X170 got my heart

[Jimi-7]

Stupid question, … what’s the difference between X170 and X175 … the finish maybe

 

[BradHK]

Stupid question, … what’s the difference between X170 and X175 … the finish maybe

Key difference to me is body size. The X170 is slightly smaller. For example, the 1986 Guild catalog list the X170 as 16 5/8” wide lower body and 2 1/2” deep while the X500 is 17” wide and 3 1/2” deep. The X175, when offered, was the same size as the X500 but less bling. I am sure there are other differences (sound post on X170 vs fully hollow on older X175, etc..)

 

[Walter Broes]

Stupid question, … what’s the difference between X170 and X175 … the finish maybe

X170 has an all maple body that's somewhere beween thinline and medium depth with an interior block under the bridge, and a maple neck.

X175 has a laminated maple body with a laminated spruce top, full depth, no bridge block or soundpost, and a mahogany neck.

 

[GGJaguar]

no bridge block or soundpost

I think some X-175s had a sound post (like some X-500s) toward the end of their production run in the 1980s.

 

[Walter Broes]

Ah, yes. And a maple neck too by that time?

 

[GGJaguar]

And a maple neck too by that time?

Yes, the switch to maple happened sometime in 1976.

 

[Jimi-7]

Thank you for your answers
… I also have the “Guild Book” from Hans
Love it of course… but didn’t see a X170 and X175 side by side if I remember correctly.

 

[GGJaguar]

but didn’t see a X170 and X175 side by side

The X-170 (introduced in the mid-1980s) wasn't in the book because it only covered Guild models up to 1977.

 

[Jimi-7]

The X-170 (introduced in the mid-1980s) wasn't in the book because it only covered Guild models up to 1977.

Sounds good
… I‘m anyway more to 30‘s to 60‘s guitars … 1980 sounds like, 3 years ago to me