wileypickett
Enlightened Member
I have several Guild 12-strings and just added another to the stable: a used tobacco sunburst, which arrived via UPs today, ordered online from a store in Virginia.
The label in the soundhole is missing, however. (If one was ever present -- the area where the sticker should be is spotless, no glue residue.)
The guitar was advertised as a JF30-12, but it's not. It's a full-sized jumbo, but it hasn't got the laminated bowl-shaped maple back.
Rather, it has a two-piece rosewood back, flat and braced, like an F-512. But it's got the Chesterfield headstock, so it's not a 512.
The date rubber-stamped on the neck block is "Jan 11, 1988." (It's in incredibly good condition -- like new, not a mark on it. But for the date stamped inside I never would have believed it was 23 years old.)
The serial number on the back of the headstock is unusual: 207027. (And there is no "Made in USA" stamped under the serial number.)
On the "Dating Your Guild" pages, I'm not seeing any 200000 series serial numbers.
At first I had a sinking feeling that maybe I'd got socked with a Guild knockoff. But I don't think so. I have several Guild 12's, so I know the product quite well.
To be sure, though, I took off the truss rod cover, and, sure enough, it has the double truss rod system, and none of the Guild copies I'm aware of do.
Also, the tuners are Guild branded and "Guild" is burned into the wood on the inside center strip.
So what is it? A model offered exclusively through some chain, and thus the odd serial number, in a series that isn't listed on either of the "Dating Your Guild" sites?
Hans? Anyone? Any ideas?
Thanks all,
Glenn Jones
Cambridge, MA
The label in the soundhole is missing, however. (If one was ever present -- the area where the sticker should be is spotless, no glue residue.)
The guitar was advertised as a JF30-12, but it's not. It's a full-sized jumbo, but it hasn't got the laminated bowl-shaped maple back.
Rather, it has a two-piece rosewood back, flat and braced, like an F-512. But it's got the Chesterfield headstock, so it's not a 512.
The date rubber-stamped on the neck block is "Jan 11, 1988." (It's in incredibly good condition -- like new, not a mark on it. But for the date stamped inside I never would have believed it was 23 years old.)
The serial number on the back of the headstock is unusual: 207027. (And there is no "Made in USA" stamped under the serial number.)
On the "Dating Your Guild" pages, I'm not seeing any 200000 series serial numbers.
At first I had a sinking feeling that maybe I'd got socked with a Guild knockoff. But I don't think so. I have several Guild 12's, so I know the product quite well.
To be sure, though, I took off the truss rod cover, and, sure enough, it has the double truss rod system, and none of the Guild copies I'm aware of do.
Also, the tuners are Guild branded and "Guild" is burned into the wood on the inside center strip.
So what is it? A model offered exclusively through some chain, and thus the odd serial number, in a series that isn't listed on either of the "Dating Your Guild" sites?
Hans? Anyone? Any ideas?
Thanks all,
Glenn Jones
Cambridge, MA