Neal
Senior Member
NGD ~'53-'54 "X-150" Redburst
My X-200 was lonely...
Very early "X-150" (no label, so no telling how early, or even if it is an X-150, for that matter!). Headstock suggests '53 or early '54.
This one is a player. Needs some fretwork, but it is all original, best I can tell, except for a replacement pickguard (the original is included but some genius encrusted it with rhinestones), and the TRC (the original is a Silvertone turned around backward, also found in the case). There have been a few binding repairs, and I had to glue down some of the binding that was loose and flapping.
I forgot to take a photo of the case, but it is original, truly road-worn, inexplicably spray-painted gold, and very sturdy.
Interesting to note that, even with identical strings, the X-150 and X-200 have different tonal personalities. The X-150 is brighter and more assertive, while the X-200 is mellower, bassier and more subtle.
Here's the X-150 with strings off for a good cleaning.
Now, the X-200 gets some love. Found a period-correct Waverly tailpiece to replace the incorrect harp. It is identical to the one on the X-150.
Here they are, ready to play.
Headstocks: Notice the "crude" one-piece first-generation inlay on the X-150, and the more refined six-piece with G-shield on the X-200.
Backs.
And here with my '64 T-50.
My X-200 was lonely...
Very early "X-150" (no label, so no telling how early, or even if it is an X-150, for that matter!). Headstock suggests '53 or early '54.
This one is a player. Needs some fretwork, but it is all original, best I can tell, except for a replacement pickguard (the original is included but some genius encrusted it with rhinestones), and the TRC (the original is a Silvertone turned around backward, also found in the case). There have been a few binding repairs, and I had to glue down some of the binding that was loose and flapping.
I forgot to take a photo of the case, but it is original, truly road-worn, inexplicably spray-painted gold, and very sturdy.
Interesting to note that, even with identical strings, the X-150 and X-200 have different tonal personalities. The X-150 is brighter and more assertive, while the X-200 is mellower, bassier and more subtle.
Here's the X-150 with strings off for a good cleaning.
Now, the X-200 gets some love. Found a period-correct Waverly tailpiece to replace the incorrect harp. It is identical to the one on the X-150.
Here they are, ready to play.
Headstocks: Notice the "crude" one-piece first-generation inlay on the X-150, and the more refined six-piece with G-shield on the X-200.
Backs.
And here with my '64 T-50.
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