 A 1967 single-pickup Guild Capri CE-100
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| Model |
CE-100 |
CE-100D
The 'D' was dropped at some point after the single pickup version was deleted. |
| Available |
1956-73 |
1959-1984 |
| Pickups |
One single coil pickup: initially a Franz soapbar, then briefly a DeArmond, before changing to a Guild humbucker in 1963. |
As the CE-100, but with two pickups. Additionally, new model Guild HB-1 pickups were fitted in the 1980s. |
| Body |
Maple top, back and sides. Width 16 3/8", length 20 1/4", depth 2 7/8" |
| Neck |
Three-piece mahogany laminate, changing to three-piece maple in the late 1970s. Rosewood fingerboard with block pearl inlays, Chesterfield inlay. |
| Scale |
24 3/4", although the 1975 and 1978 Guild catalogue state a scale length of 25 5/8" - changing back to 24 3/4" for the 1982 Guild catalogue. |
| Hardware |
Harp tailpiece, rosewood bridge, Waverly, Grover StaTite or Japanese-made (no name) tuning keys. |
| Finishes |
Sunburst,
blonde,
black (only 1956-58) |
This was the first Guild to feature a Florentine cutaway. It is a full-depth body guitar, suitable for jazz and blues. It remained in the Guild catalogue continually, although changing a little over the course of it's production. Most of these changes were also evident in other Guild models; pickups changed throughout the decades (most notably to Guild humbuckers in 1963), the scale was lengthened for a few years in the 1970s, and the mahogany neck was switched to maple from 1976.
The most similar instrument to the Capri was the Gibson ES-125C (single pickup) or ES-125CD (double pickup). Both had approximately the same body dimensions, materials (depending on year), necks, scale (again, depending on year) and price.
The Epiphone Sorrento, ES-125T and Guild T-100 are again very similar, although thinline, rather than full body versions.
Prices in 1969 were as follows:
| Guild CE-100 | $340 |
| Gibson ES-125C | $345 |
| Guild T-100 (thinline) | $255 |
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| Guild CE-100D | $390 |
| Gibson ES-125CD | $395 |
| Gibson ES-125TCD (thinline) | $355 |
| Guild T-100D (thinline) | $310 |
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Dramatic performance in a highly versatile guitar - with rich, professional tone quality and excellence of workmanship at a moderate price. This old world style cut-away guitar has an ivoroid-bound maple body in medium-full size.
