vintageMagnet
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Hello There,
I'm new to this forum, and I joined because I just acquired an old Guild guitar and I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it. I am not a guitarist, but a drummer who repairs/restores drums, and a customer gave this to me along with some other vintage items.
So far, my research has led me to understand that it's a 1958 M-65 Freshman 3/4 scale with the older trapeze tailpiece, the soap bar Franz pickup, and stove-type knobs. The headstock is cracked at the base (as if the guitar fell over backwards, or someone pushed down on the neck while the guitar was lying down), but not badly enough to be loose. So far (one day), it's held the tuning on the 3 remaining strings. I've hesitated to put new strings on it...
Other than that, the issues seem to be cosmetic or minor (the bridge is moving around), though I haven't plugged it in yet.
A 50-year-old Guild is, I'm guessing, like a 50-year-old Gretsch drumset. But I don't know whether that kind of crack makes this near useless. Is this guitar worth repairing? Selling? Hanging on my wall? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Scott
I'm new to this forum, and I joined because I just acquired an old Guild guitar and I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it. I am not a guitarist, but a drummer who repairs/restores drums, and a customer gave this to me along with some other vintage items.
So far, my research has led me to understand that it's a 1958 M-65 Freshman 3/4 scale with the older trapeze tailpiece, the soap bar Franz pickup, and stove-type knobs. The headstock is cracked at the base (as if the guitar fell over backwards, or someone pushed down on the neck while the guitar was lying down), but not badly enough to be loose. So far (one day), it's held the tuning on the 3 remaining strings. I've hesitated to put new strings on it...
Other than that, the issues seem to be cosmetic or minor (the bridge is moving around), though I haven't plugged it in yet.
A 50-year-old Guild is, I'm guessing, like a 50-year-old Gretsch drumset. But I don't know whether that kind of crack makes this near useless. Is this guitar worth repairing? Selling? Hanging on my wall? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Scott