S281 Flyer Review

Here's my review of the 1986 Guild S-281 Flyer that I scored for a great price.

http://www.gad.net/Blog/2017/04/28/1986-guild-s281-flyer/

The difference between an S-280 and an S-281 is the headstock!

The S-280 has the "foot". The S-281 is the Offset.

I guess I failed to mention this in our communications prior to your review.


Just finished reading your review. So when are you coming down to borrow my X-100 Bladerunner?



The "Modern Aviation" catalog is just a Double sided sheet! (While you're here I'll let you go through my literature binder if you buy me lunch!)

I always thought to be a "Super Strat", a guitar had to have the Single Coil, Single Coil, Humbucker pick-up lay-out?

This didn't happen until the Detonator/Liberator series.

The Guilds of Grot said:

The difference between an S-280 and an S-281 is the headstock!

The S-280 has the "foot". The S-281 is the Offset.

I guess I failed to mention this in our communications prior to your review.

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Ahh.

In the History of Cool Guitars v2 he calls them pointy droopy headstocks. That made me chuckle.

Well done, GAD! Loved your amusing comments about the '80's!

walrus

The Guilds of Grot said:

The difference between an S-280 and an S-281 is the headstock!

The S-280 has the "foot". The S-281 is the Offset.

I guess I failed to mention this in our communications prior to your review.


Just finished reading your review. So when are you coming down to borrow my X-100 Bladerunner?

The "Modern Aviation" catalog is just a Double sided sheet! (While you're here I'll let you go through my literature binder if you buy me lunch!)

I always thought to be a "Super Strat", a guitar had to have the Single Coil, Single Coil, Humbucker pick-up lay-out?

This didn't happen until the Detonator/Liberator series.

Click to expand...

Re: Super Strat - I always just took the term to mean vaguely Strat-shaped with upgrades for shredding, probably with at least one humbucker. If there's an official definition I never bothered to look it up, pro journalist that I am.

Lunch for digging through archives sounds like a plan. Can I bring my scanner?

Man, those Blade Runners are so cool. Did you know they're still being made by the guy who owns the design?


http://www.americanguitarworks.com/blade-runner-1-one-I

Heck, I didn't know they were still making those!!! One of the coolest 80's guitars EVER!! I'm following the link right NOW!! :encouragement:

And they come in BLUE!!

He's added some frets, too.