It's so funny because I had $800 from commercial fishing burning a hole in my pocket in 1978 as a 17-year-old and played every solid body electric guitar I could find (in NY, lots) and bought an S-300 D. I obviously wish I still had it.OP, the S series guitars were very controversial when I worked for Guild, in fact, there were times we had overstock in the warehouse and I was told to blow them out at 50%+15 to dealers. It was a hard sale even at those bargain basement prices. All our salespeople were begging for a conventional solidbody they could sell, so we reissued the M-80 in a slightly different body shape.
When the S series guitars were new, dealers eagerly stocked them, but when they sat on the wall for six to twelve months or longer, they got turned off and many refused to stock them anymore.
If the only issue with the volume knob is the G shield insert then I would suggest buying a couple of the new knobs and taking the insert from one of those. They are a perfect fit and you have to look really close to tell the difference
Just took a look at the Balaguer website. Looks interesting. I think it quite appropriate that they call their version of the S-300 body shape "Enigma"Might as well add my S-60:
Bought new in 1978, it was given a new lease of life in 2018, with a refret, Graphtec Ratio tuners, Railhammer pickup and TBX tone control. I'd rather keep it as a player than a worn out museum piece, which is what it was in danger of becoming. It's the only guitar I've owned that long (though I did keep one Strat for almost 30 years).
At times I'm tempted to order a Balaguer with this body shape, but really I wish Guild would just reissue the S300.
They are custom made, but it is one of the body shapes on their configurator. I certainly wouldn't swap my S-300 for one, but if I was looking for a custom guitar (and could justify the cost) it might be an option
Might as well add my S-60:
Bought new in 1978, it was given a new lease of life in 2018, with a refret, Graphtec Ratio tuners, Railhammer pickup and TBX tone control. I'd rather keep it as a player than a worn out museum piece, which is what it was in danger of becoming. It's the only guitar I've owned that long (though I did keep one Strat for almost 30 years).
At times I'm tempted to order a Balaguer with this body shape, but really I wish Guild would just reissue the S300.
Joe even is a member here!Never heard of them. Looks like it was someone's custom design?