Kim Thayil's new personal S-100 (2023 built)

[SFIV1967]

Here she is in all of her beauty!



Guild's Master Luthier Chuck Sanzone posted the pictures and wrote on Instagram:
"KT’s personal signature model. This is the only natural finished Polara in the USA masterbuilt run...! Old growth, lightweight Honduras mahogany with beautiful grain. Equipped with hand wound Lollar pickups this guitar is truly special. I’m so proud of it, what a cool project."




Ralf

 

[GAD]

Gorgeous!

 

[Opsimath]

Oh. My. Goodness! Beautiful, perfect. Perfectly beautiful!!!

In my next life I'm going to be able to afford stuff like that!

 

[HeyMikey]

Now that is pretty special. Beautiful wood.

 

[GGJaguar]

That looks great!

 

[Boneman]

Looks fantastic, bet it sounds great too. Just wonder, are those all of the photos? Did they not provide the full guitar shot?

 

[walrus]

Is that a thin plastic "guard" over the whole front of the guitar? Or how they did the finish?

 

[Rocky]

Are they making the switch tips again?

 

[HeyMikey]

It just looks like a super high gloss to me. I’ll tell you , I can’t stop looking at that first photo that Ralf posted. The wood, the sleek curves, the gloss, the gold hardware. That is guitar perfection right there.

 

[GGJaguar]

I would love to hear a comparison of mid-1970s HB-1s and these custom wound Thayil HB-1s.

 

[chazmo]

It just looks like a super high gloss to me. I’ll tell you , I can’t stop looking at that first photo that Ralf posted. The wood, the sleek curves, the gloss, the gold hardware. That is guitar perfection right there.

It's all about the wood. What a beauytiful slab of mahogany!

Is that a thin plastic "guard" over the whole front of the guitar? Or how they did the finish?

Doubt it, walrus. Just a really nice finish.

 

[GAD]

I would love to hear a comparison of mid-1970s HB-1s and these custom wound Thayil HB-1s.

I asked both Guild and Lollar and they’re not selling them. Grumble.

 

[GAD]

Are they making the switch tips again?

This is not the first model we’ve seen with them. I don’t know the status of the store but they weren’t selling them separately before.

I also wonder if the threading would match the old ones.

 

[Rocky]

This is not the first model we’ve seen with them. I don’t know the status of the store but they weren’t selling them separately before.

I also wonder if the threading would match the old ones.

I would think an instrument made for KT would use a Switchcraft switch.

 

[SFIV1967]

Did they not provide the full guitar shot?

Those were privately taken pictures, not official Guild pictures.
Ralf

 

[barrycreed]

The natural finish looks best in a lot of SGs, for me, or just black.

 

[Hammer]

My man had to hand sign his own custom guitar?

 

[Aristera]

Here's my natural S100.

 

[SFIV1967]

Here's my natural S100.

Looks almost similiar with that pattern!



Ralf

 

[Default]

Here's my natural S100.

Elaborate, please!