hansmoust said:
The tailpiece moved closer to the bridge around 1976 (page 159 of The Guild Guitar Book)
Hi Folks,
Sixstrings just contacted me about the tailpiece on the M-80 with the floral carving, which was closer to the bridge even though the guitar is from 1975.
When I was doing the research for The Guild Guitar Book I had only seen a limited amount of solid body M-75s and M-80s and at that point the ones from 1975 had the tailpiece further away from the bridge and the tailpieces on the ones from 1976 were closer to the bridge. It was safe to assume that the change took place during that period, so I mentioned 'around 1976' in the book.
Since then I've seen quite a few more of these instruments and it turns out the tailpiece on these guitars was moved closer to the bridge during the second half of 1975, just as it did on the S-100s ( see page 161 of The Guild Guitar Book). So, now we know that the change took place at approximately the same time on the S-100 as on the M-75 Solid body and the M-80CS, which obviously makes sense from a manufacturer's standpoint.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl