1964 S-100

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My bike is in the shop, so I went and got another kick stand.

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As you can see, it's not perfect. The TRC is missing (but hey - it's not upside down!), so is the vibrato arm, two saddles look like replacements, and there are a couple of repaired cracks in the pickguard. Otherwise, I don't see any replaced parts or damage beyond average finish wear. I already have a replacement arm on the way and I may have found a correct TRC. Any suggestions for a case?

I've only played one other guitar with these pickups, a one-off tenor, and they sound a million times better on this S-100. I never realized that these were such great LP/SG Jr killers. I do have one question - are the pickups supposed to be in phase? With any other manufacturer that would be an odd thing to ask, but this is one of very few '60s Guilds I've played where they're not wired out of phase.
 

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That is a slick axe. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if it would fit in a Jazzmaster case. Here's some measurements if you want to explore that idea.
Inside a Jazz master case is 41" x 13.5" inches.
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I had to find a case for my custom Esquire Bass and use the Jazzmaster case and it fit.
 

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I've been looking at Jag cases. The lower bout of the S-100 is about 13¾, a hair wider than most, but the Gator Jag case is nominally 14.4" so I'm going to give that a shot.
 

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Very cool guitar! Whats up with the tuners, they seem to be positioned a bit oddly at the back, original or not?
 

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Yup, that appears to be the way they came from the factory; they're period-correct and there are no extra holes. Maybe someone in Hoboken had a liquid lunch that day.
 

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I acquired an original truss rod cover and a replica arm, then decided to have the guitar refretted. The original frets had been filed low and there was a kick-up at the end of the board which was taken care of at the same time. The Gator Jaguar case fits perfectly, in case anyone else is trying to house one of these.

I'm still amazed at how good this thing sounds and how well it plays. I found a contemporary Thunderbird to be a bit awkward, but this guitar sits perfectly in the lap or on a strap. I've owned a number of Guild electrics and this is turning out to be my favorite.

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That's really nice.
How do you find the Hagstrom bridge? Does it dig into you hand?
 

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Cool - it must be the way I play.
I just found them a little uncomfortable after a while.
 

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Is the kickstand still intact? It looks like it is. Probably never used which is why this is so clean and has no neck or headstock fractures, you know? I like it!!! The headstock is my favorite in the pointies......
 

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The kikstand and magnet are intact. When I demonstrated it to the luthier that did the refret, it took me three times to get it stable, so I followed it with "And that's how you get a broken headstock".
 

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That's really nice.
How do you find the Hagstrom bridge? Does it dig into you hand?

Haha, man they can be sharp AF sometimes! Filing down the top corner of the low E saddle can help. If you're a player who habitually rests the side of the palm on the top corner of the bridge, those Hagstrom units really bite.
 

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If only I'd ever seen anything like it in a pawnshop, but alas, never. Only seen these in pics. Makes me wonder if Guild wasn't all that well represented up here in the PNW?

Are these student, or intermediate models, would this be top of the line for that range?
 

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Are these student, or intermediate models, would this be top of the line for that range?

The Thunderbird was the top of the line, with humbuckers (at least initially) and the complex Jazzmaster-inspired circuitry. The S-100 was in the middle of the line, sort of like an SG Special. The S-50 was the Junior/budget/student model, though none of them was particularly inexpensive at the time.
 
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Man I love the Polaris. I have a 63 and those dearmond single coils are raw and rocking.
not a huge fan of the hagstrum wiggle stick.
i also have 63 S200 with the mini buckers.
what a beast.
 
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Interesting I never knew who made them and I thought I read that in the guild book.
i always thought that was an OEM arrangement.
in any event they rock.
 
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