Your favorite picture(s) of an artist playing a Guild?

[SFIV1967]

It's a late 70ies Japanese made "Antoria" Guild copy. Antoria is a UK brand and they were made by Guyatone and later FujiGen and were imported by James T. Coppock (Leeds) Ltd and Charles Summerfield Ltd..
The electric models later came from Korea and China. The brand name is still alive today (after several ownership changes).
As all the other Japanese manufacturers at that time they copied all kind of US acoustic and electric brands, here two "Les Pauls" and a Strat for the UK market:

The white one at Island Records is basically the same like an Ibanez, made in the same factory at FujiGen.

Ralf

 

[Sal]

It's a late 70ies Japanese made "Antoria" Guild copy.

Ralf

Right down to the Guild headstock profile. Thanks!

 

[ruedi]

I wasn't able to find the Guild video thread, so I post this here. Reina Del Cid. GAD-25?

 

[DougH]

 

[DougH]

Mike Mitchell, The Kingsmen

 

[Sal]

Bob Seger at Muscle Shoals Studio.

 

[Sal]

This has been posted before but such a great shot with Danko's Guild being played by Robertson front and center. The Band recording at Sammy Davis Jr.’s house in the Hollywood Hills 1968.

 

[Guildguy1965]

One of my favorite artists and a huge guild fan as well.......The Late great John Denver. Folks please don’t ever forget him. I’m
56 now and John made my childhood so much better.

 

[GGJaguar]

John made my childhood so much better.

Same for me!! Amazing song writer, singer and guitarist.

 

[ruedi]

Joe Walsh

 

[Zelja]

British bluesman Alexis Korner:

 

[polarizing]

The cover of Bryter Layter, of course.

 

[walrus]

The cover of Bryter Layter, of course.

Well, that might be more accurately described as an artist "posing" with a Guild as opposed to "playing" one. It is a great photo though. Mr. Drake and his supposed Guild connection have been discussed at length here. If you do a search on Nick Drake you may find it amusing!

walrus

 

[Bill Ashton]

Love the Alexis Corner images...every picture I have seen was with a Martin acoustic plus an p/u...great to see him with a real electric guitar...

RIP Alexis...

 

[AcornHouse]

Croz on a Guild (back when Graham was still taking to him.) From a FB post.

 

[Guilderland21]

John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats playing his M-20 in a streamed show a couple months ago, with a pickup taped to the top of the guitar

(He's used the guitar in a couple of videos since then; the pickup has been removed and it seems to be just fine.)

 

[jp]

Not the greatest audio and video from a fan phone cam, but some cool footage of a couple of The Shins wielding Guilds.

Singer James Mercer has his signature Emerald Green Starfire IV, although it's tough to see in the lighting. Dave Hernandez is playing his S-100.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

I've really enjoy musician's autobiographies and presently I'm reading Kathy Valentine's "All I Ever Wanted". Kathy is the bassist for the Go-Go's and she has quite the story to tell! In looking around at other media she's done for her book, I came across a TV interview with KTLA TV in LA. Here is a screen capture with a Guild acoustic in her living room.

 

[koaguilds]

Some kid from Missouri. They say he's pretty damn good.

 

[SFIV1967]

Some kid from Missouri. They say he's pretty damn good.

Pat Metheny used to have a few Guilds, here on a 1979 album and in a Guild add as well:



He played that D-40C live, so not just for the Guild add, here in 1980 in Germany (interesting construction of the stand where the D-40C is fixed on).



Ralf