Guild T-100D Model Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1965), made in Hoboken, NJ, serial # EE-503, sunburst lacquer finish, laminated maple body, mahogamy neck with rosewood fingerboard, black hard shell case.
The T-100-D "Slim Jim" Guild was one of Guild's 1960's stand-bys, a relatively affordable professional grade thinline electric with most of the features of the popular Starfire series at a slightly lower price. The fully hollow 16" single-cutaway thinline body is sunburst-finished maple with bound top and unbound back. The bound mahogany neck has a dot-inlaid rosewood fingerboard and the headstock has the standard mid-60's Guild plastic overlay with "Chesterfield" column inlay. The tailpiece is the standard Guild harp-shaped unit paired with a traditional wooden adjustable bridge.
The pickups are Guild's small white plastic & metal covered single-coil units, reportedly nicknamed the "Mickey Mouse" pickup by the company's assemblers. These are more similar in design to Fender units than the typical Guild, Gibson or Gretsch fitting usually seen on this style of instrument. This gives the T-100D guitar a brighter, snappier sound than the Humbucker equipped Starfires particularly in the bridge position. This is quite a versatile instrument, excellent for everything from straight country to garage-band rock. Light and easy to handle the T-100D is an excellent player and still represents a very good value in a pro-quality 1960's vintage hollowbody guitar.
Overall length is 41 1/2 in. (105.4 cm.), 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/8 in. (35 mm.). This T-100D remains nicely all original, showing some general wear but no alterations or repairs. The guitar appears played but well cared for with some average wear, mostly finish chipped away all along the unbound back edge of the body. The back of the neck is worn down to the wood from play between the first and tenth frets with some small dings and dents. The remainder of the instrument is comparatively clean showing just small dings, dents and scrapes.
The original frets have some fairly minor wear, and have been crowned down somewhat in the lower positions but still play well. There is some light divoting to the fingerboard but nothing too serious. This is a good gigging example of this rather under-appreciated 1960's classic, complete in a period Victoria HSC that may have been with it since the beginning. Overall Excellent - Condition.
