Guild S-200 Thunderbird (1966)
Guild S-200 Thunderbird (1963)
Overview
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- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1963 to 1968
GUILD produced the S-200 THUNDERBIRD between 1963 and 1968. The S-200 T-Bird is one of Guild's iconic solid body designs. The S-200 was introduced alongside with the S-100 Polara in 1963 and it has a similar design (at least the one pictured in the Guild 1963 catalog) but the S-200 had a bound neck and block inlays. The S-200 Thunderbird originally had two humbuckers, some had two single coils. Controls two volume and two tone knobs - the early ones had a three-way pickup selector - later models had 4 slider switches. By 1966 this guitar came with a kick stand built into its back - but it wasn't very effective and was unstable (look out for headstock damage due to falling over!). Guild reissued the S-200 Thunderbird in 2016.
Specifications (23)
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 3 pickup selector switches |
| Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
| Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups, 2 single coil pickups |
General
| Finish colors | amber finish, black finish, green finish, red finish |
| Finish effects | sunburst finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Binding | neck binding |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 24.75 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body material | mahogany body |
| Body shape features | asymmetrical body, double cutaway |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
Hardware
| Bridge | Guild Adjusto-Matic bridge |
| Hardware color | chrome hardware |
| Tailpiece | tremelo tailpiece |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | block fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | bound headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
