1964 Guild No Bird needs some TLC, tips welcome.

[bieke]

Less invasive is to try to Spray the pots with Deoxit FaderF5 like this. Right into that slot. Just a spritz then turn the knob back and forth several times to clean it out. I doubt that is the issue. But worth a try before replacing the pot or caps.

Yup, that's Plan A, I hope that solves it
The volume pots are working fine
I also have a couple of donor caps sorted but I never had a tone cap going bad
so Plan B would be to drop in a new harness, but I'm holding that off for the time being.

 

[bieke]

Yes, Detlef is no longer in charge, and Simon just was in Dallas for the guitar show, he continues getting guitars from the US and might not know about the Guild. Simon is a "Gibson-Fanboy"...well and Fender I guess.
Thomann GmbH with Hans Thomann as owner is the 100% owner of the company since 2019. But the revenue of Guitar Point is increasing a lot since 2019 so it was a smart move for Hans Thomann.

If you still wamt to sell the guitar you always can talk to Hans Moust in the Netherlands, as he was originally interested in her but he found the price that Guitar Point offered back in 2017 as not attractive for him.

Ralf

I think I spoke to Simon when I was at Guitarpoint, I called before and they already said they were no longer accepting Guilds, but could make an exception because I got the guitar from them. Anyway, they are also moving away from Gretsch and Rickenbackers and whatnot, I would say about 90% are either Gibson or Fender, mostly Les Paul or Stratocaster models. Everything way overpriced imho

The Guitarpoint person (Simon?) just looked at the Guild and said, "no, don't want that, we no longer do Guild". I argued that nowhere in Europe there is a shop specializing in vintage Guilds, and that it would make sense to keep that niche, he then frowned, I then said that the No Bird would surely attract a lot of people to the website, and I saw him hesitate for a brief moment and I then continued that I understood their business model (Les Pauls and Stratocasters) and I had no problem holding on to the No Bird (one of my brighter moments).

Also, I selected 2 guitars from their stock to do a trade with the No Bird, I played both guitars and did not really like em

 

[chazmo]

I think I spoke to Simon when I was at Guitarpoint, I called before and they already said they were no longer accepting Guilds, but could make an exception because I got the guitar from them. Anyway, they are also moving away from Gretsch and Rickenbackers and whatnot, I would say about 90% are either Gibson or Fender, mostly Les Paul or Stratocaster models. Everything way overpriced imho

The Guitarpoint person (Simon?) just looked at the Guild and said, "no, don't want that, we no longer do Guild". I argued that nowhere in Europe there is a shop specializing in vintage Guilds, and that it would make sense to keep that niche, he then frowned, I then said that the No Bird would surely attract a lot of people to the website, and I saw him hesitate for a brief moment and I then continued that I understood their business model (Les Pauls and Stratocasters) and I had no problem holding on to the No Bird (one of my brighter moments).

Also, I selected 2 guitars from their stock to do a trade with the No Bird, I played both guitars and did not really like em

Right on, bieke! Go with your gut, man!

 

[Harp Tail]

I would go for a No-bird over a (cool as hell, I know) "normal" T any day.

In over forty years of buying/selling/collecting, nothing ever makes my blood flow accelerate than special orders/runs, one-offs, factory "crossings" and mashups.

May I dare say that if you like Guilds you're not into predictability?