Guitar Story
Guitar Story
Model · Guild
A Guild acoustic, introduced 1963[1, 2, 3, 4], made until 1992. Built on the Guild USA line.
Was 1969 circa (D-40 in use by 1969, Richie Havens at Woodstock; that shows existence, not introduction). Blue Book mfg. 1963-1992 (S372); dealer page says introduced 1963, catalog until 1992 (S500); Reverb 1963-1992 (S501). Benedetto agreement March 5, 1999, ended 2006.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963–1966[5, 6, 7, 8, 9] | Alfred Dronge / Guild Guitars, New York | — | Guild Hoboken |
| 1966–1971[9, 6, 10, 11, 12, 8] | Avnet, Inc. | — | Guild Hoboken |
| 1967–1986[9, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1] | Avnet, Inc. | — | Guild Westerly |
| 1986–1989[14, 6, 11, 15, 13, 1] | Management/investor group incl. George Gruhn (legal name unverified) | — | Guild Westerly |
| 1989–1992[14, 6, 11, 13, 1] | FAAS Corporation, New Berlin WI (later U.S. Music Corporation; rename date 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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