Title: Vintage 1950\'s Guild X-175 Manhattan Electric Archtop Guitar
Estate purchased vintage 1959 Guild X-175 Manhattan electric guitar (SN#11849) completely original, plays and sounds remarkable. It is a highly versatile guitar that produces everything from a rich warm and lush jazz tone (especially on the front pickup) to classic rockabilly/blues warmth and ‘bite’ on the bridge pickup. Gorgeous to play with a very comfortable neck profile and playing action. The space from the 12th fret to the bottom of the string is ~1/8\". The range of sounds it produces is nothing short of amazing. Not many guitars can go from Duane Eddy style rockabilly to Joe Pass chord passages just by the flick of the pickup selector, but this guitar certainly can! It features a beautiful rich and deep sunburst finish and is a truly wonderful instrument to view as well as to play! The craftsmanship on this guitar is quite excellent and you can clearly see why Guild were so proud of their X-series guitars and only used the finest materials in their construction. Sound: Tonally quite distinct from the Gibson ES-175, this guitar offers considerable sonic versatility through the Franz P90 pickups, which deliver rich, warm detail to both single lines and chords and some serious rockabilly ‘twang’ too if you need it. These pickups are in fact more detailed and brighter than standard P-90’s with less midrange and plenty of punch. Condition - The guitar is in very good condition throughout apart from some minor wear marks and a visible ding below the upper bout F-hole, which you can see from the photographs. The frets are in very good condition with surprisingly little wear. The neck is straight with a very good low action and no buzzing. The sunburst finish is particularly breath-taking on this instrument and is deep and rich. The deluxe tuners all work perfectly. It has recently received a professional re-string/setup and plays effortlessly. Guitar was purchased without a case, but will be shipped in a hardshell case and well packed.
X-175 Features
17” full bodied f-hole guitar with rounded cutaway
Laminate spruce top
Scale length 24 and 3/4 inch
Brazilian rosewood neck with block markers
Guild crown logo on headstock
Compensated rosewood bridge
Guild chrome tailpiece with pierced ‘G’
Guild Kluson deluxe tuners with metal buttons
2 x Franz P90 ‘soap bar’ white pickups
2 volume and 2 tone controls with black knobs
Black pickguard with Guild ‘V’ logo
White 3-way pickup selector
This is a wonderful guitar in every respect. It can easily hold it\'s own with any higher end instrument of the period (i.e. Gibson 175) One of the best I\'ve ever played or owned. Visit this site to hear one:
E-mail if you have any questions. I can only add so many photos to the sale, and will be glad to take all photos needed and send them to serious buyers. Shipping to most U.S. cities will be $85
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