Maple fretboards
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matsickma
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Over the years I have seen a few of the S280/S281 series guitars with a maple neck. About 5 years ago a guy was selling a maple fretboard neck with the "instep" shaped head. If I remember correctly it was a Left Hand neck. I bid on it and lost. If I recall it didn't sell at an outrageous price and I kicked myself for not being more agressive in bidding on it.
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I need to find the old pics, but I could swear I had a Flyer or sprint with a maple board once upon a time. All kinds of strange combos showed up on the 80's guitars.
The Guilds of Grot
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Do basses count?
(Jane, whenever you're ready to sell that FS-46-6...)
(Jane, whenever you're ready to sell that FS-46-6...)
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The Guilds of Grot said:
Kurt, she'd have to go with her sister, the black Setzer Bluesbird.... :wink:
danerectal
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danerectal said:
Thanks for the heads up!!!! I'll post pics and my review when it arrives!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
danerectal
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Glad to be of service. :twisted:
matsickma
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That is pretty amazing to have one of these pop up at this time! It has been years since I seen one of these on ebay.
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The Guilds of Grot
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Amazing timing and a sweet deal.
Those guitars play like butter.
My buddy had one and he liked everything about it except the thumb screw tuners on the back of the bridge. He was always hitting them when he would palm mute. Used to stick a piece of duct tape over 'em to keep 'em from moving.
Those guitars play like butter.
My buddy had one and he liked everything about it except the thumb screw tuners on the back of the bridge. He was always hitting them when he would palm mute. Used to stick a piece of duct tape over 'em to keep 'em from moving.
matsickma said:
Maybe we are being watched more than we know................. :shock:
Might be a delay before she arrives, seller prefers avoiding paypal which is fine with me. A big thanks again to Danerectal for the heads up.
matsickma
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I must admit I have acquired Sellers Remorse in regards to a nice white S281 I sold a few years back. Over the years I realized how rare the particular feature on my guitar were. It had EMG's but also a gain boost switch and a unusual midrage equalization control. A few months back I was looking at the EMG website are came across the feature I just mentioned. I then realized this was a realtivly "custom" issue.
Blues Dan, I am curious on your report. It sure seems to be that maple necks only come on the "instep" shaped headstock necks. Has a anyone see one other than this headstock type?
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Blues Dan, I am curious on your report. It sure seems to be that maple necks only come on the "instep" shaped headstock necks. Has a anyone see one other than this headstock type?
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matsickma said:
I'll update when she arrives, just sent out payment via USPS so it might be a little while. Other than Grot's various maple fretboard basses and Jane's acoustic FS46, this is the first maple fretboard Guild I've seen. I have no idea of production numbers and I'm just guessing here but there seems to be two possibilities based on the rarity that they appear for sale on the bay and CL. Either they are truly great playing guitars and end up as keepers, or Guild just didn't make that many of them. Grot's comment that the one he has seen in the past "played like butter" is certainly encouraging........I can't wait to give her a spin. I have a certain special Gibby GA18 waiting in anticipation. The one that you had with the gain boost switch REALLY intrigues me, sounds like it would be a cool feature on EMG's.........ability to go to "11"?
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danerectal
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Who else? :lol: Haven't seen much from you lately Hans. Glad to know you're still bouncing around.hansmoust said:
matsickma
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Hey Hans,
How about showing the rest of the guitar? Is it a S281?
BluesDan,
To see the "Sellers Remorse" S281 check out this thread.
http://www.letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39
I suspect the EMG gain boost was similar to this item. ( I never looked inside to see if it had the trim pot). It was pretty dominant and I suspect it could be as high as 20 dB as stated in the EMG spec sheet.
http://www.emginc.com/products/index/135
You don't see many S281's with three knobs. The middle one was the special one. It enhance the mid range and cut the bass. It achieved a very interesting tone. I had not come across this sound before and it was pretty cool. EMG provides a description as provided below.
http://www.emginc.com/products/index/132
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How about showing the rest of the guitar? Is it a S281?
BluesDan,
To see the "Sellers Remorse" S281 check out this thread.
http://www.letstalkguild.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39
I suspect the EMG gain boost was similar to this item. ( I never looked inside to see if it had the trim pot). It was pretty dominant and I suspect it could be as high as 20 dB as stated in the EMG spec sheet.
http://www.emginc.com/products/index/135
You don't see many S281's with three knobs. The middle one was the special one. It enhance the mid range and cut the bass. It achieved a very interesting tone. I had not come across this sound before and it was pretty cool. EMG provides a description as provided below.
http://www.emginc.com/products/index/132
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matsickma said:
Seeing those pics, your sellers remorse is understandable. But hey, we've all been there and done that, I have a list about 2 pages long of guitars, effects, and amps I would like back. Sounds like a good thread topic......"If I could have just one of them back it would be......."