yoko, I may start another thread just to see this photo again!!
walrus
walrus
See!!! Yet another record to be proudly defended!!!Suddenly felt the urge to embrace my Guild.
Was there ever a U.S. acoustic guitar company that's moved plant locations as many times as Guild?
Sad, sad, sad day. And agreed that the State of Ct is clueless about business here
So pipe dream to give a glimmer of what could be: wouldn't it be nice if Mark Dronge was interested in picking up the brand? He and his daughter were awfully curious about the plant last August. Maybe it's just a pipe drem...
Nice one. However, I don't blame Fender, I blame the bottomless American greed. Everything ends boys and girl, but think about what we have: classic Guild guitars that we love and sound great. Be happy for the run we had. Of course I feel bad for the new Hartford workers, but as others have said, craftsmanship and quality aren't as meaningful today. It's like digital music. I truly thank God for all of my vinyl and the good times we had.HEY FENDER......
Exactly! GC is Fenders biggest customer. If GC goes down Fender itself goes down. That is directly connected. Hence the owners of both companies worry about both I think. Just_Guild made excellent points above.If GC goes down, who will they take with them?
Exactly! GC is Fenders biggest customer. If GC goes down Fender itself goes down. That is directly connected. Hence the owners of both companies worry about both I think. Just_Guild made excellent points above.
Even if every listed LTG member (4,367 listed) would have bought at least one NH guitar, 4,367 guitars would not have saved NH in the long term. (Mind Martin shipped almost 99,000 guitars in 2013 and Taylor shipped probably well over 100k in 2013).
Ralf
And Fender has diluted its own brand - a lot like General Motors. Look at the FMIC line-up:Guild, Ovation, Takamine, Fender Acoustic, Tacoma, Jasmine - their price points overlap and there are too many of them. When you walk into the GC acoustic room, the low end brands get the shelf space - they may not be great instruments, but most of them are fairly good. So gee, do I buy a Chevy or a Buick or a Caddy? They all get me where I want to go.Exactly! GC is Fenders biggest customer. If GC goes down Fender itself goes down. That is directly connected. Hence the owners of both companies worry about both I think. Just_Guild made excellent points above.
Even if every listed LTG member (4,367 listed) would have bought at least one NH guitar, 4,367 guitars would not have saved NH in the long term. (Mind Martin shipped almost 99,000 guitars in 2013 and Taylor shipped probably well over 100k in 2013).
Ralf
Interestingly, that's how Guild started, when Epiphone moved to Philadelphia and some of the craftsmen stayed behind. Maybe a few NH workers will band together and start their own company, would be in the Guild tradition.
Brad
Right, but then you have to decide how to make the Newark St. Line independent from FMIC...After all that seems to be a line that is not bad. The Arcos line is probably something you can cancel without too much pain, but even the GAD line seems to be good at the price point. I test played a D-140 in a shop for instance yesterday, nice guitar and big big tone. I compared it against a Jumbo F-150RCE which wasn't any loud compared to the D-140. They had about 10 different GADs and Arcos in the shop in Germany.An investor would have to buy the actual Guild brand...if it is (or becomes) "for sale."