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I was the lucky owner of one of Chaz’s jumbo 12-string Guilds, until shoulder surgery put an end to playing jumbos. I passed it along at exactly the neighborly price he sold it to me for. Still, I had the itch, and thought that scratching it with a Guild dreadnought 12 might do the trick. I...

For those who may recall, I once owned a D-35 that was completely entombed in rattle-can poly, so heavily applied that it ran and pooled in places it shouldn’t be, like the bridge. To remedy the situation, the former owner applied another ten coats or so to even things out, I suppose. This...

My grandson, with my F-30. Made to be drooled on.

My right rotator cuff is torn in three places, in addition to my bicep tendon. Guitar playing, and anything else requiring a functional right arm, has become increasingly difficult. I tried rehab, but it was not successful. I am left with a choice: surgery and its aftermath, or limited use of my...

It will be late Saturday before I can get my hands on this beauty, a 1936 X-braced Gibson L-7. My wife was kind enough to open the box and send me some photos. I have been wanting one of these for a very long time. The only thing missing from this one is the pickguard, probably a crumbling mess...

A 2004 Gretsch 6118 Double Anniversary, and a 2004 6120. The king of twang.

I have owned a 1953 Guild X-150 prototype for close to a decade now. A lot of other guitars have come and gone. Still, I was never completely in love with it, until… I got into the wonderful world of Fender Silverface Champs and Princeton Reverbs. My, oh my. All of the true, angry meatiness...

I love the translation of this F-30R's description from Japanese to English. https://reverb.com/item/55389588-guild-f-30r-05-22 "The size of a small jumbo of about 15 inches has just the right amount of repulsion, and the stroke is rosewood, but it doesn't get too crowded, and the arpeggio...

For those of you who own both Westerly-era and Corona-era Guild acoustics, can you describe any differences in the neck profile of the two?

In a recent post, I talked about the joys of owning a 12-string again. A big, beautiful, blonde Guild jumbo 12-string, to be precise. I play with a heavy hand and a fat (2.0 to 3.0) pick, and have broken three of the upper-octave G strings in the process of getting to know this guitar. Two...

I was wondering... What would a Guild jumbo 12-string sound like with only six strings? On a guitar constructed to withstand 250 pounds of string tension, could six strings get the top moving? What if I used super fat strings? I recall Al doing that with an F-112. So, when time came to...

Thanks to Chazmo, I am now the proud owner of a USA Guild 12-string maple jumbo. Over the past couple months, I ordered not one, but two Westerly Collection F-2512’s, and both were damaged in shipping, at least in part because Guild now sells them without a case, and neither was properly...

My new F-250 arrived today in a Guild box that looked like it had been chewed on by an alligator. Not a good sign. Upon opening the box, I discovered that Guild doesn't ship the Westerly Collection guitars in a case. Not a hard case, nor a gig bag. Nothing, but a thin plastic bag, surrounded...

These look like a dead ringer for the elusive F-50 Standard I foolishly sold a few years back. I get that they are MIC, that they are not finished in NCL, that they have a pau ferro fret board/, and that the tuners and electronics are cheap. But for under $600, all in, the F-250 appears to...

Well, the F-40 I bought on a whim (with incomplete information...on Reverb...red wine was involved...) turns out to be Tacoma-made, a March 2007 model, right in the sweet spot for that era (after the folks there got the updated models down to a science, but before they knew their days were...

OK, I'm back. I've been on a long, expensive trip to Martin and Gibson vintageguitarland, but just snagged an F-40 Valencia (either Tacoma or New Hartford, not sure) off of Reverb. I have been haunted for years by the only guitar I have ever sold that I regret letting go, a 2007...

https://reverb.com/item/15324450-guild-f30r-w-ohc-2012 A nice little box appeared at my doorstep this evening. I have been patiently waiting for a New Hartford F-30R Standard to come up for sale at the right price for a couple of years now. Well, here it is! it is in virtually unplayed...

https://reverb.com/item/13638935-guild-f50-1982-westerly-maple It has been a while since I bought a Guild, but this player-grade F-50 had my name written all over it. I missed the F-50 Standard I sold a while back. This one will serve nicely as a stage guitar. It has a K&K Trinity installed...

Sad. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guild-1954-Vintage-X-150-Savoy-Hollowbody-Guitar-W-Heavy-Padded-Gig-Bag/122849567870?hash=item1c9a67a47e:g:O7AAAOSwA~VaKcqw The "customization" of the headstock is particularly egregious.

For about 12 hours, I listed my beautiful sunburst F-50 Standard on Reverb. I was tired of fighting the nut width (too narrow) and scale length (too long). Then I made the "mistake" of playing it again for old time's sake. Oops. It is a ridiculously good guitar at any price, and holds its own...