Product: Guild C100-E
Price Paid: US $1100
Submitted
01/28/2003
at
06:54am
by
Billy Bacon
Email: lastmandown<at>msn dot com
Features
:
7
Made around 1993 at Westerly,R.I.Purchased brand new.Solid spruce top with what looks to be a solid mahogany body one piece back and sides.The body was machine routed from a solid block of wood.Fitted with a Fishman tranducer pick-up system.Single cutaway with a satin finish.The nut and bridge look to be bone.Came with a case.Having never tried another classical cutaway my ratings in all categories listed below are made without being able to compare with higher end guitars in this type.
Sound
:
7
This is one of six different guitars that I own and it fits a particular niche.I play it through a Fender Deluxe Reberb '65.Has a well balanced sound.I turn the brilliance slider off to obtain a more backseat sound.Never left the house but comes out of the closet once a month when I throw "The Great Guitars" on the stereo to jam to.Body looks to be about 3" deep.It is fun to play and with tweaking the pre-amp you can play 20's jazz through to Charlie Byrd.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
No flaws.Everything seems to be in good order.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
Stays in tune as the strings get older.Looks to be a pretty solid little guitar that will make it's way out to a bar one day.I do not think it is a true soloist guitar but can cover a broad spectrum of music.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I heard they are no longer in R.I.Never contacted them.
Overall Rating
:
9
This guitar is a nice addition to the guild F65-CE that I have.The F65 is a little different in that it has a amber coloured maple top where most of them came out spruce.I am an average player who will never aspire to be a great player but am happy dinking around to the records of Mance Lipscomb,Dan Hicks fairly low key stuff.These guitars are different and that is the thing I like about them.Thankyou to the people at Westerly for making these.
