Jim's Guitar Collection Page and some links

Well, I don't play very well, but I try.  I sure can't sing.  I can entertain myself in the privacy of my own home, and that counts for something. 

For some reason, I developed an affinity for Guild guitars a long, long time ago. Maybe it was because of their advertising tagline "Handmade by Guild in an otherwise imperfect world" that stuck with me.  Maybe it was because John Denver played one and that was back in my Rocky Mountain hiking days.  In my later years I started collecting them - not "collectible" models, but player guitars.  Guild has a long history, but in a nutshell they were founded in New York, NY, moved to Hoboken, NJ, and later moved production to Westerly, RI.  In the late 1990's they were acquired by Fender and productions was moved to Corona, CA.  Fender also began manufacturing guitars in China under the Guild name.  More recently, Fender moved production to a new facility in Tacoma, WA.  The official Fender/Guild site  A Guild bulletin board  A listing of Guild serial numbers.   My Carlo Greco (Not a Guild) DV 52's, and a rare 1991 GF 26     Here is a Crafters of Tennessee. I do have a few guitars for sale, there are pictures and descriptions here.  Here is the Kevin Gallagher Omega

This is my favorite electric, a 1987 Guild Nightbird GG.  It has a chambered mahogany body, a flamed maple top, and it plays like a dream. The Nightbird Page.  A second is the John Fogerty commerative Blue Moon Swamp Telecaster.

Below is a group shot taken in the running store.  It was nighttime, I am not much of a photographer, and the lighting isn't that great, but here's my collection:

Front row, left to right: Martin D 35, Les Paul Studio, Guild Nightbird,
Guild Starfire IV, Guild G 212, Guild JF 12-65
Back row: Guild G 37, Guild D 50, Guild F-40, L'Arrivvee L 09.

What's the difference?  They all have different sounds.  But the acoustics are
constructed as follows:
Dreadnaught shape, rosewood back and sides: Martin D-35 (three-piece back)
and Guild D-50.
Dreadnaught shape, maple back and sides: Guild G 37
Dreadnaught shape, mahogany back and sides: Guild G 212 (Twelve String), Guild D 35 (not shown)
Auditorium shape, maple back and sides: Guild F-40
Auditorium shape, rosewood back and sides: L'Arrivvee L 09
Jumbo Shape, maple back and sides: Guild JF 12-65 (Twelve String), Guild F-50 (Not shown)

Each shape and each wood generates a different sound.  Like I said, I am not good
enough to show off my talents in public, but it does keep me entertained at home.

Well, here are a couple of individual shots:
 

A 1978 D-55

A 1977 F-40

Here are three old guitars, actually four if you count the following picture:

1973 Guild F 50 R, 1962 Guild M 20, 1972 Guild D 44 (With Pearwood back and sides)
and an early 1970's sunburst D 40:

Below - Dudley Smith with a rare sunburst G-37 (or D-25)