Source for Guild guitar parts?

[Bear Picking]

So I'm wondering where one can order Guild guitar parts from? Is there any one or several sources for parts? Only from Guild/Fender or are there good dealers out there that carry parts? For now, specifically, I'm needing a new bridge for my '74 F50 jumbo. Thanks in advance for any advice for finding this and anything that I, or anyone, might need.

 

[fronobulax]

Welcome.

Jay at New Hope Guitar Traders often has parts.

Hans, author of The Guild Guitar Book often has parts.

Both sometimes visit here, Hans more often than Jay.

There are a couple of folks who apparently worked for Guild in Rhode Island who seem to have parts that show up on eBay. Alas, I don't recall their eBay user IDs.

 

[hansmoust]

For now, specifically, I'm needing a new bridge for my '74 F50 jumbo.

Hello Bear Picking,

Welcome!

Bridges for a guitar from that period are a little harder to get. Not so much because they're not available but because the specifications for that bridge were not very specific. This means that if you would find a bridge it might not cover the 'footprint' of the old bridge.

Also, during this period many F-50s still had a rosewood bridge ( often a Brazilian rosewood one) even though the catalog already mentions an ebony bridge.

There is a chance that I can help you but you will need to give me sufficient info, so I can look for one that will properly fit your F-50.

Is the old bridge still on the guitar? Can you show me a close-up picture?

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[Bear Picking]

Thanks for the replies and the welcomes. Nice to start being a part of the "Let's Talk Guild" community! Yes Hans, I do still have the bad bridge that needs replacing, it's still on and functioning on the guitar. I beleive you may be right... that it is made of rosewood and not ebony. I'll work on taking a close up photo of it as you've suggested and send it to you. Thank you for taking an interest in my F50's ailment.

 

[Graham]

Thanks for the replies and the welcomes. Nice to start being a part of the "Let's Talk Guild" community!

This can go in the time capsule for later exhumation. :shock: :wink:

Welcome Bear.