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You mean you don't believe me?
You could tell me that my right foot turned to cabbage and I'd believe you.
I'd still want pics, though!
You mean you don't believe me?
You could tell me that my right foot turned to cabbage and I'd believe you.
I'd still want pics, though!
All of this makes me wonder: what empty spot in their lineup where they trying to fill with the Studios? Somewhere I saw that they were meant to be entry level. Where they less expensive than SFII's and III's? How did they save money building them besides the Mickey Mouse pickups?
It must have cost money to develop the line and tool up to build it. What was the motivation?
The Gibson Kessel definitely came first, the first ones came out in '61. The Gibson Trini Lopez Deluxe model has the same basic double-cutaway body came out in '64. Guild's studio models came out in '68.I always assumed Guild was copying the Gibson Barney Kessel model. But now I'm wondering - which came first?
My interpretation is that they came that way from the factory. Is there a reason that double Florentine cutaways should provide less neck support than double Venetian cutaways (SF IV, ES335, ...)?
To elaborate further, there's no center block running down the length of the guitar to offer support.The Studios are fully hollow and the ST4s are semi-hollow.
Why do you characterize the pups as 'mickey mouse'? Yes they are smaller, but what is about them that you don't like? Also, my understanding is that the STs were based on Gibson's 'Barney Kessel model.I had always guessed with zero evidence that the Studio Series were based on one Starfire or another, maybe a double cut SFIII. But looking at photos I can see that they're different. The cutaways are slightly different. The neck joins the body at a different fret.
All of this makes me wonder: what empty spot in their lineup where they trying to fill with the Studios? Somewhere I saw that they were meant to be entry level. Where they less expensive than SFII's and III's? How did they save money building them besides the Mickey Mouse pickups?
It must have cost money to develop the line and tool up to build it. What was the motivation?
Why do you characterize the pups as 'mickey mouse'? Yes they are smaller, but what is about them that you don't like? Also, my understanding is that the STs were based on Gibson's 'Barney Kessel model.
That's explained by Hans on page 32.There's a certain pickup that Guild put on some low end guitars during the 60's that are nicknamed "Mickey Mouse" pickups. Rumor is that the name was coined by workers at the Guild factory, but I can't verify that.
That's explained by Hans on page 32.
Ralf
Both Guild made.so,who made the two post Franz, post DeArmond 2000 single coils? the mickey mouse,and the other one?