Thoughts on T-100?

[Walter Broes]

Yep, I was thinking too, but I do like my blondes (when it comes to guitars, anyway), and there no blonde finishes for Starfire II or III from that era that I ever seen.

Also, I stopped by Rivington Guitars the other day, good vintage store in NYC, they had two Guilds, 64's Starfire II, and 61' A50. I grabbed the Starfire first, and damn, it had the same exactly neck as on my 98' Starfire III. On thinner and wider side, that I so dread now. I noodled for a minute, but didn't feel inspired to even plug in.
A50 on the other hand was really fantastic! Dearmond Rhythm Chief pickup, and just sounded great acoustically, great vibe, and feel! And the neck is big, fat, and chunky, I can play those all day!

Nope, I don't think there are any natural finished humbucker Starfires. I have a 1960 Capri in natural, and that has an "almost Gibson" neck too, on the rounder, chunkier side, but that guitar has Franz pickups, so you'd have your noise problem again with something like that. I used to have a 1960 X175 with almost the same neck.

I have a 61 Starfire, (with DeArmonds), and that has a small, thin neck, but it's not flat or wide. It has a round profile on the back, and something between a 9 or 10 radius on the fingerboard. I can't stand wide thin neck, cramps up my hand terribly, and while the SF neck certainly is almost unusually small, it's round enough so it's comfortable for me.

I think it won't be that easy to find a 60's humbucker Guild with a big neck. I've never played one.

 

[NYWolf]

Nope, I don't think there are any natural finished humbucker Starfires. I have a 1960 Capri in natural, and that has an "almost Gibson" neck too, on the rounder, chunkier side, but that guitar has Franz pickups, so you'd have your noise problem again with something like that. I used to have a 1960 X175 with almost the same neck.

I have a 61 Starfire, (with DeArmonds), and that has a small, thin neck, but it's not flat or wide. It has a round profile on the back, and something between a 9 or 10 radius on the fingerboard. I can't stand wide thin neck, cramps up my hand terribly, and while the SF neck certainly is almost unusually small, it's round enough so it's comfortable for me.

I think it won't be that easy to find a 60's humbucker Guild with a big neck. I've never played one.

Well, Im kinda inspired by the other member of this forum, who just broke all the rules and replaced a single coil with the humbucker on his T100, and it didn't make the world explode, and nobody had a heart attack ( at least i hope so):laughing: Im only saying this meaning if I find a Guild with the neck I like, that's it, I'm getting it and if it has single coils, too bad for the collectors

And what about 70's and 80's CE 100s? Anybody have them, whats the neck like? Ideally, I would love to have a guitar with HB-1, to my ears it's the best pickup ever, I like them even better than Guilds mini buckers.

Thanks for all the info so far, really appreciate it, helps me a lot in my search!

 

[guildmann]

i love the feel and acoustic sound of my 67 T-100 but i prefer the thickness of my 67 X-50. the neck on the X-50 is narrower than the T-100. wish i could swap necks! I would love to try an CE-100 but i'm out of space!

Rob

 

[Sergnaps]

Just bought myself a 1962 Guild T-100 at Rivington Guitars NYC. Never played on something so beautiful that stayed in tune so well. Credit to the the guitar shop for setting it up perfectly. Only one previous owner! Sorry, I had to brag and add on here but I felt it would be appreciated. I also own a Guild D-140 acoustic.

 

[walrus]

Nice! Congratulations!

walrus

 

[GGJaguar]

Just bought myself a 1962 Guild T-100

Welcome to LTG and congrats! Start a NGD thread in the "Archtops/Hollowbody" forum and tell us more!

 

[BradHK]

Beautiful! Love that burst

 

[Shakeylee]

absolutely fantastic guitar.

an NGD ,New Guild Day thread would be nice