How to define a "rare" guitar...

[adorshki]

Actually, after de Goya's La maja desnuda. I wanted the proper angle for the pickguard to be in the upright position.
Olympia would put it upside down.

DOHH!!! Shoulda known! Maybe it's just 'cause I think Olympia's cuter.
Ginger or Maryanne?
:lol:

If you look at many of my other guitar pics, you'll see the same pose.

'At's what got me thinking in the first place.
:wink:

 

[killdeer43]

Actually, after de Goya's La maja desnuda. I wanted the proper angle for the pickguard to be in the upright position.
Olympia would put it upside down.

DOHH!!! Shoulda known! Maybe it's just 'cause I think Olympia's cuter.
Ginger or Maryanne?

Ginger, hands down. 8)

Joe

 

[idealassets]

The D64 is rare because so few come up for sale."

OK, so the rare guitar is pink inside when cut, got it. But lets pause for a minute here; "rare" is definitely one factor, but perhaps we have overlooked combining the rarity of a guitar also with how "desirable" it is. I have seen a few musical contrivances out there that are indeed rare, but would never give a second thought about it. On the other hand a Martin OM42 or D45 guitar is not necessarily rare due to the fact that the factory will make as many for you as you want to buy. But its very desirable and many players wish that they could own one.

We also need to watch out that if we chase enough "rare" stuff that's out there, we may soon discover just how rare the money in our wallet might become! and by that I mean scarce, not just pink inside.

Craig

 

[kevin the bass man]

Guild's in general seem to be "rare", at least considering I've only known a couple musicians who have heard of the brand (and both of them were over 45). Seems the younger people are missing out.

 

[Pike]

Rare would also be a well done '95 Bourgeois built Washburn Apache, 20 or so built. Sounds incredible...

 

[killdeer43]

Not only rare, but beautiful. Wow!

Thanks for sharing,
Joe

 

[idealassets]

Guild's in general seem to be "rare", at least considering I've only known a couple musicians who have heard of the brand (and both of them were over 45). Seems the younger people are missing out.

Guild does seem to be rare. It seems to me that its a bit more difficult to relate a Guild guitar to any particular image. There was Richie Havens at Woodstock and John Denver, but I didn't even notice that until very recently. For example if you watch the CMA awards a lot of Gibson's are used; Gibson = "ultimate country guitar". Then the Martin crowd is the folks that are "rally good" Martin = "perceived top of the line", or something like that.

Fortunately for us Guild enthusiasts there are a few up and coming groups that are raising the guild flag. The Head and the Heart, Goo Goo Dolls, and Alice in Chains come to mind.

Craig

 

[Pike]

Another rare one would be the Gruhn designed scalloped braced GF25. when I asked George about them he told me scalloped bracing was the original intent for the whole line though somewhere along the line that changed. I wonder when and why, and how many scalloped ones were built...