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New guy here, was hoping to get some help here with a Guild guitar I recently pulled from my parent's attic. It's one I picked up at a yard sale for $12 many moons ago and forgot I had. Over the weekend I went up to the attic to get a guitar stand for a new electric I recently bought and stumbled into it so I decided to haul it home and check it out in the new age of the internet.
It's a Guild model A50 bl. It's an arch-top f-hole jazz guitar, blonde in color (the "bl" in the serial no.?). Serial number is 42737. Did a little poking around, it's not the A50 from the nineties, but definitely the Granada or Cordoba from the 50's-60's. Has no pickup or electrics. Was made in Hoboken, NJ which is cool cause I'm from Jersey.... It has the original hard shell case, which has the Guild stamped emblem, latches all around, very sturdy case.
Unfortunately, it has a crack about 6-7 inches long that starts on the back of the neck just below the headstock and runs about a third or so of the way along the back of the neck. It was this way when I found it at the yardsale, hence the reason I didn't mess with it at the time and stuck it in the attic.
I tried to tune it up but it didn't seem that stable and I didn't want to push my luck and make it worse. Could be just the old strings stretching but I thought I would get it to a professional luthier to decide. Other than the crack it is in pretty decent shape, not checked and not all beat up. The headstock veneer is lifting slightly, and the mother-of-pearl logo is lifting out a little. Also, the fretboard seems to have shrunk a little because the fret edges are sticking out just slightly and need to be trimmed.
I would love any information on dating this instrument, production figures, market value or any other info about it. I would also like some advice on the repair, what the repair should cost, and suggestions for a luthier in the Southern NJ area that could get this very interesting piece back into players condition.
thanks,
marty
It's a Guild model A50 bl. It's an arch-top f-hole jazz guitar, blonde in color (the "bl" in the serial no.?). Serial number is 42737. Did a little poking around, it's not the A50 from the nineties, but definitely the Granada or Cordoba from the 50's-60's. Has no pickup or electrics. Was made in Hoboken, NJ which is cool cause I'm from Jersey.... It has the original hard shell case, which has the Guild stamped emblem, latches all around, very sturdy case.
Unfortunately, it has a crack about 6-7 inches long that starts on the back of the neck just below the headstock and runs about a third or so of the way along the back of the neck. It was this way when I found it at the yardsale, hence the reason I didn't mess with it at the time and stuck it in the attic.
I tried to tune it up but it didn't seem that stable and I didn't want to push my luck and make it worse. Could be just the old strings stretching but I thought I would get it to a professional luthier to decide. Other than the crack it is in pretty decent shape, not checked and not all beat up. The headstock veneer is lifting slightly, and the mother-of-pearl logo is lifting out a little. Also, the fretboard seems to have shrunk a little because the fret edges are sticking out just slightly and need to be trimmed.
I would love any information on dating this instrument, production figures, market value or any other info about it. I would also like some advice on the repair, what the repair should cost, and suggestions for a luthier in the Southern NJ area that could get this very interesting piece back into players condition.
thanks,
marty
