FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

About 50 years after Guild first introduced the S-100 Deluxe, it was rebooted as a limited edition model, but this time with an intact Guild B-9 "Guildsby" tailpiece. The limited edition model was made in Indonesia instead of Korea and limited to 25 guitars in Sunburst and 25 in Pacific Blue. It also differs from the standard Newark Street S-100 by having an ebony fingerboard with genuine mother-of-pearl inlays, coil splitting switches for each pickup, and faux bound headstock with 18:1 tuners. The overall sound is bright and chimey. The reissue HB-1 pickups sound less like humbuckers and more like single coil pickups. The Bigsby is probably the weak point of the guitar. The import Bigsby tailpieces are not as refined and don't work as well as US-made Bigsbys. In addition, the break angle over the saddles is severe and the strings touch the back of the bridge. All these things consipire to make for a vibrato that is a little difficult to use. A roller bridge probably would have helped.

 Body:  Solid; mahogany

 Finish:  Vintage Sunburst, polyurethane

 Neck:  1-piece mahogany, set-in; black headstock overlay with pearloid logo and Chesterfield inlay

 Fingerboard:  Ebony, single bound; mother-of-pearl block markers

 Number of Frets:  22

 Pickguard:  Acrylic

 Bridge:  Tune-o-Matic with Guild/Bigsby B-9 tailpiece, nickel

 Nut:  Bone

 Tuners:  Marvel, open, nickel

 Pickups:  Two, Guild HB-1 humbucking

 Controls:  Tone and volume for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector, push-pull coil splitters

 Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 11/16 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  13 inches

 Body Depth:  1 1/2 inches

 Weight:  6.9 lb