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Stratford, Stuart, etc.
Do they mean anything? Are they someone’s name?
Do they mean anything? Are they someone’s name?
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AcornHouse
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Well, the flattops (Valencia, Aragon) seemed to have been named for Spanish regions, I guess for Spanish guitar style. I’m sure there’s a reasoning for these, but I can’t think of a good connection. Especially with the Granada.
SFIV1967
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Some ideas: The Gibson ES were Electric Spanish models, so Cordoba and Granada as Spanish cities fit to the X-50 model.
Capri CE-100: The dream holiday island in Italy, not Spain in that case.
The House of Stuart, originally Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. One could think that the X-500 was a top of the line model, compared to the Epiphone "Zephyr De Luxe Regent". So maybe Guild was looking to make it the "royal" model.
Stratford? The X-350 was also from that same breed of high end models. Stratford-upon-Avon is the town of William Shakespeare. Maybe again they tried to connect the name with something high end.
The Manhatten X-175? Maybe the guitar for the masses and the working musicians? walrus said: "I'd think of the New York jazz scene."
The Savoy X-150? Named after the most prestigious Savoy Hotel in London?
Aristocrat M-75: From the aristocracy, the upper class of people I'd think.
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I always thought the Manhattan was named after New York?
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SFIV1967
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The question is what feeling would you associate with the name Manhatten?
Ralf
I’ve wondered the same thing. Some X-500’s are Stuarts, some not. Waiting for Guild savant Hans to give us the definitive answer.
I'd think of the New York jazz scene. And the fact that Guild's first factory was in New York City...
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Walter Broes
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I'd guess it's a continuation of what Epiphone was doing with "Broadway", "Emperor", "zenith", "olympic", "Devon", "Triumph" etc....
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