NGD - D55 50th Anniversary

[The Guilds of Grot]

Thank you for pinning that down Ralf! you rock!

CMG covered all the bases!

 

[Rich Cohen]

I had a 45th anniversary not too long ago, but sold it to a collector of high end Guilds. Recently, I contacted him and asked if he would sell it back to me. He's not ready yet. One of the best sounding Guilds I have owned.
My list:
DV-72 (sold)
45th Anniversary (sold)
JF-100 NT CRV (sold)
DD 6 MCE
A-500
2001 Benedetto AA

 

[fronobulax]

Hmm, interesting that Corona was using the 1953 beginning date. Maybe this is where Fender first "revised" history. I always thought they changed to 1953 for the 60th Anniversary.

I was gathering data to start a thread on the 1952-1953 issues and my conclusion so far is that Fender made the switch between 1997 and 2003. The 45th is dated 1997 but the 50th is dated 2003. One of the Fender era dating charts has a headline 1953-1960 but a table entry for 1952 showing maybe 350 serial numbers. Another has a heading 1952-1920 but the first entry in 1953.

 

[fronobulax]

I was gathering data to start a thread on the 1952-1953 issues and my conclusion so far is that Fender made the switch between 1997 and 2003. The 45th is dated 1997 but the 50th is dated 2003. One of the Fender era dating charts has a headline 1953-1960 but a table entry for 1952 showing maybe 350 serial numbers. Another has a heading 1952-1920 but the first entry in 1953.

If I had seen Ralf's contribution, I would have not posted.

I will add that when researching the 25th Anniversary D-25 what little I found suggested it was the 25th anniversary of the model, not the company.

 

[awagner]

And now the change: Year 2003 Guild catalog:

...

What I find more interesting than anything is the representation that Volume 2 was coming out in 2003.

 

[walrus]

Shoot. I better wear something over my T-shirt, or maybe wear it inside out...



walrus

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Whether you think it's right or wrong, it's just so Guild!

 

[Rich Cohen]

You can say that again, Grot!

 

[awagner]

Interesting comment about your 1977 model, awagner. I think it's possible that a neck from that era would've been made from padauk rather than mahogany -- as most other D-55s are made from.

The neck is definitely padauk, but I doubt that is the reason the guitar was uncomfortable for me. I play mostly sitting down, and the guitar actually felt great when holding it. I think it was just the shape of the neck.

 

[wileypickett]

I prefer the sound of "1953" myself -- the year I was born.

There's a very, very, very slight chance I may one day find a birth year guitar (that's assuming I'd even be able to afford it if I did); if I'd been born in 1952, impossible.

 

[wileypickett]

Shoot. I better wear something over my T-shirt, or maybe wear it inside out...



walrus

Or sell it to me!

 

[davismanLV]

I prefer the sound of "1953" myself -- the year I was born.

There's a very, very, very slight chance I may one day find a birth year guitar (that's assuming I'd even be able to afford it if I did); if I'd been born in 1952, impossible.

Me too, Glenn. I just gave up on finding a birth year Guild. Not sure I'd want a guitar as old as me..... LOL!!

 

[fronobulax]

I'm older than any Guild bass so...

 

[richardp69]

And, since I was born in 1951, I can buy all the Guilds I want but will never be able to have a birth year guitar. And, as hard as it is to believe, I'm actually too young to get a birth year Martin or Gibson.

 

[fronobulax]

And, since I was born in 1951, I can buy all the Guilds I want but will never be able to have a birth year guitar. And, as hard as it is to believe, I'm actually too young to get a birth year Martin or Gibson.

I will often tell a story about a Pre War Martin I encountered. The punch line is that it was pre-American Civil War.

 

[Rich Cohen]

I once had a near birth year 1947 Epiphone Broadway, birth year being December, 1946, but I STUPIDLY sold it!