Your favorite picture(s) of an artist playing a Guild?

SFIV1967 · May 13, 2014

Zelja said:
With Starfire V or VI maybe?

The colored picture above shows him with a very early Starfire V with the Kolb tuners with diamond shaped Gilbert Diaz buttons as it looks.

A SF VI would have had the G shield headstock.
And that's what you see in this picture from Leslie West, so he also played a Starfire VI:

Ralf

Zelja · May 13, 2014

SFIV1967 said:
A SF VI would have had the G shield headstock.

Of course!:redface: It was late...and I was tired...and I'm not too bright! :beaten: :smile-new:

SFIV1967 · May 13, 2014

@Zelko: But you discovered a picture that wasn't posted before! And I just posted another one as response that I also can't remember it was posted before, so all is good!

The Vagrants did cool music, here is a 1964 video (before Leslie West played the Guild Starfires): http://youtu.be/4OvNPhrr33Y

Ralf

Zelja · May 13, 2014

Oh no problems Ralf mate, but my brain was a bit foggy so I reprimanded myself!

I love me some 60s garage rock -The Seeds, The Standells etc . I've never played to a bunch of dancing bikini clad girls - just born in the wrong era I guess.:dispirited::sad:

West Deer Pirate · Jun 3, 2014

I can't find a picture of the ad but there used to be an advertisement for the X-170 Manhattan featuring Taj Mahal. I have one framed in my music room.

hagmeat · Jun 4, 2014

Leslie The Mountain West with a Guild - very cool !

adorshki · Jun 4, 2014

Zelja said:
I love me some 60s garage rock -The Seeds, The Standells etc . I've never played to a bunch of dancing bikini clad girls - just born in the wrong era I guess.:dispirited::sad:

No worries, they only wore the bikinis in movies and TV shows.

Zelja · Jun 4, 2014

adorshki said:
No worries, they only wore the bikinis in movies and TV shows.

No! Say it ain't so Joe, I mean Al!

Another bubble burst, another dream spat into oblivion like a watermelon seed from my Uncle Igor's mouth. Disheartening.

adorshki · Jun 4, 2014

Zelja said:
No! Say it ain't so Joe, I mean Al!

If it's any consolation I think vestiges of that "bikinis optional" era can still be found even on your slice of terra.
Unless Coastie's scared 'em off again.

SFIV1967 · Jul 22, 2014

Ralf

SFIV1967 · Jul 22, 2014

Tim Buckley and his Guild F-212XL at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, 1968:
(see also Hans' book page 133)

Photo by Elliott Landy

Ralf

SFIV1967 · Aug 7, 2014

This cool picture was posted by Guild on the Facebook page today and I thought it fits very well here.
It shows "The Caravelles" from UK (Lois Wilkinson and Andrea Simpson) with a 1960 (my best guess) Starfire II guitar (Mahogany body and DeArmond pickups).
They named themselves after the French airplane (the world's first short/medium-range jet airliner).

Ralf

SFIV1967 · Aug 28, 2014

Son Seals and his emerald green (as it looks in the second picture) Starfire V: (with custom TRC)

(Source of both pictures: http://forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=57623)

He also played other Guild Starfires, on the album cover for "Lettin' go" it was a sunburst Starfire V

and below a sunburst Starfire 4:

(Source: http://www.mnblues.com/review/sonseals-th8-00.html) (Source: http://www.mnblues.com/review/2003/sonseals-603-rb.html)

Ralf

mario1956 · Aug 30, 2014

Simon and Garfunkel

jthrel · Aug 31, 2014

Justin Hayward's Guilds

High quality pics of Justin Hayward's Guild guitars -
Taken at The Moody Blues appearance in the Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater in Lincoln Nebraska on August 25, 2014.

And a shot of the Moodie's guitar library backstage

Al

SFIV1967 · Aug 31, 2014

jthrel said:
High quality pics of Justin Hayward's Guild guitars - Taken at The Moody Blues appearance in the Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater in Lincoln Nebraska on August 25, 2014.

Great shots Al!
Somebody wants to identify the two jumbos? Both have a Guild/Fishman transducer built in as it looks, both have maple back and sides, so the black might be a JF-30E and the blond a JF-30-12E ? Both early 90's?
Ralf

jthrel · Sep 1, 2014

SFIV1967 said:
Great shots Al!
Somebody wants to identify the two jumbos? Both have a Guild/Fishman transducer built in as it looks, both have maple back and sides, so the black might be a JF-30E and the blond a JF-30-12E ? Both early 90's?
Ralf

Yes, they both look like JF-30's. Justin has a brief history of these two guitars on his website which implies they were purchased in the '80s.

http://justinhaywardguitar.com/the-black-guild-no-1/

and

http://justinhaywardguitar.com/justin-hayward-guild-12-string/

The extensive weather checking visible on the lower bout of the blonde 12-er matches his story of the guitar's history. This is his preferred guitar for performing "Question".

Al

Zelja · Sep 14, 2014

Never noticed this at the time...

walrus · Sep 14, 2014

The "checking" on Justin's guitar looks more like "scrape marks" from his watch...

walrus

The Guilds of Grot · Nov 13, 2014

I was watching the "History of Metal" the other night and they showed a video of Mick Mars from Motley Crue playing his Guild X-88 "Crue Flying Star" guitar. That's the first time I had seen that video.

Here's a screen capture;

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