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Joined: Aug 29, 2021 Posts: 84 |
Posted on Mar 09 2023 09:38 PM
Anyone play these cool looking machines? I’m tempted to pick one up beacuse of the design, but haven’t had a chance to play… if I do get one I’m definitely staining that bright colored neck and headstock to something less cheap looking lol Last edited: Mar 09, 2023 21:38:45 |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2244 Kiev, Ukraine 
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Posted on Mar 10 2023 03:13 AM
Again humbucker and no tremolo( useless. —Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com |
Joined: Sep 02, 2022 Posts: 516 Central VA 
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Posted on Mar 10 2023 10:00 AM
They look intriguing - and I love that orange color! I'm not the biggest fan of poplar bodies, but when you're building in Indonesia to a price point under $500, poplar is pretty much a necessity. I see they also have an HH version coming out soon. Easy enough to swap in pickups that better fit a particular player's taste, and I'm in incessant modder so I typically don't care much what pickups are in a guitar from the factory. The lack of a trem doesn't bother me - not everybody in surf music uses one, and there's plenty of room for hardtails in the music we love! —-- Last edited: Mar 10, 2023 10:00:34 |
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Joined: Sep 04, 2017 Posts: 431 |
Posted on Mar 10 2023 01:59 PM
Guild is coming out with a Surfliner with a vibrato. I actually saw pictures of them somewhere on line but can't seem to find them now. As I recall, they had a Jag/JM style trem (the base plate has been "Guildafied" with a different shape and the "G" logo). Looks like the TOM style bridge remains. Last edited: Mar 10, 2023 14:00:07 |
Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4452 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Mar 10 2023 07:33 PM
I’ve been intrigued by this guitar. Those Guild mini humbuckers are great sounding pickups. I have a pair on a Guild T 400 archtop, and on the bridge pickup, there’s sort of a Jazzmaster sound. I’d love to play one. —The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle 
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Posted on Mar 13 2023 12:42 AM
Invariably, any guitar with the word "surf" in the name is doomed to be manufactured without a vibrato. A never-ending source of amusement. — |
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Joined: Mar 24, 2023 Posts: 7 |
Posted on Apr 12 2023 10:16 PM
That IS funny. |
Joined: Feb 06, 2018 Posts: 59 Birmingham 
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Posted on Apr 13 2023 12:15 PM
Surfadelphia wrote:
https://guildguitars.com/surfliner-deluxe/
The Miramars (2017-2022) https://www.facebook.com/themiramars / https://soundcloud.com/themiramars |
Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 1353 Isle of Kent, MD
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Posted on Apr 13 2023 08:30 PM
I love that the YouTube video demo plays nothing that sounds like surf. More of an Andy Summers meets a very brief Santana lick. Ugh, does anyone really know that a Surfliner should surf??? Surfcat Agent Octopus Last edited: Apr 13, 2023 20:32:22 |
Joined: Feb 16, 2012 Posts: 153 Rincon Beach, California, USA
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Posted on Apr 13 2023 10:08 PM
I saw surfliners with vibrato systems at NAMM today. |
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Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2244 Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Apr 13 2023 11:20 PM
Put single coil to bridge and I am buying. I also like these upper controls on the old model, now it looks not so unique. —Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com |
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Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4452 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Apr 14 2023 12:21 AM
Samurai wrote:
The mini humbucker at the bridge doesn’t bother me. I have those same pickups on my Guild archtop, and they sound great. They aren’t as focused as, say, a Jaguar pickup, but they are not dark sounding or too husky. —The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
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Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2244 Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Apr 14 2023 01:22 AM
synchro wrote:
Than it may be ok. I will try one when they will be in german shops. —Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com |
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Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4452 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Apr 14 2023 07:55 AM
Samurai wrote:
They are a good sounding pickup, with a rich harmonic spectrum. —The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
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Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4452 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Apr 14 2023 06:59 PM
synchro wrote:
I have to retract this. It turns out that the Surfliner Deluxe uses their full-sized humbucker. I don’t know that it would be my first choice for Surf. That pretty much ends my interest in this model. —The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
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Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 1353 Isle of Kent, MD
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Posted on Apr 15 2023 11:30 AM
Synchro & Samurai, you guys crack me up! Surfcat Agent Octopus |
Joined: Nov 17, 2011 Posts: 21 Queen Creek, AZ
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Posted on May 03 2023 04:16 PM
I too was deceived by the name of the guitar. It has nothing to do with surf music. Apparently, it was named after a train that drove through some section of california. |
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Joined: Sep 04, 2017 Posts: 431 |
Posted on May 03 2023 05:12 PM
Big Ryan on his 60 Cycle Hum show does a demo of the new Surf Liner "Deluxe" with the vibrato that is available on YouTube and Big Ryan does test the "Surfability" of the guitar. The vibrato model is apparently a fairly significant step up from the non-vibrato model beyond the addition of the vibrato. Note that the vibrato model also has a full size Guild HB-2 humbucker in the bridge position (no coil split feature either) and not the mini bucker which is probably a non starter for some. The Guild HB-2 'buckers are still brighter than most humbuckers and the modern HB-2's have a standard humbucker footprint (older HB-2's are larger) so hypothetically it could be easily swapped out for a single coil in a humbucker cover (thinking Duncan Fat Cat, etc). Last edited: May 03, 2023 17:15:38 |
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Joined: Feb 16, 2012 Posts: 153 Rincon Beach, California, USA
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Posted on May 12 2023 10:56 AM
ras1500 wrote:
And still does. While it doesn’t pass right by the Guild factory, it does stop in Oxnard as the Amtrak Surfliner continues up the CA coast |
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Joined: Feb 16, 2012 Posts: 153 Rincon Beach, California, USA
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Posted on May 12 2023 10:56 AM
ras1500 wrote:
And still does. While it doesn’t pass right by the Guild factory, the Amtrak Surfliner does stop in Oxnard and continues up the CA coast Last edited: May 12, 2023 11:28:13 |
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