My 1964 CE100D

[Walter Broes]

Nice! I just sold my natural finish '60 because I just wasn't playing it enough, and I always go back to the 175's.

 

[mavuser]

Those tuners are very cool! If that's a birth year for you, I'm feeling old!

BTW, what's the nut width on that?

walrus

i think u are talking to GAD, but my CE-100D has a 1+5/8" nut. also these necks are mounted at the 14th fret, really a super groovy guitar

 

[walrus]

i think u are talking to GAD, but my CE-100D has a 1+5/8" nut. also these necks are mounted at the 14th fret, really a super groovy guitar

Anyone can answer! Thanks!

walrus

 

[Default]

Great. It's a birth year for me.

 

[hansmoust]

What year is it? (Let me guess....early to middle 1961?)
And was it a custom order or some such?

You're close! The superstructure was finished and serial numbered during early 1961, but the instrument itself was completed during the last quarter of that year. The guitar is labeled as a 'Special', which could mean a 'special order', but very often it was something they were trying out just to see if there would be an interest in that particular configuration.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[zizala]

Thanks for the info Hans.....its always interesting to encounter the oddballs. (guitars that is!)

Here's my '61 CE-100 DP
Serial number 15467

This is not my birth year guitar however....
....that would be a nice black '52 ES-150!

 

[GAD]

Damn that’s beautiful!

 

[GGJaguar]

Man, that is super clean!!

 

[guitarlover]

@zizala :Just play the flute ( far more interesting) and sell that guitar to me ;-) ;-)

 

[zizala]

If I ever decide I need to move up to just one higher end flute, I'll need to sell a bunch of guitars.
The thought does cross my mind.....

 

[jp]

Love your CE-100D zizala! I'm always on the lookout for an earlier one with the lighter brown sunburst finish.

I've mentioned here before that I like that the older CE-100s because they seem to be a bit shallower, like on my '64. Also, I used to prefer the mini-hums, but I've come to appreciate the Franz PUs much more. Someday, I plan to swap the Franz PUs from my T-100D to my CE-100D and install a set of Dearmonds in my T-100D.

BTW GAD, do you like the neck profile on your Capri? I've found that they're not as skinny as on Starfires from that era.

 

[Jeff Haddad]

That's a beautiful CE100D, Gary! All of the others posted in this thread are pretty special, too!

Mine has a lot of binding issues/missing, but it plays great:



I'm debating whether to change the pickup or switch wiring because when both are on together they are out of phase (polarity?) with each other. It's a cool sound though and backing off one volume control slightly pretty much eliminates the honk.

 

[DThomasC]

I'm debating whether to change the pickup or switch wiring because when both are on together they are out of phase (polarity?) with each other. It's a cool sound though and backing off one volume control slightly pretty much eliminates the honk.

If you take one of the pickups apart and flip the magnets around, that should put them in phase. Note that the magnets are poled so that N is along one edge and S along the other. When assembled properly both magnets will have either S or N butting up against the metal part that the adjustment screws go through. So when you flip the magnets, you want to flip them both so that the edge that was towards the outside edge of the pickup is towards the center.

Top / bottom, end for end doesn't matter. It's all about the long edges. I like to use a sharpie to make a mark on the outside edge of each magnet before I take everything apart. That way I can get it all back together correctly.

 

[zizala]

jp,

I actually prefer the 50's sunbursts to the 1960-63 versions.
The light brown like Jeff's is one of my favorites......and those clear barrel knobs make it even better!

But I have had too much experience with mid to late 50's Hoboken Guilds and binding decomposition.....
I don't know anyone that is too thrilled with rebinding old guitars.

Fortunately they must have switched binding suppliers circa 1960 and forward.....and I've noticed 1 11/16" nut widths more often.
I can play 1 5/8" but just a little more room helps. Other than the two "dinosaurs" in my Avatar all my other Guilds are now circa 1960-63.

 

[Default]

Once "essential worker hell" is over, I need to get back to rebinding the X-350. That's really bugging me.

 

[shihan]

Congratulations to GAD for getting a beauty! Looking forward to the deep dive.
Thanks to everyone for posting their CE-100D’s a feast for the eyes.

 

[walrus]

Wow! What great CE-100 photos!

Jeff, what year is yours?

walrus

 

[Jeff Haddad]

Jeff, what year is yours?

walrus

It's a '59: s/n 86xx

 

[jp]

jp,

I actually prefer the 50's sunbursts to the 1960-63 versions.
The light brown like Jeff's is one of my favorites......and those clear barrel knobs make it even better!

But I have had too much experience with mid to late 50's Hoboken Guilds and binding decomposition.....
I don't know anyone that is too thrilled with rebinding old guitars.

Fortunately they must have switched binding suppliers circa 1960 and forward.....and I've noticed 1 11/16" nut widths more often.
I can play 1 5/8" but just a little more room helps. Other than the two "dinosaurs" in my Avatar all my other Guilds are now circa 1960-63.

Jeff's example is exactly what I'd like to find, which is like my first '59 T-100DP that I don't have anymore. But I do understand what you're saying about the binding. It's seems overly sensitive to heat. Also, I'm not a fan of the low frets that some of the 50s examples had that I've encountered, which I know were popular at the time. Although I'm not sure if they came from the Guild factory that way, or if past owners filed them flatter.

 

[DThomasC]

I have to admit, I like the color of my 58 T100. I don't know if has faded, but I like the light burst. Here it is next to my S300-A. I bought them both on the same day.