1953 x175
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keith7940236
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Very nice, congratulations
Los Angeles
Senior Member
WHOA!!!
I think that's my favorite guitar you've ever shown, Mike. Absolutely stunning in every way!
Congratulations!
Kent
I think that's my favorite guitar you've ever shown, Mike. Absolutely stunning in every way!
Congratulations!
Kent
Greetings again friends, Well the X175 arrived on Friday and it is simply a wonderful instrument. The serial # is 1172. Yes it's a players guitar, but it does that very well. The guitar presents itself very well too. Looks very nice and whoever did the overspray job years ago did it quite well. I was not told but the guitar had a fret job some time before it was put up for some years. The frets are like new and it was a good job. Of course when it got here I had to do the usual setup. Adjust the truss rod, set the action, clean, etc... but it turned out very well. The guitar came strung with 13 gauge flatwounds and to be quite honest I like them. It plays like butter after my setup and I have no complaints. I had to work all day yesterday so I have yet to plug it up to my amp, which I will do later today. It can't wait to hear those old Franz's sing. The guitar has a laminated spruce top with maple back and sides. The tight grain of the spruce top looks really nice. There has never been any damage to the guitar and is not in need of any repair at this point. I love the looks of the Kluson tailpiece as well. It very cool. Features the earliest of Guild logos on the headstock, laminated pickguard, ice cube knobs, dual black covered franz pickups, kluson tuners, and block inlays. The binding is all in excellent condition showing no shrinkage or lifting. Overall a very beautiful instrument and I consider myself very lucky to have been able to get it. Here is a photo I took yesterday of this guitar and my other Early Guild blonds.
The 1953 X175 is all the way on the left, next is the 1959 X550, 1960 T100DPB which I installed a guildsby on since it came with a changed out tailpiece, 1960 CE100B and last but not least to the far right is my 1961 X175B. Many changes took place to the X175 in the 8 year difference between the two models shown here, but I like them both, a lot. Enjoy the photo.
The 1953 X175 is all the way on the left, next is the 1959 X550, 1960 T100DPB which I installed a guildsby on since it came with a changed out tailpiece, 1960 CE100B and last but not least to the far right is my 1961 X175B. Many changes took place to the X175 in the 8 year difference between the two models shown here, but I like them both, a lot. Enjoy the photo.
Great looking family!
walrus
walrus
keith7940236
Member
Very Cool group photo!
Wilfred
Member
Beautiful group, and I love the early specimens.
Jeff Haddad
Senior Member
Very nice group shot! I don't recall if I've ever seen a blonde with black pickup covers before - they're usually sunburst early Guilds with black covers that I see. The T100D came out well with the newly installed Guildsby.
mavuser
Enlightened Member
that is quite a collection and quite a photo mbrindell! cheers to you!
I don't know much about these guitars, but always fascinated to see something from the 50's pop up.
A couple similar looking guitars have popped up on the radars recently. judging by your picture and list of Guilds, can't hurt to share the info with you.
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/msg/3993469881.html
http://cnj.craigslist.org/msd/3993211415.html
I don't know much about these guitars, but always fascinated to see something from the 50's pop up.
A couple similar looking guitars have popped up on the radars recently. judging by your picture and list of Guilds, can't hurt to share the info with you.
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/msg/3993469881.html
http://cnj.craigslist.org/msd/3993211415.html