Stanthemanllan
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That real Guild X-175 also has different pickups, so somebody added some none-Guild parts.What's the story on the double-wide bridge on that photo you scrounged up?
It strikes me as unconventional that the two tone bars/braces are so narrow-set, to the point that they're interrupted by the pickup routes. I wonder if this started life with something surface-mounted/floating.Photos inside the body and the bridge
And what's most interesting: The cutaway looks from inside like it was added later on! Almost like the guitar started it's life as a non-cutaway guitar and the body was reworked at some point in time.
Ralf
I agree, that's why I found it interesting anyway. It just looks so different from inside on the cutaway area but outside there is no sign of anything spliced in. Inside it all looks pretty rough but outside very perfect!I'm not sure I'd jump to that conclusion. It'd be pretty damned tricky to splice in a smooth Venetian cutaway like that on a transparent finish. I'm guessing the builder just didn't want to mess with kerfing that rising area of the body, where the rim depth rises in transition to the neck and/or wanted to give it some extra bracing and opted for the multiple full width braces, instead.
In the meantime I found the manufacturer of the pots. It is "Taiwan Noble Electronic Co., Ltd.", the "T" stands for Taiwan and the sign behind it is the Noble company logo.I was trying to find out more by looking at the potentiometers but I can't think of who the manufacturer is? Somebody knows the manufacturer? The "O" seems to have a kind of "S" in it?
O.k., so the pots are from week 12 in 2001, means March 19 to March 25 in 2001. That was when the Noble factory in Taiwan made them. It took probably a few month until they arrived in USA. That all fits perfectly to the Fender made humbuckers and the Guild case from that same time. That would indicate the guitar is not older than mid 2001...I’ve taken a photo of the pot
No worries, as you realized we often have fun doing those kind of detective things on unknown instruments. And I think everybody learns something what to look for and it is also normal that we are not always right and often be corrected in things. And yes, it is most important that it is a guitar that looks nice and more important that plays nice! As we have people here from all around the world sometimes somebody already saw details of something on other models and sometimes we can link a model to a maker. In your case I think we are at the end of what we found out. Unless one similar model would show up in the future to maybe better link them together. It's still possible the guitar is older than 2001 and the complete electronic parts (wiring, pots, pickups) were only added in the 2001 time frame. We just don't know.That said, it is a nice guitar to play and sounds good.
Also it’s probably a unique lefty creation
Many thanks for your time and observations Ralf
Much appreciated
I wouldn't apply that logic to something one-off/hand made. The construction on this looks too irregular overall to peg it as something factory-made, be it here or overseas.The second you see a three screw truss rod cover, I think it becomes an offshore guitar.