Br1ck
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Should we be trying to expand the Guild lovers club, or remain a cult like group, or just let the intelligent guitar player find the brand? There are reasons to go each way.
Spread the word?
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Depends on if you are a "seller" or a "buyer".
Guild players who discover the brand independently and on their own make great evangelists.
Guild players who discover the brand independently and on their own make great evangelists.
Shhhh! We don't want everyone to discover what a great deal vintage Guilds are.
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My 1998 D55 was the best find of my entire guitar journey. Im glad it was looked over for Taylors' and Martins in my local shop. It was priced to sell because it was taking up valuable real estate. Best guitar ive ever played.
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I started a Guild guitar subreddit but it gets very little traffic: https://www.reddit.com/r/GuildGuitars/
Most of the new Guild owners I see are on Facebook where I see a small group of LTGers regularly correcting myths and seemingly made-up information. Facebook is not really where young people go any more, but every little bit helps.
From what I've seen, Guild forwards people here and LTG gets a lot of hits for people searching about Guilds, as does my Blog. FWIW I consider myself sort of a first line of defense with Hans ultimately being the king of the chessboard.
Most of the new Guild owners I see are on Facebook where I see a small group of LTGers regularly correcting myths and seemingly made-up information. Facebook is not really where young people go any more, but every little bit helps.
From what I've seen, Guild forwards people here and LTG gets a lot of hits for people searching about Guilds, as does my Blog. FWIW I consider myself sort of a first line of defense with Hans ultimately being the king of the chessboard.
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That would make you a buyer.
Rebosbro
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The other group I’m involved in that allows me to be part of this group and society in general states “ attraction rather than promotion”. As Gary said, I found this site when researching my 74 M-75 Bluesbird. It went to GADs review which lead me here, just over a year ago. I checked it out, found in amazing and stuck around.
GAD built it, and they will come. Just let it happen
My 2 cents
Paul
GAD built it, and they will come. Just let it happen
My 2 cents
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In general people who are passionate about a good, service or belief, have to decide whether they actively promote the good, service or belief or let the good, service or belief "speak for itself" and engage the curious, but not seek the curious out. There is no right answer.
Sellers have an economic interest in promoting Guild guitars. Buyers can take advantage of the brand's comparatively low profile and get a better instrument for the same money.
For LTG, I am inclined to stick with the status quo. Let the curious find us but there is no need to advertise or promote. I say that mostly because there are people whose motivation for being on LTG has nothing to do with Guild Guitars. Those people have, in the past, created the situations that require Moderation and the absence of many of them contributes to LTG's internal reputation as a "nice" place on the internet. "Nice" does not scale well.
IMO.
Sellers have an economic interest in promoting Guild guitars. Buyers can take advantage of the brand's comparatively low profile and get a better instrument for the same money.
For LTG, I am inclined to stick with the status quo. Let the curious find us but there is no need to advertise or promote. I say that mostly because there are people whose motivation for being on LTG has nothing to do with Guild Guitars. Those people have, in the past, created the situations that require Moderation and the absence of many of them contributes to LTG's internal reputation as a "nice" place on the internet. "Nice" does not scale well.
IMO.
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That is a very perceptive and cautionary observation.
Well said, frono! Agree 100%.
walrus
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Yes, this. In the early days of GuitarsbyLeo (the G&L forum), we tried promoting the site and G&L, but it backfired and brought in trolls. Wasn't worth the effort.
Trolls suck.
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Awesome and thanks!
Please know that I didn’t build it, though. A fellow by the name of Don built and ran this site for years. The site owes its existence to him and it owes the “feel” of the place to him and the mods. I bought the site from him a while back and now I’m just the Morlock that keeps the machines running.
My Blog I’ll take full credit for, though.
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adorshki
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"Chief Morlock": That'd be a lot catchier title than "Staff Member".Awesome and thanks!
Please know that I didn’t build it, though. A fellow by the name of Don built and ran this site for years. The site owes its existence to him and it owes the “feel” of the place to him and the mods. I bought the site from him a while back and now I’m just the Morlock that keeps the machines running.
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Ridiculous..."Chief Morlock": That'd be a lot catchier title than "Staff Member".
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Aw!G&L!!..6 or 7 years ago,.I stumbled upon G&l guitars reviews here and there,I liked what I read, found out the brand was not widely available in Europe, I decided I needed a Comanche (almost traveled to London to grab one!) ,ordered one, had it smuggled in from the US (shhhh!).That's part of the fun ... My other guitar is a Saint-Blues 61 South, so I guess I like under-the-radar stuff,and Guilds or Dearmond certainly are in that category. And that's fine by me. Great quality , not loudly trumpeted as "The Best Guitar in The Galaxy and Beyond", and , affordable.(Fronobulax nailed it above) LTG seems to attract benevolent people with a sense of humour, and that in itself is a good promotion fro Guild guitars.