I could embrace a small body short scale 12 strang.
The DeArmond brand now belongs to Cordoba too, and I've been told DeArmond pickups are next. I hope they do a good job with them.
That's surprising because Fender didn't acquire DeArmond with Guild, they were acquired separately and really only united with the short-lived DeArmond guitars. With all of the DeArmond Dynasonci equipped Gretsches I am surprised that they would give up the branding. Maybe they sold the DeArmond name but kept Dynasonic. Interesting.
Around 1998, Fender had acquired various properties, including Guild Guitars and the DeArmond name. Fender launched a line of import Guild guitars in Korea and Indonesia under the DeArmond brand. The better Korean guitars had Dynasonic-style pickups also branded as DeArmond, and made in the United States, but there was no tangible connection to Rowe Industries or Harry DeArmond.
I don't think there's a market for those quite yet, do you? I don't see a resurgence of '80s guitars like that, but the older styles are "retro", "quirky", and cool. I'd venture it's only a matter of time (I'm seeing some '80s fashion pop up) and maybe Guild will lead the way.
The smart money'll buy these puppies now while they're at the bottom of the curve.It's been 30+ years since we saw Guild's pointy guitars. Maybe that's enough time for those designs to become desirable again. Maybe not. I don't see any resurgence of Big Hair bands at this moment, in fact, all I see online is the sometimes deserved derision those bands get from guys like me who thought the who Big Hair era was a joke.
How about that one from August 24, 2018 ?That was 2 1/2 years ago, Ralf. I am not holding my breath.
And there’s still plenty of models they haven changed the name of yet.How about that one from August 24, 2018 ?
https://guildguitars.com/akustik-gitarre-interviews-guild-president-jon-thomas/
"AG: Do you think Guild will bring out new designs again?
JT: We would like to introduce our own designs, and we would also like to bring the production of some of the electric guitars to Oxnard. But first of all we have to tackle our backorders… For this year, our plan is to catch up with those and build the instruments that guitarists have been waiting for. After that we can take care of new models; we have lots of cool ideas!"
Ralf
And there’s still plenty of models they haven changed the name of yet.
Now if we could just get that herd of cats over on the LTG forum to agree on a common spec.Also pitched a special edition one-off xxx-LTG model which could be cool.
Now if we could just get that herd of cats over on the LTG forum to agree on a common spec.