1963 Guild

[AJWhiting]

So I had a new student yesterday, An older man who pulled an old Guild out of an old chipboard case. He said it has been in his attic for decades. I am very ignorant about vintage guitars and was wondering if anybody had any useful information about this. I snapped a couple of pictures, and you will have to forgive the quality because they were with my camera phone. I went to the Guild website and the serial number matched up with the 1963 numbers.

 

It seems to be in very good condition with a few nicks, but no major cracks or faults.

 

Any info at all would be a great help.

 

 

http://www.adamwhiting.net/GuildHeadstock.jpg

 

http://www.adamwhiting.net/Guild.jpg

 

Thanks,

Adam

[guitarcapo]

Kind of a fuzzy picture but it looks to be an all mahogany OM style guitar. What Martin would call a 000-15. Sweet. I'd put it's value at around 800 dollars. But I'm no expert. How did it sound?

[AJWhiting]

Yeah, sorry about the pictures. I wish that I could have done better.

It sounded great. The only problem was that he had nylon strings on it. I think that he had tied them around the pegs and shoved them into the bridge. I am looking forward to changing the strings out and seeing how it sounds.

[Howard]

if that is a mahogany top (you're right about the photos), it could be an M20 - I have a reissue from a few years back - note the different scratchplate shape.