Carolyn Hester's Guild and its Curlicue Strings

[Siwash]

Just realized now why the Guild brand's resonant with me: I'm keen on the oldtime folk boom saga. Read a book recently that sported a photo of Carolyn Hester with a Guild F-30, with the strings, of course!, all curlicued up at the tuners.

I curlied up mine the last string job, kept them there a couple of weeks before trimming them.

 

[Guildmark]

Very astute insight Si. I hadn't considered that before but there's a lot of truth in it - especially for us geezers who were around then.

re: curlied string ends - Whew! (Serious sigh of relief.) :wink:

 

[Siwash]

Well, I was born about the same week as the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, apparently a real watershed event; great talent on that lineup!

Anyone know if there's any recording of this?

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Mmmmm.... Carolyn Hester. Chick City. And Judy Henske. Thems were the days.

 

[Siwash]

I'll tell ya, she IS a cutie!