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05-06-2014, 04:31 PM
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Guild brand sold
It appears that Fender is selling the Guild brand to a California company called Cordoba music
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David Guild D 30 BL Guild D4 12 NT Martin D 15 Martin DXM Alvarez Yairi WY1 SB Sigma SDR28 Seagull Entaurage Fender FR 50 CE 
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05-06-2014, 04:34 PM
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A bunch of nice archtops, flattops, a gypsy & nylon strings…
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05-06-2014, 04:35 PM
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Interesting! I actually really love Cordoba classical guitars. Their GK Negra is one of the best bang for the buck guitars as far as sound/playability to price go.
I'm curious to know what they'll be doing with the guild line considering they pretty much have no steel string guitars in their line.
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Acoustics: Eastman AJ816ce (the rhythm) Takamine Peak 2013 LTD (the solo performer) Martin MMV Dreadnought (because everyone needs a Martin  )Electrics: Fender Telecaster (the workhorse) ESP EC-1000 VB (the shredder) G&L L2000 (its a bass)
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05-06-2014, 05:25 PM
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Fascinating....
I really hope this is works out well for both companies. Guild was really turning out some first rate guitars the last few years and I would love to see that continue.
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"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." -Zig Ziglar Acoustics 2013 Guild F30 Standard 2012 Yamaha LL16 2007 Seagull S12 1991 Yairi DY 50 Electrics Epiphone Les Paul Standard Fender Am. Standard Telecaster Gibson ES-335 Gibson Firebird
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#8
05-06-2014, 05:50 PM
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This development is preferable to having FMIC run Guild into the ground. I hope the new owners can match the standards of the New Hartford factory - I love my D40 Bluegrass Jubilee.
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05-06-2014, 05:58 PM
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Wow. I think this is encouraging. Not sure anyone could do worse than FMIC. Glad their reign of terror has come to an end.
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05-06-2014, 06:01 PM
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good news
I think this is great
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#13
05-06-2014, 06:12 PM
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This is from Fender's site...
http://spotlight.fender.com/newsroom/news/408/ Frankly I am optimistic, at least it is an acoustic guitar company! Still sad that the New Hartford facility will close. Wonder if Doyle Dykes and Ren Ferguson come with the deal?
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05-06-2014, 06:21 PM
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Does Cordoba actually build in their own facilities? Looking at their lines, they seem to be imports and higher end models built by contract craftsmen. I would tend to think the imports will get the most attention initially.
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