I inspected and played one. Overall the experience was positive and I recommend the bass. It is noted some of them have some degree of cosmetic flaw, but said flaws, or apparent flaws, vary widely.
One of the earlier reviews/critiques noted the crooked tuners. This concerned me to read. Then I looked at pictures of vintage SF basses, and many are like that. Although many are also symmetrical. I asked someone about this and was told as long as everything in the front lines up right, that's all that's important.
The one I played had a finish crack in the neck joint where it is set to the body. Could have definetly lived with it, was only cosmetic. But would have likely spread and for a brand new bass at 1099+ I wanted to be confident in my purchase so I held off. The center line "maple stripe" in the back was close to center, but might not have been dead center. If not it was very close though. I do recall looking closely at that, but do not remember being too concerned with what I saw there. More the finish crack in that neck seam. Played and sounded fantastic though!
I think if Guild could have done one thing better, it would be the price. if it could somehow be $100-$200 less...maybe without the high gloss finish, if satin is cheaper...but alas, they are selling fast at $1099...and I suppose qc is apples and oranges to price...
I just think a lot of the wood materials are fresh cut and young/farmed for production, and with the heavy finish and tension of new bass strings and all, warehousing...some cosmetic variation can be expected. Some of the stuff we are starting to see though, is too much variation at that price.