Guild artists list

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Guilders,

Ron Hawkins invented the moonwalk! Click the second clip.

 

[fungusyoung]

Wow, Chrissy ... now I love her even more.

Yer'll have to fight for her f-man !!

Coastie, I've been meaning to tell you that it makes me grin to see this in your sig every time I read it!


"But where are the clowns ?
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don't bother, they're here."

 

[Cypress Knee]

I read through this thread and my brain got fried. Can we start over?

Here is who I can think of right now:
Acoustic
John Denver
Bonnie Riatt
Mississippi John Hurt
Steve Miller
Paul Simon
Nick Drake
Johnny Cash
Eric Clapton
David Cosby
Justin Hayward

Electric
Duane Eddy
George Benson
Merle Travis
Tom Fogerty
John Fogerty

These are the ones I remember off the top of my head without reading the entire thread and without looking in Hans' book or googling people. Additions to the list would be great.

CK

 

[Graham]

I read through this thread and my brain got fried. Can we start over?

Here is who I can think of right now:
Acoustic
John Denver
Bonnie Riatt
Mississippi John Hurt
Steve Miller
Paul Simon
Nick Drake
Johnny Cash
Eric Clapton
David Cosby
Justin Hayward
Mark Knopfler
Chrissy Hynde
Bruce Springsteen
Pete Toewnsend
Tom Petty
Eva Cassidy
Mike Nesbitt
Paul Westerberg
Ryan Adams
Rhett Miller
Robert Smith
Barry Gibb
Martha Wainwright
Richie Havens
Paul Simon
Roger Hodgson

Electric
Duane Eddy
George Benson
Merle Travis
Tom Fogerty
John Fogerty
Buddy Guy
Dan Hicks
Slash
Norah Jones
SRV
Tom Waits
Feist
Barry Gibb
Brian May
Robbie Robertson


These are the ones I remember off the top of my head without reading the entire thread and without looking in Hans' book or googling people. Additions to the list would be great.

CK

 

[hansmoust]

Wow, Chrissy was already my Tele-wielding idol... now I love her even more.

What model is that she's got? Looks like a beauty.

Hello fungus,

That's probably a mid-'80s F-20. Really cool with the dark sunburst top!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[Lefty56]

Don't forget about John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, he plays Guild. Just watched him last night in a concert, he brings out his Guild for the better acoustic songs like Iris.

Jay

 

[Ross]

Ellen McIlwaine - Acoustic and electric

The late & much-missed Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin' Spoonful played an electric. Don't know the model - it looked like a partly-melted bar of chocolate.

 

[Scratch]

Don't forget about John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, he plays Guild. Just watched him last night in a concert, he brings out his Guild for the better acoustic songs like Iris.

Jay

I've also seen a clip of him on an F512 doing Roger Hodgson's 'Give a Little Bit' (aka Supertramp)

 

[fronobulax]

Do you want bass?

Jack Casady/Jefferson Airplane
Phil Lesh/Grateful Dead
?/Lovin' Spoonful
?/Turtles? (need to check memory)
?/ w/Buddy Guy

That's a start on the Starfire Hall of Fame.

I know there are/were several high profile Pilot players although the names escape me at the moment.

In addition to checking Han's book, you can get an idea of Guild players from the ads that people frame and sell on eBay 8)

 

[CurtO]

Did any of you NAMM attendees see a cat named Monte Montgomery play? I just viewed a few of his You Tube Vids. WOW!!! Looks like he's playing an Alverez?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QYYbS2j1vWU&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x3GAEKW8YVM&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IjwQzKosoMk&feature=related

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

The late & much-missed Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin' Spoonful played an electric. Don't know the model - it looked like a partly-melted bar of chocolate.

S-200 Thunderbird!

 

[Karl Teten]

The model Zal played was also played for a while by Muddy Waters.

Recent Guild Thunderbird players (with the built in guitar stand in the back) have been Mike Campbell (Petty's Heartbreakers) and Pel from The Hives.

Here is Pel receiving his Thunderbird purchased from my good friend Joe Luppino in Chicago.

