Tacoma guitars price list4/4/2024 I always appreciate the facts anytime I may be incorrect on some various issues, etc. I have been in the musical instrument industry for half a century as well as a writer for major guitar magazines for some 17 years. I simply like the Tacoma produced Guilds very much, that’s all. I never said that Tacoma made them differently than Guild’s already established engineered parameters. I realize that Tacoma was just building them to older Guild specifications. They just didn’t have any magic to the ones I mostly saw and played myself in person. FYI, I used to work in a music store that had a lot of 1995-1996 Guilds and 90% of these were overbuilt and very stiff sounding (for whatever reasons). Hey, thanks for all the great input on the history of Fender Guilds at Corona, Westerly and Tacoma plants. Some of that stuff took years to come to light. Sorry if I seem like I came down hard, don't want to alienate a new member, but at least you know what "the real story" is now. Lastly, the F50 model name was brought back in Corona from '02-'04, after having been called "JF65" for several years. Being stronger than sitka by weight, adi allows use of lighter/thinner braces with the same strength as a bulkier sitka one.Īnd thinner tops, although F50's never got Adi tops. Tacoma did represent a return to the lighter more resonant build philosophy but some of that was accomplished through use of adi bracing. (Although my D40 did take a LONG time to open up) Yeah, Coronas might have represented a return to the "built like a tank" era but their tops were, uh, "top-notch".Īsk the man who owns one. And those late Westerlys are considered by many to be some of Guild's finest. Sounds like one of those internet cockroaches (impossible to kill myths and sellers) touting why his Westerly built guitar is better because it's from "before Fender bought 'em and ruined 'em." Well, half of those guitars ARE "Fender Guilds" because Fender bought 'em in November of '95 and kept Westerly running for 6 years after that. Second, Corona made Guilds don't "sound boxy because they made the tops too thick". Tacoma was acquired by Fender in '04 and they moved Guild production up there in late '04 with first guitars coming off line in early '05. With due respect I think there are several details you need to be "brought up to speed" on.įirst, your F50 wasn't built by the Tacoma Guitar Company.
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