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Guilford: By Design |
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Once in a while, a design catches our eye and stops us cold. The features seem to fall into place without effort. The lines are just right. It could be anything - a car, a guitar or even a beautiful woman. You know it when you see it - it's rare and irresistible. Guilford guitars give you that feeling. Each instrument is designed to be familiar and yet fresh and new to the player. It's a recipe blended with time and experience to give you the right combination of inspiration, playability, tone, and most importantly - your voice.
- John Guilford
#1 - The first Guilford guitar. A burst with deep scoop and Bill Lawrence pickups. That's a one piece quilt top.
#2 - The Wedge. Thicker in the lower bout and tapered thinner towards the neck.
An exceptionally good guitar with a new minimalist "Ginsu" headstock.
The pre Atlas verison of the Guilford headstock.
#6 - A single humbucker layout over sublime top carve flame maple. Deep tenon set with birdseye cap.
#11 - Cocobolo neck, Black Limba body, Quilt top. One KILLER guitar.
#12 - Wild One piece Quilt top. Bocotoe fingerboard. Purpleheart neck. Very exotic.
#14 - Black Limba body. Plank. Bolivian rosewood neck. Snakewood fingerboard. 2002.
#15 - Honduras Mahogany body and neck. Bolivian rosewood fingerboard, small dots. Traditional tone.
#17 - Very nice flame top. How many A's did you say? enough. Limba body, Mahogany neck, matching flame headstock. God this one was nice.
#19 - Black Walnut body, Honduras Mahogany neck. Bound quilt Maple plank top.
#20 - OMG. Limba body. KILL-HILL-HILL-HER flame top. Birdseye Maple Neck. Double cut body. One of the first scooped headstocks.
#21 - Another amazing double cut. Flame top carve over limba body. Flame neck. One-off "God of War" headstock. Where is this today?
#22 - Chevron quilt over black limba. Maple neck. These were exceptional.
#25 - There is a god in heaven. One piece "go cry in the corner" Flame maple DC body. Black Limba neck. Brazilian rosewood fingerboard.
#26 - Black Walnut body. Diamond quilt Qiuna neck. Wenge fingerboard. Tone candy.
#30 - One of a kind. Black Limba body. Quilt rails. One off Headstock. In-line electronics. Balanced on scale.
#36 - Black Cherry quilt top - cream binding. Nitro. Birdseye maple neck. Went to a good home.
#37 - The first bound carve top. Basking in early morning light. vintage top carve. Honduras Mahogany body.
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The Early Years Gallery |
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| #1 The first one - my burst | #11 prototype - a favorite | #11 prototype - guess the wood? | | |
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| #6 prototype - Ahh that top carve | #12 prototoype - GMW is amazing | #36 Quilt Galore | | |
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| #20 finished. Unreal. | # 37 - Bound Flametop. Brass dot w/ MOP inserts | #10 prototype - simple is better | | |
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| #5 prototype | #5 prototype - eventually blue | #6 prototype - back shot | | |
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| #7 prototype - options | #7 prototype head | #7 prototype flame to the edge | | |
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| #8 proptotype wedge | Proto #10 | |
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