"My First Guild" -- post your photos here.

Thunderface · Aug 29, 2012

In honor of gibsonjunkie, and after consultation with Frono, I decided to create a "My First Guild" post to which you can post photos of your first Guild. Since he was the inspiration, I'll start with gibsonjunkie's F-212XL first...

EDITOR'S NOTE: My apologies if this post has been done before. My guess is that it has, which is why I consulted with Frono, who admitted he didn't recall one of the top of his head, and told me to gopher it.

killdeer43 · Aug 29, 2012

Great idea!
I'll have to search the photo archives for my own "first Guild" that I bought in Santa Fe, NM, back in the last century....1976! :shock:

Joe

dreadnut · Aug 29, 2012

My old D-25M on the right, purchased new by me in '76. This was my only guitar until about ten years ago when I caved in to GAS and bought the DV-52.

eltuce · Aug 29, 2012

My first which now belongs to a member of my band. I sold it to her shortly after I got my fancy Starfire III.

Thunderface · Aug 29, 2012

Is that an original sparkle finish? My first was an '81 S300A-D I got off Craigslist from a guy in Houston who I eventually became friends with. That was followed by many others, and the S300A-D was sold on eBay. The seller then sold it to LTGer ironworm, who PMed me to inform me that he had purchased my Guild.

drc · Aug 29, 2012

My Guild Detonator and yes I regret not keeping it. It was no longer original but man the neck was awesome on that thing! The Duncan pickups, the custom wire job and the Babicz Full Contact Hardware Custom Shop 2-Point Strat tremolo... I think I'm gonna cry.

eltuce · Aug 29, 2012

Thunderface wrote - Is that an original sparkle finish?

Nope, it's a very old refin and very well done if I may say so myself!

The Guilds of Grot · Aug 29, 2012

This photo has ben posted many times but what the hay...

1966 T-100D

Now:

chazmo · Aug 29, 2012

I was surely a late-blooming Guildphile, but for me it started with this Tacoma-built F-512 hanging on the wall at Union Music 6 years ago. When I bought this guitar, I'd been on about a 20-year hiatus from guitar playing.

Fact is, I couldn't afford Guild back when I was learning in the '70s, but I did covet my friend's D-25 among others. Back in '06 when I found out Guild was still making guitars and then I banged out a chord or two on this puppy, I was hooked. It's been a really fun ride since:

evenkeel · Aug 29, 2012

I'll play. Here is my D35 NT (alongside my D-60). Bought her in New Jersey early to mid 80's.

Thunderface · Aug 29, 2012

Are you smiling in this photo, Kurt, because even at that young age, you just knew that some day there would be 101 more Guilds (and counting...) in your possession?

Treem · Aug 29, 2012

She's a 1995 Guild D30 AB E, found her on CL back in 2003.

twocorgis · Aug 29, 2012

My original owner '73 D50. It's been with me most of my life, and every ding as a story behind it.

griehund · Aug 29, 2012

The one and only 74 D40 purchased new in 75 on Telegraph Rd. just south of Detroit. Two things that I know that I own 100% in this lifetime are this Guild and a solid oak, beveled glass front book case that I strapped to the top of a VW bug with the sun roof open and hauled up to a 4th floor apt.

Oh and recently rebuilt by Kim in his new NH shop.

Scratch · Aug 29, 2012

The only picture of my first Guild

drc · Aug 29, 2012

maybe we should start a new post asking how many people still have there first Guild? OR did someone already do that? And yes I am too lazy to research it myself! :lol:

Bill Ashton · Aug 29, 2012

Do amps count? Bought it at the Fresh Pond Rotory in Boston (Cambridge), out of a van...having answered an ad in the Boston Globe...March 1968...$35

Weber speaker in it now, but still have the original Jensen P12R. Thought the amp was really old and not really what I was expecting...turns out it was really only 5 years old. Wonder how hot it was? :lol:

GardMan · Aug 29, 2012

Me, with my '72 D-35 bought new ~Jan 1973. This picture was taken ~'85, when I was living in San Francisco.

I've still got the Guild and the moustache (the Guild preceded the 'stache by a year). Wish I had some of that hair back, tho!

Interestingly, looking at the pic, I can get an idea of the original saddle height (I never had this touched by a technician until ~2006). Looks kind of low... that and the lowest bridge (barely 1/4") on any of my Guilds make me suspect the neck was underset at the factory.

Brad Little · Aug 29, 2012

drc said:
maybe we should start a new post asking how many people still have there first Guild? OR did someone already do that? And yes I am too lazy to research it myself! :lol:

Still have mine, F-212 bought in July or August of 1965. I'll try to take some pictures tomorrow.
Brad

idealassets · Aug 29, 2012

I rediscovered guitar playing in 2010, and bought a 2010 Guild F512 new shortly afterwords (on the right)

Here I am playing the F512 recently at a bluegrass jam in between sets (the F512 did fit in with the banjo and other guitars)

Craig

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