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GUILD JETSTAR ST £545

The first Newark St model to be made in China instead of Korea, this Jetstar was relaunched in 2018 and is loosely based on the original Guild S-50, one of the first Guild electric solidbodies, originally released in 1963. The Jetstar ST differs from most of the other Newark St models with its 648mm (25.5-inch) scale and

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