Holy grail.

[Thunderface]

I posted this same question before, as others have before and after me as well

I hope I haven't bored anyone with the repetition, I must have been sick that day.

RW, I hope I didn't make you feel bad for posing the question, because that certainly wasn't my intention. The same question may get asked, but the answers are always different and interesting, and its fun to get a glimpse into the minds of other Guild aficionados and see what moves them.

 

[scott]

Hi- Guild F-612, F-30r with F-50 bling

 

[Walking Man]

Hi- Guild F-612, F-30r with F-50 bling

Good choice

 

[rws11]

RW, I hope I didn't make you feel bad for posing the question, because that certainly wasn't my intention. The same question may get asked, but the answers are always different and interesting, and its fun to get a glimpse into the minds of other Guild aficionados and see what moves them.

Not a problem TF, I was married to the devils sister for twenty four years, trust me, you can't hurt my feelings. :lol:

 

[adorshki]

I posted this same question before, as othkers have before and after me as well

I hope I haven't bored anyone with the repetition, I must have been sick that day.

No worries. If you search the old threads, we get lots of repeats. Most of us have been guilty of repeats at one point in time.

Plus there's a rogue postbot running around cluttering up the archives.

 

[West R Lee]

I had always wanted a D100, but given the prices they go for nowadays, I've slowly begun to change my mind. I think now if I could find a nice Martin, Gibson or Collings, I'd buy one of those just to have something different.

West

 

[taabru45]

RW, I hope I didn't make you feel bad for posing the question, because that certainly wasn't my intention. The same question may get asked, but the answers are always different and interesting, and its fun to get a glimpse into the minds of other Guild aficionados and see what moves them.

Not a problem TF, I was married to the devils sister for twenty four years, trust me, you can't hurt my feelings. :lol:

You knew she had another sister didn't you....? Isn't this a much nicer place to be....sure feels warm and cosy instead.... :wink: Steffan

 

[TonyT]

Says something about me, I guess, but a really nice D25 would do it for me. Or a '66 Martin D28.

 

[rws11]

You knew she had another sister didn't you....? Isn't this a much nicer place to be....sure feels warm and cosy instead.... :wink: Steffan

Funny you should mention that Steffan, cause I stopped settling for adversity a hair over six years ago. :wink:

@ Tony, it does say something about you. Sez you know what you want.

 

[Ridgemont]

I think now if I could find a nice Martin, Gibson or Collings, I'd buy one of those just to have something different.

West

BLASPHEMER!!!!

 

[taabru45]

Like a few others.... an F612 would be amazing.... :shock: Steffan

 

[West R Lee]

I think now if I could find a nice Martin, Gibson or Collings, I'd buy one of those just to have something different.

West

BLASPHEMER!!!!

Something different like heck, I don't know......short scale, Adirondack top, wider nut. Heck I've got 3 rsoewood dreads Ridge and have owned about 6 of them, and though dreads are my preferred body style......something just a tad different would be nice. It would be a dread, and it would have to be something very, very special, something that knocked my socks off. I've played a rosewood 1 J45 that did that, and 1 Custom D28.....but so far, that's about it.

Still haven't played a Collings that I liked any better than my DV's, but I'm not through looking yet. :wink: And I wouldn't say I liked these particular Martin and Gibson guitars better, they were just different....in a good way. If I recall, I think the J45 was a short scale, and the Martin had forward bracing and an Adirondack top.

Guild doesn't offer anything like this in a dread to my knowledge, oh maybe an adi top, but I've not seen a short scale or wide nut dread in the Guild portfolio. And I will openly admit that I feel no loyalty to New Hartford.

West

 

[rws11]

You're right Steffan, doesn't bother me now like it used to. My boys would ask, why do you let it make you so mad, you're not married anymore? Cause you can't just turn it off like a spigot after 25 years.
Sorry for the veer guys.

 

[idealassets]

I'll put in my perennial vote for an F-612, but we seem to be talking about 6-strings here

Here's my own quote from earlier today on LTG about the 1954 FT50 guitar on ebay for $9995:

But just in case, let me mention that to begin my Guild museum, here's my Guild shopping list:
1. F612
2. F30r with G shield logo
3. 1960's F512, or
4. F512 with F612 style fret markers
5. M85 bass
6. And finally, just these:
JF-100, DV-72,73 or 74

So I want first grabs on the F612, but I will let anyone play it at LMG III, hopefully next year.
Craig

 

[dreadnut]

My DV-52

No, wait a minute, West's DV-73! :mrgreen:

I really like this one, too, but the bidding strted at $12,000.00 :shock:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... Z4s6BUhmyA

 

[davismanLV]

I had always wanted a D100, but given the prices they go for nowadays, I've slowly begun to change my mind. I think now if I could find a nice Martin, Gibson or Collings, I'd buy one of those just to have something different.

