Guitar Story
Guitar Story
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The Unique Guitar Blog. Graded community. Open the original.
Added 2026-10-15 by llm:claude-sonnet-5-5. Blog; no date visible (URL suggests Nov 2025). Single community source; cannot support a boundary row alone. Archived 2026-10-15 via Directus URL import (llm:claude-opus-5-5). Excerpts verified verbatim against the live page 2026-10-15: C485, C487, C489, C490.
4 facts on this site cite this source, across Guild. A quoted passage is the text the fact relies on.
| Fact | Years | Records | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avnet, Inc. owns Guild[1] | 1966–1986 | Guild, Avnet, Inc. | Guild was bought by Avnet for about $5,000,000 in July of 1966. |
| Management/investor group incl. George Gruhn (legal name unverified) owns Guild[1] | 1986–1989 | Guild, Management/investor group incl. George Gruhn (legal name unverified) | In mid August of 1986, Avnet sold Guild to a management/investment group from New England and Tennessee. |
| FAAS Corporation, New Berlin WI (later U.S. Music Corporation; rename date unverified) owns Guild[1] | 1989–1995 | Guild, FAAS Corporation, New Berlin WI (later U.S. Music Corporation; rename date unverified) | And this group sold Guild to the FAAS Corporation (Chuck Faas) which changed name to U.S. Music Corporation. |
| Fender Musical Instruments Corporation owns Guild[1] | 1995–2014 | Guild, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | The Fender Musical Instrument Company (FMIC) bought Guild from U.S. Music Corporation in November 1995. |
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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