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Guild Guitar factory in Westerly remembered after closing 20 years ago

Music lovers, take note. Chances are the guitars your favorite artist plays to this day has a Rhode Island connection. Even though Guild Guitars closed its Westerly factory 20 years ago, the memories, like the music, lives on today. Bill Colwell was the last plant engineer where Guild Guitars...
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Nice find matsickma! I like that picture of the Guild crew outside the shop. I wonder when that was taken.
 
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It’s brief and cursory, but at least still acknowledging local lore. And ol’ Billy Boy Colwell (production engineer) makes an appearance—as do I in a blurred group photo. Thought some here might care to watch it HERE
 
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Nice picture! What a huge team!

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Thanks for the link! If anyone wants to save a copy of the news story, I'll park it here for a while.
 
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I've been out West for eight years now. It's funny seeing my old news people from RI. I remember them when they were much younger. Decades ago. The last several years are showing! With me too.
I miss having the old working factory so close by. If you had a issue, or a question, you could just stop by. And youd often find factory employees doing side gigs setting up guitars etc. And since I was so close by my motto was; "Guild, stayed where it's made".
 
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could see the museum/music venue/restaurant/guitar shop happening there at some point, with a small joint venture of a few LTG members upon retirement. you know who you are! and what to do!
 
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matsickma said:
Local News of Westerly Anniversary
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While 'Anniversary' is most likely the correct word to use from a language point of view, I personally would not use that in this context and I would also think that a lot of the people who worked at the Westerly plant would agree with me (although I understand that the severance package was adequate).
While I can't really give you a better word I would suggest that we "commemorate" the closing of the Westerly plant and enjoy the instruments that came out of there.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
 
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