Vox & Fender, Guild & ???

[GGJaguar]

If Vox and Fender go together, what does Guild go with?

 

[Minnesota Flats]

Guild goes with everything!

It's always appropriate!

 

[Harp Tail]

I agree and it might also have gone with re-badged Binson had the relationship between Guild and Signor Bini gone any further..

Cool Italian tube amps - a friend in Milan owns three (and three Echorec!) and once let me have one while I was there during summer.

 

[Guildedagain]

So, how much is a Guinea?

 

[Harp Tail]

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This is the only one in the US currently on Reverb. If I'm not wrong my Milanese friend owns one just like it in very good condition, but the one I borrowed was a later Hi-Fi model.

 

[Prince of Darkness]

So, how much is a Guinea?

A Guinea was £1,1s, one pound and one shilling, equivalent to £1.05 in modern currency. This was at a time when there were 20 shillings, or 240 pence, in a pound. I had to look this up, but if I had been a little older (probably just a year or two) I would have known this!
Pre-decimal currency seems crazy to me!

Pounds, Shillings and Pence

The pre-decimal currency system consisted of a pound of 20 shillings or 240 pence.

www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk

 

[GGJaguar]

So, how much is a Guinea?

1.1 Pounds. It made the price look "lower".

 

[GGJaguar]

I had to look this up, but if I had been a little older (probably just a year or two) I would have known this!

I have a friend from Yorkshire who is a year or two older than me and he said he had to learn the old system one year in school even though they had already gone to the decimal system.

 

[Guildedagain]

20 shillings, or 240 pence

lol I love this stuff.

 

[Harp Tail]

A Guinea was £1,1s, one pound and one shilling, equivalent to £1.05 in modern currency. This was at a time when there were 20 shillings, or 240 pence, in a pound. I had to look this up, but if I had been a little older (probably just a year or two) I would have known this!
Pre-decimal currency seems crazy to me!

I vaguely remember that from my first trips to Britain in the 70s, but quite frankly thought Guineas was a reference to the Binson gear being made in Italy..

 

[Prince of Darkness]

I vaguely remember that from my first trips to Britain in the 70s, but quite frankly thought Guineas was a reference to the Binson gear being made in Italy..

Decimalisation was in 1971, but a lot of the old coins remained in use for many years as did the common use of a lot of pre-decimal terms. The Guinea is still used in bidding for racehorses.

 

[Uke]

Pulling up out of this veer: Answer to original question: Fender

 

[Nuuska]

A Guinea was £1,1s, one pound and one shilling, equivalent to £1.05 in modern currency. This was at a time when there were 20 shillings, or 240 pence, in a pound. I had to look this up, but if I had been a little older (probably just a year or two) I would have known this!
Pre-decimal currency seems crazy to me!

Pounds, Shillings and Pence

The pre-decimal currency system consisted of a pound of 20 shillings or 240 pence.

www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk

Back to veer - somehow us measuring system popped into my mind . . .

carry on - nothing to see here - back to subject . . .