S70 A

[Yetta11]

I'm trying to find out anything I can about my guild s70a model. I see a lot of people talking about s70s or about s70ds.. but I never see anybody say anything about s70a. I have been looking for years. I'm just curious if anybody can tell me anything about them or about it's worth..
It was my father's guitar and I have never seen another one labeled s70a. I had looked it up in a book years ago and it stated they were not a lot of them made, but I would love to find somebody who owns another one. Any ideas?

 

[chazmo]

Welcome aboard, Yetta11. I'm moving your thread to the proper section. I'm sure someone will come along to discuss your guitar. And, if no one does, you can always hook up your S-70 as a pendulum and have the coolest clock in the neighborhood.

 

[mavuser]

Hello, the S-70-A generally is an S-70 that is made of Ash wood (instead of Mahogany). It is rare to find any S-70/S-70-D/S-70-A, but I am far from an expert. @GAD and a couple other forum members can contribute much more. welcome!

 

[SFIV1967]

I'm trying to find out anything I can about my guild s70a model.

Welcome to LTG!
The S-70AD (only marked S70-A on TRC) showed up in the March 1, 1979 price list.


March 1, 1980 price list:


March 1, 1981 price list:


The S-70D was first shown in the 1978 catalog:



Lots of Guilds with the same body shape:

1979 s-70d

I have the S300A and a B302 bass. I've been thinking about getting all the Guild models with that body shape. They're that good! And my sunburst is of course the prettiest I've seen this far ;)

letstalkguild.com

Ralf

 

[tonepoet]

Welcome Yetta11. You will find some very knowledgeable people on this forum, as you can see from Ralf's posting above. Very cool that you have your father's guitar. I have the humbucker version known as the S300-AD. Very solidly built guitars.

 

[SFIV1967]

but I would love to find somebody who owns another one. Any ideas?

Some LTG members own them, examples:

S-70 owners?

show of hands please.

letstalkguild.com

How many of you have an S300 or other model with the same shaped body?

Just curious to know how many others have one of these guitars. I don’t Really see any posts on these. I am also wondering how rare these are. Very few come up for sale, and when they do, they are kind of expensive. I have an S300D that I bought that was missing a saddle, and had worn...

letstalkguild.com

Ralf

 

[GAD]

Only S70A I’ve ever seen belongs to Grot.

I’d love to see pics of yours! If you’re selling let me know. I collect Guilds and don’t have that one.

 

[SFIV1967]

Only S70A I’ve ever seen belongs to Grot.

You missed beinhard's:

S-70 owners?

show of hands please.

letstalkguild.com

Ralf

 

[matsickma]

This may sound like blasphemy but I considered converting a S300AD into a S70A. At a time when S300AD's were inexpensive I had 3. However I sold the one with the most wear and didn't make the mod.
M

 

[GAD]

This may sound like blasphemy but I considered converting a S300AD into a S70A. At a time when S300AD's were inexpensive I had 3. However I sold the one with the most wear and didn't make the mod.
M

I twitched when I read that.

You missed beinhard's:

S-70 owners?

show of hands please.

letstalkguild.com

Ralf

That was almost 10 years ago long before I owned an S70 (let alone two). Only seeing two (now three) in ten years is still what I’d call rare.

 

[SFIV1967]

That was almost 10 years ago

It was in post#6 above...
Ralf

 

[matsickma]

Hey GAD,
I swear when I'm in my guitar parts section of basement that vintage Guild S70 pickguard is trying to get out of the cabinet and looking for a S300 host to occupy. The brown burst and the black S70's have been putting up a good defence to protect the S300A's!
LOL...why not make guitar parts sound mischievous at this time of year!

 

[GAD]

Hey GAD,
I swear when I'm in my guitar parts section of basement that vintage Guild S70 pickguard is trying to get out of the cabinet and looking for a S300 host to occupy. The brown burst and the black S70's have been putting up a good defence to protect the S300A's!
LOL...why not make guitar parts sound mischievous at this time of year!

Heh. I have an S300A guitar that’s basically a shell because it came to me in terrible condition.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

And here it is!!!!



And just for good measure here's its sibling, the S-70:

 

[tonepoet]

This may sound like blasphemy but I considered converting a S300AD into a S70A. At a time when S300AD's were inexpensive

About 20 years ago, I did a slight mod on my 1979 S-300-AD by removing the Dimarzio pickups and replacing them with Bill Lawrence L-500s from 1982 (the ones made with arched rails when his shop was in Juliet, TN). I was just never too crazy about the distorted sound of a DiMarzio Super Distortion, which Guild put in the bridge position.

I have not regretted the pickup swap, as A) they are creme color like the original DiMarzios and B) since the BL L-500s are the early 80s ones, it at least would be period correct as an optional choice.

 

[matsickma]

Heh. I have an S300A guitar that’s basically a shell because it came to me in terrible condition.

Interestingly at one time I bought a S300A that was a "shell" with plans to return it to its glory. Then a S300AD showed up and I snagged it and sold the S300A husk. The Buyer was a bit mad at me saying I failed to identify a small crack in the ebony fret board above the high E of the 2nd octave part of the neck. I was willing to accept a return but it didn't get to that point.

By any chance was that Buyer a younger GAD?

As an aside, if you have a S300A husk up for sale I could be interested in it. I initially thought I would replace the pickguard on the brown burst S70 but patched it instead. Since then I have acquired a pickguard piece of material that is the same as the OEM S70 pickguard. So one of these days I will update the repair to better match pickguard materials. On that particular guitar I installed a Guildsby of the S100 Deluxe variety and an attenuator on the middle pickup to adjust the magnitude of the out-of-phase blending. Since the OEM 5 way pickup selector switch had double sided poles I used a push/pull POT for the middle pickup attenuator and wired it to activate all 3 pickups.

M

 

[Yetta11]

And here it is!!!!



And just for good measure here's its sibling, the S-70:

S70a......yup! That's what my daddy's guitar looks like..... Well... It's mine now..... But mine has belt buckle scratches in the back from all the years he played. My husband is in a band now, and he plays it on occasion.

 

[GAD]

Interestingly at one time I bought a S300A that was a "shell" with plans to return it to its glory. Then a S300AD showed up and I snagged it and sold the S300A husk. The Buyer was a bit mad at me saying I failed to identify a small crack in the ebony fret board above the high E of the 2nd octave part of the neck. I was willing to accept a return but it didn't get to that point.

By any chance was that Buyer a younger GAD?

As an aside, if you have a S300A husk up for sale I could be interested in it. I initially thought I would replace the pickguard on the brown burst S70 but patched it instead. Since then I have acquired a pickguard piece of material that is the same as the OEM S70 pickguard. So one of these days I will update the repair to better match pickguard materials. On that particular guitar I installed a Guildsby of the S100 Deluxe variety and an attenuator on the middle pickup to adjust the magnitude of the out-of-phase blending. Since the OEM 5 way pickup selector switch had double sided poles I used a push/pull POT for the middle pickup attenuator and wired it to activate all 3 pickups.

M

You know how to tell you have tooo many guitars?

I can’t find it. Sigh.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

You know how to tell you have tooo many guitars?

I can’t find it. Sigh.

Fun problem to have!

 

[chazmo]

Fun problem to have!