Show off your Favorite Guild Swag!

GAD · Jul 4, 2020

Doesn't have to be official merchandise - but it's gotta be Guild! I've got some cool stuff, but this is probably one of, if not my favorite:

It's a hand-made koa box with a lid that has the headstock veneer from a DV72-MK. Someone here had one as their avatar years ago and I was insanely jealous so I found the guy that made it and he made me one, too! So far as I'm aware there are only two.

GAD · Jul 4, 2020

Also I'm still quite envious of Grot's trussrod wrench.

Opsimath · Jul 4, 2020

The koa box is gorgeous. No wonder you were envious enough to track the guy down and have one made!

I'm wondering what Grot's trussrod wrench looks like.

The Guilds of Grot · Jul 4, 2020

Opsimath said:
The koa box is gorgeous. No wonder you were envious enough to track the guy down and have one made!

I'm wondering what Grot's trussrod wrench looks like.

My Truss Rod Wrench was generously donated to the Guilds of Grot Museum by Mr. Frono. I'm sure he'll be along before too long with a photo!

GGJaguar · Jul 4, 2020

I discussed my favorite in this post.

The Guilds of Grot · Jul 4, 2020

Here's by phone. (I'll post from the computer later!)

These are LMG Placards from the first three years. We glued magnets on them and they live on the fridge!

fronobulax · Jul 4, 2020

I saw this and had two reactions. One was whether it was Guild branded material besides guitars and amps or was it Stuff We Always Get, i.e. given out to dealers, friends and show goers. My second reaction was the truss rod wrench.

I bought it new at a time when I both thought basses needed specialized tools and that I actually would adjust a truss rod. Fast forward and I know what a 1/4" nut driver is and I really don't adjust the truss rod enough to need one

GGJaguar · Jul 4, 2020

The Guilds of Grot said:

The round one looks like a sound hole cutout. Martin does that and gives you one at the end of a factory tour.

fronobulax · Jul 4, 2020

Most of my Guild gear came from LMGs. I have several duplicates because Mrs. Fro. got the same things.

The most used item is a black ball cap. There were several styles given away but I prefer this one. I have 5 or six of them and am not allowed to wear at least two of them in public because they look so ratty.

Colors are way off. It started out as black and it looks to be a fade black more than a gray.

Other items of note are the soundhole coasters (see Grot's fridge) which are in daily use, the bar stool that is now my go to furniture for playing seated and a cloth case for a laptop (with embroidered logo) that has been the go to case whenever a computer leaves the house. Curiously all of these things are functional and useful and the Guild logo just makes them more fun.

fronobulax · Jul 4, 2020

GGJaguar said:
The round one looks like a sound hole cutout. Martin does that and gives you one at the end of a factory tour.

It is, or could have been. LMG I was a big deal for the factory and some of the employees were jazzed up about it. As I recall someone decided to use their laser engraving tools on soundhole cutouts or used the "soundhole" saw on otherwise junk wood and then engraved it. They came in a round metal box that had some Ovation body material cut in the same shape glued to the box top and had a G shield.