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Guild F-130 ordered...
So, after some research I went to the shop today, gave them my Telecaster and ordered the Guild.
While I was there I played the electro/cutaway version which pretty much sealed it for me. I also got to play a Faith mini-jumbo and I have to say I was mightily impressed, although it was not the guitar for me. The fit, finish and playability was right up there with the sort of immaculate crispness you'd expect in a Taylor costing 4x as much. I think I may well have gone for a Faith had they had what I wanted (mahogany/spruce/gloss/all-solid) in a concert size. The prices were certainly right for me. Interestingly the shop manager said that he was finding it increasingly difficult to justify to inquisitive customers why otherwise near-identical guitars in all respects should have such wildly different pricing. Telling them 'you're paying for better quality' just isn't a convincing argument any longer in many cases. Anyway my new Guild will be with me sometime next week. Looking forward to that
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Congrat's Andrew! I just bought one off Ebay and it is supposed to arrive on Tuesday. I got a used Sunburst with Padauk back and sides, electronics and a cutaway. I am hoping to not be disappointed because I have some great guitars right now. I played a F130 at Kennelly Keys in WA and it was great! Let us know what you think after a few days.
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I've liked all of the F130's that I've played. I'm sure you'll get a lot of enjoyment out of that one.
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Congratulations Andrew, they're terrific guitars (you've seen mine online!)
I can understand exactly why the shop manager said what he did about the price/quality range. GADs and Faiths, amongst many others, really break the curve there: meaning it's a great time to be playing guitars. Incidentally, this thread and the Fender thread running at the moment, reminded me of the story of my F-130. There was a slight finish issue with the one in-store (which I took home, not having noticed it at the time - d'oh!), but Fender replaced it, shipping a new one from Holland within 2 days. Accidents and mistakes do happen - what we should judge companies by is how they respond to them - and Fender/Guild and Holiday Music were all brilliant here. Enjoy.
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Oh, and their tech staff are brilliant; Tim Stark who has done my setups for years also techs for Steve Howe when he's touring-and we all know how precious Howe is about who he lets anywhere near his instruments!
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