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In a video from The Midnight Special's YouTube channel, Claydes Smith of Kool & The Gang is clearly seen playing a Guild X-350. This is visible in detail at 3:40 of the video "Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang | The Midnight Special", dated July 12, 1974.

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In a live performance of "Get Down On It" by Kool & the Gang, uploaded to YouTube by PULSARICHARD, Claydes Smith is seen playing a S/S/S Fender Stratocaster. Although there are no close-up shots of the guitar in the video, it can be seen at approximately 20 seconds into the video and continually glimpsed throughout the performance.

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