I want to know how the Guild compares to the 335.
Thanks everybody for a warm welcome, i'm starting to get addicted already. Let me tell you how i gravitated to this guitar. The first attraction to this guitar was because of it's similar neck feel. What i liked the most of the early 70-ies 335 was the narrow nut neck, and not too thick a baseball neck. Most seem to hate 'm, but for me it's a match made in heaven. As a matter of fact the neck feels just the same. Narrow nut and medium slim neck. The other thing i noticed immediately was it's compacter build, maybe somewhat shorter scale length. I 'd understand these early starfires have a somewhat different neck construction. To me it feels very comfortable, and i besides don't care much about upper fret accessibility . The 335 always felt a little oversized for me. I wonder how these compare to later build SF. The final plus of this guitar is its airy, more refined sounds. The 335 had not the most powerful pickups but because of that also had a very good jangle impersonation, and string separation with medium gain, almost like p90. The SF however seems more broad spectrum. More low weight, more air , more jangle just more of everything. IMHO these small PU resemble jazzmasters with extra oempfff, without the annoying buzzes.
I also wonder how it sound would change if a Bigsby was added. As a matter of fact i have a Guildsby B7 model here which a purchased a while ago, but i don't dare to put it on. It seems way too long, and i dread the extra screw holes. If i can lay my hands on a Guildsby B6 i would try it. If anyone feels the urge to swap his Guilsby, let me know!