Guild news on the new factory.

[chazmo]

I don't think I'd put acetone on it to test the finish. Lacquer thinner would be the ticket. I don't know if you guys caught it on the other posts but I checked that guitar that a repairman told me was poly and the label inside showed it was actually a Westerly guitar. I will do some more testing to see if it really is NCL as I would think it should be if it came from RI. Could be that repair guy was just in error as I was when I said the guitar was a Corona Guild. I thought it was later than it is. The finish that sanded sort of gummy was on a Tacoma D-55 and on a Corona X-150 single pu. That's what makes me think there might have been some experimenting with the finish in Corona. Of course there may have been some change to the finish from the hanger that caused those spots in the first place. Not a chemist so I can't say for sure.
As for the new CT Guilds I like everything I have seen so far. I like all the bling you can load on the top of the line models. I really want a nice F-50R. I think there is a place for the plainer models but if you are going to fancy it up, go all the way.

Indeed, Paddlefoot... It was your discussion I was referring to in my earlier post. So, we should get to the bottom of what they're using in the New Hartford facility. That they would be using nitro does seem a little surprising, although I don't know what they used to finish Ovations and Hamers before Guild got there ... not that that's necessarily what they're using for the Guilds... The evidence in Tacoma was that the Tacoma brande brochure said UV cured finish for gloss finishes... Plus, we have your info that your guitars from Tacoma and Corona were gummy when sanded -- that can't be nitro, right?

 

[chazmo]

To find out what finish is on a guitar, remove a tuner, put a dab of acetone on the finish area that the tuner covered. If it melts, its lacquer, if not, it's poly. Oh, and goes without saying, if you do this, be very careful not to get acetone anywhere else!

Unless you have a guitar that's poly on the neck and nitro on the body. Could happen!

Only with a bolt-on neck, I'd imagine, right? Contemporary Guilds, for example. Traditional series are all spayed as a unit, I'd imagine.

 

[killdeer43]

Traditional series are all spayed as a unit, I'd imagine.

My vet offers a discount for unit spaying. :wink:
*Sorry Chaz, couldn't pass on that one

Joe

 

[Scratch]

The D40 Richie is not mentioned, but is being produced as I understand. I'd love to have one as a bookend to 'Woodstock'...

Also interesting to not they make reference to archtops in this news article. http://www.guildguitars.com/news/index. ... rticle=120

Makes you wonder...

 

[jcwu]

I think there is a place for the plainer models but if you are going to fancy it up, go all the way.

I can appreciate that, but I'm a plain, mostly-unfancy guy and I don't bling very well. Can't help it, it's just the way I am, and probably related to genetics. Thanks, Mom!

Joe

Me too, me too! I just don't like bling on my guitars. I like them plain jane. I can appreciate the binding and such, and I think it looks nice, but it's not for me.

 

[jcwu]

Unless you have a guitar that's poly on the neck and nitro on the body. Could happen!

Only with a bolt-on neck, I'd imagine, right? Contemporary Guilds, for example. Traditional series are all spayed as a unit, I'd imagine.

Yes, I might've read about that on the recent thread on the bolt-on necks for the Contemporary series.

 

[chazmo]

Traditional series are all spayed as a unit, I'd imagine.

My vet offers a discount for unit spaying. :wink:
*Sorry Chaz, couldn't pass on that one

Joe

Ouch!

 

[JerryR]

On the prowl for vintage and I don't need any bling,
Joe

You should have that in spades with your D25 and D35 - blingy guitars they ain't, but oh - the sound

 

[bluegrass jubilee]

new hartford is shooting NCL on guilds

 

[Paddlefoot]

I would think that if they are allowed to spray NCL that is what they would use. It's a good practical choice for guitars. Pretty durable and reasonably easy to repair for any experienced luthier. I don't know what Ovation used but they were so into composits and synthetics that I would not be shocked at anything they did. Calif. guitar builders do what they do partly because they are building a bunch of guitars and partly because here in Calif. you darn near neede a smog device on your cow to keep the greenies happy. If they don't use low VOC finishes they are pretty much out of business.

 

[Pike]

I don't think I'd put acetone on it to test the finish. Lacquer thinner would be the ticket.

Either will work, acetone is hotter and more immediate.