hideglue
Senior Member
Aw shucks, Jane.......I've been working out......
Acoustic Guitar Magazine Cover Story: Guild!
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Janpeter
Junior Member
High, dear friends of the Guilds;
just as GuildFS4612CE-author says on page 13 - I have received the Acoustic Guitar Magazin to Lake of Constance, Southern Germany, right today - and was reading the extensive Guild-article immediately. As what I know from Hans Moust's wonderful book and your great LTG-community I thought this article kept neutral towards all the shifts and moves of the stormy journey of the Guild-line from Hoboken to Westerly, and from Corona to Tacoma.
The good of the article besides the neutral standpoint is that it shows the development of the main model lines until today and points out what happens in Tacoma to these Guild architecture. Though I play two Westerly's myself I had no doubts about the Tacoma models now.
As you have said: our task is to praise and play the Guilds - I always mention Guild over here in Germany. In Osnabrück everyone was amazed about my oulde GF 50 model; themselves taking brand new Lakewoods and Taylors to the workshop; however everyone was impressed by the full and complex sound. However it is a pity that fender absolutely under-represents the Guild over here in Europe!
Praising the Guild, enjoying the Guild - and las not the least playing the Guild
Jan-Peter
just as GuildFS4612CE-author says on page 13 - I have received the Acoustic Guitar Magazin to Lake of Constance, Southern Germany, right today - and was reading the extensive Guild-article immediately. As what I know from Hans Moust's wonderful book and your great LTG-community I thought this article kept neutral towards all the shifts and moves of the stormy journey of the Guild-line from Hoboken to Westerly, and from Corona to Tacoma.
The good of the article besides the neutral standpoint is that it shows the development of the main model lines until today and points out what happens in Tacoma to these Guild architecture. Though I play two Westerly's myself I had no doubts about the Tacoma models now.
As you have said: our task is to praise and play the Guilds - I always mention Guild over here in Germany. In Osnabrück everyone was amazed about my oulde GF 50 model; themselves taking brand new Lakewoods and Taylors to the workshop; however everyone was impressed by the full and complex sound. However it is a pity that fender absolutely under-represents the Guild over here in Europe!
Praising the Guild, enjoying the Guild - and las not the least playing the Guild
Jan-Peter
Joe
Junior Member
I was happy to see a Guild on the cover. They not only sound great but look great too.
Now for the negative: The article had very little that was not already known, just a rehash of old information. For me, it was just an old history lesson. It needed more meat, it just filled space. I (or most of us here) could have written the same story without even doing any research.
I think Hans, should write an article for them. :lol: :lol:
Now for the negative: The article had very little that was not already known, just a rehash of old information. For me, it was just an old history lesson. It needed more meat, it just filled space. I (or most of us here) could have written the same story without even doing any research.
I think Hans, should write an article for them. :lol: :lol:
hansmoust
Enlightened Member
hideglue said:
Hi everybody,
Here are some photos that show the front door as well. As you can see the 'Fender Musical Instr.' sign is against the building, whereas the photo in Grot's avatar still shows the 'Guild Music Corp.' sign.
It looks like Hideglue took the day off, since his Blazer is nowhere to be seen!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl
Graham
Venerated Member
capnjuan said:
Coal's cheaper than gas, watch for it to make a come back. :shock: :wink:
S'ok with me! The Florida legislature has for years resisted a slurry pipeline to carry crushed coal to FL to moderate utility use of oil and gas for electrical generation; particularly for peak use. Coal can also substitute for Xmas presents too .....Graham said:
fungusyoung
Senior Member
capnjuan said:
Sure can. I got a bag full of it for Christmas when I was about 10. The bag said "Bad Kid" on the side of it. My parents thought it was hilarious.
If I buy another guitar, I bet my wife will get me another bag this year.
Graham
Venerated Member
fungusyoung said:
Or seize control of the one you have. :shock:
6L6
Senior Member
Twas on that very front doorstep I renewed an old acquaintance who had changed his last name from Deutschendorf to Denver in the years since we'd last spoken...
