Guild

Guild T-100D Sunburst (1960)

$2,450.00

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Product information

1960 Guild T100D in original Sunburst finish just into the shop on trade!

This period of Guild produced some mighty fine guitars. Their stiff competition (Epiphone, Gibson) surely played a role in the quality of their products, and they've become some of the best values in vintage Golden Era guitars.

A turn-of-the-decade example, this T100D shows the earlier style "ghost" label in the bass side f-hole along with many of the late 50s and early 60s build features such as the open book headstock, Waverly tuners, and Franz single coil pickups.

The lightweight hollowbody construction is akin to the thinline Gibson ES-125T models of the same year, although admittedly more sophisticated in its presentation. It has a nice woody acoustic voice that is clear and lively, which pairs quite well with the amazing Curtis Novak Franz reissue single coils in the guitar.

The guitar was previously owned by a professional musician who marked this as a go-to performing instrument, and it certainly plays as such! It's very nicely dialed in, even with the smaller vintage fretwire.

Paired with a later Guild hardshell case.

Body
Style
Hollowbody
Body
Double bound Laminated Maple
Finish
Nitrocellulose
Color
Sunburst

Hardware
Pickups
Novak Franz RI
Electronics
Repro
Controls
Volume (x2) / Tone (x2)
Bridge
Pinned Rosewood w/ Guild 'Harp' tailpiece
Tuners
Waverly
Pickguard
Repro
Plastics
Original Guild knobs / original truss rod cover

Neck
Neck
Mahogany
Binding
None
Carve
Full C | .88-.94"
Fingerboard
Rosewood
Radius
12"
Inlays
Dots
Frets
Medium Vintage (Refret)
Nut
Bone
Scale Length
24 3/4"

Other
Serial #
12447
Weight
6lbs
Case
Guild HSC

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