The Guild S-100 electric guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

 was a lightweight solid-body guitar made by the Guild Guitar Company

Guild Guitar Company

The Guild Guitar Company is a USA-based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge, a guitarist and music-store owner, and George Mann, a former executive with the Epiphone Guitar Company...

. It features two humbucking pickups

Humbucker

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 and its body is styled similarly to a Gibson SG

Gibson SG

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, but is slightly offset. In the 1970s, a version of this guitar was available from the factory with leaves and acorns carved in relief

Relief

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 into the body of the guitar.

Players of the Guild S-100 have included Kim Thayil

Kim Thayil

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 with Soundgarden

Soundgarden

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, Bobb Trimble

Bobb Trimble

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, Scott Avett with The Avett Brothers

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, Tim Kinsella

Tim Kinsella

Tim Kinsella is a musician from Chicago, Illinois. He has been a part of many bands including Cap'n Jazz, The Sky Corvair, Joan of Arc, Owls, Friend/Enemy, Everyoned, and Make Believe...

 with Joan of Arc

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, Mat Bethancourt with The Kings of Frog Island

The Kings of Frog Island

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, Carrie Brownstein

Carrie Brownstein

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 with Sleater-Kinney

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 and Chris McCaughan

Chris McCaughan

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 of The Lawrence Arms

The Lawrence Arms

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