Guitar identifying

[Stratboy]

Around 1972 I had the privilege of seeing Terry Reid with David Lindley. In concert here In the UK, David was using an early Epiphone Wilshire, Terry was using what I thought was a Guild, it was something like an M75 in a sunburst but with a sharp Florentine cutaway, double bound and two humbuckers, often wondered what it was, anyone have any idea? Great gig as I recall, and led to me becoming a lifelong Mr Dave fan!

Tom

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

To the best of my memory Guild did not produce a "small" bodied guitar the size of an M-75 with a Florentine cutaway. If it was a larger body it could have been a Starfire II.

 

[Stratboy]

It was definitely a smaller bodied guitar, reminiscent of a Gibson ES140, but brighter cherryburst. I remember thinking it was Guild, but it was nearly 50 years ago!

 

[SFIV1967]

Lindley himself played all kind of "unusual" guitars, Nationals, Ekos, Tescos....or like that small Kay Barney Kessel "Pro" guitar but not with a Florentine cutaway either:

Terry Reid usually played some Les Pauls in his younger years.

Haven't seen a sunburst or cherryburst one in his pictures. Plus there wasn't anything from Guild except larger body Starfires with Florentine cutaway.

Ralf

 

[Stratboy]

Great photos SFIV1969, could have been a custom build using a Guild neck in a similar way to Dave Hill from Slade who had a custom body with a neck from a Gibson 345! Maybe we'll find out one day!

Tom

 

[SFIV1967]

Where was the concert when you saw them both? Not the 1970 Isle of Wight one, or?

Ralf

 

[Stratboy]

It was at Sunderland Polytechnic, northeast England around 1972, they did a lot of songs from the River album. Great live band.

Tom