 

[sitka_spruce]

Arranged in alphabetic order

Acoustic:
Adams, Ryan
Big Kenny of Big & Rich
Camp, Shawn
Cash, Johnny
Cassidy, Eva
Clapton, Eric
Cosby, Eric
Denver, John
Drake, Nick
Flowers, Danny
Gibb, Barry
Havens, Richie
Hayward, Justin
Henry, John
Hodgson, Roger
Hurt, Mississippi John
Hynde, Chrissy
Knopfler, Mark
Lassiter, Stan
McCartney, Paul
McMurphy, James
Miller, Rhett
Miller, Steve
Mongrain, Erik
Nesbitt, Mike
Petty, Tom
Porter, Willy
Resentments, the
Riatt, Bonnie
Simon, Paul
Smith, Robert
Strait, George
Thompson, Verlon
Vaughn, Stevie Ray
Vega, Suzanne
Wainwright, Martha
Watson, Doc
Weir, Bob
Westerberg, Paul
Wilson, Cassandra
Williams, Hank III

Electric:
Benson, George
Campbell, Mike
Eddy, Duane
Feist
Fogerty, John
Fogerty, Tom
Gibb, Barry
Guy, Buddy
Hicks, Dan
Jones, Nora
May, Brian
Muddy Waters
Robertson, Robbie
Slash
Travis, Merle
Vaughn, Stevie Ray
Waits, Tom
Yanovsky, Zal

 

[Karl Teten]

Bob Weir of the Greatful Dead played a D50.

 

[Karl Teten]

Beatle era Paul McCartney.

 

[Karl Teten]

Mike Campbell with Guild Thunderbird.

 

[sitka_spruce]

I suspect many guitarists at some point have come in contact with a Guild 12'er. For instance a qualified guess would be the twelvestring played on the Roxette song Watercolours In The Rain is a Guild. BTW didn't Kottke, mr 12-string himself, have a brief history with one?

Also, if somebody has ever watched the movie Nottinghill there's a 6 string being played as part of the soundtrack.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Whom ever's keeping the list, please add Ellis Paul.

See here; viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6205

 

[Guildmark]

BTW didn't Kottke, mr 12-string himself, have a brief history with one?

I'd like to believe that, but I have never seen him with one in all the concerts I've attended since 1971. It would seem like he must have tried one somewhere along the way, but ... I've never seen one on his LP covers, in any articles written about him, videos of him, or any place else. Help us out, sitka_spruce. Got any other details? Anybody got some evidence? Of course you're not likely to see him with a Guild since his Taylor signature model was introduced, and for years he played a Bozo. (Ask california about that fella!) But it would be cool to know that he at least experimented with a Guild at some time or another.

 

[sitka_spruce]

Re: Arranged in alphabetic order

Acoustic:
Adams, Ryan
Big Kenny of Big & Rich
Camp, Shawn
Cash, Johnny
Cassidy, Eva
Clapton, Eric
Cosby, Eric
Denver, John
Drake, Nick
Flowers, Danny
Gibb, Barry
Gulezian, Michael
Havens, Richie
Hayward, Justin
Henry, John
Hodgson, Roger
Hurt, Mississippi John
Hynde, Chrissy
Knopfler, Mark
Kottke, Leo
Lassiter, Stan
McCartney, Paul
McMurphy, James
Miller, Rhett
Miller, Steve
Mongrain, Erik
Nesbitt, Mike
Paul, Ellis
Petty, Tom
Porter, Willy
Resentments, the
Raitt, Bonnie
Simon, Paul
Smith, Robert
Strait, George
Thompson, Verlon
Townsend, Pete
Vaughn, Stevie Ray
Vega, Suzanne
Wainwright, Martha
Watson, Doc
Weir, Bob
Westerberg, Paul
Wilson, Cassandra
Williams, Hank III

Electric:
Benson, George
Campbell, Mike
Eddy, Duane
Feist
Fogerty, John
Fogerty, Tom
Gibb, Barry
Guy, Buddy
Hicks, Dan
Jones, Nora
May, Brian
Muddy Waters
Robertson, Robbie
Slash
Travis, Merle
Vaughn, Stevie Ray
Waits, Tom
Yanovsky, Zal