Nice Guild Tone

[jedzep]

F30?

 

[jricc]

F30?

Love this...I hear some Everlys, Jayhawks, good stuff! And some Guilds too...

 

[walrus]

Great link! Looks like it! Guild bass, too.

That wasn't the song I was expecting, though!

walrus

 

[fronobulax]

Great link! Looks like it! Guild bass, too.

That wasn't the song I was expecting, though!

walrus

Starfire II. Humbuckers. Probably 71-77 but if the saddles aren't the wood like they look then the 90's reissue.

 

[gjmalcyon]

That was nice. I immediately hit their website to find a show but nothing on the east coast.

Yet, I hope.

Thanks for posting.

 

[hansmoust]

F30?

Early '50s F-40; most likely 1954!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[jedzep]

F-40?!! I thought the fret board inlays were trying to tell me something. I might need one of those.

Thanks, Hans.

 

[SFIV1967]

A little bit discussion also in 2019:

Guild Sighting: The Cactus Blossoms

Was catching up on some XPN listening and ran across The Cactus Blossoms Free at Noon concert from last Friday. There are Guilds. Plural.

letstalkguild.com

Ralf

 

[jedzep]

OK, geniuses, can anyone figure out what the electric six string the harmony singer is playing?

 

[SFIV1967]

OK, geniuses, can anyone figure out what the electric six string the harmony singer is playing?

You mean that one?


That's a 1953 National 1122 "Cosmopolitan" made by Valcro.
The bridge seems to be not original.



June 1, 1953 catalog page from the distributor "Chicago Musical Instrument Co.":


Ralf

 

[jedzep]

Ralf, you just saved me hours of wasted time searching.

 

[SFIV1967]

Here's a picture of another one which shows that fat pickguard box! Pretty unique.



Ralf

 

[jedzep]

Wadda' beast! How many years do you think it will take me to find one for sale?

 

[hansmoust]

Here's a picture of another one which shows that fat pickguard box! Pretty unique.



Ralf

That's a similar guitar, but it's called a Supro Ozark; somewhat 'lower' line from the same company!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[SFIV1967]

That's a similar guitar, but it's called a Supro Ozark; somewhat 'lower' line from the same company!

Very cool!



1953 catalog page:



Ralf

 

[walrus]

I love the guy in the corner of the ad!

walrus

 

[adorshki]

I love the guy in the corner of the ad!

walrus

He later became famous as the Mountain Dew hillbilly.

 

[Nuuska]

After that he joined Monty Python - singing The Lumberjack Song