a.modernist
Junior Member
Did anyone else see this one recently up on the 'Bay?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Forcillo-Gu...Collectable-/151134438654?hash=item23305084fe
I put in a respectable bid in and lost. I am kicking myself that I did not put a higher one in. I think this might have been something special.
Forcillo is almost certainly Frank Forcillo who was an early employee of John D'Angelico's that went on to own United Guitars in New Jersey. United has some tenuous Guild connections, but what struck me in particular about this guitar is how similar the finish is to really early Guild finishes. My gut tells me there is a little more to this story, but we may unfortunately never know as there is precious very little info out there it seems on Forcillo and United (or Code for that matter, which is often mentioned in the same breath as United).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Forcillo-Gu...Collectable-/151134438654?hash=item23305084fe
I put in a respectable bid in and lost. I am kicking myself that I did not put a higher one in. I think this might have been something special.
Forcillo is almost certainly Frank Forcillo who was an early employee of John D'Angelico's that went on to own United Guitars in New Jersey. United has some tenuous Guild connections, but what struck me in particular about this guitar is how similar the finish is to really early Guild finishes. My gut tells me there is a little more to this story, but we may unfortunately never know as there is precious very little info out there it seems on Forcillo and United (or Code for that matter, which is often mentioned in the same breath as United).