Guild T-100D Model Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1966), made in Hoboken, NJ, serial # EE-1625, sunburst lacquer finish, laminated maple body, mahogamy neck with rosewood fingerboard, black tolex hard shell case.
The T-100-D "Slim Jim" Guild was one of Guild's 1960's stand-bys, a bargain in a professional grade guitar with most of the design features of the popular Starfire series at a slightly lower price. The thin-line 16" single-cutaway body is sunburst-finished maple with bound top and unbound back-this one has a lovely subtle flame figure to the maple top-unusual on a lower-priced model! The pickups are Guild's thin white plastic & metal covered single-coil units, nicknamed the "Mickey Mouse" pickup by the company's employees which are more similar in design to Fender units than the typical guild fitting. The tailpiece is the standard Guild harp-shaped unit paired with a traditional wooden adjustable bridge. 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. This guitar has a brighter, snappier sound than the Humbucker equipped Starfires and is quite a versatile instrument, excellent for everything from country to garage-band rock. An excellent player and still a very good value in a 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.). Super clean and all original, with very little wear and no alterations at all. There is just a bit of finish missing along the unbound back edge, everything else shows only light handling marks. A superb example-the nicest of these we have had! Excellent Condition.
