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NAMM 2023: Guild introduces revamped and affordable Surfliner Deluxe
The Surfliner Deluxe boasts an overall upgrade on the affordable line’s previous offerings.
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NAMM 2023: Guild has introduced a revamped and upgraded addition to its Surfliner offset series in the Surfliner Deluxe.
The Surfliner Deluxe boasts an overall upgrade on the affordable line’s previous offerings while taking a look back by returning to the HSS configuration. The string-through-body design has been thrown out in favour of Guild’s newly designed Floating Vibrato Tailpiece, which has been designed to pay homage to golden-era offset bridge systems.
Guild claims that the new tailpiece will open up the Surfliner “to new playing styles, capable of a broad range of vibrato effects, from subtle flutters to deep swell,” and has also equipped the tailpiece with a easily accessible tension screw.
Where the previous Surfliner releases have opted for maple fretboards with black dot inlays, the Surfliner Deluxe is equipped with a roasted maple neck – a first for the series – and a bound rosewood fingerboard with block inlays.
In a departure from the eight pickup combinations available to the previous Surfliner releases, the Deluxe models take a simpler approach with the combination of DeArmond Aerosonic single-coils and a Guild HB-2 humbucker paired with a standard five-way switch. Volume and tone controls have also been included.
Available in Rose Quartz Metallic, Black Metallic and Evergreen Metallic, the Surfliner Deluxe will also feature matching headstock finish.
More information is available on Guild’s website.