drc
Senior Member
Just scored this off of Reverb. Seller mentioned non original binding and/or issues with it “misaligned”. It arrives Saturday. NGD post coming soon.
1955(?) X-50
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Looks sweet, drc!!!!!
drc
Senior Member
Thanks. The pictures aren’t all that great, so I’m extremely curious on what’s happening with the white colored binding.
Man, that’s a great looking X-50. Looking forward to the full report.
drc
Senior Member
Thanks, and only $900! Fingers crossed
Blues&BebopFan
Junior Member
What a beauty !!!
Have tons of fun with it !!!!
Have tons of fun with it !!!!
Very cool! Congratulations! I had a '65 that was a blast to play!
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Mapleman54
Member
Nice one! I’ve been really tempted by these lately… will follow your comments carefully. Just looks like such a great guitar!
mellowgerman
Senior Member
What a price! Even if it needs some work, that's a great deal. Congrats!
In 2014 my band found one that looked extremely similar at Fanny's Music in Nashville. It was a 1956 I believe, Franz pickup like yours too, and even had the newly re-done white-ish binding and some other recent professional restoration work. As far as I know it still lives with a friend of mine in Jacksonville who loves it dearly and considers it to be his #1. In any case, for some great sound samples, this is the album we recorded that year and every track is that old Guild. Sometimes straight electric and sometimes electric & f-hole mic'd acoustic blended together.
In 2014 my band found one that looked extremely similar at Fanny's Music in Nashville. It was a 1956 I believe, Franz pickup like yours too, and even had the newly re-done white-ish binding and some other recent professional restoration work. As far as I know it still lives with a friend of mine in Jacksonville who loves it dearly and considers it to be his #1. In any case, for some great sound samples, this is the album we recorded that year and every track is that old Guild. Sometimes straight electric and sometimes electric & f-hole mic'd acoustic blended together.
drc
Senior Member
It was scheduled to arrive yesterday, Saturday 08/12. UPS message “the delivery date will be provided as soon as possible”. I assume I’ll have it within a couple of days.
drc
Senior Member
It arrived, shipped with out a box.
Harp Tail
Senior Member
It has happened to me once in the past, but it had been shipped by Ishibashi Music and packed with utmost Japanese attention and care, so the guitar was unscathed.
It's worth noting that with EMS (Japanese express air mail) I have received items shipped from Japan in less time than others from the West coast..
It's worth noting that with EMS (Japanese express air mail) I have received items shipped from Japan in less time than others from the West coast..
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ClaytonS15
Member
Wow. That’s just crazy. I hope all is well with the guitar!
mellowgerman
Senior Member
Yikes! Is the guitar okay?! Kinda reminds me...
When I purchased my very rare 1970 M85-II bass, I fully expected it to come packed like a tank because the UPS Store themselves had packed it (professionally, of course, and for a premium, of course)... the same folks who entered the fully insured amount into the computer, so they knew exactly how valuable it was. Unfortunately, all they did was wrap one layer of bubble wrap around the hardshell case and then fold a piece of single-corrugated cardboard around it, which (completely flat and unfolded) was only about 4" longer than the case itself... so it was kind of like when you go to roll a burrito but accidentally overfill it, so neither end closes. Luckily, somehow it arrived safely! Maybe the carriers took pity on me, seeing how terribly incompetently the UPS Store had packed it?
Fact remains though, there is no chance in heck if a customer had packed a guitar like that and it was damaged in transit, that UPS would have done anything but laugh at an attempted insurance claim. I think their specifications for a properly packed guitar is something like 3" of qualified packing materials all the way around, as well as a fully stable, new shipping box. Needless to say, I'll never be asking UPS employees to pack a valuable instrument for me in the future... something that I had always thought was a good idea prior, since they're professionals, right?
When I purchased my very rare 1970 M85-II bass, I fully expected it to come packed like a tank because the UPS Store themselves had packed it (professionally, of course, and for a premium, of course)... the same folks who entered the fully insured amount into the computer, so they knew exactly how valuable it was. Unfortunately, all they did was wrap one layer of bubble wrap around the hardshell case and then fold a piece of single-corrugated cardboard around it, which (completely flat and unfolded) was only about 4" longer than the case itself... so it was kind of like when you go to roll a burrito but accidentally overfill it, so neither end closes. Luckily, somehow it arrived safely! Maybe the carriers took pity on me, seeing how terribly incompetently the UPS Store had packed it?
Fact remains though, there is no chance in heck if a customer had packed a guitar like that and it was damaged in transit, that UPS would have done anything but laugh at an attempted insurance claim. I think their specifications for a properly packed guitar is something like 3" of qualified packing materials all the way around, as well as a fully stable, new shipping box. Needless to say, I'll never be asking UPS employees to pack a valuable instrument for me in the future... something that I had always thought was a good idea prior, since they're professionals, right?
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Harp Tail
Senior Member
Unfortunately most people - whether "pro" or not - understand very little about packing properly. I forget the number of times when a recent purchase was delivered with the instrument freely moving inside the carton..