If THEY cant get it right...

[AcornHouse]

We talk about the TRC Police (of which I am a proud member) jokingly
(sometimes), but I see it as upholding the tradition of Guild and its designs, including the way they designed their truss rod covers.
You can imagine my dismay when I saw this post from Guild’s own FB page. Aside from the involuntary cringe at the term “little bucker“ , the fact that they can’t tell when something is wrong....

 

[GAD]

They probably didn't take the pic.

 

[AcornHouse]

They probably didn't take the pic.

It’s their own post, advertising it, not someone else’s post to their page. That’s a classic advertising-type shot. They should proof any shots they use.

Not letting them off the hook.

 

[SFIV1967]

It’s their own post, advertising it, not someone else’s post to their page. That’s a classic advertising-type shot. They should proof any shots they use.

No, those are not Guild's own pictures! They even show that the pictures are from Stringsfield in Valencia Spain!



What is confusing is that they show:



Not sure what NYC has to do with Valencia Spain...

Anyway, those otherwise very nice pictures are not even on Stringsfield's Facebook page but on their Instagram Page, so Guild simply reused them for the Guild Facebook page.

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And here is the guitar in question with the upside down TRC on the Stringsfield homepage:

Guild Starfire V Bigsby Cherry

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www.stringsfield.com

Ralf

 

[dreadnut]

"Not responsible for modifications performed after purchase of the original guitar."

 

[AcornHouse]

Yes but they ARE using those pics to advertise their guitars on their page. Still responsible.

 

[Opsimath]

No, those are not Guild's own pictures! They even show that the pictures are from Stringsfield in Valencia Spain!



What is confusing is that they show:



Not sure what NYC has to do with Valencia Spain...

Here is the guitar in question with the upside down TRC on the Stringsfield page:

Guild Starfire V Bigsby Cherry

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www.stringsfield.com

Ralf

Your ability to track these things down and sort them out is mind boggling! And thank you for doing it.

 

[SFIV1967]

Yes but they ARE using those pics to advertise their guitars on their page. Still responsible.

Well, they could at least tell their dealers what the correct way is...
Ralf

 

[awagner]

I think the TRC is properly oriented, but the guitar is not. Easy fix. Remove the TRC and flip the guitar.

 

[GAD]

I agree that Guild should be better at this, but their social media advertising has been less than stellar IMO since CMG took over. They often use other people's photos, they mirror FB from Instagram and then don't monitor FB at all, and I've even seen them call out the wrong vintage guitar that's not the one in the pic.

I think their social media is run by someone with zero clue about vintage Guilds - and that's a whole 'nuther topic right there.

 

[dreadnut]

I think the TRC is properly oriented, but the guitar is not. Easy fix. Remove the TRC and flip the guitar.

Your inventory suggest that you know of what you speak.

 

[walrus]

Good catch, Chris! However it happened, that's pretty bad...

walrus

 

[GAD]

I think the TRC is properly oriented, but the guitar is not. Easy fix. Remove the TRC and flip the guitar.

This struck my as funny but mostly because of the part of my brain that's convinced that you've been buying and selling Guilds while removing the TRCs. I now envision you having a bucket full of Guild TRCs and a bunch of people on the Internet wondering where to find correct replacements.

 

[awagner]

I forgot to mention that after you flip the guitar you must reattach the TRC to restore it to stasis.

 

[adorshki]

I forgot to mention that after you flip the guitar you must reattach the TRC to restore it to stasis.

With negative polarity as shown on Guild's FB page.

 

[lungimsam]

Well if Guild would pony up and come up outta da pocket and get something written on their TRCs then this wouldn’t even be an issue!!! (Just kidding).

 

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