Guild F50 NH Headstock

[Badger]

I have a question for you. Doesn't the headstock of Guilds manufactured in NH have an indication of the serial number?

 

[Stuball48]

Do not think the New Hartford factory put SN on back of headstock.

 

[chazmo]

No, unfortunately. No branded serial numbers in the necks of (almost) all of the New Hartford guitars. That headstock has the right Gotoh open-back tuners though. The faceplate should be a real piece of ebony. According to the label, this went through final assembly in February in 2010.

 

[walrus]

No headstock serial number on my NH F-30RCE...

walrus

 

[GGJaguar]

The Oxnard instruments don't have serial numbers on the headstock. I don't believe the Tacoma guitars do, either. I guess the Corona guitars are the last to have them.

 

[chazmo]

There are a handful of New Hartford guitars that got something on the back of the headstock but almost all don't. It was a few of the custom shop or maybe GSR models only. Oxnard has the engraved plate on the neck block. That's a damn sight better than just the label.

 

[SFIV1967]

There are a handful of New Hartford guitars that got something on the back of the headstock but almost all don't. It was a few of the custom shop or maybe GSR models only.

Only the electric solidbody GSR and American Patriarch models had the stamp, as there is no label visible from outside. Some only had the serial number, some the Made in USA as well. Here's a AP M-75:

Ralf