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513-843-5739
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Guild S284 Aviator Electric Guitar with Case in Excellent Condition
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Made in the USA
Includes Original Hardshell case
Includes Original Hardshell case
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Ser# G100665 circa 1985
Made for only about four years, the Guild S284 Aviator is one of the higher-end models in Guild’s New Aviation line from the 1980s. Early models came with a poplar body, and rosewood fretboards, but the design seems to have changed over time to include an ebony fretboard as standard feature as can be seen in the two price guide snippets shown in this section.
This guitar has the EMG pickup A-4 Upgrade, It also includes the rear backplate.
The body of the Guild S284 Aviator is pretty unique, and I think the best way to describe it is that the lower half of the body resembles a Strat including the nice bevel on the top, while the upper half resembles a double-cut Tele, and believe it or not, Fender did indeed make a double-cut Tele as a special edition in 2015.
It’s tempting to say that the upper half looks like a Les Paul Jr, but that guitar has a much skinnier waist than the Tele or Strat. The reason I think it’s a combination of both a Strat and a Tele body is the fact that the Strat’s body is longer than the Tele and the waist is a bit higher (closer to the neck) on a Strat than it is on a tele, but the Tele’s horns are more rounded which is what I see on the S284. Then again maybe I think that because I’ve never seen a symmetrical double-cut Strat before.
The Guild S284 Aviator can be found with a pretty wide range of configurations which can make then difficult to identify. You may find two that look almost completely different from each other while still remaining S284s. Take this maple-bodied two humbucker version found in this thread over on Let’s Talk Guild (LTG). It’s a stunning guitar, but if you were to put it side by side with the guitar that is the subject of this review you’d probably think they were different models when, in fact, they are both S284s. Remember, early models had a rosewood fretboard while the maple body was a $ 100 upgrade as were the EMG pickups which could be ordered in a variety of configurations. You may also find S284s with the same configuration as mine but without a pick guard since Guild changed this as part of the standard configuration as well.
Made for only about four years, the Guild S284 Aviator is one of the higher-end models in Guild’s New Aviation line from the 1980s. Early models came with a poplar body, and rosewood fretboards, but the design seems to have changed over time to include an ebony fretboard as standard feature as can be seen in the two price guide snippets shown in this section.
This guitar has the EMG pickup A-4 Upgrade, It also includes the rear backplate.
The body of the Guild S284 Aviator is pretty unique, and I think the best way to describe it is that the lower half of the body resembles a Strat including the nice bevel on the top, while the upper half resembles a double-cut Tele, and believe it or not, Fender did indeed make a double-cut Tele as a special edition in 2015.
It’s tempting to say that the upper half looks like a Les Paul Jr, but that guitar has a much skinnier waist than the Tele or Strat. The reason I think it’s a combination of both a Strat and a Tele body is the fact that the Strat’s body is longer than the Tele and the waist is a bit higher (closer to the neck) on a Strat than it is on a tele, but the Tele’s horns are more rounded which is what I see on the S284. Then again maybe I think that because I’ve never seen a symmetrical double-cut Strat before.
The Guild S284 Aviator can be found with a pretty wide range of configurations which can make then difficult to identify. You may find two that look almost completely different from each other while still remaining S284s. Take this maple-bodied two humbucker version found in this thread over on Let’s Talk Guild (LTG). It’s a stunning guitar, but if you were to put it side by side with the guitar that is the subject of this review you’d probably think they were different models when, in fact, they are both S284s. Remember, early models had a rosewood fretboard while the maple body was a $ 100 upgrade as were the EMG pickups which could be ordered in a variety of configurations. You may also find S284s with the same configuration as mine but without a pick guard since Guild changed this as part of the standard configuration as well.