Guitar Story
Guitar Story
Model · Guild
A Guild acoustic, introduced c. 1954[1, 2], made until 1987. Built on the Guild USA line.
Blue Book mfg. 1954-1987 (S370); guitar-list says made 1953 until 1990 (S384). Sources conflict, left circa.
No changes to this model’s spec are on record yet. If you know one and have a source, send it with Suggest an edit at the top right.
The eras of the Guild USA line in the years this model was made. The model rides on its line: when the owner or the plant changed, it changed for this model too.
| Years | Owner | Parent | Plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–1956[3, 4, 5] | Alfred Dronge / Guild Guitars, New York | — | Guild NYC workshop |
| 1956–1966[3, 4, 5, 6, 7] | Alfred Dronge / Guild Guitars, New York | — | Guild Hoboken |
| 1966–1971[7, 4, 8, 9, 10, 6] | Avnet, Inc. | — | Guild Hoboken |
| 1967–1986[7, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] | Avnet, Inc. | — | Guild Westerly |
| 1986–1987[13, 4, 9, 14, 11, 12] | Management/investor group incl. George Gruhn (legal name unverified) | — | Guild Westerly |
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.
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