New member. Hello!
- Thread starter RJRmassage
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Welcome to the neighborhood! We love photos!
Opsimath
Senior Member
Welcome to LTG! Is that you in your avatar? If so, you have a very nice smile. Nice Guild, too.
Welcome!
walrus
walrus
Welcome aboard, RJR! That's a very pretty Mark!
hansmoust
Enlightened Member
Hello RJRmassage,
Welcome! May have been the date that the guitar was purchased, but the construction date was earlier than that. Can you tell us where that date comes from?
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
That information comes directly from the official Guild serial number decoder website.
www.guitarinsite.nl
Here is my guitar's information. The label serial number matches the number on the inside neck block of the guitar
Guild Serial Number Database
You can find Guild serial number stamped on the back of the guitar's headstock. Our database provide the most accurate information available to Guild to distinguish the date of manufacture by serial number.
www.guitarinsite.nl
Here is my guitar's information. The label serial number matches the number on the inside neck block of the guitar
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hansmoust
Enlightened Member
Forget about that dating site for dating Guild guitars. Your Guild Mark II was manufactured during the year 1965.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
GardMan
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wileypickett
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Often referred to as The Bible around here!
jp
Senior Member
Welcome to the forum RJR!
Gee whiz, brand new guy and Cynthia's already hitting on him, LOL 
Thank you! It's a beautiful instrument and sound. Why does the serial decoder say "Production year 1966?"
JohnW63
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The "decoder" gave it a good try. Hans is the final word. He has more Guild documents that anyone on the planet, I would guess.
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Welcome.
The decoder says that because it is wrong and the folks who "built" it chose to use widely disseminated, but incorrect information.
Simplistically some of Guild's records are missing and others are incomplete. There are changes or inconsistencies from year to year. There are typos and similar errors in "published" compilations and they get copied from source to source rather than corrected. The most accurate and complete compilation is in Hans Moust's book because he did the research and correlation to find and correct mistakes. But even he notes that he has discovered corrections to what he published.
Thank you so much for the clarification. Now that my Guild Mark II is one year older than I am, I'll have to treat her with even more respect!
