You got me. The back braces and the kerfing both top and bottom are Mahogany along with the neck and tail blocks but the fans are Spruce. Good catch. Thanks for viewing.
Guild really was the only American maker that had a chance at the classical guitar world. Both Martin and Gibson tried their hand at it, and ultimately stopped production. But Guild kept going and did relatively well. I've seen quite a few, and they were always built nicely, fit and finish were good, and they always seemed to have a nice tone and were able to fill up a room with their volume. It seems different woods were used from time to time - not sure why that is - but most had the stained mahogany body that was so dark you couldn't see any grain. Overall nice guitars.
Yes, I agree. Guild even stained rosewood or maple red. That was one was a poor decision. Guild made light weight and quality traditional nylon guitars. Gibson seemed to overbuild them which killed the sound. Guild also used a Spanish foot at the neck attachment point on the upper line. The wood changes were based on availability and trends. Cedar became a more accepted top wood in the 70s that was reasonable in cost. Thanks for watching. You may want to check out my other nylon reviews to see the build differences. Thanks again.
Very interesting and informative. You said all of the braces are mahogany, does that include the soundboard braces? I've never seen them as anything but spruce on conventional classical guitars.
I looked. Nice job and information. Impressive collection. I’ve had a Mark I - VI. I’ve played a Mark VII but this particular one was not that wonderful. You have many oddities. I have one I didn’t think I saw in your photo. A Mark IV-P. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy as I will be doing a three way comparison of Mark IV’s in Indian, Pear Wood and Paduk.
You got me. The back braces and the kerfing both top and bottom are Mahogany along with the neck and tail blocks but the fans are Spruce. Good catch. Thanks for viewing.
Guild really was the only American maker that had a chance at the classical guitar world. Both Martin and Gibson tried their hand at it, and ultimately stopped production. But Guild kept going and did relatively well. I've seen quite a few, and they were always built nicely, fit and finish were good, and they always seemed to have a nice tone and were able to fill up a room with their volume. It seems different woods were used from time to time - not sure why that is - but most had the stained mahogany body that was so dark you couldn't see any grain. Overall nice guitars.
Yes, I agree. Guild even stained rosewood or maple red. That was one was a poor decision. Guild made light weight and quality traditional nylon guitars. Gibson seemed to overbuild them which killed the sound. Guild also used a Spanish foot at the neck attachment point on the upper line. The wood changes were based on availability and trends. Cedar became a more accepted top wood in the 70s that was reasonable in cost. Thanks for watching. You may want to check out my other nylon reviews to see the build differences. Thanks again.
Very interesting and informative. You said all of the braces are mahogany, does that include the soundboard braces? I've never seen them as anything but spruce on conventional classical guitars.
See above.
See my Guild Classical Guitar presentation on UA-cam
I looked. Nice job and information. Impressive collection. I’ve had a Mark I - VI. I’ve played a Mark VII but this particular one was not that wonderful. You have many oddities. I have one I didn’t think I saw in your photo. A Mark IV-P. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy as I will be doing a three way comparison of Mark IV’s in Indian, Pear Wood and Paduk.
@@alsguitars5127 thank you ….yep that 73 MK IV I had in the presentation was the first year they made the Pauduk examples