Guild Nova?

[Rebosbro]

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Guild/Vintage-1980s-Nova-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc

Not familiar at all with this! I could spends hours researching and still know nothing, or I can post here and get all the answers I need. I like weird guitars and this seems to fall in there.Anyone know the story of this one?
Thanks LTG community

 

[GAD]

It's legit. I've got one hanging on my wall. What would you like to know? Here's a catalog page:

 

[matsickma]

These are actually pretty comfortable guitars to play with good access to the upper frets. This one has a set neck. Some come with a bolt-on neck with the offset diagional headstock.
M

 

[Guildedagain]

So it's a Dean Explorer. No wait, it's an Ibanez Iceman? ;]]

It's awesome, but I think I need a Floyd.

Really wish they would have fully triangulated the headstock, a la V. Headstock is just too traditional for me.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

You mean everybody doesn't have a X-82 Nova?

Here's mine!

 

[matsickma]

I had a Kahler on mine. Should have held onto that guitar for wall art. It was a cool purple color. This guitar could very well be the one I owned years ago as the case was not a stock Guild case and sure looks like the one I had with the guitar.

Vintage Guild X82 / X-82 Nova 6 String Electric Guitar Candy Purple Finish! Rare w/Hardcase

Hey there. Today we have an awesome 1983 USA made Guild X-82 Nova 6 string electric guitar, serial # JF100439.The Guitar has a Beautiful Candy...

www.shopmuchoyensportsmusic.com

M

 

[Rebosbro]

I kinda want one, but all my friends would make fun of me for having a pointy guitar. Plus I would have to grow my hair out, get a leather bracelet with spikes, tattoos........

 

[GAD]

I had a Kahler on mine. Should have held onto that guitar for wall art. It was a cool purple color. This guitar could very well be the one I owned years ago as the case was not a stock Guild case and sure looks like the one I had with the guitar.

Vintage Guild X82 / X-82 Nova 6 String Electric Guitar Candy Purple Finish! Rare w/Hardcase

Hey there. Today we have an awesome 1983 USA made Guild X-82 Nova 6 string electric guitar, serial # JF100439.The Guitar has a Beautiful Candy...

www.shopmuchoyensportsmusic.com

M

Nice! Kahler, killer color, and the alternate headstock! I recognize that site. He'll never get what he's been asking for at least two years.

 

[matsickma]

I purchased that guitar with case for a very reasonable $500 or $600 and sold it for around $700. It seemed like guitars like that were easy to come by 10+ years ago.
I never tried to make a lot of "profit" in selling guitars. Just enough to cover my losses when I sell an amp!
M

 

[Rebosbro]

Still intrigued. What is the neck like? I love my 1974 Bluesbird and my 2018 LP Classic (60’s profile). Is it comparable to them?
Thanks LTG family

 

[GAD]

Still intrigued. What is the neck like? I love my 1974 Bluesbird and my 2018 LP Classic (60’s profile). Is it comparable to them?
Thanks LTG family

More like the Bluesbird in that it's 1 5/8" wide where your Les Paul is 1 11/16". Depth wise they're probably similar as well.

 

[Rebosbro]

That’s, GAD, but I was hoping you were going to tell me it’s like a baseball bat so I could scratch it off the list.
GAS is a terrible thing to have........

 

[Guildedagain]

It's been a few days since you posted this, and once you see a nice one, GOG's, I find this to be a very endearing guitar, some really nice lines there. Also, the way the headstock mimics the Guild Logo makes a lot of sense. Overall really nice. What pickups, uncovered HB1's? Close up?

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

What pickups, uncovered HB1's? Close up?

Normally XR-7's