The Guild Guitar Book II
Hey - I've got to applaude Hans' book. Because I've been a staunch supporter of Guild for 35+ years, people constantly call me for information on Guild. Thanks to Hans' effort and book, I have a lot more authoritative information to pass on. If you love and are interested in Guilds - I MOST HIGHLY recommend Hans' book.
AND, I must add that I am anxiously awaiting Book II - as that is "my period" of Guilds. Hans has been a ready and extremely patient and helpful reference for me a number of times on odd models and odd circumstances - which is one of the things that makes Guild intriguing.
I've had/have Hoboken models, Westerly models (my absolute favorites to the mid 90's), played (with major disappointment) Corona Guilds, faced serious disappointment with the Chinese Guilds (Hey, they are what they are - over priced Asian production guitars bearing no resemblance to Guilds except the headstock) and anxiously await the opportunity to see and play the Tacoma Guilds. The Tacomas I've seen and played are good little instruments - some clever design ideas and concepts - but a radically different animal from Guild. It will be interesting to see if Fender/Guild can pull out of this horrific tailspin they've been in (some of it is just really bad management) and allow Hans the chance to do Book III. We'll see...but Book I is well worth having a copy of (I've got 2 or 3 around here) and the idea of Book II is exciting.
Thanks, Hans - now everyone else go get a copy! Cheers! dbsmith