F47RCE serial number date

[Pierandy]

I’d like to know the date of my Guild , thanks for your help.

 

[chazmo]

That's a Corona built version, @Pierandy . Which puts it between 2002 - 2004ish. Hopefully someone can give you a more precise date.

Could we see more pictures of it? It looks great from the headstock!

Welcome aboard.

 

[Pierandy]

I’d like to know the date of my Guild , thanks for your help.

 

[chazmo]

Oh my gosh! That's wonderful and rare, Pierandy. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Hope you're enjoying it.

 

[Pierandy]

yes, the same told me the Guild when I asked it to them… thanks anyway

 

[Pierandy]

Oh my gosh! That's wonderful and rare, Pierandy. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Hope you're enjoying it.

Thanks to you again … yes it is a great guitar and the sound is amazing even if not so deep( probably because of soundboard not too big), unfortunately I use that quite rarely because I am a jazz guitarist and I usually use other kinds of guitars.

 

[SFIV1967]

Welcome to LTG!

2002 catalog:





Ralf

 

[chazmo]

Thanks to you again … yes it is a great guitar and the sound is amazing even if not so deep( probably because of soundboard not too big), unfortunately I use that quite rarely because I am a jazz guitarist and I usually use other kinds of guitars.

Andy, the "depth" of these (and other) models changed significantly -- over an inch, between 4 and 5 inches -- over the years of Guild production, but I am completely convinced that the sound never suffered one way or the other. In fact, I have ended up with mostly the "shallower" bodies of the more recent models in my hands over the years, and I think they are just the bees knees.

 

[chazmo]

Again, welcome aboard!!!!!!!

 

[Pierandy]

Welcome to LTG!

2002 catalog:





Ralf

Thanks a lot Ralf...

 

[adorshki]

I’d like to know the date of my Guild , thanks for your help.

HI Pierandi, welcome!

They only put that "Handcrafted..." decal on the back of the headstock for the first year or so of production, and that s/n is so low, #115, that I'm willing to bet it's an '02 build, first year of Corona production.

There may be a date stamp on the end block inside the guitar, a detail we discovered recently about Coronas. In Westerly, the previous factory, that date was the date the rim was completed, but actual completion of the guitar could be anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months for really slow moving models. Don't know if that still applied in Corona, but it would make sense.