guildzilla
Senior Member
I've stumbled on what I'm nearly certain is an error in the Guild dating resources, involving the Detonator and Liberator guitars during the period 1984-1989. It is causing e-bay listers and Harmony Central reviewers to make the same mistake.
For the Detonator, reading 1984-1989, the dating list indicates JH, JH, x, x, x, x (all built in '84 or '85) I believe the line should be x, x, x, JH, JH, x.
Ditto for the Liberator, the dating list says JK, JK, x, x, x, x. But it should read x, x, x, JK, JK, x.
According to Guild promotional materials from 1986-88, the Detonator and Liberator are not introduced until 1987. They follow the S-271, S-281, S-284 series solid bodies, which are phased out in 1987. The dates for the S-series guitars in the Guild dating resources make sense.
There are numerous examples of these models currently listed or recently completed on e-bay, which I will paste into the thread.
Very interesting. I'd like to see the mistake in the dating records corrected. Guildzilla hates bad factual data.
For the Detonator, reading 1984-1989, the dating list indicates JH, JH, x, x, x, x (all built in '84 or '85) I believe the line should be x, x, x, JH, JH, x.
Ditto for the Liberator, the dating list says JK, JK, x, x, x, x. But it should read x, x, x, JK, JK, x.
According to Guild promotional materials from 1986-88, the Detonator and Liberator are not introduced until 1987. They follow the S-271, S-281, S-284 series solid bodies, which are phased out in 1987. The dates for the S-series guitars in the Guild dating resources make sense.
There are numerous examples of these models currently listed or recently completed on e-bay, which I will paste into the thread.
Very interesting. I'd like to see the mistake in the dating records corrected. Guildzilla hates bad factual data.