Guild has resurrected one of the crucial unconventional offset electrical guitars from its ‘70s catalogue. Practically 50 years after its debut, the S-300 is making a return within the type of the brand new S-300 Deluxe, full with two eye-catching metallic finishes and a handful of player-friendly updates.

Initially launched in 1977, the S-300 by no means fairly achieved the mainstream recognition of a few of its contemporaries. However its futuristic offset physique, exaggerated contours and strange electronics earned it a loyal following over time, turning it into one thing of a cult favorite amongst guitar fans.

“The S-300 was seen as pretty radical when it was launched almost 50 years in the past,” says Nick Seashore, Product Supervisor at Fretted Devices. “The guitar’s offset physique had dramatic cutaways and contours that gave it a futuristic look, and its section change was additionally uncommon on the time – however since then it has change into more and more standard and collectable.”

“With the brand new S-300 Deluxe guitar, we’re bringing again a basic with a couple of key adjustments to make it much more comfy and giving gamers a alternative of eye-catching metallic finishes.”

These finishes come within the type of Neptune Blue Metallic and Classic Sterling Metallic, each paired with a contoured mahogany physique, a Gentle U-profile mahogany set neck, an ivory-bound rosewood fingerboard sporting Guild’s Chesterfield block inlays and an outsized vintage-style headstock.

The guitar is sounded by a pair of HB-2+ humbucking pickups with Alnico V magnets, mixed with twin Quantity and Tone controls and a mini-toggle section change, delivering all kinds of tones starting from “old-school heat and punch to cutting-edge crunch and readability”.

Extra appointments embrace a 5-ply black pickguard, an Final Angle Tune-o-matic-style bridge, vintage-style Guild compensated tailpiece and Grover G2 open-gear tuners.

The S-300 Deluxe joins the corporate’s Newark St. Assortment, sitting alongside different vintage-inspired fashions together with the Polara Deluxe.

Out there now in Neptune Blue Metallic and Classic Sterling Metallic, the Guild S-300 Deluxe carries a price ticket of $799.99.

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