Guild Surfliner Catalina Blue

Taking inspiration from vintage guitar body shapes of a bygone era, Guild’s Surfliner provides a range of tones—from full and warm, to bright and spanky with a vintage-style LB-1 humbucker in the bridge, while the DeArmond Aerosonic single coils in the neck go from bell-like to biting. Together with the Guild Rocker Pickup Switching System, the Guild Surfliner allows for seven total pickup combinations for a wide variety of available sounds! Stop into CME to hear one, today!

Brand new vintage inspired electric guitar with offset appeal!
Influenced by the iconic heritage and eccentric shapes of vintage Guilds, the all-new Guild Surfliner compliments the brand lineage by combining classic styling with modern features in an offset, solid body electric. The Surfliner features a fast-playing satin finished neck and a gloss body.

Solid Poplar body with comfortable C shaped 25.5” scale maple neck
Sleek, contoured lines shape the asymmetric Poplar body, while a satin finished C-shaped neck provides smooth playing and tactile familiarity. Evenly balanced and shaped to fit comfortably at any strap height. Featuring a neck to body joint at the 17th fret.

Outfitted with three professional pickups in the versatile HSS format
One of Guild’s few electric models to feature a 25.5” scale length, the longer string length pairs nicely with three pickups that offer everything from chiming, spanky lead tones to thick, compressed rhythm. Classic, vintage humbucking bridge tones ooze out of the Guild LB-1 bridge pickup and bring a usable array of tones from sparkly clean single coil-esque spank to thick and warm humbucker sounds that fatten and sing when driven. Blending perfectly with the biting single-coil tones of the two new Dearmond Aerosonic middle and neck pickups.

Guild’s Rocker Pickup Switching System offers easy access to 7 pickup combinations
The Surfliner’s sound is driven by the Guild Rocker Pickup Switching System, with master volume, tone control, and 3 rocker switches. Each rocker switch is assigned to a single pickup allowing players to dial in a total of 7 pickup combinations, every possible combination available from the three pickups.

The LB-1 Bridge pickup is a recreation of vintage Guild Humbuckers from the 60’s offering a range of tones well-suited for a variety of playing styles and genres. The middle and neck pickups are a matched set of Dearmond Aerosonic middle and neck single coil pickups. These pickups feature Alnico V magnets and a shielded nickel cover.

Body Wood: Poplar
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Joint: Bolt-On
Scale Length: 25 1/2" (648mm)
Frets to Body: 18
Truss Rod: Dual Action
Truss Rod Wrench: 4mm Allen Key
Neck Shape: C Shape
Neck Thickness 1st Fret: 21mm
Neck Thickness 9th Fret: 23mm
Neck Thickness 12th Fret: 24mm
Headstock Shape: Guild Surfliner
Headstock Logo: Guild Script Logo - Dark Metal
Headstock Thickness: 15mm
Tuning Machine Hole Info: 8.5mm hole 16mm depth
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 10" (254mm)
Frets Total: 23
Fret Type: Narrow Jumbo
Fret Dimensions: 2.3mm (W) x 1.5mm (H)
Fingerboard Inlays: 5mm Dots - Black ABS
Fingerboard Side Inlays: 2mm Dots - Black ABS
Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Color: Catalina Blue
Nut Material: Composite
Nut Width: 1 11/16" (43mm)
Nut String Spacing: 1 3/8" (35mm)
Nut Thickness: 6.0mm
Nut Height: 9.0mm
Bridge String Spacing: 2" (50mm)
Hardware Finish / Plating: Nickel Plated
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Sting-Thru Ferrules
Tuning Machines: Guild Vintage Style Inline Nickel
Tuning Machine Buttons: Oval - Nickel
Strap Buttons: Vintage Style
Pickguard: Surfliner HSS 3-Ply White/Black/White
Truss Rod Cover: Ellipse White/Black/White
Control Knobs: Guild Top Hat G Shield Black/Silver
Neck Pickup: DeArmond Aerosonic Single Coil Neck
Middle Pickup: DeArmond Aerosonic Single Coil Middle
Bridge Pickup: Guild LB-1 Bridge Pickup
Controls: Master Volume and Tone 3 x Rocker ON/OFF Pickup Switches
Pickup Switch: Bridge Pickup - ON/OFF Middle Pickup - ON/OFF Neck Pickup - ON/OFF
Volume Potentiometers: 500k Audio Potentiometer
Tone Potentiometers: 500k Linear Potentiometer
Switches: 3 x SPST ON/OFF Rocker Switches
Overall Length: 41" (1041mm)
Body Length: 18" (457mm)
Upper Bout Width: 11" (280mm)
Waist Width: 9 1/8" (232mm)
Lower Bout Width: 13 5/8" (346mm)
Body Depth Upper Bout: 1 1/2" (38mm)
Body Depth Lower Bout: 1 1/2" (38mm)