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Gad, what is the year on that one? It looks to be in nice shape. These S65-Ds tend to be beat up and/or well played. They were priced well for someone on a budget who could not afford the S-300 but were great guitars as you've said. I have a 1980 and a 1981 model that each have different control layouts from each other and are different from yours. (1980 on the left and 1981 on the right)
Eexcuse my ignorance but what does this mean and what does it do?The switch is a serial/parallel switch! I had no idea.
Eexcuse my ignorance but what does this mean and what does it do?
Hey GAD is it the mahogany body that augments the tone of the bridge SD pickup?
Just curious. It's been years since I had a hog S300D as I have the ash models. But I really like the tone of the mahogany S70.
M
I still want to read your review of the S-70!It's a Dimarzio Dual-Sound, but I absolutely think that 'hog body is a huge part of the guitar's magic. There's always been something magic about a slab 'hog guitar. SGs and Les Paul Jrs come to mind, and certainly the S60 I had was no slouch, but this thing is in a class by itself. The Dual-Sound is essentially a Super-Distortion with 4-wires, but I never expected a S/P switch! The only other Guilds I've seen with that are the Brian May models. I bet this thing would roar with a nice Alnico II P90, but it's so great as-is that it will never be altered.
I also think that the body of this guitar is a single piece of mahogany. I see no seam anywhere and there's even a knot in the back which I have to imagine would only have passed because the rest of the big piece is so perfect. Unplugged it rings like a freaking bell.
The neck is also big for a '70s Guild. It's a shade wider than 1 5/8" at the nut, but it's actually deeper than my red Blues-90! It's .86" at the first fret and .93" at the 5th which is very similar to (though slightly deeper than) my sunburst S300AD.
I'm so intrigued by this guitar that it just might have pushed all the other guitars down in the review pile. That's actually a good thing because I've been a bit distracted lately and this could bring me back to banging out some reviews.
My S-70 has the Original DiMarzio's in the middle and neck, but the original owner put in a single coil sized Seymour Duncan rail type humbucker in the bridge position that is quite hot and I love it. As for the tuners, are you sure yours were original? Mine has the same great tuners as my S-300.S70? Didn't know GAD had a S-70 up for review. The two 'hog S70's I messed with were wired up differently. The tobacco burst one had some issues with the pickguard so I repaired it and then modified the wiring a bit more from stock. I don't have the little instruction flyer that came with new S-70's but I recall that what was shown in those instructions wasn't the way either S70 was setup.
I like the S70 tone from the DiMarzio single coils. Both had mahogany bodies.
My only complaint was the cheep tuners. Lower grade than the S300's.
M