Who made Guild guitars in 1988?

In 1988, FAAS Corporation (renamed U.S. Music Corp. 1993) controlled the Guild name. Its one line on record was built at Guild Westerly (USA).^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

A Guild guitar from 1988 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Guild you have. The name dates from 1952^{[S002, 2, S217]}, 36 years before.

Line by line in 1988

What changed in 1988

• Guild USA: a new era begins under FAAS Corporation (renamed U.S. Music Corp. 1993), built at Guild Westerly^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
• Guild USA: the 1986–1988 era ends (Management/investor group incl. George Gruhn (legal name unverified), Guild Westerly)^{[1, 2, 3, 6, 4]}

Where Guild was built in 1988

Guild Westerly. See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:

• Guild Westerly
• Guitars made in the USA

Other brands in 1988

• Epiphone in 1988
• Gretsch in 1988
• Heritage in 1988
• Ibanez in 1988
• Martin in 1988
• Ovation in 1988
• PRS in 1988
• Taylor in 1988
• Every brand in 1988

Guild, year by year

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1. 1
   jedistar: guildgraded secondary

   • "1989 Sold to FAAS Corporation"Guild in 1988: owners and plants
2. 2
   Guild (manufacturer history) - Blue Book of Guitar Valuesgraded secondary

   • The Faas Corporation of New Berlin, WI (now U.S. Musical Corporation) bought Guild in January, 1989.Guild in 1988: owners and plants
   • defaulted on bank obligations in November of 1988, leading to a court supervised financial restructuring.Era ends: Guild USA, 1988
3. 3
   The Convoluted History of Guild Guitarsgraded community

   • And this group sold Guild to the FAAS Corporation (Chuck Faas) which changed name to U.S. Music Corporation.Guild in 1988: owners and plants
   • In mid August of 1986, Avnet sold Guild to a management/investment group from New England and Tennessee.Era ends: Guild USA, 1988
4. 4
   mmone: guild guitarsgraded secondary

   • "opened in 1967 in Westerly"Guild in 1988: owners and plants
5. 5
   Westerly Guild forum thread (post by Jim McConkey)graded community

   • the building currently known as the Jonnycake Center on Industrial Drive in Westerly, RIGuild Westerly, location
6. 6
   Gruhn, George (biography)graded secondary

   • Guild Guitars, executive vice president of research and development and artist relations, 1986-88.Era ends: Guild USA, 1988