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My first post here.
This was the first Guild I purchased. I bought it from some dude who was selling acoustics out of a basement in Madison, Wisconsin in either late 1987 or early 1988. Am not 100% if it was new or used at the time. I assumed it was new because it didn't look used when I bought it. But then again, that was almost 35 years ago.
Its been around the world with me and back. I always figured it was a D-15 but it doesn't seem to match up with pics I've seen from that time frame (no pickguard etc.). There is no stamped serial number in the headstock, nothing in the sound hole, no date stamped on the neck block. I'm starting to think it was stolen, fake or a prototype? The one thing I can say is that its been beat to all hell, repaired and still sounds, feels and plays like a Guild.
Is there anything else that would help me a) confirm its actually a Guild and if so, b) date the guitar. I've included pictures of the bracing patterns, neck block, rosette and back stripe. Not sure if that helps or not.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to solve this mystery.
This was the first Guild I purchased. I bought it from some dude who was selling acoustics out of a basement in Madison, Wisconsin in either late 1987 or early 1988. Am not 100% if it was new or used at the time. I assumed it was new because it didn't look used when I bought it. But then again, that was almost 35 years ago.
Its been around the world with me and back. I always figured it was a D-15 but it doesn't seem to match up with pics I've seen from that time frame (no pickguard etc.). There is no stamped serial number in the headstock, nothing in the sound hole, no date stamped on the neck block. I'm starting to think it was stolen, fake or a prototype? The one thing I can say is that its been beat to all hell, repaired and still sounds, feels and plays like a Guild.
Is there anything else that would help me a) confirm its actually a Guild and if so, b) date the guitar. I've included pictures of the bracing patterns, neck block, rosette and back stripe. Not sure if that helps or not.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to solve this mystery.
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