Cougar
Enlightened Member
...but I'm wondering where/when Guild used this label....
...but I'm wondering where/when Guild used this label....
1969-74 or so. Just following the move to Westerly from Hoboken.
And, my D25 Br, its label would have said Westerly, RI and zip, but the label fell out long before I bought it.
Hello Wood,
If your D25 Br is the 1971 D25 Flatback--The "Br" that's mentioned at the bottom of your posting, then the label would have said 'Guild Guitars, Inc.' without mentioning the location of the factory.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
It definitely came with a label, but they seem to have been prone to falling off during that period, as Westerly Wood and Neal have noted, and a few others over the years.Interesting .....it looks like a Westerly label without the Westerly location. My 71 has no label just a "brand" on the spine internally.
I'd be kinda surprised if that kind of thinking was in play back then, in any case they had started making M20's in Westerly already by '67 and were using up old Hoboken labels until that one came in.Hans,
Do you have any idea as to why Guild didn't mention a place name? Was it, perhaps, because the company didn't want to advertise its move from Hoboken, out of its origin region to Rhode Island?
Sounds like the label got lost. As far as I understand, labeling was routine. All acoustic Guild guitars have the "brand" on the spine internally.Interesting .....it looks like a Westerly label without the Westerly location. My 71 has no label just a "brand" on the spine internally.
My 1975 (#120683) F-212XL has the same label. BTW, I'm offering up my F-212XL to LGTers for $1,000 +75 shipping CONUS.
As far as I understand, labeling was routine.