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Guild S-25
Solid body electric guitar


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The following text is taken from the 1982 Guild catalogue

Proof that there can be truly affordable American made instruments

Guild S-25 electric guitar S-25
manufactured: 1981-83
body: mahogany
neck: 24 frets, set neck
scale: 24 3/4"
overall length: 38 7/8"
width at nut: 1 5/8"
electronics/pickups: 2 Guild XR-7 pickups. One volume, one tone control. Coil tap or phase switch optional
hardware: SP-6 tailpiece adjusto-matic bridge
finishes: Sunburst, Candy Apple Red, Black

The Guild XR-7 pickups were designed to be switchable, "from humbucking power and distortion to single coil bite and clarity". This requires the optional coil tap switch, whilst the phase switch sets the two pickups are out of phase with each other. "Many players have told us also that they prefer the XR-7 without these options, for a more straight ahead, basic rock sound. The choice is yours". For more about the XR-7 pickups, see the 1982 Guild catalogue

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