guildzilla
Senior Member
Hello everybody. I was very excited to view this site for the first time a few days ago and decided to join the discussions and learn about Guild instruments. I share the passion for guitars, generally, and especially for Guild guitars.
First, about the Guildzilla screen name, I certainly do not mean to suggest any great knowledge or wisdom that I will be bringing to the forum. Rather, the Guildzilla thing describes how I feel about myself as a guitar player and collector, which is a bit awkward and clumsy but very enthusiastic.
In terms of turning on to Guild, I had been playing for about ten years in 1987, having started as a junior in college, when I began looking for my first really nice acoustic guitar. I had been playing a once-beloved '78 Yamaha FG-330 but had begun to jam on Friday nights with a few neighbors who had instruments that buried me.
I was close to buying an Alvarez Yairi guitar when I walked into Sweetwater Music here in Columbus and saw an '86 Guild F-44 Maple Blonde beauty hanging on the wall. Although I didn't buy it until a few days later, I was totally hooked. While I am very unworthy, I have loved this guitar intensely, and it is the one and only material possession I could never part with.
It made me a huge fan and advocate of Guild. An the F-44 has been a great ambassador for the maker, loved, complimented and coveted by everyone who touches her.
I recently discovered e-bay and bought a couple of '86 Guild solid body electrics - an S-261 K and an S-271 Sprint.
First, about the Guildzilla screen name, I certainly do not mean to suggest any great knowledge or wisdom that I will be bringing to the forum. Rather, the Guildzilla thing describes how I feel about myself as a guitar player and collector, which is a bit awkward and clumsy but very enthusiastic.
In terms of turning on to Guild, I had been playing for about ten years in 1987, having started as a junior in college, when I began looking for my first really nice acoustic guitar. I had been playing a once-beloved '78 Yamaha FG-330 but had begun to jam on Friday nights with a few neighbors who had instruments that buried me.
I was close to buying an Alvarez Yairi guitar when I walked into Sweetwater Music here in Columbus and saw an '86 Guild F-44 Maple Blonde beauty hanging on the wall. Although I didn't buy it until a few days later, I was totally hooked. While I am very unworthy, I have loved this guitar intensely, and it is the one and only material possession I could never part with.
It made me a huge fan and advocate of Guild. An the F-44 has been a great ambassador for the maker, loved, complimented and coveted by everyone who touches her.
I recently discovered e-bay and bought a couple of '86 Guild solid body electrics - an S-261 K and an S-271 Sprint.