The Guilds of Grot
Enlightened Member
Hmmmm...
Right! So that's a little different than some famous player owning the guitar. Still, "This is the guitar SRV used for this gig...." (and here's the pic to prove it) -- that's pretty cool. (Unfortunately, that does NOT mean that you'll be able to play it like SRV. )Listing indicates that it’s from Studio-Instrument Rentals, which opened in L.A.(?) in the 60’s. Any number of folks may have played that guitar!
It is shown as Sold on Reverb. Anybody here?Well, it's gone from Reverb now (unless it was relisted).
But if you can extract SRV DNA from the fingerboard, you can clone your own SRV.Unfortunately, that does NOT mean that you'll be able to play it like SRV.
Listed as "sold" on their website. There's apparently folks with a lot of money out there!Well, it's gone from Reverb now (unless it was relisted).
Hello M.,
At that point in time every F-412 was a 'Special Order' guitar. For the collector (with way too much money) who enjoys these type of details ....... this was the guitar that Stevie Ray Vaughn used during the MTV-Unplugged sessions. Good chance that the sellers are going to jack up the price when they hear about this 'tidbit' of information, so if you're that collector ......... buy it now!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
No idea, Brad. As I mentioned, it looks a little odd to me when I look at the amount of the headstock taken up by those Grovers... I suspect those are the full-size ones, but can't say for certain. Whether they were put on at the factory... If you look close up at the back of the headstock, you can see that the spacing between the tuners is a bit inconsistent (sloppy) as is the angle. I'm not sure if that means anything in terms of originality or not. I don't see any outlines of other tuners having been on there, but most of the real estate is covered by those tuners so...Very curious here. Back then, was ANY Guild 412 factory-equipped with the big Grovers? Even my old guitar (AE 176) did not come supplied with Grovers. It had 6-on-a-strip nickle or chrome plated gears.
I think it means the tech who replaced the strip tuners did not use a self-centering stepped drill to enlarge the original holes.I'm not sure if that means anything in terms of originality or not.
It certainly is!
I really wouldn't have guessed that Stevie Ray just playing the guitar would've brought this kind of cachet to the sale. I mean he didn't own it, right?