Value of G-500 amp?

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Would anyone like to offer an opinion of value on my G-500 amplifier. I bought this back in the mid 90's, and haven't used it since I played a friends wedding at least 13 years ago! I've searched through the limited information in this forum, but it does seem that this particular model is not very common. I plugged it in and turned all the knobs the other day and everything seems to be working as it should. Appreciate any help, opinions or comments!
Paul
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They are quite uncommon, but uncommon does not equal desirable. All of the wood grain Timberline amps are beautiful but the tech is from the '90s and solid state acoustic amp tech has come a long way since then.

I have two of them because I have a review pending on them and I'm just crazy that way. I paid $300 and $350 for them.
 

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Thanks GAD! And thanks for the information you have made available here on these. I played my strat through it the other day, and it sounded pretty good. I only have one acoustic with a pick-up in it these days and I don't play out anymore so this just lives on a shelf in my store room. I'm staring to think it's 30+ pounds of "excess" at this point in my life. Appreciate your input!
 

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Any comments about the knobs? They match but I remember a lot of conversations about the similarity of the knobs on the "wooden amps" and the knobs on contemporary guitars. Maybe they were replaced?
 

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As I understand, the two-tone knobs shown on the G-500 are the original knobs for this specific model. This amp is unchanged since I bought it, used in the mid-90's.
 

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Those are the correct knobs for the G500. It's also pretty uncommon to see them all with their caps intact!
 

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Any comments about the knobs? They match but I remember a lot of conversations about the similarity of the knobs on the "wooden amps" and the knobs on contemporary guitars. Maybe they were replaced?
Those are the correct knobs for the G500.
Frono clearly thought about this:

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The 1992 brochure showed no picture but that description:

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condition is everything with something like this, and yours is looking pretty nice. I would put it on Facebook Marketplace for $400. just curious if yours has the Guild dust cover, because it is quite clean? maybe mention/picture that if so. no worries if not (have only seen one or 2 w the cover) good luck!
 

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No dust cover, but the footswitch is original to this amp. Facebook marketplace is not very helpful in this rural part of southern Colorado. I've had a Guild 12 string listed there for a couple weeks now and have had zero response! Thanks for the input!
 

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No dust cover, but the footswitch is original to this amp. Facebook marketplace is not very helpful in this rural part of southern Colorado. I've had a Guild 12 string listed there for a couple weeks now and have had zero response! Thanks for the input!

hi try listing your items on FB marketplace in more populated parts of Colorado like Denver or Aspen or something that is maybe 2-3 hours from you (or 5-6 whatever it may be...). in the item description, detail your geographic location. Maybe (probably) someone from Denver will ski Wolf Creek or Silverton...and who knows possibly peruse the FB Marketplace in those rural areas, to see what kind of otherwise unobtainium type finds may surface (such as a Guild G-500 amp...). or maybe seeing where the amp is motivates one to take the ski trip in the first place, and check out the amp at the same time.

anyway the G-500 appears to be the very early (first?) of the Guild acoustic woody/tree type amps from this era. Hence, it is pre "guitar knobs." So i'm not sure technically if this is just an early Guild "Aspen" acoustic amp, or otherwise just very similar to it, or at minimum similar looking...Now I have never been known to be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I would be calling it a "G-500 Aspen" and trying to sell it in Aspen, Colorado, on FB and CL, if it was even within a few hours drive. there are definitely guitar players in Aspen with a few hundred bucks for a nice "fireside lodge looking specimen" such as this, if they only know it exists...and can be considered an "Aspen" on any level...be sure to emphasize the amp is CLEAN excellent/mint cosmetically...good luck!
 

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The Aspen is a very different amp. The 1993 price list has G300, G500, G600, and G1000 in it at the same time. They're different sizes and have different controls.
 
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