Topic: Guild
Any Chordians play a Guild ?
Got to play one made in 1963 and must say played very well.
Great action and great sound. Looked old and faded and was a joy to jam on.
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Never played one personally but have always heard that the older Guilds were real jems! I think they went through a bad period in the 80's on into the 90's... Just what I've heard/read. They've really came back hard in the last few years though and are pushing out some really fine bang for the buck guitars..
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Guitarpix wrote:
Never played one personally but have always heard that the older Guilds were real jems! I think they went through a bad period in the 80's on into the 90's... Just what I've heard/read. They've really came back hard in the last few years though and are pushing out some really fine bang for the buck guitars..
Hey Pix , whats your fav acoustic in your arsenal ? I bought an old Hondo remake of a hummingbird that sounds great, 50 bucks at a pawn shop. I keep looking for oldies.
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Hey Badeye, Oldies.. I think it's hard to beat Yairi's 
My favorite acoustic is a '79 Yairi DY50 LE #31 of 900 made. It was built in 79 with an antique cedar top and burled mahogany back and sides. Just a great sounding and playing guit IMO. I've been searching for a '73 Yairi.. It's my birth year and I'd like to have one from then.
My next favorite is a S&P Showcase Rosewood AER that I got about 6 months or so ago... She's a real jem Playability and tone is just perfect for me but still not as good as that old worn out DY50.
I hear ya about the old lawsuit copy models. Some of those were really great guitars! Old Hondo, Ibanez, Takamines, etc... Some great stuff to be found there if you get a good one, which it sounds like you did
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Cool stuff Pix, I seen the pics of your Yairi on the soundhile thread , it's a gem.
badeye.
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6 2009-10-21 02:47:41 (edited by dino48 2009-10-21 02:49:07)
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Hi badeye,I did own one in the late nineteen seventies,I was inspired by john denvers playing one at the time.it was truly the best acoustic I have ever owned,right up there with the martins. I got married an we had a baby,so I needed more money and I had to sell it.
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Hey Badeye ,
I've got three Guilds , a '99 F-65 , a '97 F-30 , and a '65 F-30 ... I play them all , but prefer the F-30s ... The '65 F-30 is one of my guitars that I don't take out , so it does'nt get played a lot ... BTW , what model was the one you played ??
Jerry
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Hi GSE, the guitar had a five digit number on the back of the headstock but the party was in full swing so I didnt copy it down. Considering a Guild for my next acoustic.
Dino, sorry to hear you had to sell it, baby's come first tho.
badeye.
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Sorry Badeye ,
What I meant to ask was what style was it , ie concert , jumbo or dreadnaught ... Mine are concert or what some folks call mini-jumbos ... My little brother had a Guild D-4 which is a dread and I really liked the sound of that thing ... I should have bought it when he sold it , except that the guy who bought it offered him 350.00 more than he paid for it , L O L ...
Jerry
" Just reading the lyrics , it's hard to hear the song , but if the words tug at the heartstrings......it's enough for now........... "
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ooops , it was a dreadnaught, looked like a plain jane thing but played very nice.
badeye.
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Hey! I love guilds. Recently bought a GAD 25.... can't complain at all. Love every aspect of the guitar, though I like wider necks. that's just personal tho. Plays great.
My friend has a guild 35 or something like it that's just amazing....
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Guilds are fantastic; you'll never hear differently. It's one of those brands on my "someday" list.
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Badeye,
I play a 25 year old Guild F45-CE, jumbo body Mahogany back, sides & neck, spruce top, florentine cut (lower register cut away) with a B-Band A2 saddle pick up and preamp. I just picked up a Carvin Cobalt C980T(10-24-09), Jumbo body, Rosewood sides & back, Mahogany neck, spruce top Fishman matrix with preamp definately worth the money(less than the Taylor 214CE I was going to buy) plays like an electric. I picked up because I'm in a new worship band and getting my new acoustic band (Soulshine) together doing all acoustic (amplified of course) classic rock, motown, r&b and blues. 3 guitar players, bass & drums, two lead singers male & female and the rest doing alot of harmonies. I love mine.
Regards,
Bootlegger,
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I had owned a Guild student guitar thay I got in Boston in the 70s it was a great guitar. I took it to guitar shop for some minor repair and when I came back the shop was gone. So Sad
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great post's... that "63 may be for sale , i have first go at it, when it happens it's mine.
Badeye 
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Back when I started playing in the mid-70s, there were two camps for acoustic guitars. You had the Martin players, and the Guild players. They both ferociously defended their views.... Often to the point of silliness.
A good friend of ours always played a big jumbo Guild. I didn't care for it; I thought it was too strong in the bass
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Bikewer wrote:
too strong in the bass
Is that possible?
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Yea Zurf ,
I've never even heard of an acoustic putting out too much bass ... It's all subjective though , like a lot of other aspects regarding tone ... I've always prefered an acoustic that is capable of some good bass ... My newest Guild , ( top of the line F-65CE ) that I bought new in '99 , has always been a disappointment as far as bass output goes , whether it's plugged in or not ... Great guitar otherwise ...
Jerry
" Just reading the lyrics , it's hard to hear the song , but if the words tug at the heartstrings......it's enough for now........... "
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In the string-band context, a bass-heavy guitar was often preferred; the guitar taking the place of the bass for the most part. I remember going to a fiddle contest once and one band had a guitar picker with an old rosewood Martin that just "cut through" like crazy. You could hear that thumping boom over the other instruments.
Great for live playing. However, drove a lot of recording engineers nuts back then. A lot of players preferred the more-balanced instruments for recording.
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Hi Bikewer ,
Yes , I agree , when I'm recording , or should say , when I used to record , then I always used something a little brighter ... But then , I could lay down the bass track seperately ... I guess the reason I like a bass heavy guitar is because we don't have a bass player in my band and the rhythm player depends on me to lay down a bass line for the songs that need it , L O L .........
Jerry
" Just reading the lyrics , it's hard to hear the song , but if the words tug at the heartstrings......it's enough for now........... "
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I've got a 72 guild 12 string that just sounds great. Unfortunately, its in bad need of a neck reset. Until I come up with the funds for that, I'm keeping it tuned in open G and playing slide on it. It's really amazing how good this guitar sounds. I just wish it had been taken better care of before I got it in 1994. Regardless of all of that, the sound is just great. It's a really well balanced instrument; Sitka spruce top and rosewood back and sides. You really can't beat that combination. Especially when you put it in a Jumbo shape.
Now available in 5G !