JF-55

A Guild acoustic, introduced 1989^[1], made until 2000. Built on the Guild USA line.

Blue Book mfg. 1989-2000 (S373).

How it changed

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Who owned it and where it was built

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
1989–1995^{[2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}	FAAS Corporation (renamed U.S. Music Corp. 1993)	—	Guild Westerly
1995–2000^{[7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 4, 13, 14, 5, 6]}	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation	Schultz-led investor group (William Schultz, Fender employees and outside investors incl. Servco Pacific)	Guild Westerly

Sources

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1
Blue Book of Guitar Values: Guild acoustic models (page 5)graded secondary
2
jedistar: guildgraded secondary
- "1989 Sold to FAAS Corporation"Era: Guild USA, 1989–1995
3
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.Era: Guild USA, 1989–1995
4
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.Era: Guild USA, 1989–1995
- The Fender Musical Instrument Company (FMIC) bought Guild from U.S. Music Corporation in November 1995.Era: Guild USA, 1995–2000
5
mmone: guild guitarsgraded secondary
- "opened in 1967 in Westerly"Era: Guild USA, 1989–1995
6
Wikipedia: wiki/Guild Guitar Companygraded community
- In late 2001, Fender decided to shut down the Westerly factoryEra: Guild USA, 1989–1995