Hi, my name's Colin. I'm 27 years old and live in OK w/ my wife and 3 cats. I grew up in Ft. Worth, TX and have been out in OK for the last 5-6 years. I was brought up around music, as my late father played drums for a band called Space Opera in the 70s. I ended up taking lessons from one of their guitar players, who's first "real" electric was a Starfire IV (first style) which he still owned. They were big Guild proponents and made some fantastic music w/ twin Starfie XIIs, one tuned in octaves, the other in 5ths. The two guitarists also at one point owned matching F-612s!
My father and I used to troll around pawn shops and music stores on a near-daily basis throughout grade school and Guild was always high on the "look-out" list. I've been more-or-less out of the buy/sell/trade game the last decade, but haven't stopped playing and enjoying guitars. Right now I have a new roots rock/rhythm/blues band called The Hook Echoes and am enjoying getting out and playing.
Ok, on to the gratuitous photos...
First up is my oldest Guild, a first year Starfire XII. As I recall, the S/N on it is in the 150-160s range. Good playing, clean guitar, in a standard finish w/ a Hagstrom bridge, instead of the all wood archtop bridges I seem to ususally see on these.
Next is my other Starfire, a '74 SF-VI. I haven't ever seen another mahogany one. This one's also pretty clean, aside from a little dulling of the parts' finish. Neck is maple, BTW.
Last is my fine, fine '94(?) X-700. This actually used to belong to my father and he got it NOS at a music store when it was probably about 5 years old. At some point in its long time of sitting on the store's hanger it became separated from its Guild case, so it's in a Gibson one instead.
Not pictured is a well-worn '72 S-100 in natural that's in storage at my mom's house in Ft. Worth. It's a light-weight screamer, though and, strangely (annoyingly!), does not have side dots on the neck, though the binding is clearly original.
My father and I used to troll around pawn shops and music stores on a near-daily basis throughout grade school and Guild was always high on the "look-out" list. I've been more-or-less out of the buy/sell/trade game the last decade, but haven't stopped playing and enjoying guitars. Right now I have a new roots rock/rhythm/blues band called The Hook Echoes and am enjoying getting out and playing.
Ok, on to the gratuitous photos...
First up is my oldest Guild, a first year Starfire XII. As I recall, the S/N on it is in the 150-160s range. Good playing, clean guitar, in a standard finish w/ a Hagstrom bridge, instead of the all wood archtop bridges I seem to ususally see on these.
Next is my other Starfire, a '74 SF-VI. I haven't ever seen another mahogany one. This one's also pretty clean, aside from a little dulling of the parts' finish. Neck is maple, BTW.
Last is my fine, fine '94(?) X-700. This actually used to belong to my father and he got it NOS at a music store when it was probably about 5 years old. At some point in its long time of sitting on the store's hanger it became separated from its Guild case, so it's in a Gibson one instead.
Not pictured is a well-worn '72 S-100 in natural that's in storage at my mom's house in Ft. Worth. It's a light-weight screamer, though and, strangely (annoyingly!), does not have side dots on the neck, though the binding is clearly original.
