Based on this ad, Guild made a "see-through" electric guitar. Does anyone have one? Pictures? How's it sound?
http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-GUILD-AX-CESSO ... 588e1b57f5
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http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-GUILD-AX-CESSO ... 588e1b57f5
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Anyone have a "see-through" Guild?
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adorshki
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It's impossible to photograph. Sounds like an air guitar. :wink:walrus said:
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Very interesting.
I have to wonder, though whether the guitar in the photo is real. I would expect, for example, to see evidence of the jack, pots and connecting wiring that are not there. I could imagine some kind of reflective pickguard that hid those details but then I would not expect to see a portions of a polishing cloth package that is partially behind the guitar. A search for images of clear, Lucite or transparent guitars (think Dan Armstrong) turns up guitars with a non-transparent guard over the electronics or images photographed in such a way that you can't tell anything about the electronics. So I am inclined to believe that either the picture is not of a real object or the object is not a functional electric guitar.
I have to wonder, though whether the guitar in the photo is real. I would expect, for example, to see evidence of the jack, pots and connecting wiring that are not there. I could imagine some kind of reflective pickguard that hid those details but then I would not expect to see a portions of a polishing cloth package that is partially behind the guitar. A search for images of clear, Lucite or transparent guitars (think Dan Armstrong) turns up guitars with a non-transparent guard over the electronics or images photographed in such a way that you can't tell anything about the electronics. So I am inclined to believe that either the picture is not of a real object or the object is not a functional electric guitar.
Frono, that's what I was wondering, if the guitar was "made" just for the ad, and is not a working guitar. Or is it real, and therefore the "rarest" Guild of all??!!!
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I imagine the acoustic version of the guitar in the ad had the "Ghost" label.... :lol:
Here's another see-through from craigslist....
Here's another see-through from craigslist....
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Back in the late 70s I thought those lucite guitars were the hottest things ever. The place where I bought my Guild in '79 had two hanging from the ceiling. They were there for probably a decade. 
I too wondered about the see-through S300 on that ad. I bet Hans would know.
I too wondered about the see-through S300 on that ad. I bet Hans would know.
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I think it was just an acrylic body with the parts surface mounted for the photo.
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jte said:
That's what I was trying to say. Surface mounting parts does not make it a functional guitar. Thank you.