Guild fan's Facebook page

jte · Feb 8, 2014

There's a guy who has a FB page dedicated to US-made Epiphones who just this week started a similar fan page for pre FMIC Guilds, if anyone's interested. It's called "Groovy Guilds 1952-1995" if anyone's interested. He's already posted a couple of cool photos I've not seen before, including a green left-handed SF-12.

John

AcornHouse · Feb 8, 2014

Did a search on FB and couldn't find anything. Can you post a link?

GAD · Feb 8, 2014

What's wrong with my 1999 Pre-FMIC Guild? Or my 2000? Or my 1997?

AcornHouse · Feb 8, 2014

GAD said:
What's wrong with my 1999 Pre-FMIC Guild? Or my 2000? Or my 1997?

Apparently, they're not Groovy. Merely Dope.

killdeer43 · Feb 8, 2014

I just typed in Groovy Guilds 1952-1995 and it came right up.

Joe

killdeer43 · Feb 8, 2014

Here's the link....

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Groovy-Guilds-1952-1995/274789829337947

Joe

walrus · Feb 8, 2014

Some groovy photos there - lots of love for lefties, too!

walrus

AcornHouse · Feb 8, 2014

killdeer43 said:
I just typed in Groovy Guilds 1952-1995 and it came right up.

Joe

Odd, when I typed in Groovy Guilds, I got diddly. (And not the Bo kind.) Got it through the link now.

jeffcoop · Feb 8, 2014

GAD said:
What's wrong with my 1999 Pre-FMIC Guild? Or my 2000? Or my 1997?

Groovy they certainly are, and Westerly-built, but they're not pre-FMIC.

GAD · Feb 8, 2014

jeffcoop said:
Groovy they certainly are, and Westerly-built, but they're not pre-FMIC.

Hmm... a point you have made, there...

SFIV1967 · Feb 9, 2014

Pretty odd that he limited his page name only till 1995...
Ralf

twocorgis · Feb 9, 2014

SFIV1967 said:
Pretty odd that he limited his page name only till 1995...
Ralf

I thought that too Ralf, especially when the best Westerly Guilds I've played were all from 1995 or later.

Westerly Wood · Feb 9, 2014

love it.

jte · Feb 9, 2014

Well, he's coming from the pre FMIC standpoint (his other fan page is for K-zoo made Epiphones so that one's not talking much about pre-Gibson Epiphones nor the post 1970 ones made off-shore) as his focus to help people learn more about Guilds. Before he started the page I did send him a note about accuracy of the history and suggested he spend some time here. He'd asserted that after FMIC, that they didn't make guitars in the US, so I explained the Westerly factory being maintained until 2001, the Corona, Tacoma, and New Hartford production.

Anyway, he's got some really interesting photos so far that I've not seen before.

fronobulax · Feb 9, 2014

I'm sorry he elects to focus on pre-FMIC since by doing so he implicitly endorses some beliefs that are controversial and often incorrect. His, hopefully corrected, belief that FMIC moved production offshore is just one example.

dapmdave · Feb 9, 2014

fronobulax said:
I'm sorry he elects to focus on pre-FMIC since by doing so he implicitly endorses some beliefs that are controversial and often incorrect. His, hopefully corrected, belief that FMIC moved production offshore is just one example.

You have to admit that it's confusing. FMIC did move production offshore... just not all of it.

SFIV1967 · Feb 10, 2014

dapmdave said:
You have to admit that it's confusing. FMIC did move production offshore... just not all of it.

But not in 1995 as that guy thinks or thought. And it's pretty funny, he also posts pictures of "after 1995" guitars. And he copied and pasted also wrong info from other sites, like about the Keith Richards 10 string that he calls wrongly a 2006 model (as did the Blue Lena page where he copied it from...)...So his FB page title is just misleading I think. If he would be smart he would delete the end date.
Ralf

TJNY · Feb 10, 2014

Will he take your corrections or ignore them? Has he been in communication with you about it?

jte · Feb 10, 2014

I told him before he opened the page that "Actually, FMIC has built Guilds in the US all through their ownership. They kept production in Westerly until late 2001. But acoustics and excellent electrics in Corona, California, then built acoustics in Tacoma, Washington. There was a short period between Tacoma and the move to Hartford with no US production. And as near as I can tell no electrics after Corona. But to say all the acoustics have been imports since '95 is inaccurate."

And

"BTW, I think it's a great idea, just want to be sure the history is reported accurately. Spend some time at the on-line Guild forum, Lets Talk Guild at http://letstalkguild.com/ltg/forum.php" To which he replied "Will do, THanks!"

jte

SFIV1967 · Feb 10, 2014

jte said:
And as near as I can tell no electrics after Corona.

That's not correct as New Hartford has and is making electrics in a smaller scale.
See all the GSRs made there:
http://www.guildguitars.com/instruments/electric/archive/
http://www.guildguitars.com/instruments/?gtype=electrics&series=GSR+Series
as well as the American Patriarch series.
http://www.guildguitars.com/instruments/?gtype=electrics&series=American+Patriarch™+Series

Ralf

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