GREE labels
- Thread starter GGJaguar
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Oh, wow. Westerly series guitars had a Cordoba label in them? How bizarre!
SFIV1967
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We are talking neck block labels here. And we still have no 100% confirmation that G2 and G3 are also GREE.Probably a question for @SFIV1967, but does anyone know when the Grand Reward serial number label changed from rectangular with "Cordoba" to round with "Guild" on the Westerly Collection guitars? From these two examples it was between 2018 and 2021.
The first one is not a Guild guitar but a Cordoba guitar. A Guild guitar never had a Cordoba label. (unless an error happened). EDIT: Well it looks like an error here...But it doesn't matter as also the Guild labels were rectangular for G1 and G2 models. (where the factory (?) code is 1, the factory code 3 always had round labels)
It's a maximum confusing topic...and only somebody from CMG could shine light on it. So far all info is just from looking at guitars which had by chance the factory inspecion label still attached. And they were all G1's from GREE. I have not seen such factory inspecion label on G2 or G3 S/N guitars yet. Would be interesting if any of the LTG members have one with their guitar.
See:
Westerly Collection Serial Number "Decoder"
O.k., it's not really a final decoder yet but I started to wonder what the new Westerly Collection serial numbers mean. To better understand this I first researched Cordoba Guitars serial numbers. The lower end Cordoba instruments do not even have a serial number. According to the Cordoba...
letstalkguild.com
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GGJaguar
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Actually it is from the Westerly Collection D-1212E in this post:
I hate when that happens
Ouch! Poor Westerly Collection D-1212E. https://www.ebay.com/itm/295539888453
letstalkguild.com
SFIV1967
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Very interesting! I would call that a labeling error at GREE. But we would need to look at other D-1212E...Who knows...Another "Guild" mystery...
As that example of a 2018 Guild label is number 5777 and the Cordoba one is 1653 (which is earlier) and the 2017 and 2016 labels were also Guild it's not a switch but has to be an error on some guitars in 2018.
Ralf
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SFIV1967
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Interesting...I found yet another Codoba labeled Guild, this time a early 2018 made OM-150CE. That's 0434. It fits that 2017/2018 label/Serial number confusion.
Ralf
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