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Location: NJ | film at 11 |
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Location: big island | that didn't take long. status quo for 3 years, huh? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Interesting.
Now we can tour the Guild stuff also.
A little wood sniffin' never hurt nobody. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Should improve the quality immediately! |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Huh? You mean they are moving the Tacoma production to CT? |
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Location: SoCal | Well that was unexpected..... |
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Location: big island | is it 11 yet? |
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Location: big island | is it 11 yet?
oh wait...it's only 7:21am here, i gotta wait 3 1/2 more hours for the news. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I wonder where they'll put it. Things already looked relatively crowded. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I'm really happy for the mothership.
Good people, strong tradition.
Glad to see they are being recognized as such. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Interesting.
Now we can tour the Guild stuff also.
A little wood sniffin' never hurt nobody. When I was in High School I had a Guild hollow bodied electric guitar. One of those I should have kept. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The Guild/Tacoma/Ovation/Hamer Craftsman are good people!
Elvis was good people. He just had the wrong Manager in the long run. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | In 1980 I had one of the Guild Semi-Holler'd with a Fender Twin Reverb amp.
...gone, like my youth... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I have a mint, nearly unplayed, blonde Starfire IV, which is supposedly one of the last USA models, along with Pilot Bass and an S-250. This is one of the advantages of never selling anything. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | good. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | And to think, some member named Standingovation posted back on Sept. 30, 2005 that he wished they would start building wooden box guitars in New Hartford ...
Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
I wonder where they'll put it. Things already looked relatively crowded. According to the press release they are moving the Kaman Bowed Instrument stuff to Ontario, so I guess that frees up the part of the building where they'll put the Guild stuff. Just a guess.
Originally posted by Slipkid:
I'm really happy for the mothership. Agreed. Unless you're one of the 70 effected employees in Tacoma, WA.
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Location: enid, ok | That's great, but if I buy a Guild, it's going to be an old one. As a kid I used to drool over their catalogs. Almost bought an S-60D or S-300D back in the day, but my Ovation is a better guitar. But man, those hollowbodies-great craftsmanship, and much cheaper than the Gibson equivalent! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes, it sucks for the people out there, but we knew it was going to suck for somebody. Being an a$$hole it's always better if it sucks for people you don't know than for ones you do. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Part of me wishes they would have moved Ovation to Tacoma. I'd get to visit more often. But I'm glad Ovation is staying in New Hartford and this seems to be an indication of faith in that facility. Guild is going back a little closer to its roots and has been moved a bit. Consolidations are always tough on some employees. I assume they'll increase the number of employees in New Hartford. I hope they get good ones. |
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Location: enid, ok | There are some marvelous luthiers in Mexico... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes, many of them are working in Tacoma. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
Yes, it sucks for the people out there, but we knew it was going to suck for somebody. Being an a$$hole it's always better if it sucks for people you don't know than for ones you do. I have to agree with Bill, here.
Perhaps some of those in Tacoma will be relocated to Conn. Would probably be a good move to keep as much of your skilled manpower as possible. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Actually, depending on where they live in connecticut, if they move, the cost of living may be less.
I'm sure the bean counters factored this in in relocating guild. Tacoma's not the bargain it was 20 years ago, and now parts of the northeast are relatively cheap once you're outside of the orbit of NYC. After my sears guitar, the next one was a guild. So it's alright with me. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | In terms of where they'll put them, if that part of conn. is like upstate ny, there's a lot of hollowed out industries. They'll be able to find a nice cozy old factory for them. And the Community will welcome them open arms. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Well this sounds like good news, but I'm still waiting for the film at 11:00. |
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guild moves to new hartford
