Walter Broes
Enlightened Member
Just consider yourself lucky this site isn't in "smell-o-vision"! :lol: :twisted:
Later Guild Quality Comparisons
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die Bullen
Junior Member
yeah mine probably falls in the "garage queen" category- not perfect but pretty darn nice for a guitar that's almost 60 years old
Walter Broes
Enlightened Member
Yep, that's considerably cleaner than any of mine. Maybe look for a Hoboken one that's a little more of a "player"?
Chazmo said:twocorgis said:That's funny Chaz. My '59 looks like a "garage queen" by comparison!
"Cujo" then??? (in reference to the corgis).
That works Chaz, and the '59 looks even better with the WB sticker on it. I was going to take it off, but left it on as a bit of an homage to Walter.
Gotta admit that my mug does detract from it a bit. :lol:
Walter Broes
Enlightened Member
:lol:die Bullen
Junior Member
you are probably right- I must admit I am definitely very drawn to Guilds with P90's...
Walter Broes
Enlightened Member
As am I, and in the context of price and value, I kinda consider myself lucky I'm drawn to guitars I can kind of afford - I like Gibsons with P90's a lot too, but last time I checked what the going rate is on a full-body ES-350, or even an ES175 with P90's....yikes!!!die Bullen said:
hideglue
Senior Member
die Bullen said:
Nah, everyone has their good and bad days. Corona was thrown to the wolves and did a decent job under the circumstances.
Good luck with the search (and FWIW, I'd go the "Walter route")
RussB
Member
die Bullen said:
At the end of the day, it's just a guitar. I think it's sad that you deny yourself the enjoyment of your Guild. Lotsa folks still play flatwounds on their Tele's (Strats and LP's too!)
Walter Broes said:
There's a fellow who frequents the local Blues Jam with his 1960 Sunburst Standard. He got it new when he was a kid.
It's just a guitar... 8)
guildman63
Senior Member
RussB said:
It doesn't get much simpler than that. With that said, I don't have any NY or 'boken Guilds, but my three Westerly Guilds range from 1984 to 2000, and while they are all very different they are all great guitars. My 2003 Bluesbird from Corona is just as good IMHO. I would still love an M-75 with original DeArmonds, but my 2003 is a pretty hot guitar in its own right. You can't go wrong with any era of Guild guitar, but in the end it's just a guitar. Find what you like, play it hard, play it often, and never be afraid of your guitars accumulating a little mojo. When all is said and done I know I don't want to look back on my years and say that I had some damned good Guilds, but I have no idea what it was like to get up on stage with any of them and just play the frets off of them. Instead, I just played them in my office at a volume of 2 and then hung them on the wall for all to admire. Now THAT would be a shame!
Guild...Made to be PLAYED!
guildman63 said:
Well said - I've only had my IV a few months. I play out with it every chance I get. I dropped in a set of Duncan Pearly Gates and cannot put it down. Gorgeous tone at any volume and I feel very privileged to jam with it . Any want for a 335 has completely vaporized - I love this guitar.
die Bullen
Junior Member
Well in the end I went with a Hoboken made 1961 X-175 for my gigging guitar- see NGD thread I just opened.
Understand everyone's comments about "made to be played" and I can assure you that my '53 gets played at least 2 or 3 hours a day but I personally will be more comfortable gigging outdoors with the '61- just me though.
dB
Understand everyone's comments about "made to be played" and I can assure you that my '53 gets played at least 2 or 3 hours a day but I personally will be more comfortable gigging outdoors with the '61- just me though.
dB
Well, gee, nothing objectionable about that, die Bullen! You kept it in the Guild realm, and that's all a winner as far as we're concerned!
For the record, we don't really know what the NY- and Hoboken-era luthiers thought about their Guild products. The "Made to be Played" tagline was invented in Westerly timeframe. Who knows, maybe those early guys wouldn't've agreed... (but I think they would've)!
For the record, we don't really know what the NY- and Hoboken-era luthiers thought about their Guild products. The "Made to be Played" tagline was invented in Westerly timeframe. Who knows, maybe those early guys wouldn't've agreed... (but I think they would've)!
die Bullen
Junior Member
believe me- they get played!
Oh yeah! Play them often - I agree with the sentiment of "it's just a guitar", and that they should be played. When I got my D64 I had no idea it was sort of "rare", I just loved how it sounded, and I still do. I'm glad I had no idea, because it might have made me worry more about it instead of playing it daily for almost 30 years.
I only have one acoustic and one electric, I have no choice but to play them!
walrus
I only have one acoustic and one electric, I have no choice but to play them!
walrus
guildman63
Senior Member
iismet said:
I must respectfully disagree. The perfect scenario to me would be to have unlimited funds and space in my home to buy any and all Guilds that I have previously, or will in the future GAS after. :mrgreen:
die Bullen
Junior Member
yeah I don't think I could pare down to 1+1 anymore. My instruments are generally for varied purposes.
Even I don't think it's the perfect scenario! But it's worked for me for several years. If I ever get the funds, I would certainly be willing to buy more, but there's always something else that requires funding first... I'm happy I have what I have!
walrus
walrus
Man, I LOVE hearing a well-adjusted, contented point of view like that. I have to admit, I feel the same way now, but sometimes I let things get way out of balance.walrus said: