NGD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!('72 SFIV)

[Qvart]

Yes, finally...the official rollout.

But first, the good news...

NO FINISH CHECKING!!!


Okay, on with the show.


So yes, Qvart has branched out of the Solid Body and Acoustic forums for the fist time with...


...a VERY WELL-PACKED guitar:

Oh wait...you can't see it in that pic. Here, let me fix that...






























HMMOGG!!!!

\m/'-_-'\m/

 

[southernGuild]

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8) Yabba-Dabba-Doooooooooooooooo! 8)

 

[chazmo]

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'grats, Geoff! As we say in MA, that's gawjus!!!!

 

[Default]

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Three thumbs up! :mrgreen:

 

[SouthernSounds]

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Congrats man: an outstanding beauty!

Worth the wait.

All the best,
B.

 

[77Eric]

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Beautiful! I bet it plays and sounds great!

I noticed that the Volume and Tone knobs are laid out the "Gibson" way, though, instead of the "Guild" way, like my old T-100D. Anybody know what's up with that? Did Guild switch at some point?

 

[Qvart]

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Beautiful! I bet it plays and sounds great!

I noticed that the Volume and Tone knobs are laid out the "Gibson" way, though, instead of the "Guild" way, like my old T-100D. Anybody know what's up with that? Did Guild switch at some point?

I can't say for sure, but I know there were some changes. For example, some SF's had a master volume (which kinda intrigues me) but this one doesn't have it.

I sat in the kitchen for a bit and played it unplugged. Feels great - same neck as an S-100 from that time, but tighter string tension, and good resonance. Gotta plug it in now.

As for condition: it's been neglected in both good and bad ways - the good is it's not beat to death (there are some scratches and a couple spots on the back worn through the finish); the bad - it needs a good cleaning and a good setup. Some of the frets are a little dead/buzzy and the fretboard looks pretty dried out. Qvart (and Autumn - the Guitar Mama) to the rescue!

 

[fronobulax]

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Beautiful! I bet it plays and sounds great!

I noticed that the Volume and Tone knobs are laid out the "Gibson" way, though, instead of the "Guild" way, like my old T-100D. Anybody know what's up with that? Did Guild switch at some point?

Yes. In fact I've never seen a Guild with what you call the Gibson way so I suspect the change happened a log time ago.

 

[hagmeat]

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Nice !! Congrats mate.

 

[dapmdave]

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Very nice! Also looks like the "old style" TRC, too. From 1972? Somebody reached into the wrong drawer and pulled out an old left-over. Also note the old-style Chesterfield.

Looks just like my '69, except for the HB-1s.

Dave

 

[jimmyl51]

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You know I think that I might have owned this guitar when it was first made as I had wore a belt buckle into the back just like the little buckle wear on the back of your guitar! jim

 

[Thunderface]

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Holy :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: !

Scoreasaurus Maximimus with that beautilicous sunburst Starfire X. That's right, it's too beautiful to be just a IV! A definite X! And don't think I was distracted by all that sunburst goodness not to notice the three-line Chesterfield!

 

[keith7940236]

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congratulations, that looks like it's got TONS of charactor 8)

 

[Qvart]

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This may be my new favorite guitar. More later. Internet is out.

 

[drc]

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Congrats Q I'm happy for ya man! Enjoy it

 

[davismanLV]

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Did someone get a new guitar? I'm .... I'm sorry I didn't see enough exclamation points.....

Does Luke like the guitar.... I don't really care what you think. :wink:

Jeeze, what a BEAUTY!!!

8)

 

[Qvart]

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Alright, I plugged it and wailed on it for awhile. LOVE IT!!! Even through my little solid state Peavey 1x12 - TONE MONSTER.

 

[thunder22]

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Wow, congrats!

 

[Qvart]

I had Hans take a look at the auction listing before I pulled the trigger and he noticed the heel cap will have to be replaced at some point:

Looks to be in pretty good shape otherwise, but I need to do a closer inspection. Besides needing a cleaning and a good setup, it's appears to be A-OK. The electronics seem solid, and it sounds sah-weeeet. I'll give it some more play time, but my first thought was that it may actually sound better than my S-100s (yes, Qvart really did just say that!). :lol:

 

[Alan_M]

Beautiful! :mrgreen: