The decline of the folk and acoustic market in the later 1970s and early 1980s put severe economic pressure on the company. It is still made, copied by virtually every guitar manufacturer. In 1972, under Guild's new president Leon Tell, noteworthy guitarist/designer Richard "Rick" Excellente came up with the design. Guild also successfully manufactured the first dreadnought acoustic guitar with a "cut-away" in its lower shoulder to allow better access to the upper frets, the D40-C. Inspired by seeing Muddy Waters, Ross Hannaford acquired a Thunderbird, which he used extensively in the period that he played in popular Australian 1970s band Daddy Cool. The rare S-200 Thunderbird solid body electric was used by Muddy Waters and The Lovin' Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky. Instrument maker Alembic started their transition from sound and recording work to instrument building by modifying Lesh & Casady's Starfire basses. A number of early West-Coast psychedelic bands used these instruments, notably guitarists Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia and bassist Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, as well as Jefferson Airplane's bassist Jack Casady. The most notable Guild performance of that era was on the D-40 that Richie Havens played when he opened Woodstock in 1969.ĭuring the 1960s, Guild moved aggressively into the electric guitar market, successfully promoting the Starfire line of semi-acoustic (Starfire I, II and III) and semi-solid (Starfire IV, V and VI) guitars and basses. As the folk scene quieted, a new generation of folk-rockers took Guild guitars on stage. The company continued to expand, and was sold to the Avnet Corporation, which moved production to Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1966. Notable also was the Guild 12-string guitar, which used a Jumbo "F" body and dual truss rods in the neck to produce a workhorse instrument with a deep, rich tone distinctive from the chimier twelve-strings put out by Martin.
GUILD SONGBIRD S4CE SERIES
The advent of the folk music craze in the early 1960s had shifted the company into production of an important line of acoustic folk and blues guitars, including a dreadnought series (D-40, D-50 and, later, D-55) that competed successfully with Martin's D-18 and D-28 models, and jumbo and Grand Concert "F" models that were particularly popular with blues guitarists such as Dave Van Ronk. Rapid expansion forced the company to move to much larger quarters, on Newark St. Much of the initial workforce consisted of former Epiphone workers who lost their jobs following their 1951 strike and the subsequent relocation of the company from Queens to Philadelphia.
GUILD SONGBIRD S4CE FULL
The first Guild workshop was located in Manhattan, New York, where Dronge (who soon took over full ownership) focused on electric and acoustic archtop jazz guitars. Origin Beatle John Lennon's 1966 Guild Starfire XII twelve-string A 1979 Guild D25M A-150 Savoy Richie Havens, who famously played a Guild at Woodstock, performing in 2006 with a D40 The brand name currently exists as a brand under Córdoba Music Group. SHIPPING TO LOWER 48 USA ONLY OFFER SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE, ITEM IS LISTED LOCALLY AND ELSEWHERE.The Guild Guitar Company is a United States-based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge, a guitarist and music-store owner, and George Mann, a former executive with the Epiphone Guitar Company.
You can plug this amp in to two channels and use either or both! -Priced to sell, Great price for a nice S4CE Songbird.
Also included in a Lawrence soundhole pickup with it's own dedicated output jack. Also, this guitar has a newer Guild/Fishman on board Equalizer installed where the original was for the piezo pickup. Some honest finish wear right below the pick guard. 24.75 scale -1+11/16 nut width -neck is medium C shape, not too thin, not too thick. Original nice Guild hard case and Guitar pamphlet included. Super easy guitar to play, it's like playing an electric! -neck is medium C shape, not too thin, not too thick. Here is a great 90's Guild Songbird built in Westerly Rhode Island, USA. Item: 183488213711 Guild USA Songbird, S4CE, with original hard case and paper.
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