Guild guitars in the 2020s

Through the 2020s, Cordoba Music Group, LLC controlled the Guild name, and 4 plants built it: Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Guild Oxnard and Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

8 eras touch the 2020s across 4 lines. The version changed in 2023. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Guild.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2020	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Guild Oxnard, Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 8, 4, 9, 10]}
2021	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Guild Oxnard, Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 8, 4, 9, 10]}
2022	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Guild Oxnard, Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 8, 4, 9, 10]}
2023	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified), Guild Oxnard^{[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 8, 10, 9]}	yes
2024	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified), Guild Oxnard^{[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 8, 10, 9]}
2025	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified), Guild Oxnard^{[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 8, 10, 9]}
2026	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified), Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified), Guild Oxnard^{[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 8, 10, 9]}

Eras in the 2020s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Guild DeArmond (Korea)	2014–2023	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
Guild DeArmond (Korea)	2023–now	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Korean DeArmond builder (Guild; builder unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4]}
Guild GAD (China)	2014–2023	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 8]}
Guild GAD (China)	2023–now	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Chinese GAD builder (Guild; builder unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8]}
Guild USA	2015–2023	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Guild Oxnard	secondary^{[1, 2, 3, 9]}
Guild USA	2023–now	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Guild Oxnard	secondary^{[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9]}
Guild Westerly Collection (China)	2015–2023	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 10]}
Guild Westerly Collection (China)	2023–now	Cordoba Music Group, LLC	Chinese Westerly Collection factory partners (Guild; unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10]}

Other brands in the 2020s

Guild, year by year

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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
Yamaha Guitar Group press release 2023-02-06graded primary
- "Guild Guitars… was added to the CMG portfolio in 2014"Guild in the 2020s: owners and plants
2
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation announces intent to sell Guild brand to Cordoba Music Groupgraded primary
- finalized a letter of intent to sell the Guild guitar brand and related assets to Cordoba Music GroupGuild in the 2020s: owners and plants
3
Cordoba, FMIC finalize sale of Guild Guitarsgraded secondary
- has announced that it has finalized the sale of the Guild® guitar brandGuild in the 2020s: owners and plants
4
fandom: wiki/Guild Guitar Companygraded community
- "manufactured in Korea under the DeArmond brand name"Guild in the 2020s: owners and plants
5
yamaha: en/news release/files/news/23020701/pdf/2302070101.pdfgraded primary
- "acquired the equity interest of Cordoba Music Group, LLC… making it a sub-subsidiary"Guild in the 2020s: owners and plants
- Acquisition date: February 7, 2023Guild in the 2020s: owners and plants
6
Yamaha Guitar Group press release: acquisition of Cordoba Music Groupgraded primary
- Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Japan-based Yamaha CorporationGuild in the 2020s: owners and plants
7
Yamaha Guitar Group acquires Cordoba Music Groupgraded secondary
- Yamaha Guitar Group, a U.S. subsidiary of Japan-based Yamaha CorporationGuild in the 2020s: owners and plants
8
acousticguitarforum: forums/showthread.php?p=5240671graded community
- "made at a factory in China under a contract"Guild in the 2020s: owners and plants
9
guitar: features/a brief history of guild guitarsgraded secondary
- "begin making acoustics in its Oxnard facility in 2015"Guild in the 2020s: owners and plants
10
guitarreviewed: posts/7d090c8ea9b256752ae03e3a1476b661graded unverified
- "made in China by our skilled factory partners"Guild in the 2020s: owners and plants