like the northern part of Lake Huron better. I had a 24 footer with full cabin & midberth sleeper for about 15 years. Some of the nicest getaways & vacations I've ever had!

Had to sell it 2 years into my marriage :?

I'll get there again & my boys will love it as much as I always have!

West R Lee · Oct 5, 2006

Oh my gosh Don, I'm so sorry you had to sell her! Maybe it's in the future for you

!

West

Cypress Knee · Oct 5, 2006

John Fogerty with a Guild??? I am a JCF Fan and that is news to me. I thought he was a Gibson LP/Fender Tele guy with a Strat here and there. Martins, Gibsons, and more recently, Taylors for acoustic.

I know his deceased brother Tom played a Starfire 6, his son Jeff said that Tom traded it to a music store in the early '70's.

CK

Guildmark · Oct 6, 2006

Don - you're singing my song. I used to crew on a Pearson 10m in club races. Had a center console fishing boat for offshore here in California, and belonged to two sailing clubs, checked out to skipper anything up to 36'. Then I fell in love with a woman who gets seasick in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Couldn't very well say, "See ya Sunday night, Huck" every weekend, so the boats went the way of the motorcycle. It was about this time I began to re-focus on guitar.

No regrets!
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I think the word everyone is looking for is ubiquitous. That's the term for noticing something everywhere, especially now that you own one.
It's happened with every vehicle I've owned - and every guitar!

Guildmark

Mr. P ~ · Oct 6, 2006

West R Lee said:
Don,

You must be close to Lake Michagan, aren't any oceans near you! I assume that's a boat?

West

No West, that is a little bit more than a boat! With twin Cat deisels it becomes a Yacht.

LEFTY · Oct 6, 2006

Cypress Knee,
This was a video made in the late 60's on a commercial for "Music of the sixties" or something similiar (selling a collection of 60's music CD's). I had always seen him with the Rickenbacker during this period, or the Black Les Paul custom.
This was a Guild hollow body, single cutaway, 2 pickups and a harp tailpiece, sunburst. Maybe one of Tom's guitars, who knows (well, John does). Strange.
Lefty

Guildmark · Oct 7, 2006

Back to the topic for a moment: I'm sitting here watching a Joni Mitchell documentary on PBS. They just played a snippet of a video from 1967 and she's playing a Guild. Couldn't identify the model, but it was a dreadnaught, plain natural top. Everything else so far has been a Martin. Never saw a Guild in her hands before. Who knew?

Guildmark

Jeff · Oct 7, 2006

Anyone ever notice just jhow hard it is to get a good look at the headstock & logo on the guitars on Televison Performances.

Cameramen deliberately avoid clear shots , must be some kind of legal issue.

Gruhn Loon · Oct 7, 2006

Jeff- I've wondered myself about the deliberate avoidance of headstock shots on TV. Perhaps some of it has to do with networks refusing to promote a brand without being paid. I've also wondered if the situation would be different if an artist is under some endorsement agreement with a guitar company. Is it possible that the contract might specify that the headstock be plainly shown during the performance? If so, it sure doesn't seem to happen much.

SmithfieldFair · Oct 9, 2006

Supertramp Guild 12

Here's proverbial favorite Supertramp with a Guild 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGI6qQHF ... ed&search=

dbs

matsickma · Oct 9, 2006

Hi Cypress Knee and LEFTY,

I have seen the the CD TV add you are talking about and yes that is John Fogerty playing a beatiful circa 1973 sunburst Guild M-75. I own one of these that is a bit worn and has a lot of checking. However it is one of my favorites. The M-75 on the video is the hollow body version that was initially issued in 1968 as the M-75 Bluesbird with mini-HB's and upgraded in the early 1970's with the full-size Guild Humbuckers. Outstanding guitar! An all origional Mint M-75 Bluesbird like the one John Fogerty was playing was offered on gbase last month for $1600. I was tempted but delayed and now its gone. I am lamenting that lack of a decision. The M-75 Bluesbird is a pretty rare guitar especially in Mint condition.

M

Guildmark · Oct 17, 2006

John Denver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUc41gKw0iQ

Some of us chose Guild because of John Denver. I really don't think Guild ever had a more popular "endorsement", though I don't believe it was ever official. Maybe Hans knows.

The woman who posted this mistakenly identified it as a Yamaha. Another fellow pointed out her mistake and she gave him grief about it. I put in a couple cents worth about her response.

West R Lee · Oct 17, 2006

Thank you Mark,

When he was around, I liked his music, but wasn't a huge fan. Now that he's gone, I appreciate his music more and more. I miss John Denver.

West

Cypress Knee · Oct 17, 2006

Hey Guildmark, is that you on YouTube with the G312 singing "That's What You Get for Loving Me?"

Rock on,

CK

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