txbumper57
Enlightened Member
Could you clarify before I jump to a wrong conclusion and wield the Moderator Hammer?
Are you saying that the Westerly Collection is having the same kind of "it should not have left the factory" issues similar to what Oxnard may be having with M-20's and the Newark Street line may be having with some lines?
Perhaps your thought could have been captured by saying "the average quality of an Oxnard build seems to be trending towards the average quality build for an instrument costing 1/3 to 1/2 as much"?
Political discussions are generally discouraged at LTG and the definition of political is arbitrary, capricious and depends on what a Moderator had for breakfast. The perceived motivation for (and justification of) remarks about Chinese Guilds makes a difference in my decisions.
Not trying to stir the pot here but We have heard of several issues with the Westerly collection OM240 models Quality control issues especially a shipment that was meant for a European dealer. I remember reading a thread here not too long ago about it. There have also been a few threads in the past 6 moths about some quality control issues on some Newark Street models as well including a sunk in top on a new CE100 and some pretty obvious finish/construction issues that should have been caught at the factory on more than one of the Newark Street SF-6 models including but not limited to the center stripe on the back of the neck being a 1/2" off center and the crooked/off centered application of the headstock inlays and Guild rooftop logo. Out of three different brand new guitars being shipped to the same individual from different dealers they all had defects to them that were big enough to not be acceptable for the buyer constituting the return of all three instruments. One of those instruments came directly from the Oxnard Facility with the same pretense that they had checked it over and everything looked great just like jmascis's M20 replacement. It seems to me there have been some pretty consistent quality issues across The main three lines that Guild is offering for sale today being the USA made acoustics, The Korean Made Newark Street Electrics, and the Chinese made Westerly Collection acoustics. I don't think anyone is trying to single out and point the finger at any one region of manufacturing or make a political statement in any way. It appears to me that the statement of there being Quality Control issues is correct in being a Blanket Statement for the company of Guild in general covering all instrument lines since production under Cordoba's ownership began. As always this is just my opinion from the observations and information I have read here on the forum through different threads that have been posted.
TX