Hi All,
I'm glad I found this forum, seems like a great place.
I've owned a Guild S50 Jetstar since about 1990. It's a '64 or '65, all intact and original except a possible refinish. The finish is pretty beat-up, even if it's been redone. It's been my "second" guitar (my first is the Strat I've owned for about 35 years... As-bought it was made from at least two guitars, a '63 neck and a '59 body, pickups may be older, pickguard is probably from the '63). I've been using the Guild more and more lately, and really love the way it plays and sounds.
My main rig is an original '61 Fender Reverb, and a '61 Fender Vibrolux 6G11A (brown, 1x12). I play mostly blues, and when I play with my old band of 25 years it's mostly originals that have a lot of blues, acid rock, and funk influence.
I'll post some pics of the Guild soon. It's cherry red, but I don't think it's the original finish because there seems to be some visible sloppiness in the spraying in a couple of places, plus the edge of the fingerboard was red, almost obliterating the position markers. I didn't like that I couldn't see the markers so a long time ago I scraped the finish off the side of the fingerboard.
I bought the guitar sight-unseen (nary even a picture) mail-order from an ad in Vintage Guitar... from Gordy's Guitars in Maryland. I paid $125. I was looking for a guitar that still had some vintage vibe but didn't have enough value to be nervous about taking it on airplanes and leaving it in my car. Since that time my appreciation for it has grown along with it's value, and I'd like to do the right thing by the old gal. I'd love to find out what the original finish might have been and see about restoring that. In places where the finish is most worn, I can see what I'll call three "layers." Top layer is the glossy cherry red finish. Beneath that is what looks more like a reddish stain that hasn't penetrated the mahogany very deeply. Finally, there is just bare mahogany that hasn't taken any stain. It almost looks as if the guitar was originally bare natural mahogany. I haven't ever removed the pickguard to look for evidence, perhaps I will do so and post pictures of what I find.
Anyway, that's me and my Guild. Looking forward to participating on the forum.
PS: I'd love to find myself a nice Aristocrat one day!
I'm glad I found this forum, seems like a great place.
I've owned a Guild S50 Jetstar since about 1990. It's a '64 or '65, all intact and original except a possible refinish. The finish is pretty beat-up, even if it's been redone. It's been my "second" guitar (my first is the Strat I've owned for about 35 years... As-bought it was made from at least two guitars, a '63 neck and a '59 body, pickups may be older, pickguard is probably from the '63). I've been using the Guild more and more lately, and really love the way it plays and sounds.
My main rig is an original '61 Fender Reverb, and a '61 Fender Vibrolux 6G11A (brown, 1x12). I play mostly blues, and when I play with my old band of 25 years it's mostly originals that have a lot of blues, acid rock, and funk influence.
I'll post some pics of the Guild soon. It's cherry red, but I don't think it's the original finish because there seems to be some visible sloppiness in the spraying in a couple of places, plus the edge of the fingerboard was red, almost obliterating the position markers. I didn't like that I couldn't see the markers so a long time ago I scraped the finish off the side of the fingerboard.
I bought the guitar sight-unseen (nary even a picture) mail-order from an ad in Vintage Guitar... from Gordy's Guitars in Maryland. I paid $125. I was looking for a guitar that still had some vintage vibe but didn't have enough value to be nervous about taking it on airplanes and leaving it in my car. Since that time my appreciation for it has grown along with it's value, and I'd like to do the right thing by the old gal. I'd love to find out what the original finish might have been and see about restoring that. In places where the finish is most worn, I can see what I'll call three "layers." Top layer is the glossy cherry red finish. Beneath that is what looks more like a reddish stain that hasn't penetrated the mahogany very deeply. Finally, there is just bare mahogany that hasn't taken any stain. It almost looks as if the guitar was originally bare natural mahogany. I haven't ever removed the pickguard to look for evidence, perhaps I will do so and post pictures of what I find.
Anyway, that's me and my Guild. Looking forward to participating on the forum.
PS: I'd love to find myself a nice Aristocrat one day!
