Rich Cohen
Senior Member
Has anyone ever seen a JF-26?
https://reverb.com/item/17223273-guild-jf26-nt-1985
https://reverb.com/item/17223273-guild-jf26-nt-1985
Prob some of the Guild employees would go out at lunchtime, get high, come back in and come up with these model variations?
Google search pulled up a few LTG threads on it. Quick scan suggests it may be a jumbo run in 1995 made for GC related to the D26 also for GC, with slight cosmetic differences to the -25 series.
https://www.google.com/search?q=gui...FVs0KHWy7Df4QrQIoBDAAegQIAhAL&biw=375&bih=626
I also note that the JF26 appears to have been HG whereas JF4's were "Satin" finish, at least when introduced.Other than the inlayed name, white binding and gold Grovers, it appears to be basically the same as my JF-4.
Guess I'll add one of these to my GAS list! 8)
Well when Guild moved into New Hartford GC dropped 'em because New Hartford was flat out incapable of meeting their "minimum order(delivery) requirements", a least according to Fender's official line.I always pondered GC's impact on guitar production..
Strictly from all my readings here, I never got the sense that Gibson built to a lower standard for a given customer, but I can recall (I think it was Twocorgiis) somebody saying that somebody at Gibson who oughta know, saying that GC was the worst place to buy Gibsons.But those Gibsons were so shoddy that I had to wonder, were they special runs for GC, built at a price point for GC?
Yep, lot of conjecture about their fate a couple of years ago, seemed like there was no way they could get their outstanding debt re-structured, but apparently they're holding on somehow.I thought GC was circling the drain a while back, but apparently is still around?
I always pondered GC's impact on guitar production... particularly in regard to the laughable QC and overall product quality (in oxymoron in this instance) of Gibson electric guitars through the time period when I actually frequented GC in person, usually for strings because favorite store was closed Like on a Sunday, or in the hope of finding a gem through the din of Metallica and Ozzy riffs. Twas a rare thing I ever found anything but ill informed sales people with misplaced attitude...
But those Gibsons were so shoddy that I had to wonder, were they special runs for GC, built at a price point for GC?
And then came on Sweetwater, Music 123, Musician's friend, and who knows who else. You can only imagine the demand on Gibson, Fender, Guild, Gretsch, etc to make instruments, and in the same vain of excess and glut, Gibson forces dealers to buy so much useless inventory that no one but GC is a Gibson dealer anymore, locally.
I thought GC was circling the drain a while back, but apparently is still around?
I rarely go to the city, have no clue if ours is still in biz or not, but would guess yes.
I thought GC was circling the drain a while back, but apparently is still around?
Happy New Year all at LTG! I’m new here to LTG and joined in hopes of finding some information on a guitar that I recently purchased finding out that this site obviously has a wealth of knowledge, my knowledge of music and guitars “neck body frets strings put fingers like this strum” Anyway noticed this thread jf26 and this happens to be the guitar I purchased and is the first guitar I have that is made in the USA, currently playing a Guid Westerly140 CE made in China of course but sounds amazing and was Curious what to expect:
So have been looking through some of the past forum post on the JF 26 and noticed there is no internal bracing and was curious as to what affects this has on a guitar is it more of a structural element or does it have a lot to do a sound the guitar produces thanks
i've never personally experienced poor quality in a gibson electric (acoustic, yes). i'd put my 79 LP artisan up against ANY era LP for build, finish, sound, playability...it's a very special guitar. i think any brand goes can have both exceptional and not so much exceptional periods and products. i've owned 7 toyotas...2 great, 3 very good, and 2 not so great. speaking of which, i was in a local, small time guitar repair shop and they had a TOYOTA electric guitar on the wall. somewhere i have a pic
Thanks for the information, Patiently waiting for it to arrive via ups hopefully it sounds good appears to be in very good condition could you provide some information on the hog back(correct term?) what this does for the guitar.
I respectfully disagree but it may be in what we mean by "focused"The top is braced, but the back is not. The back is laminated and was formed on Guild's legendary archback press. There has been some discussion here that the archback may provide a more "focused" sound.