Which Brings Me to the Question of the 'Big 3'

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If you want to be a rebel, an outlaw, and play "alternative" music ... you play a Guild.
 

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If you want to be a rebel, an outlaw, and play "alternative" music ... you play a Guild.

Or a "Trigger":
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(Actually we've seen evidence he did play Guild w-a-a--ay back when)
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Or a "Trigger"
(Actually we've seen evidence he did play Guild w-a-a--ay back when)
:glee:

In this Rolling Stone interview about how Willie found Trigger he mentions the Guild at 1:44 "I'd been playing this Guild…"

 

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Touche!
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Were you the guy who posted that originally?

No, it wasn't me. Funny thing, I just saw this video the other day and I was wondering if it ever had been posted here. And I agree with you, Willie playing Trigger is just as outlaw as it gets!
 
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If you want an objective assessment, cannot do it.

If you want subjective, got it.

An old fart's perspective so colored with that brush.
I started playing in 1965 when Gibson and Martin were at the top and a lot of the interest grew out of the popularity of folk music. But the first really good guitsr I bought was a used Guild.
Over the years I have owned a lot of the commercial brands and a few custom built guitars. And after all these years here I am with 4 Guilds and nothing else. They're built well. They look great and they sound great.
Imagine......... back to Guild after 53 years!
How does that happen?
 

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No, it wasn't me. Funny thing, I just saw this video the other day and I was wondering if it ever had been posted here. And I agree with you, Willie playing Trigger is just as outlaw as it gets!
Notorious outlaw Peter Tork played a Guild too.
Right on TV even:
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Oh yeah, and a JS Bass, too:
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Oh, boy newly discovered uber-rare photo never seen here before:

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I do believe that's an FS46ce.
 
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Oh yeah, and a JS Bass, too:

I see a nit. I am going to pick it. The pictured bass is a JetStar. Guild never called it a JS.

The post 1970 solid body double cutaway bass was usually cataloged as a JS bass. However Guild sometimes referred to it as JetStar.

So JS only refers to one body shape, available ~1970-77. JetStar refers to the Gumby shape from the mid-60's or, to the confusion of all, the JS.
 

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I see a nit. I am going to pick it. The pictured bass is a JetStar. Guild never called it a JS.

The post 1970 solid body double cutaway bass was usually cataloged as a JS bass. However Guild sometimes referred to it as JetStar.
So JS only refers to one body shape, available ~1970-77. JetStar refers to the Gumby shape from the mid-60's or, to the confusion of all, the JS
I was wondering if you were going to see that. I actually originally called it a JetStar but then remembered your previous mention of that nomenclature (obviously incorrectly) so changed it to "JS".
Thanks!
That one got screen time too in at least one episode, but couldn't find a pic, even though that's what I started off looking for.
 
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And after all these years here I am with 4 Guilds and nothing else. They're built well. They look great and they sound great.
Imagine......... back to Guild after 53 years!
How does that happen?
Karma.
And just because Stuball848's post got buried, I'll ask for him again:
"What four Guilds are they?"
 
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