My Acoustic Search Part III

[AmpliFIRE]

No man, you're not pushing. I asked for your opinion & I appreciate it!

The shop I went to had just the one Norman, but he said he'll order anything I want at no cost...so what's it hurt to just try it, right???

cool...Trust me, you won't be dissapointed. BTW, I was VERY close to buying a high-end Tak (Pete Townshend sig) before I stumbled on the Norman.

 

[kmcguitars]

I just picked up a Samick Greg Bennett D-8CE . Don't let the price
fool you. This is a Fine instrument. B4 you drop $1000 on a Acoustic check out the Bennett's. The D-8 is their middle of the line guitar. It retails for around $349
and I found it to be better than $500 to$700 guitars Like alverez's etc. You get alot of bang for your buck with the Bennet's

http://www.samickguitar.com/

 

[PUCKBOY99]

Sounds good to me...they (Samicks) look like they've come a long way in the past few years!

BTW...anyone know what, if any, is the difference between an older Guild vs. the Fender Guilds? More assemblyline type production vs more attention to detail???

 

[kmcguitars]

Sounds good to me...they (Samicks) look like they've come a long way in the past few years!

BTW...anyone know what, if any, is the difference between an older Guild vs. the Fender Guilds? More assemblyline type production vs more attention to detail???

The older guild's are made in the U.S.A. If The Fender Guilds
say's made in Korea or Indonisia?? Then chances are it's made
in the Samick plant:11: Yup, That's right. Samick makes almost
all the low end guitars for fender,Epiphone etc.

 

[PUCKBOY99]

No, the Guilds are owned by Fender, but they're built in Corona, California. I was just wonderring if there was a quality difference between the Rhode Island Guilds & the Fender Guilds....

 

[sgstrat]

The Guild factory moved to Westerly, RI in 1967 and operated there until Fender moved manufacturing to Corona a few years ago. Over the 30 plus years there have been ups and downs in quality, but Guilds have been pretty consistent and didn't share Gibson and Fender's 70's quality woes.

When the move to Corona was made Fender took the opportunity to redesign Guild's acoustics closer to the original specs of the 60's models. Concensus seems to be that quality has improved from recent RI production.