Thunderface
Senior Member
This story actually started on Dec. 20, when Matsickma posted the gorgeous cherry S-100 DeLuxe he had just acquired via BIN in eBay. At that moment, I knew I wanted an S-100 DeLuxe, so much so that just a few weeks ago, I started the Guild Holy Grail post stating that my Holy Grail was a sunburst S-100 DeLuxe. Since I hadn't seen one since the day Matsickma posted his, I didn't like my chances of finding one any time soon.
Six days after I initiated that Holy Grail post, I stumbled across a somewhat cryptic listing on Craigslist.
A Guild SBD :?: Parallelogram inlays :?: I wasn't sure exactly what model it was, so I e-mailed the seller who said it was shaped like the SG in the ad. :shock: I immediately e-mailed back a photo of the S-100 DeLuxe page from the '75 catalog asking if it looked like that, and when he said yes, I asked that if he would consider shipping it to me, I would buy it. While I was hoping it was a sunburst, turned out that Ol' Brown, as he called it, was a '73 nature boy S-100 DeLuxe, with an original hardshell case, both in good condition.
We traded e-mails, discussed shipping options and yesterday, Ol' Brown arrived. The guitar, while having a few nicks and some slight buckle rash on the back, is in very good condition for a 37-year-old guitar that has been played. The seller, Les, while initially hesitant to ship, packed Ol' Brown so well that the UPS guys joked that the box could have fallen off a roof and not hurt the guitar. Thank you, Les, both for agreeing to ship it to me and for packing it so well.
I plugged it in and everything works and sounds fantastic. One last note about Ol' Brown. The SN on it is 82440, just 21 numbers off from Matsickma's cherry '73 DeLuxe.
Six days after I initiated that Holy Grail post, I stumbled across a somewhat cryptic listing on Craigslist.
A Guild SBD :?: Parallelogram inlays :?: I wasn't sure exactly what model it was, so I e-mailed the seller who said it was shaped like the SG in the ad. :shock: I immediately e-mailed back a photo of the S-100 DeLuxe page from the '75 catalog asking if it looked like that, and when he said yes, I asked that if he would consider shipping it to me, I would buy it. While I was hoping it was a sunburst, turned out that Ol' Brown, as he called it, was a '73 nature boy S-100 DeLuxe, with an original hardshell case, both in good condition.
We traded e-mails, discussed shipping options and yesterday, Ol' Brown arrived. The guitar, while having a few nicks and some slight buckle rash on the back, is in very good condition for a 37-year-old guitar that has been played. The seller, Les, while initially hesitant to ship, packed Ol' Brown so well that the UPS guys joked that the box could have fallen off a roof and not hurt the guitar. Thank you, Les, both for agreeing to ship it to me and for packing it so well.
I plugged it in and everything works and sounds fantastic.
One last note about Ol' Brown. The SN on it is 82440, just 21 numbers off from Matsickma's cherry '73 DeLuxe.
