blindboygrunt Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 i've learnt / learned ? .... on here that ren ferguson brought a new standard of guitar to the gibson factory ... anyone have any experience with a Guild since he went there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 i've learnt / learned ? .... on here that ren ferguson brought a new standard of guitar to the gibson factory ... anyone have any experience with a Guild since he went there ? Yeah, I played s GA size new Guild and it was really good. Didnt sound so much as a Guild, but just a really punchy, responsive and projective guitar for its size. Especially given it was only around $1200. I also played a new Fender from the Ren new era and was pretty disappointed, just didnt do anything for me. This was both when back in Australia recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yeah, I played s GA size new Guild and it was really good. Didnt sound so much as a Guild, but just a really punchy, responsive and projective guitar for its size. Especially given it was only around $1200. I also played a new Fender from the Ren new era and was pretty disappointed, just didnt do anything for me. This was both when back in Australia recently. cheers aussie , was just a thought because i'm kinda fond of guilds , and like the gibsons a lot of years ago , people always said that its better to get an older one . but then again some people just like older things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 the guys from Fuller's said Ren might be designing the Fender acoustics CS guitars but the builders are doing a bad job building them . JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I do not think there has been any kind of a big turn around at Guild since Ren came on board. Despite a whole lot of trepidation among Guild freaks about Fender picking up the brand, except for one of the Tacoma-made models (I think it was the Contemporary Series) which apparently had some issues, lovers of Guilds have done nothing but heap praise on the the build quality and sound of the guitars since the day Fender entered the picture. And I agree that the new Guilds have a different voice than the NYC/Hoboken/Westerly- made guitars. The Fender-era Guilds are, if nothing else, a whole lot lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I played one of his designed Guilds today at NAMM. It was pretty hard to hear any of the guitars I played today but I did get a sense that it was a good one. Saw him walking around as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.