Nilfisken
Junior Member
Hi,
first time poster after lurking around a while. I have a road worn 74 S-100 in need of some TLC, which almost certainly will include a full fret job. I bought this guitar over 20 years ago, and never really managed to get along with it, but also never got around to selling it somehow knowing I would regret it if I did. I recently picked up my guitars again after a ten year hiatus and started by fixing up my old main guitar (Japan Squire with all swapped hardware) and have now started to mess around with the S-100 again. There is just something in this guitar that speaks to me so I decided I am going to get it back in fighting shape.
The frets are badly worn down, especially on the 3d string position close to the head stock and it also buzzes out on a few places further up the neck suggesting the frets are uneven. Also a few of them have gotten a bit loose at the edge sometimes catching the strings when bending hard (which I often do). Otherwise the guitar is in good condition, but with lots of scratches and chips. The pickups are what I believe is the originals HB-1s, and the electronics looks mainly untouched. It had clearly had a different bridge pickup at some time as the pickup ring is a hacked up Gibson sized one. It does crackle like mad from the pots, but assume that can be sorted with a bit of cleaning.
I live in Glasgow, UK, and have found a very well regarded luthier close by that I hope to contact shortly to have the guitar assessed, but I am wondering if anyone here know what fret sizes Guild used on their 70s guitars? I just crudely measured them with a ruler and they clock in close to a 6105. Having mainly played a Strat with maple neck, vintage radius and small fender frets I cant decide wich route to go down with the Guild. I'm worried 6105 might be too high and that medium jumbos might be a better option?
Any thoughts on frets for S100s most welcome!
Cheers,
Oskar
[Edit - title changed on March 7, 2020 by GAD at OP's request. Was "Fret size on 70s S-100"]
first time poster after lurking around a while. I have a road worn 74 S-100 in need of some TLC, which almost certainly will include a full fret job. I bought this guitar over 20 years ago, and never really managed to get along with it, but also never got around to selling it somehow knowing I would regret it if I did. I recently picked up my guitars again after a ten year hiatus and started by fixing up my old main guitar (Japan Squire with all swapped hardware) and have now started to mess around with the S-100 again. There is just something in this guitar that speaks to me so I decided I am going to get it back in fighting shape.
The frets are badly worn down, especially on the 3d string position close to the head stock and it also buzzes out on a few places further up the neck suggesting the frets are uneven. Also a few of them have gotten a bit loose at the edge sometimes catching the strings when bending hard (which I often do). Otherwise the guitar is in good condition, but with lots of scratches and chips. The pickups are what I believe is the originals HB-1s, and the electronics looks mainly untouched. It had clearly had a different bridge pickup at some time as the pickup ring is a hacked up Gibson sized one. It does crackle like mad from the pots, but assume that can be sorted with a bit of cleaning.
I live in Glasgow, UK, and have found a very well regarded luthier close by that I hope to contact shortly to have the guitar assessed, but I am wondering if anyone here know what fret sizes Guild used on their 70s guitars? I just crudely measured them with a ruler and they clock in close to a 6105. Having mainly played a Strat with maple neck, vintage radius and small fender frets I cant decide wich route to go down with the Guild. I'm worried 6105 might be too high and that medium jumbos might be a better option?
Any thoughts on frets for S100s most welcome!
Cheers,
Oskar
[Edit - title changed on March 7, 2020 by GAD at OP's request. Was "Fret size on 70s S-100"]
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