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john_kidder
Senior Member
Graham said:
My very last environmental statement, I promise.
Coal is cheaper than gas, by far. That's why coal exports from North AMerica to Europe are rising fast. But the price paid for coal just covers the cost of mining, processing and shipping it, all of which are paid for by the "owners" and covered by the price. But the real costs of coal are way way higher than the amount paid to mine, process, and ship. The landscape left behind, the emissions to the atmosphere - these costs are paid by all of us, and they're nowhere in the price.
Watch for it - you heard it here, although not first - carbon taxes are coming. And none too soon. Probably, in fact, much too late.
End of Kidder diatribe.
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Graham
Venerated Member
john_kidder said:
That will be one of the biggest scams to date.
hideglue
Senior Member
capnjuan said:
Possibly, (this is New England) but its still a whole lot more pleasing to the eye than this...
Hi John: can I offer you a little cheese with that whine... :wink:john_kidder said:
For years, Congress has screwed around w/ all manner of pilot projects to find a way to mitigate stack crap from coal-fired powerhouses; fluidized bed combustion and other techniques. Where, in the 1970s, the NE US states / Canucki provinces were rightly up in arms about atmospheric grunge acidifying their pristine freshwater lakes, don't hear much about it anymore. Either all the lakes are ruined beyond redemption, money changed hands, it isn't as bad as it used to be, or possibly, they've given up bitching because it's futile. Don't know about Canuckistan or western US states but, for the most part, eastern US states have gotten a handle on new strip mines, miners, and remediation. Yes, wicked scars and pollution left behind; ruined springs and streams, heaps of mine waste, and the occasional burn-for-forever abandoned deep-shaft mine fire.In the early post-war years, my parents travelled coast to coast by train passing through Pittsburgh PA. They said the air was so bad inside the train, they had to cover my brothers' faces so they wouldn't inhale the pollution. With the retrenching of the US steel industry and a 'Gotta-find-something-else-to-do' attitude, by the late 70s, the Pittsburgh of my day was radically different from that of my parents' day. In the 1960s driving through Chareston WV and the Kanawha River valley, the yellow crud was so dense, day-time driving required headlights. Mostly through EPA regulation - because DuPont, FMC, Diamond Shamrock and the others wouldn't willing do it themselves - and tax incentives - they'd do it if someone paid them to - Charleston's air is pretty good. Although nothing like the western slopes of the Canuckie Rockies, the Kanawha River valley scenery is clean and sublime. Good now? Actually pretty good and considerably better than before and I'd hate to see all this given back because of North America's appetite for oil.
But there has been a formerly-hidden/now-revealed price for all this and the US's Great Leap Forward from a production to a consumer economy; there is no more economic middle class in the US. Ya didn't need a degree to hump coal, work in steel mill, or spin valves in a chemical plant like my aunt, uncle, and grandfather did but, if ya did, you could make mortgage payments, fix the car, and, if you were lucky, go in with your brother or cousin on a third-hand mobile home, put it up on blocks alongside a small river under the willow trees, and call it a life.
One man's tofu and bean sprouts is another man's meatloaf sandwich. No real useful answers from here but I promise that, if you move down here and run for office, I'll vote for you ... and ... I actually like bean sprouts on salads; thanks for the rant.
Regards,
cj
No argument there 'Glue; if it isn't demolished by now, it's probably condos or offices like the old spinning mills in Lawrence MA or the former rope factory in Plymouth MA. cjhideglue said:
hideglue
Senior Member
capnjuan said:
Limo service & bottled water warehouse
hansmoust
Enlightened Member
capnjuan said:
Hello everybody,
Actually, that's what it was! From the 19th century that is!
Here's something I came across during my research; that same building at the beginning of the 20th century. It shows the building from the other side.
That big gas tank in the back was still there when Guild occupied the building during the late sixties but it was torn down some time during the '70s. If you look at the aerial view photo on page 17 of The Guild Guitar Book, you will see a circular pattern on the ground; that's where the gas tank used to stand and grass still refuses to grow there. I took that photo 20 years later after they removed that tank! Makes you wonder!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl
