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  1. Steve Messenger

    La Bella Acoustic 12 String Guitar Phosphor Bronze Extra Light?

    Has anyone played these? I've been using D'Addario Silk and Steel, and the LaBella Silk and Steel sets are expensiver (not quite Thomasik prices) on my '67 F-212
  2. Steve Messenger

    D40-12 ...

    Has anyone played one of these...
  3. Steve Messenger

    How many Guild Custom Shop M-70s were made?

    Just sittin' around playing my '99 Fiesta Red M-70 ... it's a terrific little guitar IMHO ... anyhoo, I know that there were 5(?) colors, but how many were made in the two years (1999-2000?)? Thanks
  4. Steve Messenger

    1/2 the price of a DE-500

    no association with these folks, but this X-700 looks sweet! https://www.archtop.com/ac_97x700_322.html
  5. Steve Messenger

    HB-1 coil-splitting question

    Do I remember correctly that '70s (or later) Guilds with HB-1 pickups were able to be coil-split ... is this difficult to do? I'm thinking about having a guitar built, and I would like it to have an HB-1, but I would love the ability to move between humbucker and single coil sound ... Thanks
  6. Steve Messenger

    Orpheum 12-string vs. F-512

    I saw an Orpheum 12-string for sale, but I've been unable to find any video/sound files for one ... Has anyone had the opportunity to compare an Orpheum 12 with F-512s (or F-212XLs)?
  7. Steve Messenger

    X-700 for sale

    no connection w/ the seller ... but what a beautiful guitar! https://www.justjazzguitars.com/forsale107guildx700.htm?fbclid=IwAR0WcbvzssbLS9NCV2XQ0hX5hXehUquLD3ojSdkUbVaCnP6Yv2lt1cnkEoI
  8. Steve Messenger

    string gauge opinions

    it's about time to re-sting my '61 starfire III ... i was listening to a Rev. Horton Heat interview, and he extolled the virtues of flatwound strings on his 6120 ... but he also said that in them olden days, guys used heavier gauge strings (there weren't really light gauge ones then, I suppose)...
  9. Steve Messenger

    So how many M-70s were made?

    I saw a 2000 blue-green M-70 for sale on Reverb a couple of days ago for around 2 grand ... and a few of the Fiesta Red (like my 1999er) ones show up occasionally ... I know that some of the LTG crowd has owned some ... but I have never seen numbers on how many were made ... any thoughts?
  10. Steve Messenger

    Pilot with switches on the pickups

    I saw an at at Rivington Guitars for a '92 Pilot with "switches on the pickups" .... are these just on/off or something else?
  11. Steve Messenger

    Blues 90 or Custome Shop M-70?

    I'm jonesin' for a solid body guitar ... looking at a Blues 90 and a Custom Shop M-70 ... any thoughts? (and, no ... I can't do both)
  12. Steve Messenger

    WTB looking for a Nightbird I with HB-1s

    If there is anything like that around. Thanks Steve
  13. Steve Messenger

    Guild single coils

    I'm giving SERIOUS thought to having the folks at Mule Resophonic Guitars build me a Mulecaster ... but since it will be mine, I want to load her up with some Guild pups ... My '61 Starfire III has DeArmond Dynasonics, so I'm good there ... but ... let's say I had the Mule guys put an (original)...
  14. Steve Messenger

    D-25 sighting? AO

    @ 1:07 all too briefly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_fTBYoZM4
  15. Steve Messenger

    a sighting ...!!!! who?

    https://acornhouseguitars.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_0237.jpg
  16. Steve Messenger

    Guild sighting

    On Richard Thompson's birthday (even though he plays a *drool* Lowden), here's Bonnie Raitt playing one of Richard's songs on her Guild (with Richard lurking in harmony in the background) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8M74ufF4Q
  17. Steve Messenger

    Guild sighting - John Doe

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiWQjMXtJTY playing just outside of DC tonight at Jammin' Java
  18. Steve Messenger

    what is this?

    https://reverb.com/item/4215405-guild-usa-prototype-1-of-1-2014-tri-color-sunburst
  19. Steve Messenger

    any idea what this is?

    https://reverb.com/item/4225890-guild-usa-prototype-1-of-1-2014-natural-mahogany
  20. Steve Messenger

    How many M-70s were built?

    Did they all have DeArmonds?
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