CarlZen:

Here is something interesting that Stefan Grossman said about Mississippi John Hurt's Guild guitar and how he acquired it:

"He is playing a real crappy Guild Guitar (OO sized body but rounder) that the Newport Folk Foundation paid for. The funny thing was that he had his complete choice of what guitar he could take. I was with him on that day and we went to FRETTED INSTRUMENTS in New York City. They had GREAT old Martins (with inlay and without) plus a few great Gibsons. He opted for the Guild basically because it seemed "less costly" and he didn't want to shake the goodness of the Foundation! What a gentle character."

EZR