A case of the Willie's

[Thunderface]

Found myself in St. Paul at lunchtime, so I swung over to Willie's American Guitars to see what they had, Guild-wise. There was a '66 Starfire III and a 1960 X-50 that seemed to be in pretty good shape...

... and around the corner they had a battle-scarred S-300D and a 70s M-75 formerly owned by Sheryl Crow who, according to Willie's, "loves Guilds."

http://www.williesguitars.com/index.cfm/guild/28/inventory/2

As you can see from the link, Sheryl's M-75 was beat up, heavily modified and, most curiously, the binding was replaced with what appeared to be duct tape. Things were better in the back room where they keep the acoustics. The Guilds were bunched in the back corner, a mixture of some old and some new.

http://www.williesguitars.com/index.cfm/new_guild_acoustics/85

 

[fronobulax]

Sheryl Crow who, according to Willie's, "loves Guilds."

I wonder if the love grew out of the M-85 experience or some other instrument?

 

[dklsplace]

Saw the title & made me think of this after a recent trip to the Funny Car Nationals.

Wait........did I just veer?

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Veers are legal as long as you don't cross the center line! :wink:

 

[Thunderface]

Cool photo. Veer approved, especially since it's you, Don.

 

[taabru45]

I'm wondering why the back of the headstock is sanded where the serial should be, and there is a Chevy medallion there....? Steffan

 

[Thunderface]

Maybe someone stole it out of the back of a Chevy and wanted to commemorate where they got it from. Not saying it was Sheryl, though ...