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  1. DeArmond Hammer

    NGD: Hoboken Sunburst Capris

    I've been wanting a sunburst CE-100 Capri for years, so when I recently had two opportunities to get one, I got two. I met up with @mavuser on Thursday and assumed stewardship of his 1958 CE-100D, s/n 7081. It reportedly had just one owner before him, and it came with a batch of vintage case...
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    1997 Starfires in TPR

    I just completed my set of 1997 Starfires in Transparent Red. For Starfire newcomers, the II and III are both hollow, the III having a vibrato tailpiece. The IV has a thinner, semi-hollow body. From a distance, they just look red, but up close, the mahogany grain shows through. I'm so...
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    Surfliner Deluxe

    In case you haven't gotten enough new Surfliners this week, Sweetwater has these Surfliner Deluxe models available for pre-order: Evergreen Metallic, Rose Quartz Metallic, and Black Metallic. Upgrades from the original Surfliner include the vibrato tailpiece, 5-way pickup switch, bound...
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    Duane Eddy playing a DE-500

    This is the best video I've seen of a DE-500 in action, played by Duane Eddy himself on the Conan O'Brien show on the eve of DE's 1994 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Does anyone know whether the other two guitars in the band are Guilds? The jazz box appears to have a...
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    Troy's (TJH3113) Guild Bass Collection

    One of my favorite Youtubers for bass parts is TJH3113 a/k/a Troy. I found his channel when looking for demos of a B-301. Now he's made a video showing off his collection of a half-dozen Guild basses.
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    Guitar show in Philly - should I go?

    I see there's a guitar show in Philadelphia next weekend, July 23-24. Has anyone been to one of these shows? What are they like? I've been to computer shows (back in the day) and fountain pen shows (yes I'm a nerd) but never a guitar show. I have a couple interesting guitars that need some...
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    Sold Partial pack of vintage Black Diamond Strings, $5

    A partial pack of vintage Black Diamond Strings came with a guitar I bought. If they're worth $5 to someone, to cover postage, I'll send them. (A non-US address would cost more.) The package contains the low E string, A string, and (wound) G string, all sealed; and the B string in an opened...
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    Guild/DeArmond pickups on a Telecaster

    Searching (in vain) for info about the DeArmond Aerosonic pickups on Guild's upcoming Surfliner, I found this interesting video about using Guild/DeArmond pickups on a Telecaster.
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    Sold Vintage Gold-Plated Beveled DeArmond Pickups

    These DeArmond pickups with the beveled faces, from around 1959, are not very common, especially with gold plating. Guild may have used them on the X-500, and they appear on the early DE-500 that Duane Eddy holds on the covers of his Girls! Girls! Girls! and Twistin' 'N' Twangin' albums. I have...
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    Sold Guild acoustic end pin

    The person who sold me this end pin said it was from a 1964 Guild F-20. I hoped that it would fit my 1977 D-50, but it was too big to fit all the way into the hole. By my caliper's measurements the shaft on this pin is 20mm long and tapers from 8.0 mm to 6.9 mm. I'll sell for $12 including...
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    Grandpa's Tiple (10-string ukelele)

    Here's a curiosity that might be appreciated by our 12-string players especially. Last summer, my cousin told me she had something for me, "a funny little guitar" that had belonged to our grandfather. She told me that he used to play it, and my grandmother sang, with groups in the 1920s and...
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    New New Stock U.S. tubes promised

    Western Electric has announced that it plans to produce amp tubes in Georgia, and not the R*****n Georgia but the U.S.A. Georgia. You can vote on their website for the kind of tubes you want: https://www.westernelectric.com/blog/expand Guitar.com wrote an article...
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    Queen in Ukraine with a Guild 12-string

    When Brian May isn't playing his Red Special, he's likely to be playing a Guild:
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    Tim Pells and Vintage Guilds on The Bob and Ramon Show

    I never saw The Bob and Ramon Show before, but Youtube's algorithm brought me this fascinating episode with guest Tim Pells showing and demonstrating 14 gorgeous vintage Guilds.
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    Are you just happy to see me ...

    ... or is that a Gibson in your pants? Ontario detectives are searching for a thief and a '59 Les Paul reissue. https://www.yrp.ca/en/Modules/News/index.aspx?feedId=eec058e4-5b49-437f-89cd-d222d7465de7&newsId=b7c070d5-29c3-43b6-895d-450ddd866a9b There was a similar baggy-pants guitar theft...
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    Sold Guild TKL concert-size guitar case for F20, M20, M40, etc.

    This Guild-branded, Canadian-made TKL case, model B2001/BL, was made to fit Guild concert-size guitars, which include the vintage Troubadour F-20 and M-20 and the recent M series including the M-20, M-25, M-40, M-120, M-140, and M-240. The interior case dimensions are approximately: 41" guitar...
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    Storing guitars with loosened strings?

    From what I gather, string tension is the force that ages guitars. Trying to preserve my guitars' neck angles, I have started loosening a guitar's strings if I don't know when I'll play it again. I don't fully loosen the strings, so that a floating bridge would fall off, but I tune them down a...
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    Experience with Old Brown Glue?

    I've never used hide glue but, from what I've read, it looks like the best adhesive for some of my projects. I came across a product called Old Brown Glue, which is hide glue with urea added so that it's liquid at room temperature and doesn't require a hot glue pot. Does anyone have experience...
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    You know this Guild is authentic ...

    ... because B.B. King and Eric Clapton wouldn't sign a fake Guild. Here's the website where you can acquire many guitars with famous brands and famous signatures.
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    Incoming GAD F40P (for "padauk")

    I never heard of African padauk before today, but I'll soon own a couple solid pieces of it (and a Sitka spruce top) in this GAD F40P. Is it like rosewood or mahogany? Those are the only woods I've had in my acoustic bodies. Has anyone played a GAD F40P? A beginner must have owned it...
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