Walter Broes
Enlightened Member
Just consider yourself lucky this site isn't in "smell-o-vision"! :lol: :twisted:
Chazmo said:twocorgis said:That's funny Chaz. My '59 looks like a "garage queen" by comparison!
"Cujo" then??? (in reference to the corgis).
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:you are probably right- I must admit I am definitely very drawn to Guilds with P90's...
die Bullen said:What do you guys generally feel about the Corona years? Did quality decline markedly after Westerly?
die Bullen said:It isn't that I consider my 1953 X150 not "made to be played"- in fact I play the thing so often at home I think my wife is going to kill me!
It is just I'd feel horrible if it were mishandled or stolen at a gig because it was hard to find and there just aren't that many of them. I mean in '53 Guild only made ~500 guitars total so how easy would it be to find another one?
It is not like I let my guitars out of my sight at a gig but with a big band we sometimes play in cramped quarters outdoors with music stands and I have had close calls where someone's stand topples and almost smacks the guitar. I'd feel terrible if a stand went down and put a huge scratch in any 50's guitar or heaven forbid cracked the top.
Hence the quality question on later Guilds- I thought that with something a little newer/ easier to find I might not feel so badly about gigging with it just in case something were to happen. Maybe I am too paranoid and just need to go for it and live with my decision. In fact I bought a Squier cv50 tele specifically to gig with but as I am used to higher end instruments I am having a tough time even getting a sound I want at all, despite the TI flat 11's (yes flatwounds on a tele!).
Walter Broes said:If I had a 50's Les Paul, I wouldn't gig it - I'd sell it in a hurry, buy a couple of cool reissues, and have some fun with the rest of the money!
RussB said:It's just a guitar... 8)
guildman63 said: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!RussB said:It's just a guitar... 8)
Guild...Made to be PLAYED!
That is the perfect scenario.walrus said:I only have one acoustic and one electric, I have no choice but to play them!walrus
iismet said:That is the perfect scenario.walrus said:I only have one acoustic and one electric, I have no choice but to play them!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: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!
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