new series of guitars from Guild. This choice caused confusion for buyers, as it marked the first time that an import had actually donned the Guild brand name, which had previously only been used to describe US-made guitars. Because of this, it was no longer immediately clear if a Guild-branded guitar is a US-made model or an import, although the GAD models usually had unique ornamentation. The 2011 GAD models brought new features, looks, and model numbers. These new GAD-series Guild guitars could be identified with a number 1 as the first number in the model number. For example, a US-built F-50R's GAD-level version would be called an F-150R. Similarly, a US-built F-512 would be an F-1512 as a GAD version. With Cordoba taking over as owners of the Guild brand, as of May, 2015, the GAD line-up was discontinued, but two newly formed lines, Westerly Collection (acoustics) and Newark Street (electrics) were revealed, which also aimed to pay homage Guild's production history that took place at those locations (with the Newark Street address alluding to a link with the Hoboken factory). The Westerly Collection line-up includes a variety of guitars made with solid wood tops/laminate sides and body; and, solid wood tops/solid wood sides and solid wood backs. Notable users of Guild guitars Bryan Adams – F-50R Ryan Adams – D-25M Billie Joe Armstrong – D-55 Ron Asheton - Jetstar Dan Auerbach – Thunderbird S-200 Elek Bacsik – Stuart X-500 + Charlie Christian style single coil pickup Joan Baez – F30R Ehud Banai – D-55 George Barnes (musician) – George Barnes Acousti-Lectric, George Barnes Guitar in F Richard Barone – X-500 (Cool Blue Halo album) Brendan Benson – 1959 Aristocrat George Benson – A.A. Bondy – T-100D (slim jim) Paul Bonin – F65CE Zeta Bosio – Guild Pilot Bass Greg Brown – Starfire III Creed Bratton – Bluesbird Roy Buchanan – T-200 and T-250 Tim Buckley Jeff Buckley – 1967 Guild F-50 Charlie Byrd – Mark VI David Byrne - F15CE Mya Byrne – F20, F30, D35 Larry Carlton – Bluesbird Stephen Carpenter Jack Casady – Starfire bass Peter Calo - JC30 Ken Macy - GAD40CE Eva Cassidy Jerry Cantrell – JF55 - MTV Unplugged Gustavo Cerati – Guild F4CE Peter Cetera – F612 Eric Clapton – F-30, GF-60, S4CE/Songbird Fred Cole – S-200 Thunderbird Judy Collins – F312 Sheryl Crow – M-85 bass, B-301 bass Kayla Daly -