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Recently purchased a 1974 Guild S100...
I live in Rhode Island, USA and have been playing guitars for 30 years. Started off in the 80's playing in cover bands (metal, hard rock, blues), went to college and my gear started to collect dust. Picked up the guitar again in the late 1990's and started all over. But it's been since 2010 that I pick up a guitar and play daily, practice, write and jam. I have a small collection of pointy guitars for the 80's that I still enjoy, but looking back I kick myself time and time again for not having looked at buying quality used instruments at the time (reason: no internet). In 94 I bought a Les Paul fresh off the wall. Around 2010 I started looking for an SG and didn't find one I liked. Since then a bunch of Teles and Strats are living at my place thanks to a good friend.
After playing many guitars and building my playing skills the S100 remained the unicorn on my list. I have known about the Westerly, RI factory for a long time but have not been able to play an S100 at a local shop (rare as the unicorn). A few weeks ago a 72 S100 showed up on CL, 1 picture and few words, "1972 guild s100 in good shape", about 10 minutes after the post went up I was on the phone. Bought the guitar the next day and drove it back to Rhode Island.
It's an amazing guitar, the humbuckers are different than anything I own, well made, all original. During the purchase I inspected the guitar up and down, 100% original, down to wires and pots. Numbers matching to inside cover - but it was a 1974. I also noticed plenty of wear on the frets and fret board, and cracking on the back of the neck at the headstock. The cracks were of concern but no evidence of a break. I've been slowly cleaning and setting it up. This guitar sat in the case for many years.
Intonation was easy to set but the G string remains sharp; I just realized (after seeing pictures on the forum) that the bridge is on backwards (screws to neck side). The neck and truss rod are straight. Took my new friend to the local guitar shop and they suggest injecting glue in the neck crack to be on the safe side. (Feel free to chime in at this point). I'll be doing a fret level in the near future to remove some of the wear, although it may be a borderline candidate for a re-fret.
Overall I'm thrilled with my Guild S100 - it just sounds like the sound in my head.
Pics to follow
I live in Rhode Island, USA and have been playing guitars for 30 years. Started off in the 80's playing in cover bands (metal, hard rock, blues), went to college and my gear started to collect dust. Picked up the guitar again in the late 1990's and started all over. But it's been since 2010 that I pick up a guitar and play daily, practice, write and jam. I have a small collection of pointy guitars for the 80's that I still enjoy, but looking back I kick myself time and time again for not having looked at buying quality used instruments at the time (reason: no internet). In 94 I bought a Les Paul fresh off the wall. Around 2010 I started looking for an SG and didn't find one I liked. Since then a bunch of Teles and Strats are living at my place thanks to a good friend.
After playing many guitars and building my playing skills the S100 remained the unicorn on my list. I have known about the Westerly, RI factory for a long time but have not been able to play an S100 at a local shop (rare as the unicorn). A few weeks ago a 72 S100 showed up on CL, 1 picture and few words, "1972 guild s100 in good shape", about 10 minutes after the post went up I was on the phone. Bought the guitar the next day and drove it back to Rhode Island.
It's an amazing guitar, the humbuckers are different than anything I own, well made, all original. During the purchase I inspected the guitar up and down, 100% original, down to wires and pots. Numbers matching to inside cover - but it was a 1974. I also noticed plenty of wear on the frets and fret board, and cracking on the back of the neck at the headstock. The cracks were of concern but no evidence of a break. I've been slowly cleaning and setting it up. This guitar sat in the case for many years.
Intonation was easy to set but the G string remains sharp; I just realized (after seeing pictures on the forum) that the bridge is on backwards (screws to neck side). The neck and truss rod are straight. Took my new friend to the local guitar shop and they suggest injecting glue in the neck crack to be on the safe side. (Feel free to chime in at this point). I'll be doing a fret level in the near future to remove some of the wear, although it may be a borderline candidate for a re-fret.
Overall I'm thrilled with my Guild S100 - it just sounds like the sound in my head.
Pics to follow
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