Guitar of the week #98 - Guild T-Bird ST P90

This bird sings.

There may be some of you who already know of the Guild S-200 T-Bird. This guitar, the ST P90 version, is based off the S-200 but is more simplified. There are fewer switches and no vibrato. While I do like the S-200, I find the simplicity of the ST P90 to be the better player's guitar.

If you're wondering whether or not this guitar has neck dive, I already know it doesn't because of the top horn. Notice how it goes over the 12th fret; that is the sign the guitar body was designed right and will not dive.

The pickups in this guitar are a pair of Franz P90s, described by Guild as "perfect for the player looking for that crisp, vintage, single-coil sound, offering plenty of mid-range output that can be driven to a soaring classic rock tone."

What does that mean? It means an above-average P90 pickup with good output that is voiced properly for what it is.

Is this guitar a reissue? Yes and no. The S-200 is absolutely a reissue of the same Guild guitar built between 1964 and 1968. The ST P90 has the shape but is not the reissue like the S-200 is. However, as I noted above, I believe the ST P90 is the better player's guitar.

Published 2017 Mar 1