West

I'm with West on this one. Something different. If Guild made a small-bodied, Venetian cutaway with a short scale.... I'd look. But other companies make guitars like that, and I'll look at them too. I've never heard a better guitar than my D65s, but I already have that. So, yeah.... something different. Smaller, more personal..... 8)

 

[idealassets]

Still haven't played a Collings that I liked any better than my DV's, but I'm not through looking yet

Wes,
I was on vacation in Colorado last week, and looked at/ played a beautiful Collings dread very closly. It had just arrived, and never played; a tobacco sunburst, a notch up from the Collings standard dread. He also had an NT Collings dread, but I had a jones for that burst. There is a notch manufactured into the top of the headstock with a great appearance to it on the higher priced 'burst Guitar. The owner of the store owns the exact same guitar as his personal best guitar, but he doesn't sell Guild unfortunately.

I just bought a "like new" Guild D55, and a few other Guild's this year, so the Collings was no go for me. If you want the info please PM or email me. I would not hold it against you to be interested, it was a beauty. To me owning this Collings guitar, and also owning Guild guitars is in itself a compliment to the Guild brand.

Craig

 

[West R Lee]

Still haven't played a Collings that I liked any better than my DV's, but I'm not through looking yet

Wes,
I was on vacation in Colorado last week, and looked at/ played a beautiful Collings dread very closly. It had just arrived, and never played; a tobacco sunburst, a notch up from the Collings standard dread. He also had an NT Collings dread, but I had a jones for that burst. There is a notch manufactured into the top of the headstock with a great appearance to it on the higher priced 'burst Guitar. The owner of the store owns the exact same guitar as his personal best guitar, but he doesn't sell Guild unfortunately.

I just bought a "like new" Guild D55, and a few other Guild's this year, so the Collings was no go for me. If you want the info please PM or email me. I would not hold it against you to be interested, it was a beauty. To me owning this Collings guitar, and also owning Guild guitars is in itself a compliment to the Guild brand.

Craig

Yes, the headstock you refer to (I think) is on the Collings guitar that I like, called the "CJ" Collings Jumbo, it's modeled after the Gibson J45. It's a short scale slope shouldered dread (apparently jumbo doesn't have the same meaning with Collings it does with Guild). Let me see if I can find a picture.

Here's a Collings CJ....a bit overpriced, but you get the idea....and the headstock.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collings-CJ-MH- ... 5ae3c6a4db

West

 

[killdeer43]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Mint condition, 1943 Martin 000-18, preferably for a little less than an arm AND a leg (good luck to me). :wink:

*FWIW, Guild wasn't cranking out guitars during my birth year so I was forced to look elsewhere.

Joe

 

[twocorgis]

Yes, the headstock you refer to (I think) is on the Collings guitar that I like, called the "CJ" Collings Jumbo, it's modeled after the Gibson J45. It's a short scale slope shouldered dread (apparently jumbo doesn't have the same meaning with Collings it does with Guild). Let me see if I can find a picture.

Here's a Collings CJ....a bit overpriced, but you get the idea....and the headstock.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collings-CJ-MH- ... 5ae3c6a4db

West

Gee Jim, I think as a guitar-playing Texan, owning a Collings is almost obligatory isn't it? :lol:

I played an awesome used CJ at Mandolin Brothers when we were there during Krysh's visit. It was really a lot better than the D2H that I owned for awhile, which itself was no improvement over my D50. I almost bit at $1800, which was a very fair price I thought. I have a wonderful sitka/mahogany Bourgeois Slope D that has that same kind of "snake" headstock, and the only way I could improve that guitar was if it were short scale. Dana makes them that way, and hopefully one day I'll be able to wrangle an even swap for one. I think that Guild should really sell a slope shoulder, and more than one of us raised that at LMG. They seemed pretty receptive to the idea, too. I think that part of Guild's new image as a boutique guitar manufacturer should include some of these niche models.