Guild Sighting- The Shins

[Ridgemont]

I was flipping through a recent Rolling Stone Magazine and came across a picture of James Mercer, frontman for The Shins. He was holding an dread with what looked like a Guild headstock so I did a bit of digging. I couldn't find any acoustic pics but a few electrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzkGexRdvZk

And a photo of another:



Anyway, I have been a fan for a bit, but did not pick up on the Guild connection until now.

 

[Zelja]

The other guitarist also uses an S-100:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzkGexRdvZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_44pHFehGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNNNrnHF9Bo

Found a few with the Starfire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4MI73mLCpQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa4wuxNNJv8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F9b3JxXYvg

 

[tele4tone]

It's nice to see the S-100 used in a jangly type music. These guitars actually excel in a clean guitar tone.

Jeff

 

[Zelja]

It's nice to see the S-100 used in a jangly type music. These guitars actually excel in a clean guitar tone.

Jeff

+1 This is a big reason why I got mine. Great clarity, definition & attack compared to most other humbucker equipped guitars.

 

[Qvart]

Funny how you start seeing Guilds where you didn't notice before.

Here are some more threads with The Shins:

http://letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27773

http://letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8555

http://letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5306&p=49884