BradHK
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Today has been a great guitar/Guild associated day. I have a few vintage Aristocrat/freshman guitars. All have their OHSC except two and the cases they have don’t fit really well. I have been keeping my eyes open for a period correct Guild case and have thought about just buying a couple new Guild cases. I decided to check Craigslist yesterday and found somebody local selling two brand new in the plastic wrapper Guild custom shop Aristocrat cases that were used in the Nashville custom shop. These are the alligator textured cases with the green interior and the custom shop badge. My Starfire from the Nashville custom shop has this style case and I really like it. I contacted the seller and we met at lunch today and I purchased both cases for $250. I can’t wait to get home and put them both to good use!
Even though I was really happy to get those cases, the best part was meeting the seller. My first question was where he got these two cases. He worked for Fender in the Nashville custom shop during the entire time they owned Guild. He ordered three of those cases and never had a need for these two. We sat and he told stories about Fender and Guild for half an hour. He met and worked with Bob Benedetto during this period and he left Fender and now works for him. Really great stories! If I did not have to get back to work for a meeting I could have stayed and talked for hours
Here is one of the cases (photo from the Craigslist post):
Even though I was really happy to get those cases, the best part was meeting the seller. My first question was where he got these two cases. He worked for Fender in the Nashville custom shop during the entire time they owned Guild. He ordered three of those cases and never had a need for these two. We sat and he told stories about Fender and Guild for half an hour. He met and worked with Bob Benedetto during this period and he left Fender and now works for him. Really great stories! If I did not have to get back to work for a meeting I could have stayed and talked for hours
Here is one of the cases (photo from the Craigslist post):