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The Guild Guitar Company is a United States–based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge, [1] a guitarist and music-store owner. The brand name currently exists as a brand under Córdoba Music Group. [ 2 ]
The Guild S-100 electric guitar is a lightweight solid-body guitar made by the Guild Guitar Company. It features two humbucking pickups and its body is styled similarly to a Gibson SG, but is slightly offset. In the 1970s, a version of this guitar was available from the factory with leaves and acorns carved in relief into the body of the guitar.
The Premier Builders Guild was a Pennsylvania-based organization that assisted small manufacturers of boutique guitars and amplifiers in producing and marketing their products. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The group was founded by Michael Bernstein and Howard Swimmer in 2009 in Arroyo Grande, California , and was brought to an end in 2016.
The Ashbory was designed by folk musician Al Jones and luthier Nigel Thornbory. According to Thornbory, "Al discovered that a rubber band stretched over one of his guitar transducers produced an impressive bass note when plucked." [1] The Ashbory was produced by the Guild Guitar Company from 1986 until 1988.
It introduced its first square shouldered guitar, the Hummingbird, in 1960. Guild also offered "dreadnought" size guitars from 1964 onwards, their D-40 and D-50 offerings (in mahogany and rosewood bodies, respectively) closely paralleling the Martin D-18 and D-28, and being described as "Guild's improved version of the popular dreadnaught guitar".
On "Pawn Stars," a rare piece of rock 'n roll history had the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop's employees literally drooling. The man walked into the shop and explained, "So, this is a 1941 Gibson SJ-200.