Here’s a lovely 1976 Guild Capri CE-100D Blonde Archtop. Guild introduced the CE-100 in 1956 and it was built till 1983. A new version is now available from Guild.
This guitar is in great shape and is very comfortable to play.
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The Guild guitar company made many excellent archtops. This is perhaps not surprising for a company formed by former craftsmen at Epiphone, for decades the premiere builder of archtops. This 1992 example of the X 500 is an outstanding instrument in pristine condition.
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Here is a cool single cut thinline hollow body from the late 60’s. It has seen a lot of wear and tear but plays really well, the frets have very little wear and it is a nice light weight! Comes with original Guild hardshell case.
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Guild Starfires were never as popular as the Gibson ES models, but are great guitars. We’ll be doing a feature shortly with three Starfires in the shop now, a III, a IV, and a VI. Stay tuned!
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Guild made many great working guitars, and this is an example. Spruce tops are unusual on archtops outside of the high-end range, and have a presence, snap and fullness not available with laminates.
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This is a great older piece. It’s in good shape and has a number of interesting features that show up in much later items. The pearl/abalone V block markers and extra binding inlay on the fingerboard appear on later and higher-end Guild guitars, such as the 1970’s Starfire VI. And the pusbhutton selector appears on many items, from Italian instruments to the 1950’s Dodge Torqueflite transmission. This is a big guitar from a time when volume was really needed, and the Emperor was the top of the heap. As a Zephyr, it’s an electric model, and the Vari-tone refers to the pushbutton selector.
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