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Walrus- Thanks for pointing that out and always good to give credit where it is due. What a great resource and I appreciate their time and effort in helping others learn more about the their instruments.

In doing some more research on my 1999 M20 I found this link to the 1999 Guild catalogue/newsletter. It shows all of the guitars of that year and has some great articles and pictures of people working at the Westerly factory. Looks like 1999 was the first time in 30 years that Guild made the...

I did buy it off of FB Marketplace but luckily it was just a short drive from my house. Best part was that the guy who sold it to me was one of the nicest people I have ever met. We had a great conversation just about guitars when I was there. Made the whole experience that much better and...

Great discussion and thanks to all for your input. I also appreciate the nice comments about my guitar. It will be interesting to see how the guitar "wakes up" over time but I always have to keep reminding myself that the best way to make my guitars sound better is just to keep practicing and...

Thanks for all the great feedback and here is a picture of her. I threw on some Elixir Nanoweb 12's to start with but will try different strings to see how the tone changes. I'm always looking for string recommendations so fee free to forward those too. Very interesting gadget that Tonerite...

I just bought an absolutely mint 1999 Guild M-20 (Hans confirmed the serial number and I sent him the build date). I don't think it has been played much, if at all, and it even had the original tags in the case. I know guitars open up over time but do they have to be played for this to happen...

Two days ago I took SFIV1967's advice and emailed Guild directly through their website for some clarification about how their guitars are sold at Guitar Center. This morning, I received a really good response back from Patrick at Guild/Cordoba. We had a nice correspondence about guitars (and...

One business practice Guild may consider is something like the Taylor road show. A number of years ago they had a road show here in Sacramento at a local store (not GC) and Doyle Dykes played and talked about Taylors. After seeing him half of me never wanted to pick up a guitar again because...

Just goes to show you how important the marketing department is to a company. Bob Taylor gets most of the credit for the success of Taylor yet he started the company with Kurt Listug who handled the sales so Bob could focus on building quality guitars. They were, and still are vital to the...

I just copied my post and sent it directly to Guild. If I get a reply I will let you know. I know the company is starting all over from scratch and I really want them to do well. They may be frustrated too. I know in retail that "shelf space" is brutally competitive.

I have heard great things about some of the new Guilds coming out of Oxnard or Asia and just wanted to try some out. On the Guild website it showed me a map of local official retailers and the closest one to me in Sacramento was Guitar Center. Since my favorite local music store doesn't carry...

I just sent Hans an email answering his questions about my guitar. I hope to someday read his book and it sounds like he is working on new one. Also, if I ever take the old pickguard off my guitar I will be sure to save it and pass it on to someone on this forum who may find it useful.

Wow! Thanks for all the feedback from the Guild community. Best news to hear is that most agree that what is on my guitar won't cause any further damage. I really do appreciate the advice and offer for "Guildedagain" on sending a piece to fill the gap but I think I am going to pass. Thank you...

Hey Bonneville 88 - Thanks! Great information and pictures. I knew something wasn't right with that gap. I am going to look for a good luthier around Sacramento to help me out on this one. This would be my first pickguard replacement and if it was a lesser model guitar I might take the chance...

I joined the Guild family last year when I got a great deal on a 1984 F-50R on Craigslist. I love everything about this guitar and she is built like a tank. No structural problems but there are issues with the pickguard. I know that sometimes they will shrink but the gap where the pickguard...

This thread made me think of this interview John Lennon gave to Rolling Stone in 1971 about his guitar playing. No matter how good of a rhythm guitarist you are (and John Lennon was one of the best) I think you always wish you could play better lead. I don't know if most lead guitarist feel...

Just got mine in the mail today after only a few days. Really nice pins. Love it! Thanks.

That is some really great stuff. If you are ever playing up in Northern California let me know. Love to come see you.

Thanks for all of the incoming advice. I just looked it up and Naptha is banned here in California. Still looking at many options. If I find a solution I will post up an after picture.

That is one beautiful looking guitar! Congrats. Stories like these are making me less of a Luddite and like the internet again.