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re: Playing your guitar, "Offishal" check in thread. Do you feel like I do?
Posted on 2/3/20 at 8:47 pm to Zappas Stache
Posted on 2/3/20 at 8:47 pm to Zappas Stache
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That's a sweet looking Guild!
Aint it though. I wish some of my folks had something like that stuck back in the closet.
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Posted on 2/3/20 at 8:58 pm to auggie
Here are a few closeups of the body. My dad swears it’s Rosewood, but I don’t know. It’s a beautiful burst though. I’ll have to get some pics in better light once I go pick it up.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:06 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Yeah, The top isn't going to be rosewood, just back and sides and fretboard. Top is probably going to be spruce I think.
It's a great guitar.
You need to buy a good case for it soon too.
It's a great guitar.
You need to buy a good case for it soon too.
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:12 pm to auggie
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:19 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Some of the old guild hollow bodies were maple or mahogany but I've never heard of a guild with rosewood body.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:29 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
That appears to be mahogany to me, which is just fine, I actually prefer it. I could easily be wrong though. Regardless, your Dad can call it anything he wants. He's damn sure earned that right. Hat's off to him 
It does look that there might be a little damage on that hole where the tuner is missing. That will have to be addressed to make it right. Maybe it's just the angle of the photo. I'm thinking that those aren't the original tuners. Seems like I can see some color variation around them.
It does look that there might be a little damage on that hole where the tuner is missing. That will have to be addressed to make it right. Maybe it's just the angle of the photo. I'm thinking that those aren't the original tuners. Seems like I can see some color variation around them.
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:34 pm to Zappas Stache
I was thinking that top might be maple, but since it was a sunburst finish, I thought that spruce might be more likely.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:37 pm to auggie
Yeah, he bought it a lifetime ago so it’s possible he’s just confused on the details. He bought it when he was 17 or 18 and he turns 70 at the end of the month.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:41 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Get that thing fixed up and playing for him. That's a great heirloom.
Have you ever plugged it in to an amp?
Have you ever plugged it in to an amp?
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 9:45 pm
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:53 pm to auggie
I probably plugged it into my amp about 15 or 20 years ago. It worked then as far as I can recall... also I’m pretty sure the tuners are original. My dad hasn’t let that guitar leave the house in my lifetime, and there’s no way in hell he’d let any of us go taking it apart or adding things to it. I’m actually surprised that he gave me the go ahead to get it fixed. 
Posted on 2/3/20 at 9:58 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Maybe it can be ready to play by his birthday. 
Did he have that guitar in Nam with him?
Did he have that guitar in Nam with him?
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 2/3/20 at 10:15 pm to auggie
I doubt it. After sustaining substantial hearing loss due to injury, he could no longer play it because he couldn’t hear to play. That’s mostly why it’s sat in the case for 50 years.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 10:20 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Yeah, he was out in the field, doubtful he would have been able to have it. Some guys that had jobs that kept them in the rear, were able to have things like that though.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 10:42 pm to auggie
I’ve done some digging and Guild did in fact make a guitar with rosewood back and sides in the 60’s
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:06 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
That just doesn't look like rosewood to me. Maybe fretshack will chime in tomorrow. he will definitely recognize what it is, better than I will.LINK
Generally rosewood looks like this.
Generally rosewood looks like this.
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:21 am to Blizzard of Chizz
That's beautiful.I love Guilds.
Is it a jazz guitar?
Is it a jazz guitar?
This post was edited on 2/4/20 at 1:31 am
Posted on 2/4/20 at 7:08 am to Blizzard of Chizz
There’s a website Let’s Talk Guild, a forum for Guild Guitars. All kinds people knowing all kind of things about Guild guitars.
Also, if you have the serial number and contact Guild, they could maybe provide all the information about that particular guitar.
Year built, exact model, tone wood, neck and fretboard wood etc. . .etc. sort of like a build sheet.
ETA: In 1995 Fender bought out Guild. May have to try them. May be time consuming but worth it.
That a really nice guitar and story behind it makes it even more special.
Also, if you have the serial number and contact Guild, they could maybe provide all the information about that particular guitar.
Year built, exact model, tone wood, neck and fretboard wood etc. . .etc. sort of like a build sheet.
ETA: In 1995 Fender bought out Guild. May have to try them. May be time consuming but worth it.
That a really nice guitar and story behind it makes it even more special.
This post was edited on 2/4/20 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 2/4/20 at 7:41 am to Nicky Parrish
Without doing any research, on the guitar in the photos, the top is definitely maple ... look at the grain in the tailpiece photo. Tops on SHs are typically maple, mahogany or spruce. That can only be maple based on the visuals.
Look at the grain of the back and sides. If it is similar grain to the top, closed pore and light in color like the top, it is maple. It will not be spruce ... spruce is too soft structurally for side and back walls.
If the back wood is darker in color, akin to the neck trunk, with a peppery open pore grain that has been filled, it is mahogany. It "could" be rosewood, but it's doubtful. I can't recall seeing any production ES-style semi-hollow from any manufacturer the 1950s to the present with rosewood back and sides.
The fingerboard is definitely rosewood.
The neck trunk is two piece mahogany, with a center plank of maple for both a cosmetic touch and for stability and resistance to twisting over time.
Look at the grain of the back and sides. If it is similar grain to the top, closed pore and light in color like the top, it is maple. It will not be spruce ... spruce is too soft structurally for side and back walls.
If the back wood is darker in color, akin to the neck trunk, with a peppery open pore grain that has been filled, it is mahogany. It "could" be rosewood, but it's doubtful. I can't recall seeing any production ES-style semi-hollow from any manufacturer the 1950s to the present with rosewood back and sides.
The fingerboard is definitely rosewood.
The neck trunk is two piece mahogany, with a center plank of maple for both a cosmetic touch and for stability and resistance to twisting over time.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 7:46 am to TheFretShack
It's likely some variety of a late 1960s-early 1970s Guild T-100D
I think it's the Capri ...
If so, center lam is walnut, not mahogany. Maple top, back and sides.
I think it's the Capri ...
If so, center lam is walnut, not mahogany. Maple top, back and sides.
This post was edited on 2/4/20 at 7:52 am
Posted on 2/4/20 at 7:53 am to Blizzard of Chizz
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My dad swears it’s Rosewood, but I don’t know.
Guild used a lot of Rosewood in fingerboards, but the Starfire bodies were heavily mahogany and sapele (a relatively unique to Guild wood, at least for that era, they imported from Africa during the 60s and 70s that is similar to mahogany).
ETA: I'm going by description, as I can't see the pictures. I do know a little about Guilds, but TFS appears to be on it already. If a T-100D, then almost certainly maple. Original pups were Guild's P-90 style single coils.
This post was edited on 2/4/20 at 7:58 am
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