NGD 1954 X375

[ChasingGuitars]

It arrived yesterday and I was able to hold myself back and let it acclimate before unboxing. All I can say is wow! There is play wear but I can’t believe the condition given the age. The blonde finish is beautiful. The nut is wide with a very full neck, good action and the bridge can be lowered, all electronics work and no signs of any issues. This is now my oldest Guild with serial number 1850 as my 1954 Aristocrat is serial number 1969.

I was a little nervous how it would sound as it has its original caps and resistors. I just got finished playing it through my Carr Mercury amp. The bridge has some treble being bled off but very usable. The neck appears to have the most caps and such as it almost has a little nasal sound. The middle pickup is just amazing. I have no idea what caps and such are on it but I don’t care. I could play that pickup all day. I was hoping I would like the sound as I would be really reluctant to mess with the original wiring. No need to mess with the original wiring. The hardest part is that this is my Christmas present so I need to put it away and not touch it until Christmas morning. That’s going to be difficult!

These are not great photos but here are a few shots:

Awesome great find and good luck!

 

[Neal]

Wow, that thing is absolutely lovely.

 

[Jough]

Beautiful guitar, it should be played, a lot

 

[lungimsam]

Wonder if it spent any time in the British Isles…

 

[Rich Cohen]

I had one of these and sadly sold it. They are tanks. And worth every penny. the combinations of tones is amazing.

 

[HeyMikey]

Not sure how I missed this earlier, but congrats Brad. She is a beauty. I’m intrigued by that long set of control knobs. It looks confusing to my simple mind. What do they all do?

 

[BradHK]

Not sure how I missed this earlier, but congrats Brad. She is a beauty. I’m intrigued by that long set of control knobs. It looks confusing to my simple mind. What do they all do?

Thanks! They are just used for pickup selection.

 

[HeyMikey]

Individual on-off for each coil?

 

[BradHK]

Individual on-off for each coil?

The three on the left select one pickup and the three on the right select two pickups. When you push one in the previous selected option pops up.

 

[Default]

If you push the last two down, you get all three!

 

[AcornHouse]

If you press them in the right sequence it opens up a portal to Narnia.

 

[BradHK]

If you push the last two down, you get all three!

I have tried that and unfortunately no. If you push two down at the same time they deselect whatever is currently selected and they both just pop back up with nothing selected.

 

[lungimsam]

Ohhhh… I have never seen these and from a distance thought they were sliding switches. I can almost remember the feel the push buttons of electronics from years back under my fingertips!!!

Do they have that soft push engagement feel or do they snap in when you push them?

 

[Opsimath]

If you push the last two down, you get all three!

On yours, can you push the last two down at the same time?

 

[Default]

TB and TM can be pushed down to select all three pups on mine. Only those two.

 

[BradHK]

TB and TM can be pushed down to select all three pups on mine. Only those two.

Oh, I got mine to do work! Not sure what I was doing yesterday as I can get two to stay down at the same time today. I think I was being a little too ”delicate” pushing both down together yesterday. On mine if you push and hold two down (any two) they will both stay down. You can almost feel it “click” and hold the two. Three will not work. I have both of my 1954’s out today playing back and forth between the two. These two have the deepest neck’s of all of my Guilds. Love them. A day of Franz!