Los Angeles
Senior Member
FIRST - Sorry for all the "we already know this stuff" info in the description, but I'm lazy and just did a copy/paste from my new ebay listing.
GENERAL:
--- Lightweight at about 7.5 pounds
--- All original parts, down to the strap buttons, screws and springs
--- Transparent cherry finish
--- Black Pickguard
--- All mahogany body
NECK:
--- 1.625" nut
--- Comfortable "C" shape with steady taper.
--- Zero degree neck angle (neck is parallel to face of guitar)
--- Straight - no warps, twists or unnatural bends.
--- Clean frets
--- Functional and responsive truss rod
--- Rosewood fretboard
--- Pearloid block inlays
HEADSTOCK:
--- Solid "chesterfield" headstock inlay with Chevron "GUILD" logo
--- Grover tuning machines (top-of-the-line in 1973)
ELECTRONICS:
--- 2 Legendary Guild HB1 humbucker pickups (often considered the secret ingredient to the sound of vintage 70's S-100's These pickups go from fat jazz tones to edgy and are extremely popular for their versatility and their superior clarity when compared to common humbuckers).
--- 3-way pickup selector switch
--- Small phase selector switch (when the pickup selector is in the middle position, this smaller switch changes the wiring from a fat in-phase sound to an edgy out-of-phase sound. adjusting the tone and volume controls in this position sends this guitar into very wild tonal territories. Very cool feature).
HARD SHELL CASE:
--- New Gator GWE-Elec Hardshell Electric Guitar Case (Black) from Guitar Center ($109 MSRP) purchased this month.
STRINGS/SETUP:
--- Currently set up with D'Addario light top/heavy bottom strings (0.010 to 0.052)
FINISH:
There are three primary issues to consider regarding the finish of the guitar:
1) bad buckle rash on the back that has gone all the way through the finish, though the front is surprisingly bright and shiny and very good looking.
2) There is texture on the back of the neck (please see photographs), presumably from getting leaned into a guitar stand or against an amp.
3) There is a linear finish check at the joint of the neck and the body. This was inspected thoroughly by a professional luthier at McCabe's guitar repair shop in Los Angeles. The wood joint here was diagnosed as perfectly secure and stable, but just in case, the finish check was given a touch of reenforcing adhesive from a syringe, the excess wiped off, cured and stress tested. There is no visible evidence of this "repair," but I am disclosing this to show that this finish check has been recognized, diagnosed and addressed. Please see final picture.
SOLD ON EBAY
GENERAL:
--- Lightweight at about 7.5 pounds
--- All original parts, down to the strap buttons, screws and springs
--- Transparent cherry finish
--- Black Pickguard
--- All mahogany body
NECK:
--- 1.625" nut
--- Comfortable "C" shape with steady taper.
--- Zero degree neck angle (neck is parallel to face of guitar)
--- Straight - no warps, twists or unnatural bends.
--- Clean frets
--- Functional and responsive truss rod
--- Rosewood fretboard
--- Pearloid block inlays
HEADSTOCK:
--- Solid "chesterfield" headstock inlay with Chevron "GUILD" logo
--- Grover tuning machines (top-of-the-line in 1973)
ELECTRONICS:
--- 2 Legendary Guild HB1 humbucker pickups (often considered the secret ingredient to the sound of vintage 70's S-100's These pickups go from fat jazz tones to edgy and are extremely popular for their versatility and their superior clarity when compared to common humbuckers).
--- 3-way pickup selector switch
--- Small phase selector switch (when the pickup selector is in the middle position, this smaller switch changes the wiring from a fat in-phase sound to an edgy out-of-phase sound. adjusting the tone and volume controls in this position sends this guitar into very wild tonal territories. Very cool feature).
HARD SHELL CASE:
--- New Gator GWE-Elec Hardshell Electric Guitar Case (Black) from Guitar Center ($109 MSRP) purchased this month.
STRINGS/SETUP:
--- Currently set up with D'Addario light top/heavy bottom strings (0.010 to 0.052)
FINISH:
There are three primary issues to consider regarding the finish of the guitar:
1) bad buckle rash on the back that has gone all the way through the finish, though the front is surprisingly bright and shiny and very good looking.
2) There is texture on the back of the neck (please see photographs), presumably from getting leaned into a guitar stand or against an amp.
3) There is a linear finish check at the joint of the neck and the body. This was inspected thoroughly by a professional luthier at McCabe's guitar repair shop in Los Angeles. The wood joint here was diagnosed as perfectly secure and stable, but just in case, the finish check was given a touch of reenforcing adhesive from a syringe, the excess wiped off, cured and stress tested. There is no visible evidence of this "repair," but I am disclosing this to show that this finish check has been recognized, diagnosed and addressed. Please see final picture.
SOLD ON EBAY
