MustangMartigan
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Is DeArmond to Guild what Epiphone is to Gibson?
I'm a big fan of the Guild S-100, even the newer Polara, MIK models have a nice feel to them. I recenty noticed the DeArmond S73, which is almost identical to the S100, except the tail piece isn't slanted, but the tune-o-matic bridge is a bit tilted, where the one on the S100 is straiight. I could have sworn that I saw DeArmond S73's with slanted tail pieces tho. Is this true or am I mistaken?
But my main question us what the main differences between the s100 and s73, besides the minor cosmetic differences I mentioned above. To.make things.easy, let's compare the newer Guild S100 Polara to the S73. they're both.made in Korea, so there's one similariy. Is the wood on both the same? Mahogany body, Maple neck and rosewood fb? How.about the neck dimentions, ie Radius, Width, etc? And are the electronics and humbuckers superior on the more expensive Guild Polara?
On a side note, I used to own a mid/late 70s Guild M80 (the first version that kinda looks.like a double cutaway LP). It was an awesome guitar, but I had to sell it. I payed a grand for mine about 6-7 years ago. In the past year I've only seen one for sale, and the asking price was over 2k. Is this.really what they go for these days or was this particular seller just greedy and waiting for a rich boy's parents to buy the thing for him?
thanks.
I'm a big fan of the Guild S-100, even the newer Polara, MIK models have a nice feel to them. I recenty noticed the DeArmond S73, which is almost identical to the S100, except the tail piece isn't slanted, but the tune-o-matic bridge is a bit tilted, where the one on the S100 is straiight. I could have sworn that I saw DeArmond S73's with slanted tail pieces tho. Is this true or am I mistaken?
But my main question us what the main differences between the s100 and s73, besides the minor cosmetic differences I mentioned above. To.make things.easy, let's compare the newer Guild S100 Polara to the S73. they're both.made in Korea, so there's one similariy. Is the wood on both the same? Mahogany body, Maple neck and rosewood fb? How.about the neck dimentions, ie Radius, Width, etc? And are the electronics and humbuckers superior on the more expensive Guild Polara?
On a side note, I used to own a mid/late 70s Guild M80 (the first version that kinda looks.like a double cutaway LP). It was an awesome guitar, but I had to sell it. I payed a grand for mine about 6-7 years ago. In the past year I've only seen one for sale, and the asking price was over 2k. Is this.really what they go for these days or was this particular seller just greedy and waiting for a rich boy's parents to buy the thing for him?
thanks.