hansmoust
Enlightened Member
LastAAowner said:The guitar was completely redesigned by Benedetto. There is nothing left of the original Artist Award other than the headstock and tail piece.
Hello LastAAowner,
That's only partly true. Compared to the Artist Award from the last, say ...... 25 years, I would agree but for a big part it was going back to the original Guild Johnny Smith Award model specs. from the '50s, mixed with Bob's idea's of what a modern acoustic/electric archtop should be. The result was an improved 'Guild Johnny Smith Award' with various structural and cosmetical refinements of which the change to X-bracing was probably the most significant one. After that it was only natural for Guild to ask Johnny Smith back on board, which eventually resulted in the return of the Guild Johnny Smith Award.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
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