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ukulelelab · Jun 29, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ByBLpraXv0

rampside · Jun 29, 2016

'65 T-Bird, guitar of the day....very cool!!!
Thanks for posting, ukulelelab.

SFIV1967 · Jun 29, 2016

Nice! And in great condition. I like!
Ralf

ukulelelab · Jun 30, 2016

and it sounds great too, especially those Black Keys chops at the end

The Guilds of Grot · Jun 30, 2016

In the comments to this video somebody says that Mark Farner of Grand Funk fame was well known for playing guilds and that he had several photos of such. He claims he switched to a Guild from his original Messenger guitar. I always though he switched to a Microfrets! Anybody ever here of this?

walrus · Jul 1, 2016

Hi Grot, I never heard that either but here are few links I found.

An LTG thread about Farner and Guild:

http://www.letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?143508-Mark-Farner-s-Guild

Farner talks about his Guild a few paragraphs down:

http://thehowardtheatre.com/show/2016/03/10/mark-farner/

And I found one photo - looks like a Guild to the left, but it's just a side view of the headstock:

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.town...540caf/55d765b1ace84.image.jpg?resize=300,224

walrus

SFIV1967 · Jul 3, 2016

walrus said:
I found one photo - looks like a Guild to the left, but it's just a side view of the headstock:
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.town...540caf/55d765b1ace84.image.jpg?resize=300,224
walrus

Seems we are veering away from the original topic anyway: It's a Guild dreadnought in the picture.
And this might be his DV-52 in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soBarbYUWOA
But I found no reference to a Guild electric and Mark Farner.
Ralf

GAD · Jul 3, 2016

Nice! That video prompted my first-ever YouTube comment since he said that the white switch is a phase switch. It's not - it's a tone switch that puts a cap in/out of the circuit.

http://www.gad.net/Blog/2014/05/20/the-fascinating-guild-s-200-thunderbird/

Here's the schematic:

You can see the cap in this pic:

Quantum Strummer · Jul 3, 2016

GAD said:
That video prompted my first-ever YouTube comment since he said that the white switch is a phase switch. It's not - it's a tone switch that puts a cap in/out of the circuit.

Yep, it corresponds to the Fender Jag's "strangle" switch. Cuts bass. Same cap value too, I think. I can understand the mistake, though, given that putting pickups out of phase with each other also noticeably cuts lower frequencies.

-Dave-

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