So I figure since Guild is owned by Fender this would be the appropriate forum? Anyway, I have found someone selling one for approx. $800. It is supposed to be from the 90's and some sort of blue color. It is also supposed to have been built in the US. I haven't found too much info on them, so I was wondering what you guys thought about this guitar. Good deal? No? Thanks!
If its in good condition, sounds like a pretty good deal compared to what they are going for on ebay.
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By the way, it looks like a Gibson ES-335. Yeah, compared to the ones on Ebay it seems like a good deal.
Edited my post above.
Yeah, I was going to say, I could have sworn your post said something else because it made me look on Ebay...I thought I was losing my mind for a sec...
I also like the DeArmond Starfires they had out for a couple years before Someone realized how good they were and ruined them by making Squiers out of them and then dropping all of them.
Travesty!
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Two leaps per chasm is fatal!
That does seem like a good price.
Good guitars.
I've been watching the holllowbody models (SF II & III).
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Elvis Costello
Thanks for the responses! I will definately have to check it out then! I will keep you guys posted.
Ok, question for you guys. The one that I looked at has a small crack that runs all across the neck joint. If this was the guitar, you would see the line on the white binding part next to the strap key. I can't tell if it is just the finish that is cracked or what. Opinions? At least the guy lowered the price to $700...
No biggie.
If, at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving.
Two leaps per chasm is fatal!
I sounds like you're describing a finish crack due to the expansion of separate wood parts and bindings. It would be an extremely shallow crack. If so, it's common and not a problem.Originally Posted by Thogthecaveman
Ok, question for you guys. The one that I looked at has a small crack that runs all across the neck joint. If this was the guitar, you would see the line on the white binding part next to the strap key. I can't tell if it is just the finish that is cracked or what. Opinions? At least the guy lowered the price to $700...
Thanks guys! Well, I'm going to buy it later today, I will try and get some pics up of it!
hmm...for some reasons my pics won't load...
Do you mean a seam/space between the binding and that semi-circle heel cap?
No problem.
I look forward to phtots of the real thing when you get it.
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Elvis Costello
I played an absolutely heavenly sounding early 60's A-50 with a Franz neck pickup last Friday.
Only $1,200. I don't need another GAS attack.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
An A-50?
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
Yeah. It should have been an X-50, because of the pickup. "A"[coustic] is for guitars with no electronics. Tempting, and decent condition, but I convinced myself that the couple of side cracks didn't make it a 'must have.'
Even with round wounds it was "the sound of jazz."
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
Oh well, if you really wanted it, that wouldn't have deterred you.
You could have told yourself, "I only spent $5 on the Fernandes. So this won't tilt the bargain scale for at least another few hundred bucks."
Sounds pretty cool.
I haven't managed to play a Guild w/Franz p'ups yet.
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
It's at Alpha Audio in Mystic. They've also got an older Hoboken CE-100 with two Franz' for a couple hundred more.
This one kicks it's ass.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
My skinny hollowbody GAS has been dealt with.
It should be arriving this week.
Way cheaper and better (IMO) than the new Harmonys I tried recently. (Those thing were pretty disappointing, BTW.)
That's all I'm saying 'til it's in hand.
"Well, I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."
Elvis Costello
That sounds like a great deal.. I have 3 Dearmonds ( copies ) and they are awesome.. Fender killed the line and started ,making squire models.. bad>> fender
Rick
Droolworthy!
That is indeed a pretty guitar.
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