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From the small shop to the big stages
In 1952, Alfred Dronge, the owner of a small music store in New York, joined forces with former Epiphone vice president George Mann and founded the Guild Guitar Company. Due to Dronge's passion for jazz music, they initially focused on production hollow-body electric guitars. In the years that followed, acoustic guitars were also introduced and, after a change of location, the first Starfire and Polara models saw the light of day in the 1960s. These are still among the most popular electric guitars from Guild today.
Many Guild models such as the aforementioned Starfire and Polara, the D-40, D-35 and the jumbo model F-40 have become an integral part of modern music. Numerous artists were also enthusiastic about Guild guitars and basses, including none other than Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, Brian May, Sheryl Crow and Tom Petty. Of course, we shouldn't forget Slash, who plays a Guild Double-Neck, a combination of a solid-body electric guitar and a semi-acoustic 12-string.
