Please refer to the guides before each chart for information on how to interpret the data. While there are some holes in the historical record, as well as a few anomalies, inconsistencies, and obvious errors in the dating charts, the information complied and presented here is the most comprehensive data we have available for dating Guild guitars.
Through the years, (as well as through several different owners of the Guild Guitar company), some historical documentation has unfortunately been lost or destroyed. The following series of charts contain the most accurate information Guild has available for discerning the date of manufacture of Guild guitars by serial number.
