Old, New, Bought it Back, and I'm Happy Guild Day. Here's what it is:
https://reverb.com/item/26285430-1971-guild-f-50-antique-burst
So, many of you will find this boring and many likely just won't give a damn but I'm in the kind of mood where I just don't care. So, here's the deal on this guitar.
I bought it in 2005 or so just when I started getting into Guild. It was Maple and a Jumbo and I had neither at the time so I bought it. It was an eyesore for sure although on the lower 6 frets or so sounded wonderful. It truly was an eyesore though. I knew nobody up here (where I had retired), no Luthier, no Tech, nothing. So, I took it to the only music store in the county. They had just a few guitars, mostly import stuff. He specialized in renting band instruments to the school kids. I asked him if he could make the guitar more presentable and he said sure. I called and called and never heard from him so I stopped in unannounced and said I want me damned guitar. He said sure thing chief, here it is. Well, he had painted the entire guitar with a can (or 2) of matte black Krylon. I basically came unglued and even more so when he said I owed him $300 for his labor. I pretty much lost it, made a bunch of threats (which I was pretty serious about) and he finally said get the hell out of his store and don't come back and "graciously" agreed to forget his charges.
So, I found a Luthier who has turned into a pretty good friend. He stripped the guitar down to bare wood, refined it in an iced tea burst with a nitro finish, did a partial refret, installed a new nut and saddle and also a set of Grover Imperial Tuners I had laying around. The action was pretty high but I chose not to go for a neck reset as well.
I played it for a couple years and then sold it to a guy in Brooklyn. I saw he just listed it for sale on Reverb so I bought it back. It will now get the neck reset it needs, either from Tom Jacobs and his crew or my local guy. We'll see.
This is just one of those instruments you all have come across. One where you feel you have a real connection to the guitar and the money you need to invest to get it right isn't the deciding factor.
That's it from Barton City, Michigan.
AMEN
https://reverb.com/item/26285430-1971-guild-f-50-antique-burst
So, many of you will find this boring and many likely just won't give a damn but I'm in the kind of mood where I just don't care. So, here's the deal on this guitar.
I bought it in 2005 or so just when I started getting into Guild. It was Maple and a Jumbo and I had neither at the time so I bought it. It was an eyesore for sure although on the lower 6 frets or so sounded wonderful. It truly was an eyesore though. I knew nobody up here (where I had retired), no Luthier, no Tech, nothing. So, I took it to the only music store in the county. They had just a few guitars, mostly import stuff. He specialized in renting band instruments to the school kids. I asked him if he could make the guitar more presentable and he said sure. I called and called and never heard from him so I stopped in unannounced and said I want me damned guitar. He said sure thing chief, here it is. Well, he had painted the entire guitar with a can (or 2) of matte black Krylon. I basically came unglued and even more so when he said I owed him $300 for his labor. I pretty much lost it, made a bunch of threats (which I was pretty serious about) and he finally said get the hell out of his store and don't come back and "graciously" agreed to forget his charges.
So, I found a Luthier who has turned into a pretty good friend. He stripped the guitar down to bare wood, refined it in an iced tea burst with a nitro finish, did a partial refret, installed a new nut and saddle and also a set of Grover Imperial Tuners I had laying around. The action was pretty high but I chose not to go for a neck reset as well.
I played it for a couple years and then sold it to a guy in Brooklyn. I saw he just listed it for sale on Reverb so I bought it back. It will now get the neck reset it needs, either from Tom Jacobs and his crew or my local guy. We'll see.
This is just one of those instruments you all have come across. One where you feel you have a real connection to the guitar and the money you need to invest to get it right isn't the deciding factor.
That's it from Barton City, Michigan.
AMEN