Guild is hiring!

Bronsky · Mar 26, 2015

It's all there, Guild is hiring builders for it's Oxnard facility, thought it could be of interest.

Now that's a job I'd like, but I don't think I could adapt to the California weather...

southernGuild · Mar 26, 2015

Cool.:watermelon:
All the best for Guild Oxnard!

chazmo · Mar 26, 2015

Betcha' I could learn to program a CNC machine.

guildman63 · Mar 26, 2015

I agree, that would be a fun job, and I would be very interested if only I had some experience with machine work and woodworking. Unfortunately, I have no experience with either, although I have used a cordless drill/screwdriver many times, and a skill saw on one occasion to install laminate flooring in my kitchen. :glee: As for So Cal weather, it is much different than Oslo, Norway, but just picture yourself wearing shorts and sandals 48 weeks out of the year. I would give almost anything for that weather, especially after all of the snow we got in New England this winter. The only possible downside to Oxnard, or to CA in general, is the poor state economy and the tendancy of many CA residents toward lunacy...with no reference to Los Angeles, or any other clearly sane CA members of this very respectable LTG community. :glee:

Christopher Cozad · Mar 26, 2015

chazmo said:
Betcha' I could learn to program a CNC machine.

Indeed, the *downside* to the renowned level of precision and consistency of Taylor Guitars (built with almost no human touch) is that the next generation of luthiers, those who have any comprehension of how to build an acoustic guitar, are the computers.

(Did my inner Luddite just sneak out?)

chazmo · Mar 26, 2015

Christopher Cozad said:
Indeed, the *downside* to the renowned level of precision and consistency of Taylor Guitars (built with almost no human touch) is that the next generation of luthiers, those who have any comprehension of how to build an acoustic guitar, are the computers.

(Did my inner Luddite just sneak out?)

Actually, my inner Luddite fears the future where anyone can build a custom guitar. Someone will perfect a chemical process to emulsify wood and shoot it through a 3D printer.

Look ma, I'm a luthier!

Christopher Cozad · Mar 26, 2015

chazmo said:
...Someone will perfect a chemical process to emulsify wood and shoot it through a 3D printer.

Look ma, I'm a luthier!

No doubt, Charlie. lol

(Super-Cynic: But why bother with wood? Just add scent to the plastics (Rosewood, Redwood, Cedar, Mahogany, etc., a la Pick-N-Sniff). With more and more players becoming accustomed to the sound of the pickup/amp in lieu of the actual instrument, what do they care what it is made of? The possibilities just blow the mind... ;~})

chazmo · Mar 26, 2015

My inner Luddite just threw up in my mouth.

fronobulax · Mar 26, 2015

Christopher Cozad said:
No doubt, Charlie. lol

(Super-Cynic: But why bother with wood? Just add scent to the plastics (Rosewood, Redwood, Cedar, Mahogany, etc., a la Pick-N-Sniff). With more and more players becoming accustomed to the sound of the pickup/amp in lieu of the actual instrument, what do they care what it is made of? The possibilities just blow the mind... ;~})

Isn't Martin already coming pretty close to this with the Retro series (or whatever is is called) that uses onboard signal processing to make an amplified instrument sound like a specific vintage instrument? I seem to recall reading that the instruments sound pretty mediocre when played acoustically and that Martian made design and materials decisions that supported the signal processing rather than the unsimplified sound.

The Guilds of Grot · Mar 26, 2015

As I went through Oxnard this past fall while on vacation to LA, I was amazed just how far removed it is from LA. It's an hour from Santa Monica to Oxnard. Being on the other side of the mountains and on the coast, it's kind of isolated. Seemed like a nice place to me.

dapmdave · Mar 26, 2015

fronobulax said:
I seem to recall reading that the instruments sound pretty mediocre when played acoustically and that Martian made design and materials decisions that supported the signal processing rather than the unsimplified sound.

Oh, what do those martians know about guitars, anyway?

fronobulax · Mar 26, 2015

Clearly only a space based alien would build an allegedly acoustic instrument that is worthless without amplification. Because I can spell Martin if I try hard enough

Bikerdoc · Mar 26, 2015

Makes me think of 3D printers.

Peace

guildman63 · Mar 26, 2015

dapmdave said:
Oh, what do those martians know about guitars, anyway?

Apparently quite a lot...

http://media.photobucket.com/user/b...images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=180

Christopher Cozad · Mar 26, 2015

fronobulax said:
Isn't Martin already coming pretty close to this...

True, using the (onboard) Fishman Aura Preamp. I had an early stomp box version of the Aura, and loaded it with a Guild F-50 sample. I plugged in my Ovation Custom Elite and was playing it through my Bose PA. My wife, upon entering the room, did a movie-moment-worthy double-take, as she exclaimed, 'I thought that that was your Guild!'. Downright spooky.

fronobulax said:
...Martian made design and materials decisions that supported the signal processing rather than the unsimplified sound.

Yes, speaking of Ovation...(Martin... Ovation... Martion... Ovartin ;~}

(Ya gotta luv auto-correction, right? I don't don't think I have ever used the term 'unsimplified sound' for unamplified, but I am going to start today. It's totally apropos. Thanks, Jamie.)

Bronsky · Mar 26, 2015

guildman63 said:
As for So Cal weather, it is much different than Oslo, Norway, but just picture yourself wearing shorts and sandals 48 weeks out of the year.

I'm too far gone. I don't think I could come back to the real world without years of rehabilitation.
Here's a picture I snapped this morning while taking my son to the kindergarden.

Oslo, March 26th.

guildman63 · Mar 26, 2015

Great picture!

chazmo · Mar 26, 2015

Awwwww... What a cutie!

dapmdave · Mar 26, 2015

Cool photo!

AcornHouse · Mar 26, 2015

chazmo said:
Actually, my inner Luddite fears the future where anyone can build a custom guitar. Someone will perfect a chemical process to emulsify wood and shoot it through a 3D printer.

Look ma, I'm a luthier!

Ah, but not just anyone. Here's a great quote I just read in the latest issue of American Lutherie.

I have a smart phone in my pocket; a portable supercomputer. People think that because they have this, they have knowledge. Actually, it only gives them information. You can go online and watch a video on how to set a bass bar; that is information. But until you've done it a lot of times, you don't have the knowledge of how to pick out that piece of wood, where to place it, how strong to make it, and when to break the rules. That is knowledge. Knowledge comes with experience, especially the experience of screwing up.
~ Arnold Schnitzer - luthier, bass maker

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