Qvart
Senior Member
...and I fear I may have to get more '70's era S-100's!!!!
It sounds awesome! The pickups are a bit mightier than the pickups in my '72 S-90 (I seem to remember reading somewhere that they were improved in '73?). It is quite the tone monster! And the phase switch changes the sound more than the switch on my '96. Although the bridge pickup is kinda weak in the middle position. But I mainly play through the neck pickup anyway.
As for comparing the design and feel to my 1996: I'll have to check them out side by side to really assess the differences, but I did notice the neck is slimmer like the one on the S-90. The '96 is a bit chunkier. But I dig 'em both.
As for the condition:
I knew it was going to have some scratches on the back (they aren't too extreme given its age but there's quite a few) and one ding on the edge (there's more than one and a good many marks). Also, there is finish checking, which the seller didn't mention. Mainly it's on the back of the neck, and mainly below the headstock. More of it showed up in pics than is noticeable just looking at it. Maybe because of the color and the wood grain.
One of the pots has a little noise but everything works great. I'm not an expert but it doesn't look like the wiring has been touched. The tuners are still in good shape. It stays in tune pretty well and it was pretty well intonated, even after I took the bridge off and adjusted it (it came with cruddy strings so I had to replace them before I even plugged it in. Am I wrong to think that if you buy a guitar it should come with new strings on it? Pfft.)
In the end, it would have to be in better shape in order to be a serious collectible, but everything seems to be pretty solid so it will be one helluva player. Which is what I want.
Oh, one more thing: I have no idea what kind of case came with it, but it's cheap and junky. And I don't mean the cheap junky ones Guild offered back then. I mean it's much newer than the guitar and although it's not an entirely bad fit it could be better.
Here's an album of pics if you want to see more.
(If you look at the pics check out the one of the neck joint. It almost looks like it has had some kind of repair done -- like there's some sort of puddy or filler -- but the joint is smooth and the finish is undisturbed -- ?)
It sounds awesome! The pickups are a bit mightier than the pickups in my '72 S-90 (I seem to remember reading somewhere that they were improved in '73?). It is quite the tone monster! And the phase switch changes the sound more than the switch on my '96. Although the bridge pickup is kinda weak in the middle position. But I mainly play through the neck pickup anyway.
As for comparing the design and feel to my 1996: I'll have to check them out side by side to really assess the differences, but I did notice the neck is slimmer like the one on the S-90. The '96 is a bit chunkier. But I dig 'em both.
As for the condition:
I knew it was going to have some scratches on the back (they aren't too extreme given its age but there's quite a few) and one ding on the edge (there's more than one and a good many marks). Also, there is finish checking, which the seller didn't mention. Mainly it's on the back of the neck, and mainly below the headstock. More of it showed up in pics than is noticeable just looking at it. Maybe because of the color and the wood grain.
One of the pots has a little noise but everything works great. I'm not an expert but it doesn't look like the wiring has been touched. The tuners are still in good shape. It stays in tune pretty well and it was pretty well intonated, even after I took the bridge off and adjusted it (it came with cruddy strings so I had to replace them before I even plugged it in. Am I wrong to think that if you buy a guitar it should come with new strings on it? Pfft.)
In the end, it would have to be in better shape in order to be a serious collectible, but everything seems to be pretty solid so it will be one helluva player. Which is what I want.
Oh, one more thing: I have no idea what kind of case came with it, but it's cheap and junky. And I don't mean the cheap junky ones Guild offered back then. I mean it's much newer than the guitar and although it's not an entirely bad fit it could be better.
Here's an album of pics if you want to see more.
(If you look at the pics check out the one of the neck joint. It almost looks like it has had some kind of repair done -- like there's some sort of puddy or filler -- but the joint is smooth and the finish is undisturbed -- ?)
