Westerly Wood
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I lived in Newport from age 12-27 or so.Reason 1: 25-ish years ago when I decided I was going to buy my first decent American made guitar, a very knowledgeable friend suggested Guild as the best value and therefore smartest choices. I played a DCE1 head to head with a Martin DC1 and went with Guild.
Reason 2: Rhode Island. At some point in the process, I looked at the label inside that DCE1 and went, "Wait, what?" I grew up (and now once again live) 45 minutes from Westerly. We went there all the time. To the beach. To the go-kart track. To the paddle boats.
Even now I find that I can usually find a better deal on a Guild than another American made guitar. That M40 I picked up used a couple of weeks back, cost me $1300 shipped. A similar Martin would be upwards of $2000.
I lived in Providence too for a year or 2.