Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 2017, Cordoba Music Group, LLC controlled the Guild name. Its 4 lines on record were built at Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Guild Oxnard and Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified) (China, South Korea and USA).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
A Guild guitar from 2017 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, S126, S217], 65 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guild DeArmond (Korea) | Cordoba Music Group, LLC | — | Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified) South Koreano source | 2014–2023 | community[1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Guild GAD (China) | Cordoba Music Group, LLC | — | Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified) Chinano source | 2014–2023 | community[1, 2, 3, 5] |
| Guild USA | Cordoba Music Group, LLC | — | Guild Oxnard Oxnard, CA, USAno source | 2015–2023 | secondary[1, 2, 3, 6] |
| Guild Westerly Collection (China) | Cordoba Music Group, LLC | — | Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified) Chinano source | 2015–2023 | community[1, 2, 3, 7] |
Nothing changed in 2017. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Guild from 2017 is the same version as one from 2016.
Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Guild Oxnard and Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
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.