I got this big fellow back from the luthier I use all set up with new flatwounds about a week ago and I can't believe what a great guitar it seems to be. I will preface this by saying that I am not much of a guitar player. I have been around guitars for years and I have bought and sold and kept a few along the way. I bought this Guild from a guy who had owned it for a long time. He got it as payment for a debt from the original owner. It was in its original case which was pretty beat up but which seems to have protected it well over the course of its life. When I got it the bridge was installed backwards and it had way too light round-wound strings. The frets had almost no wear and the neck and the body had very little obvious play wear. There are some nicks and chips in the finish. Someone had wired a new jack which seemed to make all 3 pickups play at onece and the buttons did not work correctly.
The luthier cleaned it and turned the bridge around and wired it back up so that the buttons work the way they were intended. He plugged the hole made for the extra jack with a piece of maple and finished it in so that you have to look to find where it was.
What I can't believe is how good this old box sounds...amplified or not. Not plugged in it is loud and has a really wonderful flat-wound jazzy sound. Plugged in it goes from pure and jazzy to rockabilly. It seems to have much less of a feedback problem than the Gibson ES-350 I used to have. The neck is great for my big fingers.
Anyway, I can't find out too much about these guitars on the internet. They seem not to be too much in demand...some like them some not. Just thought someone might like to see a picture.
The luthier cleaned it and turned the bridge around and wired it back up so that the buttons work the way they were intended. He plugged the hole made for the extra jack with a piece of maple and finished it in so that you have to look to find where it was.
What I can't believe is how good this old box sounds...amplified or not. Not plugged in it is loud and has a really wonderful flat-wound jazzy sound. Plugged in it goes from pure and jazzy to rockabilly. It seems to have much less of a feedback problem than the Gibson ES-350 I used to have. The neck is great for my big fingers.
Anyway, I can't find out too much about these guitars on the internet. They seem not to be too much in demand...some like them some not. Just thought someone might like to see a picture.
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