Plant
workshop
New York, NY, USA[1]. Built for 1 brand on record.
Earlier lat/lon were city-level placeholders from the research report. Geolocated 2026-10-15: 536 Pearl Street, Manhattan (not W 14th St), Nominatim building match; claim C421.
More: every plant in the USA, the Guild lineage.
The point marks New York, NY, USA at city level. It shows the town, not the factory gate. Recorded place[1].
Every headstock this plant has built for, on record. A contract plant can sit behind several brands at once.
The operator is not always the brand owner. Follow a company to see every plant it ran.
| Years | Operator | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1952–1956 | Alfred Dronge / Guild Guitars, New York | secondary[2] |
The plant stays the same across these rows; the company behind the name does not.
| Years | Line | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952–1956[2, 3, 4] | Guild USA | Alfred Dronge / Guild Guitars, New York | — |
No supply records for this plant yet.
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.