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Guild Polara Kim Thayil Vintage White GUI-POLARA-KIMTHAYIL-VWG https://www.guitar.co.uk/media/catalog/product/g/u/guild_polara_kim_thayil_vintage_white_main.jpg 809870311359 Guild

Guild Polara Kim Thayil Vintage White

RRP: £1,079.00

£899.00

Guild Polara Kim Thayil Vintage White

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SKU: GUI-POLARA-KIMTHAYIL-VWG

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The Guild Polara Kim Thayil is presented in Vintage White with Gold hardware. Built to reflect the features Kim loves best on his vintage Polaras, this guitar comes with a Vintage “U” Shaped Mahogany neck, Mahogany body, phase switch and Guild’s flagship HB-1 pickups. Cosmetic nods to Soundgarden can be found on the truss rod cover and back plate.

The Guild Polara Kim Thayil is now available from Merchant City Music, online and in our Glasgow store. Every guitar we sell receives a comprehensive check over and full setup, ensuring you receive the best possible example. We ship fast to the UK, Europe and worldwide.

Guild Polara Kim Thayil in Vintage White

The Guild Polara Kim Thayil Signature guitar utilises a Mahogany body and neck, with Guild 70’s large headstock to reflect Kim’s favourite features of his ’78 S-100. Honouring the long-standing legacy of Soundgarden’s 1991 album, “Badmotorfinger” and their 2012 album, “King Animal,” the Truss Rod Cover and Signature Back Cover symbols are quintessentially grunge and pay tribute to Kim and his band mates.

Per Kim’s request, the signature model features Grover Original Rotomatics tuners for stability and ease of use. Standard on vintage S-100 Polara models, these tuners are a reliable industry favourite. Guild’s flagship HB-1 Humbuckers replicate the warm yet articulate timbre of 70’s S-100 Polaras. A perfect match for Kim’s heavy tones, the added clarity of the HB-1’s allow the guitar to cut through the mix. Also equipped with a phase switch, accurate to vintage spec, these features are essential to recreating the magic of Kim’s favourite S-100 Polara models.

Additional features include a bound Rosewood fingerboard with Pearloid block inlays, Tune-o-Matic bridge & compensated stopbar tailpiece.

Product Details

Body

  • Body Type: Solid Body
  • Body Shape: Guild Polara
  • Body Wood: Mahogany

Neck

  • Neck Material Mahogany
  • Scale Length: 24 3/4" (629mm)
  • Neck Shape: Vintage Soft "U"
  • Nut Width: 1 11/16" (43mm)
  • Neck Thickness 1st Fret: 20mm
  • Neck Thickness 9th Fret: 23mm
  • Truss Rod: Dual Action
  • Truss Rod Wrench: 4mm Allen Key
  • Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Radius: 12.5" (320mm)
  • Fingerboard Inlays: Blocks - Pearloid
  • Fingerboard Inlay Location: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17
  • Frets Total: 22
  • Fret Type: Narrow Jumbo
  • Fingerboard Binding: Ivory ABS

Finish

  • Colour Vintage White (VWG)
  • Finish: Gloss Polyurethane

Hardware

  • Bridge String Spacing 2" (50mm)
  • Hardware Finish / Plating: Gold
  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
  • Tailpiece: Guild Compensated Stopbar
  • Nut Material: Composite
  • Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatics
  • Strap Buttons: Vintage Pawn
  • Pickguard: Polara 5-Ply Black/White/Black/White/Black

Electronics

  • Bridge Pickup Guild HB-1 Dual-Coil Bridge
  • Neck Pickup: Guild HB-1 Dual-Coil Neck
  • Pickup Switch: 3-Way Toggle (1. Bridge Pickup - 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups - 3. Neck Pickup)
  • Controls: Neck Volume & Tone, Bridge Volume & Tone, 3-way Toggle Pickup Switch, and Phase Switch